Technology has a trust problem. To address that from a pure and good motive by developing AI to enhance human wellness, Ikigai Journey addresses this trust issue and taps into human psychology to build a social relationship. The Ikigai Journey Skill enhances Alexa’s social ability to build trust. When we use Ikigai Journey, we have a strong sense that “Alexa” is interested in US being the best human beings that we can be.
Ikigai Journey v1 enters a cycle of exploration and inquiry, inviting users to share information about themselves and their beliefs. This helps our data scientists understand patterns and behaviors to best direct our subscribers to actionable solutions. New clarity on what is working and what is missing that, once developed, will support new thoughts, actions, and choices to elevate their experience of themselves and being alive, giving a new sense of purpose and well-being.
Ikigai Journey was built upon a body of research proposing 7 Dimensions of Wellness: social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, intellectual, and physical. When we spend time dedicated to each of these, the quality and experience of life improve dramatically.
Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning "reason for being." The word usually indicates the source of value in life or the things that make life worthwhile. Translated to English it means "thing that you live for" or "reason for which you wake in the morning."
Our Skill is prescriptive to support our "Journeyers" toward an increased level of peace, power, satisfaction, and fulfillment. Using Alexa and Amazon-based skills, platforms, and tools, Ikigai Journey delivers the right motivational content, right when our Journeyers need it most in their lives. Ikigai Journey is a friend, confidant, mirror, open listener, coach, and counselor that helps our Journeyers get the answers they already have but just haven’t yet seen consciously for themselves. And Ikigai Journey has specific suggestions for users, from video content, movies, music, reading materials, coaching, and subscriptions to wellness products and conscious commerce solutions.
Our Alexa Skill begins with a 12-Day Course utilizing Alexa and AWS Tools to quickly create a profile using queries, surveys, and social graphs. Each Ikigai Journey is personal and specific to an individual's life, values, and beliefs, reflecting the inner self and expressing that faithfully, while simultaneously creating a mental state of ease. Responses are parsed and voice-to-text tech used to record answers in the database. This data supports us in building an Ikigai user graph. Their first interaction requires us to provide some immediate and recognizable value to support them returning for subsequent Ikigai sessions. Activities are never forced; they are often spontaneous, and always undertaken willingly, giving satisfaction and a sense of meaning and direction. The scripted Journey of reflection is deeply detailed, to provide multiple ways into understanding: What You Love, What You Are Good At, What You Can be Paid For, and What the World Needs.
Understanding basic demographics and more complex aspects of online behaviors that could be available on the internet, this is not meant to be an intrusion on privacy, but designed to allow us to discover what the story of this user could be, and how quickly we can provide valuable insight and support. What do we know about the Amazon user already? Can we quickly build their profile based on Public Data or aggregating social media profiles to create their Ikigai identity? And, can we do this in a way that is gentle to the user but powerful for us to help our Alexa Skill get a sense about this User and have AI/ML structures designed to quickly get them inspired?
Ikigai is not a one-time experience but is designed to continually support Journeyers with new opportunities to explore and discover with each new growth cycle in their lives.