Finalists at SHRI HR Hackathon 2025: Cadenza
A team made up of DAI, CSD, and ESD students were selected as finalists at the SHRI HR Hackathon 2025: HR Game Changers Rethinking Workplace.
Marking 60 years of SHRI shaping the future of work, the special edition hackathon that took place from May to September 2025 challenged innovators and changemakers to reimagine what the workplace of tomorrow could look like.
The team, comprising of Tan Hun Chong (DAI), Zayne Siew (CSD), Rachel Lim (CSD), and Ng Wei Hao (ESD), developed Cadenza, an agentic AI-powered workplace micro-intervention tool that helps employees take short, intentional breaks that fit naturally into their workday. Designed as a smarter Pomodoro system, Cadenza syncs with users’ schedules, preferences, and energy levels to recommend meaningful breaks such as desk stretches, mindfulness exercises, and screen rests.
Demo of Cadenza.
Beyond simple reminders, Cadenza was designed to make healthier work habits more engaging through personalised nudges, inclusive break options, and an incentivised participation model. The solution aims to improve employee focus, support wellbeing, and create measurable value for organisations through low-cost, plug-and-play workplace interventions.
Reaching the Grand Finals among six finalist teams reflected the strength of their workplace wellbeing concept and its relevance to the future of work.
Team Cadenza at the Grand Finals Pitch.
SUTD student team members, from second left to right: Zayne Siew (CSD), Tan Hun Chong (DAI), Rachel Lim (CSD), and Ng Wei Hao (ESD).