Pulsing Captures Culture in Real Time
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John Doerr · 3 highlights
“feedback. One frontier is pulsing, an online snapshot of your workplace culture. These signal-capturing questionnaires may be scheduled weekly or monthly by HR or made part of an ongoing “drip” campaign. Either way, pulses are simple, quick, and wide-ranging. For example: Are you getting enough sleep? Have you met recently with your manager to discuss goals and expectations? Do you have a clear sense of your career path? Are you getting enough challenge and motivation and energy—are you feeling “in the zone”?”
“exit for another job. They need to listen and capture signals as they are emitted. What if a goal-setting platform could pulse two or three questions to employees whenever they log in? What if it merged quantitative data on goal progress with qualitative input from frequent conversations and pulsing feedback?”