Participants from the winning teams. Photography: Emma Grann

Teams & Solutions

Below you can see the briefs in short, participants, and videos for all 10 teams that took part in the hackathon, as well as images from the day.

If you would like to read the full versions of the briefs, containing the future-scenarios that were given, a PDF is available below.

Team 1: Meaningful midlife reskilling

Team:
Anna Hagensgård, Henrik Friman, Annika Gillispie, Kristian Ohlson Gonzales

Brief in short:
What demands does this particular starting point place on how we educate people, and how might we help this group pivot in their careers?

Team 2: Skill sets of the future

Team:
Eva von Wernstedt, Kristoffer Jarefeldt, Erica Sundberg, Patrik Englund

Brief in short:
In a future of soft skills, what skills are crucial, and how do we acquire them? What forums; networks, schools, or communities can promote and enhance these skills and increase the likelihood that humans find meaningful jobs as many tasks and activities are outsourced to robots?

Team 3: End of life work opportunities

🏆Team:
Klaus Olsen, Malcolm Larri, Annika Waernér, Pernilla Tellefors, Johan Sandgren

Brief in short:
How do we make sure that meaningful and motivating career options are available to those who need to make major changes in the last stretch of their work life?

Team 4: Coaching the coacher

Team:
Andres Colmenares, Clea Hovstadius, Carina Brandin Johannesson, Erik Wickbom

Brief in short:
What skills and structures are required to keep functions and facilitators themselves up to date, in order to be able to aptly transition large groups of people into brand-new jobs?

Team 5: Avoiding the traps of gig jobs

Team:
Carl-Fredrik Jaensson, Karin Bobert, Hans Winzell, Anna Karin Laurenius, Lina Wigren

Brief in short:
Is it possible to combine mobility and flexibility with job security? What structures, tools, or functions could tip the scales towards the opportunities and benefits of the gig economy, rather than the risks?

Team 6: The wake-up call

🏆Team:
Charlotta Kronblad, Erik Fors-Andrée, Sofie Arvidsson, Carolina Sevä

Brief in short:
What is a set-up for people in-between jobs that could help them identify a next step in their careers, one that is less about “just” getting a new job or education, and more about finding a meaningful and value-driven context, new ideas, and/or collaborators?

Team 7: Future-proofing talent acquisition

Team:
Mindy-Li Nixon, Torbjörn Trägårdh, Jonas Mauritzon, Jonas Kowalski

Brief in short:
As companies fear a labour deficit, how can they change how and from where they recruit in order to reach new groups of people to staff difficult-to-fill roles?

Team 8: Loyalty in a fluid labour market

Team:
Julian Reisz, Simone Slaviero, Jesper Olsson, Jonas Terdin, Josefine Brangstrup

Brief in short:
What service, platform, function, or organisation could bridge the gap between job providers and job takers, creating a sense of loyalty and commitment between the two, even outside traditional employment agreements?

Team 9: Beyond Retirement

Team:

Victoria Stoyanova, Pelle Kimvall, Maria Jönsson, Ulrika Karlsson

Brief in short:

How can retirees’ ambition to continue partaking in society and the labour market be supported in a way that also benefits the younger generation and society’s ambition of a progressive and sustainable working culture for all?

Team 10: Human-centered recruitment in a decentralized market

🏆Team:
Olle Lundin, Anki Holmberg, Andreas Wessberg, Johan Zetterström

Brief in short:
How can modern technology be leveraged into a tool that global companies can use to find, network with, and evaluate talent in this glocal world, in a way that makes up for what is lost with the lack of physical presence?