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The Very Real Cost of Your Team Appreciation and Recognition

How much does your team appreciation actually cost? Consider this simple math (all based on the range of Millennials and Gen Z research papers): Tech company size 100: out of those 90 a...

In Appreciation, Recognition, Microfeedback, Bots, Microsoft Teams, Slackbot, Sep 18, 2019

The Value of Good Karma: Peer Recognition and Appreciation

The value of good karma Today, we are untroducing Karma YouTube channel. It should help you, our valued customers, to get up-to-speed with Karma system. One of Karma founders, David Kra...

In Rewards, Microfeedback, Appreciation, Bots, Microsoft Teams, Slackbot, YouTube, Aug 19, 2019

¹⁄₃ of Employees Plan to Leave. Soon.

How to increase retention by simply helping people grow A few years ago, one of my hardest working direct reports came to say he was resigning early from a contract. I was flabbergasted....

In Millennials, Rewards, Microfeedback, Appreciation, Bots, Microsoft Teams, Slackbot, Aug 12, 2019

How Chatting Reveals Values

Small talk has a big impact Look around the office at the people you work with and ask yourself this question: How does my team actualize its values? What sort of agency do team members ...

In Millennials, Appreciation, Bots, Microsoft Teams, Slackbot, Aug 06, 2019

Dishonesty Can, and Most Likely Will, Fly Your Startup into The Mountain

Hey, I’m Stas Kulesh. I grew up in the far-easter part of Siberia, studied Computer Science and Nuclear Physics, played in a band, got excited by the indie-games making and left the uni ...

In Millennials, Appreciation, Bots, Microsoft Teams, Slackbot, Jul 29, 2019

Replace Burnout

Great high-performers know how and when to step back At risk of showing my age, who remembers the first time they watched the film “Top Gun”? If you’ve not seen it yet, stop reading. Wat...

In MS Teams, Slackbot, Karma tracking, Performance, People culture, Jul 08, 2019

Consistent vs. Immediate

Stephanie leads a 10-person team covering marketing initiatives for a large insurance company. John, Ben, Sharon, Rashid, Taylor, & Young all work in a central city office. They’ve...

In Slackbot, Karma tracking, Performance, Jul 01, 2019

Time Bot for Tracking Time on Slack

Non-intrusive in-chat time-tracking Karma bot team proudly presents a non-intrusive time tracking on Slack for startups: Time. With Time bot a team can record tasks directly in Slack cha...

In Slackbot, Time tracking, Jun 26, 2019

Reward Employees — Immediately!

Reward Employees — Immediately! Using collective recognition with individual gain in your team. What is the first reward you remember receiving? I was probably four or five when I receiv...

In Employee Engagement, Recognition Rewards, Productivity Hacks, Slackbot, Microsoft Teams, Jun 18, 2019

Exceptional Teams Put People First

Exceptional Teams Put People First Utilising your greatest competitive advantage If we conduct a brief survey of the greatest sports films in history — the ones that even non-sporty view...

In Employee Engagement, Recognition Rewards, Productivity Hacks, Slackbot, Microsoft Teams, Jun 10, 2019

The #1 Team Builder Globally: Recognition

Picture this scenario: A client wants a product live in seven days. After six months of agile development, two-week sprints with multiple iterations, the software is close to completion....

In Employee Engagement, Recognition Rewards, Productivity Hacks, Slackbot, Microsoft Teams, Jun 03, 2019

From Disengaged to Driven: How Microfeedback Creates Workplace Clarity

Joe comes to work. He is on time. He punches the clock, stays at his desk, takes his lunch break, and at the end of the day, Joe goes home. For some managers, Joe is the perfect employee...

In Employee Engagement, Performance Reviews, Slackbot, Millennials, Microsoft Teams, May 27, 2019

Why Millennials Quit

It is a shocking statistic. According to Deloitte, 43% of millennials see themselves quitting their current job within the next 2 years. If you employ a majority of Gen Z staff — watch o...

In Millennials, Appreciation, Bots, Microsoft Teams, Slackbot, May 21, 2019

Karma Bot Status: In-Chat Time-Tracking and Reporting

Imagine the following scenario, you’re a remote designer, coming online to do some work. Some Slack teams use ‘#status’ to raise a hand and say hi to everyone, some utilise bots that run...

In Slack, Bot, Slackbot, Time Tracking, Time Tracking Software, Mar 19, 2019

Introducing Reports for Karma MS Teams

The Millennial and Gen Z workforce wants feedback with recency, consistency, and the opportunity to improve. With increasing transparency enhanced by analytics and technology, employees ...

In Slack, Bot, Slackbot, Time Tracking, Time Tracking Software, Nov 27, 2018

We Have Built Slack Emulator to Demo Our Slack Bot

I’m very proud of Karma bot team today. The guys have managed to code up a Slack emulator using JS, CSS and HTML. We really hope this will help our customers to understand the dynamics o...

In Slack, Karma, Performance Reviews, Slackbot, Onboarding, Nov 23, 2018

Managing Karma Bot Options

Since every team is different, your Karma bot experience largely depends on the goals your team aims to achieve via Karma bot and the way you use the bot. Karma bot is much more than jus...

In Chatbots, HR, Project Management, Karma bot, Slackbot, Oct 09, 2018

Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Karma Bot GDPR Compliance

According to your data privacy policy, Karma bot collects information that may include but is not limited to Email address, First name and last name, Cookies and Usage Data. What other d...

In Privacy, Slackbot, Bots, Karma bot, Team Management, Sep 11, 2018

Spicing Up Your Slack Life

We’ve taught Karma bot, the performance-boosting chat bot, a new trick. Now you can switch from dry text-only output to images. Each time a karma request @username ++ great work! gets ap...

In Slack, Slackbot, Bots, Human Resources, Performance, Aug 14, 2018

Celebrate Your Teammates’ Achievements on Slack

Karma bot team is constantly working to bring the best experience possible. Here is the quick update on the things completed just this week. @karmabot me cards Try typing /k me to get th...

In Slack, Slackbot, Human Resources, Time Tracking Software, Performance Management, Aug 09, 2018

Set Your Slack Status Straight!

Did you know, that Karma bot can handle Slack statuses for you? In March we introduced Karma bot Status feature, which is simply time-tracking in Slack. Type a super short line like this...

In Slack, Karma bot, Slackbot, Bots, Chatbots, Jul 03, 2018

Karma Bot for Slack Supports Slack Actions Now

Isn’t it easier to just use buttons, rather than having to memorise a bunch of commands? Sure it is! We’ve added a cool feature for Karma bot Slack users. Karma bot Actions enable a sing...

In Slack, Slackbot, Karma bot, HR, Project Management, Jun 14, 2018

Karma Supports Custom Company Values Now

The Karma bot customer is the actual product designer. This is the way we’ve been developing the bot from day one. Originally the bot was trained to recognise 5 categories. However, we’v...

In Artificial Intelligence, Karma bot, Slackbot, HR, Project Management, May 22, 2018

Karma Bot 3.0

An organisation is only as good as the people who run it. The larger an organisation, the harder it is for the various employees to work as a team. It’s also hard for the management to s...

In Chatbots, Karma bot, Slackbot, HR, Project Management, May 04, 2018