"Cally assures me of at least 3 deep work moments every week, 3 hours each. Maintaining this was a disaster with my Google Calendar. Everyone kept scheduling calls right over my focus time."
Johathan Heers
Head of Design
Introduction
NeuroGen, an innovative biotechnology firm specializing in cellular agriculture, faced significant time-management challenges. The company was working on an ambitious project to revolutionize the production of meat and milk through machine learning and cellular engineering. The difficulty of coordinating research, lab work, and development cycles was becoming a hindrance to progress. To overcome these obstacles, NeuroGen implemented Savvy, a smart calendar app designed to optimize focus time for specialized roles such as biologists and engineers.
Problem Statement
NeuroGen faced a range of complicated challenges:
Limited focus time for biologists and engineers to perform deep work, hindering the pace of scientific innovation.
Disruptive meetings affecting the workflow of research and development activities.
Overlapping schedules causing conflicts in lab space allocations and computational resources.
Solution: Savvy
Savvy employs advanced machine learning algorithms to cater to the unique scheduling needs of biologists, engineers, and other specialized professionals. Key features include:
Smart Scheduling: Automatically schedules meetings and collaborative sessions during off-peak focus times, respecting each individual’s unique productivity cycles.
Deep Work Blocks: Allocates designated time slots for research, data analysis, and developmental activities.
Resource Coordination: Seamlessly integrates with lab and computational resource management systems to ensure conflict-free reservations.
Project Milestone Tracker: Sets reminders and allocates time for significant milestones, keeping the project on track.
Team Dashboard: Offers real-time analytics on team productivity and focus time, enabling informed managerial decisions.
Implementation
NeuroGen deployed Savvy in a structured manner:
Pilot Testing: Initially, Savvy was rolled out to a small group of biologists and machine learning engineers for testing.
Feedback Collection: Feedback was actively collected and addressed, allowing the Savvy team to iterate on the app's features.
Company-wide Rollout: Following successful pilot testing, Savvy was implemented across all research and development teams.
Results
Below you'll find a variety of results that NeuroGen accomplished by using Cally.
1. Increased Focus Time
Before Savvy: Biologists and engineers had an average of 10 hours of uninterrupted focus time per week.
After Savvy: Focus time increased dramatically to 25 hours per week—a 150% increase.
The increase in focus time significantly accelerated the design and validation processes for new cellular models.
2. Streamlined Resource Allocation
Before the implementation of Savvy, approximately 20 instances of resource conflicts occurred each week in lab spaces and computational resources. After Savvy, this number dropped to nearly zero. The app's intelligent resource coordination eliminated conflicts, ensuring seamless work flow.
3. Meeting Efficiency
Before Savvy: Teams spent about 18 hours per week in meetings, with many of these seen as unproductive.
After Savvy: Meeting hours were reduced to 10 hours per week—a 44% reduction.
Savvy optimized meeting schedules so that they occurred during times least disruptive to focus and deep work.
4. Accelerated Project Milestones
Savvy’s Project Milestone Tracker was invaluable in keeping the project on course. Team members felt a heightened sense of clarity, which led to milestones being achieved 20% faster than before.
5. Managerial Insights
Managers found the Team Dashboard to be an invaluable resource for making data-driven decisions on workload distribution and resource allocation.
6. Team Satisfaction
An internal survey three months post-implementation revealed:
80% of team members felt more productive.
90% felt that their focus time had increased meaningfully.
75% reported a decrease in stress levels, citing improved work-life balance.
Conclusion
Savvy transformed NeuroGen’s approach to their groundbreaking project. By optimizing focus time and intelligently coordinating resources, the app alleviated the company's most pressing challenges. The results were compelling: faster innovation, increased efficiency, and significantly improved team satisfaction.
For NeuroGen, Savvy became more than a smart calendar app; it evolved into an essential tool for achieving a more streamlined and efficient workflow. Its impact extended beyond mere time management to touch upon critical aspects of accelerated innovation, making Savvy an indispensable asset in scientific research and development.
By adopting Savvy, NeuroGen has not only streamlined its operational logistics but also accelerated its pace of scientific discovery. The app has proven that with the right technology, managing complex, interdisciplinary projects can become both effective and efficient, unlocking the full human potential to tackle some of the world's most urgent challenges.
