Oji Life Lab

Oji Life Lab offers a first-of-its-kind, digital learning system that helps individuals and teams thrive, gaining essential emotional and soft skills for work and life. Oji Life Lab is led by former Microsoft executive and tech veteran Matt Kursh (who ran the #4 site on the web while at Microsoft) with co-founders Dr. Marc Brackett of the Yale Center For Emotional Intelligence, noted psychologist and author, Dr. Robin Stern, and former Robert Half executive Andrea Hoban.

The Client reached out to us with a request to help build a smartphone-based learning system aimed at helping individuals and teams improve performance by boosting emotional intelligence. Rather than simply delivering information, the native iOS and Android applications would provide a complete learning experience, combining a variety of activities to developing lasting habits. The Client had an app prototype, basic UI/UX and functional specifications. They needed our help to build a full-fledged platform that is scalable and could be sustained for the long-term.

Under the supervision of an experienced project manager, we assembled a team of 5 engineers consisting of a Server-Side engineer, Android and iOS developers, and a software QA engineer. First, Matt Kursh came to Ukraine for an intensive discovery and planning session that lasted for one week. The team carefully estimated the client’s needs, helped structure the documentation, create use cases, and select the right tools and technologies. After planning action items sprint-by-sprint, the team embarked on developing an MVP. It was released in December 2018 into app stores and contained a variety of features: Bite-sized learning steps. Personalized learning flow, ability to track the learner’s level of progress. Time-slots and time-based tasks. Group sessions with the help of Integrated Zoom Video Conference Tool. Layer text chats for guiding learners and one-on-one coaching. A library of scientific text and video materials to deepen users’ understanding of EI. Mood Meter, a matrix for measuring the mood level was also integrated into the app.