The Idea

This product started after combining a number of conversations I had. In brief, these conversations touched upon the following topics:

1. I'm teaching relational analytics for quite some time to HR professionals. We discuss communication and how employee engagement and company culture impact communication patterns. I know the potential, and I know that HR professionals value combining these two data sources. I also have not seen any tool in that area.
2. I'm active in the remote work community. Communication is key for distributed teams. As important is organizational culture, it's the thing that glues team members together in the absence of face-to-face interaction.

Thanks to the help and motivation I got from the workfrom community, I just gave it a shot and started working on it. I'm not a software developer, but a computational social scientist. My knowledge of any coding language is limited and I had to learn a lot on the way. What I achieved so far has been great progress for me.

Lessons learned:

• Just give it a try. Keep in mind what you want to achieve and document your learning. If your product fails, you can look back at a huge set of new skills you acquired .
• Seek out people to motivate you.