I'll help you build a creative exercise to understand employee mental health. Let me first understand the key dimensions and then check what's available for building.

Key Dimensions I'm seeing:

• Energy levels — how depleted or recharged someone feels
• Stress triggers — what's causing strain (workload, relationships, environment)
• Emotional state — current mood and feelings
• Support needs — what kind of help would make a difference
• Work-life balance — how work is affecting personal life

For the Research Question, I want to make sure we're focusing on what will help you make decisions. Here are the directions we could take:

Great choice! Understanding where employees need support will give you actionable insights. Let me check what creative tools I have available.

Now I have a good sense of what's available. Let me propose some creative exercise formats that go beyond traditional surveys. Each would help uncover where employees need support through interactive engagement:

Love it! I'll build the Energy Garden — a metaphorical exercise where employees have a limited "budget" of support resources (like water drops) to allocate across different support areas (represented as plants). The areas they water most will grow, revealing their priorities.

This will capture:

• Which support areas matter most (where they allocate resources)
• Relative priority (how much they give each area vs others)
• The "why" behind choices (through their verbal commentary as they interact)

Let me build this now.

Here's your Energy Garden exercise: View it live

How it works:

• Employees get 12 water drops to allocate across 6 support areas
• They drag drops to the plants representing areas where they need more support
• Plants grow visually as they receive water — showing relative priority at a glance
• Clicking a plant removes a drop if they want to reallocate
• The areas: Workload Balance, Career Growth, Team Connection, Mental Wellness, Work Flexibility, and Recognition

What you'll learn:

• Which support areas have the biggest gaps (most water allocated)
• The relative importance between different needs (distribution pattern)
• As interviewees talk through their choices, you'll hear the why behind their priorities

The metaphor makes it feel less like a survey and more like a reflective activity — people tend to share more when the interface invites play rather than interrogation.

Want me to tweak anything — different support categories, adjust the number of drops, or change the visual style?