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This is an ongoing project, which will conclude end August 2025.
The following is a preview of what I've done so far. Please reach out to me if you'd like you to learn more about what I'm working on right now.
FLOW
A context-aware AI assistant that helps neurodivergent tech workers navigate moments of context switching, communication friction, and mental overload. It reduces cognitive burden and builds confidence through intuitive features like section highlight, activity history, and saves library.
Skills
UX & Interaction Design
UX Research & Testing
AI-Assisted Workflows
Prompt Design
Team
4 UX Designers (Me)
Sponsor: 1 Principal PM, Microsoft Azure AI
Mentor: 1 Senior UX Research, Microsoft
Timeline
Jan-Aug 2025 (In-Progress)
Overview
FLOW: keeping neurodivergent tech workers in flow state
👎 Problem
Neurodivergent tech workers have "superpowers" of hyperfocus, authenticity, and non-linear thinking. However, these superpowers can also cause them to experience burnout, communication friction, and lose focus.
✅ Solution
FLOW is a neurodivergent-friendly personal assistant that supports users with features that reduce context-switching, ease recovery post-interruptions, and minimize the cognitive effort to seek help or stay on task.
👀 What we've done so far
Semi-structured interviews with subject-matter-experts (n=3) and target users (n=5) to identify pain points related to ADHD and focus workflows.
Design sprints to prototype and iterate key features.
Concept evaluations of key feature prototypes.
Created and iterated on Neurodivergent-Friendly AI Agent System Prompt, based on internal review and 3 user interviews.
🛠️ We are currently working on
Conducting think-aloud usability tests for high-fidelity prototypes.
Iterations on the final designs and interactions.
Evaluating and refining the system prompt for our Neurodivergent-Friendly AI Agent System Prompt through further user feedback and expert review.
Generative Research
Understanding ADHD From Multiple Perspectives
Subject Matter Experts
🧪 Method
Semi-structured interviews with:
1 Psychiatrist
1 ADHD Coach
1 ADHD-App Founder
Conducted virtually, with 1 moderator and 3 notetakers.
🎯 Purpose
Educational: Beyond users’ personal anecdotes, experts provide technical and medical explanations.
Tools and Strategies: identify what strategies worked or failed for them, when working with ADHD.
Validation: validate patterns emerging from user interviews, or highlight gaps to avoid overgeneralization based on a limited sample.
Target Users (Tech Workers, Diagnosed ADHD)
🧪 Method
5 semi-structured interviews Microsoft Employees, within the Microsoft Disability Employee Resource Group (ERG); and performing a role within a Product team.
Conducted virtually, with 1 moderator and 1 notetaker.
🎯 Purpose
Capturing Nuance: ADHD symptoms and coping strategies vary widely. Interviews gave participants space to share context-rich, personal stories, while allowing us to ask follow-up questions.
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More to come! This is an ongoing project, which will conclude end August 2025.
The following is a preview of what I've done so far. Please reach out to me if you'd like you to learn more about what I'm working on right now.