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Moonshots – Day 5 of a Week of Innovation

By Amanda Colpoys23rd May 2017Leave a comment

Today is the last day of our first ever Moonshots event, a week in which the whole company was free to work on an innovation project of their own. Five days ago 18 teams started work. It’s been a hectic week, but what has actually…

Moonshots – Day 4 of a Week of Innovation at Moonpig

By Amanda Colpoys22nd May 20171 Comment

We’re now 4 days in to our Moonshots event, a week in which the entire company is dedicated to new innovation. Friday ended on a real high, with 12 of our 18 teams doing a show ‘n’ tell; what they’d achieved in such a short space of…

Moonshots – Day 3 of a Week of Innovation at Moonpig

By Amanda Colpoys19th May 2017Leave a comment

On Wednesday we kicked off our first ever “Moonshots” event. Whilst hackathons have a long history here, this is the first time the whole company has had a week to focus solely on innovation. Today we’re half way through, so it’s a good time to check-in with…

Moonshots – Day 2 of a Week of Innovation at Moonpig

By Amanda Colpoys18th May 2017Leave a comment

Yesterday morning everyone at Moonpig downed tools to focus on a week of innovation, or “Moonshots”. 24 hours in there’s a great buzz in the office; everyone’s working hard but it feels different, it feels exciting! Moonpig is a brand founded on disruptive innovation, but…

Moonshots – Day 1 of a week of Innovation at Moonpig

By Amanda Colpoys17th May 20171 Comment

Here at Moonpig we’re taking a week off from the roadmap, putting business as usual on the back burner, and focusing entirely on innovation! A few weeks ago, we asked everyone in the company to come up with “Moonshots” – bold new ideas to explore. Moonshots could…