Horizon

Project Description

Horizon brings together online content regarding new skills, knowledge, and experiences to help you explore and discover who you could be. Expand your horizons by choosing from millions of articles, videos, and courses. Then, indicate how much assistance you want with goal-setting, tasks, and reminders.

Problem

What does it mean to “expand your horizons”? The answer usually revolves around experiencing or learning something new. And we typically agree that this helps us grow. And yet, for many of us, we often stick to our typical routines and habits… even as we complain about feelings of boredom and unfulfillment. So how might we encourage people to explore beyond their current comfort zone?

Insights

Research uncovered a subset of people we hadn’t taken into consideration: those who were attempting a career change on their own. Although they knew what they wanted, most of them reported being lost and overwhelmed by the amount of unstructured information they were sifting through. It became clear that it wasn’t enough to simply encourage people to explore new interests; we also needed to offer guidance and structure as they explored their area of interest.

Solutions

First and foremost, Horizon prioritizes ways to discover interests based on user inputs and in-app exploration. And for those who are consumed by indecisiveness, users can even let Horizon make decisions for them. However, once an interest is being pursued, the app can then be used to help set goals, structure tasks into manageable chunks that build on one-another, send reminders, and provide motivation and positive feedback.