Company-driven platform that enhances social capital in workplace
Initial Prompts
As many people feel meetings drain time instead of being useful gatherings, how might we utilize AI and NLP technologies to reshape meeting experiences, fostering enhanced individual and team performance?
Working closely with our sponsor, Michael Dilan, CEO of Braid It, our team tackled the challenge of improving online meeting efficiency using AI and machine learning. Our team effectively created a solution and successfully pitched it to the sponsors invited to the program, showcasing the potential of our innovative approach.
🏆 Won the 2nd place in the Strategic Innovation in Product & Service Design Program (Fall 2022), trailing the champion by 0.1 point.
Team:
3 Product Designers
Duration:
2022 – 14 weeks
Roles:
UX/UI Design
End-to-end process
Research and Strategy
Work doesn't need to be a cold-dead space.
Now, you can float.
A company-driven platform for employees to bond, explore, grow and address pandemic challenges, promoting better support, productivity and mental health.
Our team initiated the process by examining the problem context and analyzing user behavior patterns.
Here are challenges of remote work on team dynamics and productivity:
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With remote work, teams struggle more to collaborate and end up being more isolated.
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Difficulties in coordination and slow help responses result in tasks taking much longer.
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Existing products focusing mainly on formal discussion, creating a gap in casual interactions that impacts work performance.
Revised HMW statement
How might we encourage casual interactions among employees working in a remote environment to strengthen their bonds and productivity?
Junior employees are our main target as they’re most impacted by feelings of disconnection, while senior staff and managers are less affected.
Design Principles
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Stay connected while working from home.
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Foster and increase work productivity
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Encourage growth and learning in the company
We brainstormed ideas, visualized, structured, and then verified them for the best execution.
Connect, grow, thrive...
Empowering remote teams with Float.
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Conversational Onboarding
Guide users on how Float works and store employee data for future use.
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Explore People, information, events from the space and people’s board
AI suggests nearby users to facilitate learning, interaction, and bonding. Users can explore and connect through profile dashboard information.
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Natural and controllable chats
Joining a chat can be as easy as passing by others in the office, and people can make each temporary chat private for more privacy.
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You ask question, AI helps you find the answer
People can simply ask questions and AI will suggest who can answer those questions to build a helping culture.
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Explore and join company-wide events, learning and having fun in one place
Simply by going into the event page, people can easier spend time together to learn, have fun, and create belongings.
Through this project, I learned to ask focused yet open-ended questions[1] to identify and prioritize key problems. To avoid information overload[2], I set clear goals alined with design prompts, used voting in brainstorming, and applied insight-based matrices. I also ensured timely MVP delivery[3] by employing weekly planning and checklists.
