# Thankshacking > For six days, from November 15th - 20, we held Thankshacking at Asana. Thankshacking was the longest hackathon we’ve had since we first became a team. Source: https://asana.com/inside-asana/thankshacking ## Thankshacking Enabling “flow” is critical to the way we work. Flow allows us to have time to think, take new projects from A-Z, and to dive deeper into work without meetings or interruptions that may distract us from completing our goals. Once every [episode](http://www.quora.com/Asana/How-are-Sprints-Episodes-at-Asana-structured-and-how-do-they-work), we run a hackathon at Asana. We set aside time and encourage everyone really dig into an unplanned project that really excites them. This gives the team space to tackle its most fun and even crazy ideas, to flow. The idea is to allow for willful intention without attachment to results: if you want to learn a new programming language, design UI for the first time, or build something new, go right ahead. Learn that code, do that design, build that feature. If none of it pans out, no worries, we still ♥ you. Normally, our hackathons last just a couple of days. This time, we decided to change it up a bit, and built a longer hackathon around Thanksgiving. For six days, from November 15th – 20, we held **Thankshacking at Asana**. This was the longest hackathon we’ve had since we first became a team. Because of the hackathon’s length, we made sure to strive for a balance of work and play: we integrated more team bonding experiences, including a weekend feast with home cooked meals, a movie night (we watched “Sneakers”) and a board game night to break up the long work days. We made it clear that working over the weekend was optional, but included a rock climbing trip and late night pizza to break up the hard work. It worked. As Alex Davies, one our newest engineers put it, “The flexibility and fun aspect is what made this hackathon more enjoyable and more relaxed.” Here’s what we did to make the hackathon a success: - We hosted a fun activity every night of the hackathon. This made our office an unusually fun place that week. - We gave everyone on the team full autonomy. - We made sure everyone understood there was no pressure to ship. The results were great. This is what happened: - Even though weekend work wasn’t mandated, a large percentage of our team, including non-engineers, worked over the weekend. - I’ve never designed anything in my life, but the icons I designed for one of my teammate’s projects got approved by two of our actual designers. - One of our engineers took his original project even further than he had planned and built a totally new feature. He said the total autonomy made him even more creative. - One person on our marketing team mocked up a major new page for the website and another taught himself Ruby. Hackathons are fairly common on the startup scene, and they usually go like this: the engineering team takes somewhere from 24-48 hours to work like crazy on (usually) unplanned features and/or new product ideas. Pizza, beer, ping-pong, and all-nighters are often involved. But there are other ways to do hackathons. They don’t have to be 24-48 hour sprints. They can be easier on the body, yet more focused and intense at the same time. Or, at least, we like to think so. - [分散ワークの世界における Asana を使ったチームの再結成と成長](/ja/inside-asana/reuniting-teams) Asana チーム #### 人材獲得 明確な対抗策がない中でグローバルパンデミックの対応に追われて 1 年が過ぎ、メンバーたちと顔を合わせながらのコラボレーションやチームの集会 (そしてハグ！) を再開できる兆しがやっと見えてきました。 当社も含め、多くの企業は、オフィス勤務を再開してチームを再結成する方法について検討しています。 新型コロナウイルスにより、未来の働き方は思っていたより早く訪れ ... - [キャリアにおける決定的瞬間を振り返る: Asana のリーダーとの Q&A](/ja/inside-asana/career-defining-moments) Asana チーム Asana では、従業員の個人としての成長、そして仕事での成長を積極的にサポートしています。 Asana は、成長を可能にするフレームワーク、福利厚生、文化を提供することが、キャリアの成長をサポートする最善の方法だと考えています。 そして、成長までの道のりは従業員に任せられます。成長は直線的に起こるものではありませんが、だからといって軽視はできません。 「 ... - [Asana のダイバーシティ、インクルージョン、公正への取り組み](/ja/inside-asana/diversity-inclusion-equity) Asana チーム #### コンテンツライター ダイバーシティとインクルージョン (多様性と包摂性) は、Asana が製品を作り、社会の中で活動していくうえで不可欠な要素です。私たちの世界に蔓延する人種差別と不公正を見せつけるような出来事が、世界や身近な地域で頻発する中で、Asana は企業として、ダイバーシティとインクルージョンを会社組織と文化の中心的理念とするという誓いを新たにし、その決意を再確認 ... - [リモートで働きながらインクルーシブなコミュニティを築き続ける方法リモートで働きながらインクルーシブなコミュニティを築き続ける方法](/ja/inside-asana/building-inclusive-remote-culture) Asana チーム #### コンテンツライター リモートワークへ移行し、物理的な距離をとることが必要となったここ数か月、Asana を含む多くの組織は、各地に分散しながら、チームとしてつながり、コミュニケーションをとる方法について再考を迫られています。こうした変化の対象には、インクルーシブなコミュニティを築くことも含まれます。世界的なパンデミックの中で暮らしながら、完全リモートで働くという新しいスタイル ... - [Thankshacking](/ja/inside-asana/thankshacking) Asana チーム Enabling “flow” is critical to the way we work. Flow allows us to have time to think, take new projects from A-Z, and to dive deeper into work without meetings or interruptions th ... - [Asana チーム](/inside-asana/team-asana)