"Cally assures me of at least 3 deep work moments every week, 3 hours each. Maintaining this was a disaster with my Google Calendar. Everyone kept scheduling calls right over my focus time."
Johathan Heers
Head of Design
Introduction
NeuroGen, an innovative biotechnology firm specializing in cellular agriculture, faced significant time-management challenges. The company was working on an ambitious project to revolutionize the production of meat and milk through machine learning and cellular engineering. The difficulty of coordinating research, lab work, and development cycles was becoming a hindrance to progress. To overcome these obstacles, NeuroGen implemented Savvy, a smart calendar app designed to optimize focus time for specialized roles such as biologists and engineers.
Problem Statement
NeuroGen faced a range of complicated challenges:
Limited focus time for biologists and engineers to perform deep work, hindering the pace of scientific innovation.
Disruptive meetings affecting the workflow of research and development activities.
Overlapping schedules causing conflicts in lab space allocations and computational resources.
Solution: Savvy
Savvy employs advanced machine learning algorithms to cater to the unique scheduling needs of biologists, engineers, and other specialized professionals. Key features include:
Smart Scheduling: Automatically schedules meetings and collaborative sessions during off-peak focus times, respecting each individual’s unique productivity cycles.
Deep Work Blocks: Allocates designated time slots for research, data analysis, and developmental activities.
Resource Coordination: Seamlessly integrates with lab and computational resource management systems to ensure conflict-free reservations.
Project Milestone Tracker: Sets reminders and allocates time for significant milestones, keeping the project on track.
Team Dashboard: Offers real-time analytics on team productivity and focus time, enabling informed managerial decisions.
Implementation
NeuroGen deployed Savvy in a structured manner:
Pilot Testing: Initially, Savvy was rolled out to a small group of biologists and machine learning engineers for testing.
Feedback Collection: Feedback was actively collected and addressed, allowing the Savvy team to iterate on the app's features.
Company-wide Rollout: Following successful pilot testing, Savvy was implemented across all research and development teams.
Results
Below you'll find a variety of results that NeuroGen accomplished by using Cally.
1. Increased Focus Time
Before Savvy: Biologists and engineers had an average of 10 hours of uninterrupted focus time per week.
After Savvy: Focus time increased dramatically to 25 hours per week—a 150% increase.
The increase in focus time significantly accelerated the design and validation processes for new cellular models.
2. Streamlined Resource Allocation
Before the implementation of Savvy, approximately 20 instances of resource conflicts occurred each week in lab spaces and computational resources. After Savvy, this number dropped to nearly zero. The app's intelligent resource coordination eliminated conflicts, ensuring seamless work flow.
3. Meeting Efficiency
Before Savvy: Teams spent about 18 hours per week in meetings, with many of these seen as unproductive.
After Savvy: Meeting hours were reduced to 10 hours per week—a 44% reduction.
Savvy optimized meeting schedules so that they occurred during times least disruptive to focus and deep work.
4. Accelerated Project Milestones
Savvy’s Project Milestone Tracker was invaluable in keeping the project on course. Team members felt a heightened sense of clarity, which led to milestones being achieved 20% faster than before.
5. Managerial Insights
Managers found the Team Dashboard to be an invaluable resource for making data-driven decisions on workload distribution and resource allocation.
6. Team Satisfaction
An internal survey three months post-implementation revealed:
80% of team members felt more productive.
90% felt that their focus time had increased meaningfully.
75% reported a decrease in stress levels, citing improved work-life balance.
Conclusion
Savvy transformed NeuroGen’s approach to their groundbreaking project. By optimizing focus time and intelligently coordinating resources, the app alleviated the company's most pressing challenges. The results were compelling: faster innovation, increased efficiency, and significantly improved team satisfaction.
For NeuroGen, Savvy became more than a smart calendar app; it evolved into an essential tool for achieving a more streamlined and efficient workflow. Its impact extended beyond mere time management to touch upon critical aspects of accelerated innovation, making Savvy an indispensable asset in scientific research and development.
By adopting Savvy, NeuroGen has not only streamlined its operational logistics but also accelerated its pace of scientific discovery. The app has proven that with the right technology, managing complex, interdisciplinary projects can become both effective and efficient, unlocking the full human potential to tackle some of the world's most urgent challenges.
