The problem
Managers often lack a lightweight, ongoing read on team mood — annual surveys are too slow, and ad-hoc check-ins do not scale when people are remote, on-site, or at clients on different days.
Product design · 2024
Genki
An intuitive employee mood tracker.
SaaSHRDashboardData vizWellbeing
Genki is a team dashboard where employees log their mood each day, set where they are working (home, office, or at a client), and share anonymous feedback or ideas in a Think Tank.
Charts and diagrams aggregate moods and locations over time so managers can understand team wellbeing, spot mood swings, and reflect on what might be driving them.
From hackathon to product
Genki began as a hackathon concept — a simple way for teams to check in on mood and surface thoughts. The idea grew into a full dashboard vision with daily tracking, analytics, and a dedicated space for anonymous input.
Early hackathon prototype.
The team dashboard
The main view brings mood, work location, and trends into one calm screen — managers see how the team feels today and how patterns evolve over the last seven or thirty days.
SMA Team Mood Tracker — dashboard overview.
Mood & location analytics
Widget-level charts break down today's sentiment, where people are working, and mood over time — built so leads can read trends quickly and dig into causes in retrospectives.
Swipe — Mood Today, Work Location, and Mood Over Time.
Think Tank
Employees post ideas and feedback anonymously or by name. A simple publish flow and card feed keep contributions lightweight while giving managers a pulse on what the team is thinking.
Think Tank — desktop and mobile.
The product
Genki combines a daily mood check-in, work-location logging, anonymous Think Tank posts, and direct feedback — then turns that input into charts managers can use in 1:1s, retros, and planning.
Daily check-in
Employees pick how they feel and where they are working in seconds — low friction so the habit sticks and the data stays honest.
Analytics & reflection
Bar, bubble, and area charts show mood and location distributions over time — designed for managers to spot swings, compare weeks, and discuss causes with the team retroactively.
Think Tank & feedback
Anonymous and named posts in the Think Tank capture ideas without forcing public confrontation; a separate feedback channel supports more direct peer messages when people choose it.
Methods
- UI/UX design
- UX research
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- High-fidelity mockups
- Data visualization
- Design systems
Business Impact & Reflections
Situation: Teams needed a humane way to track wellbeing and surface ideas between formal reviews.
Task: Design an intuitive dashboard for daily mood, location, and anonymous contribution.
Action: Led UX from hackathon prototype through high-fidelity dashboards, charts, and mobile flows.
Result: A shelved but complete product vision with analytics managers could use to know their teams better.