Final Project Showcase

Problem Statement

Employees often spend a significant portion of their workday on energy-draining activities, repetitive administrative work, constant interruptions, and unclear priorities. This leaves them feeling burned out, overwhelmed, and disconnected from meaningful work that creates value for themselves and their organization.

Persona

The primary target audience includes overwhelmed employees, top performers, employees in chaotic work environments, and professionals navigating constant change, unclear standards, and fear of making mistakes or being replaced by AI.

Key Features

• Energy Tracking to identify activities that build, maintain, or drain energy.
• Energy Trend visualization to help users recognize patterns over time.
• AI-generated insights to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Energy Reset practices to help users regulate stress in real time.
• Priorities to Free Up Energy recommendations.
• Journaling and reflection tools for personal growth and awareness.
• Future Energy ROI metrics to show measurable business value.

Testing & Iterations

During testing, both an AI Focus Group and human user testing identified several important opportunities for improvement. The AI Focus Group identified concerns around manual tracking, manager visibility, privacy, psychological safety, and the need for stronger energy metrics.

Human user testing revealed that users were uncertain about the purpose of the two pathways on the home screen, did not immediately understand how Energy Tracking would help them reclaim energy, and wanted clearer explanations of AI Categories and workflow recommendations.

Planned Enhancements

• Add an interactive onboarding tutorial.
• Add clearer pathway explanations and testimonials.
• Add AI Category explanations and guidance.
• Add privacy controls and journaling preferences.
• Add a Refocus Wishlist for meaningful work.
• Add Energy ROI calculations.
• Add manager visibility and Energy Capacity Alerts.
• Add calendar and workflow integrations to reduce manual data entry.

Final Reflection

This project reinforced that understanding the human problem is more important than building technology quickly. My initial instinct was to focus on energy tracking and reporting, but testing revealed that users needed much more than awareness. They needed clarity, guidance, psychological safety, and a clear path from identifying energy drains to creating meaningful change.

The most important lesson from this design thinking journey is that energy should not simply be measured. It should be protected, reclaimed, and intentionally redirected toward meaningful work.