OJI LIFE LAB

Oji LIfe Lab is a Starbucks-meets-personal-development, third place for high schoolers. Oji offers a physical space for high schoolers to hang out along a program of Life Lab Sessions that present project-based, collaborative learning experiences in essential life skills, normally learned through trial and error (a.k.a. the School of Hard Knocks).

Journey to the Center of You

A discovery into identifying one's purpose in life, informed by the work of Peter L. Benson, Ph.D, Sir Ken Robinson, Po Bronson, and Bill Burnett and Dave Evans' book Designing Your Life.

9 Ball: Making Decisions

An introduction to a strategic approach to decision making, based on Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions by Howard Raiffa and Ralph L Keeney, preeminent experts in decision science. Additionally informed by the Heath Brothers' Decisive.

H2You: Elements of Personality

Developed in collaboration with Marc Brackett, Ph.D., Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, this lab session introduces participants to different personality types toward the goal of making sense of their own and relating better with others.

GPS Me: Goal Setting

A primer in the SMART criteria for goal setting, first conceived of by business consultant George T. Doran and advanced by management guru Peter Drucker. The SMART acronym defines the criteria as specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.

The Elephant & The Rider

A board game that takes an impulse control approach to financial literacy. Based on the Heath Brothers' Switch and informed by Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational and Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow.

Learning Environment

I worked with Will Bruder Architects to design a flexible space that accommodates multiple use cases—from small group learning to events to performances. IdeaPaint transforms the walls into writable whiteboard surfaces. Pods on casters offer spaces for individual study and when combined, spaces for small group meetings.

Learning Experiences

I collaborated with subject matter experts in a range of social science fields and conducted deep dives into the latest behavioral change research to design interactive lab sessions. Lab sessions cover a life skills topics—from managing people to managing emotions, from making decisions to setting goals.

Oji Life Lab

OJI LIFE LAB

Learning Environment

Learning Experiences