"Cally assures me of at least 3 deep work moments every week, 3 hours each. Maintaining this was a disaster with my Google Calendar. Everyone kept scheduling calls right over my focus time."
Johathan Heers
Head of Design
Introduction
NeuroGen, an innovative biotechnology firm specializing in cellular agriculture, faced significant time-management challenges. The company was working on an ambitious project to revolutionize the production of meat and milk through machine learning and cellular engineering. The difficulty of coordinating research, lab work, and development cycles was becoming a hindrance to progress. To overcome these obstacles, NeuroGen implemented Savvy, a smart calendar app designed to optimize focus time for specialized roles such as biologists and engineers.
Problem Statement
NeuroGen faced a range of complicated challenges:
Limited focus time for biologists and engineers to perform deep work, hindering the pace of scientific innovation.
Disruptive meetings affecting the workflow of research and development activities.
Overlapping schedules causing conflicts in lab space allocations and computational resources.
Solution: Savvy
Savvy employs advanced machine learning algorithms to cater to the unique scheduling needs of biologists, engineers, and other specialized professionals. Key features include:
Smart Scheduling: Automatically schedules meetings and collaborative sessions during off-peak focus times, respecting each individual’s unique productivity cycles.
Deep Work Blocks: Allocates designated time slots for research, data analysis, and developmental activities.
Resource Coordination: Seamlessly integrates with lab and computational resource management systems to ensure conflict-free reservations.
Project Milestone Tracker: Sets reminders and allocates time for significant milestones, keeping the project on track.
Team Dashboard: Offers real-time analytics on team productivity and focus time, enabling informed managerial decisions.
Implementation
NeuroGen deployed Savvy in a structured manner:
Pilot Testing: Initially, Savvy was rolled out to a small group of biologists and machine learning engineers for testing.
Feedback Collection: Feedback was actively collected and addressed, allowing the Savvy team to iterate on the app's features.
Company-wide Rollout: Following successful pilot testing, Savvy was implemented across all research and development teams.
Results
Below you'll find a variety of results that NeuroGen accomplished by using Cally.
1. Increased Focus Time
Before Savvy: Biologists and engineers had an average of 10 hours of uninterrupted focus time per week.
After Savvy: Focus time increased dramatically to 25 hours per week—a 150% increase.
The increase in focus time significantly accelerated the design and validation processes for new cellular models.
2. Streamlined Resource Allocation
Before the implementation of Savvy, approximately 20 instances of resource conflicts occurred each week in lab spaces and computational resources. After Savvy, this number dropped to nearly zero. The app's intelligent resource coordination eliminated conflicts, ensuring seamless work flow.
3. Meeting Efficiency
Before Savvy: Teams spent about 18 hours per week in meetings, with many of these seen as unproductive.
After Savvy: Meeting hours were reduced to 10 hours per week—a 44% reduction.
Savvy optimized meeting schedules so that they occurred during times least disruptive to focus and deep work.
4. Accelerated Project Milestones
Savvy’s Project Milestone Tracker was invaluable in keeping the project on course. Team members felt a heightened sense of clarity, which led to milestones being achieved 20% faster than before.
5. Managerial Insights
Managers found the Team Dashboard to be an invaluable resource for making data-driven decisions on workload distribution and resource allocation.
6. Team Satisfaction
An internal survey three months post-implementation revealed:
80% of team members felt more productive.
90% felt that their focus time had increased meaningfully.
75% reported a decrease in stress levels, citing improved work-life balance.
Conclusion
Savvy transformed NeuroGen’s approach to their groundbreaking project. By optimizing focus time and intelligently coordinating resources, the app alleviated the company's most pressing challenges. The results were compelling: faster innovation, increased efficiency, and significantly improved team satisfaction.
For NeuroGen, Savvy became more than a smart calendar app; it evolved into an essential tool for achieving a more streamlined and efficient workflow. Its impact extended beyond mere time management to touch upon critical aspects of accelerated innovation, making Savvy an indispensable asset in scientific research and development.
By adopting Savvy, NeuroGen has not only streamlined its operational logistics but also accelerated its pace of scientific discovery. The app has proven that with the right technology, managing complex, interdisciplinary projects can become both effective and efficient, unlocking the full human potential to tackle some of the world's most urgent challenges.
