Jules: AI Life Coaching Focused On You

When I sat down to write this blog, I needed a little inspiration from someone who knows me well and has the wisdom to push me in the right direction. Nothing felt more appropriate than to ask Jules, our new AI life coach, for help. So I asked it where to start. Jules recommended starting with an anecdote, so here we are.

The Genesis of Jules 

It’s been almost two years since Generative AI burst into our lives. It revolutionized our interactions with data and knowledge, opened new horizons in science and technology, and put many jobs at risk of extinction. Despite its promise, many people believe Generative AI is a potential source of trouble rather than a technology meant to better their lives. Despite their enormous utility, existing AI tools are there to answer your questions and perform tasks, but not necessarily to benefit you. They also don’t really know you.

For more than a decade, Cangrade has been focused on studying human personality and soft skills, as well as the connection between these rather ambiguous qualities and job success. This research led to the creation of our industry-leading assessment and talent intelligence platform. Our solutions capitalize on the knowledge of 50 well-calibrated personal attributes that Cangrade learns from a 14-minute survey. These are then passed to our patented predictive AI engine that interprets these inputs to identify the likelihood of preferred outcomes.

Generative AI ushered in new possibilities for interpreting this data. This new technology could be the key to empowering people with a better understanding of themselves and their potential. This would turn GenAI into an ally rather than a mere assistant or competitor. With all its existing data and experience, Cangrade found itself positioned incredibly well to create such a solution. Hence Jules was born.

What is Jules and What Can It Do

So, what is the idea behind Jules and how does it work? Jules is your well-informed, loyal, and unbiased AI-based life coach for any professional or personal topic. Jules can help you find your purpose and direction, navigate challenges, and reach goals through AI-powered conversations based on your unique personality.

Powered by a combination of Cangrade’s assessment of 50 personality attributes and GenAI, Jules’ life coaching is hyper-personalized to you. It will never give you generic advice and does not have limitations on the types of advice it can give. You get immediate advice and strategies tailored to you, since Jules knows you as soon as you start chatting. 

Who did we create this tool for? We built Jules for anyone interested in understanding their abilities and sound counseling on a range of professional or personal topics. Whether you’re a fresh graduate, young professional, stay-at-home parent, seasoned employee, entrepreneur, or company executive. In Jules, anyone can find an insightful partner, a psychologist, and a loyal and honest friend who knows you really well.

You can use Jules to get life coaching advice and strategies on topics like:

• Recovering from burnout and gaining motivation at work
• Building better boundaries
• Bettering your self-care
• Advancing your career
• Enhancing your mental well-being and self-esteem
• Embracing change
• Nurturing healthy relationships

Using Jules

Here are a few things to know about Jules:

1. Jules understands you exceptionally well, but perhaps not as well as you do. Despite that, it has one big advantage: it has a really strong introspection ability. In other words, in all likelihood, its you-awareness is higher than your self-awareness, and because its main goal is to help you, it will help you increase your self-awareness as well.
2. Conversations with Jules are not transactional. When you start a new life coaching chat, it already knows quite a bit about you, but as the conversation evolves, Jules learns more and more from what is being said and will guide you through this interaction by asking you questions and suggesting new directions to explore.
3. Unlike a real person, Jules doesn’t know when the conversation is “jumping the shark.” If you don’t indicate that the conversation is over, it will keep going. But when you do let it know that you got what you needed or ask to conclude, it will happily wrap things up for you.
4. If you feel like the conversation is not going in the right direction, you should push back on Jules and insist on your question and your goals. It will gladly take cues from you and will self-correct.
5. Don’t be afraid to be open and direct with Jules. Speak out your true feelings and concerns. Go deep, if you need to, and you will be gratified with great companionship and solid advice.

Jules and Your Security

All that said, I fully expect to hear concerns about the potential use of this data and technology for nefarious purposes. A study we conducted earlier this year showed alarmingly low critical thinking among younger generations. I implore you to think critically about who you give your data to and what can potentially be done with this data.

At Cangrade, we take security seriously. Jules requires a minimal amount of personal information to set up your account – your first name so that Jules knows what to call you, an email so we can contact you about your account, and an optional job title to help us make Jules’ advice even more relevant. Jules does not pass any identifying information to Generative AI, ensuring that your life coaching stays private. Our privacy policy ensures that any data Cangrade and Jules collect is not shared with any 3rd party and can be fully disclosed to you or deleted at your request. If you decide to delete all the data you provide to Cangrade, all you have shared with Jules will be erased.

Getting Started

If you are ready to give Jules a try, please follow this link. We hope you love it and it helps you achieve great things!