Pulse — what it is and how it works
Every Friday you write down 1–3 things you will do next week. Through the week you update how each one went. Everyone can see the team's momentum in real time.
Most teams already know what they need to do. The problem is that knowing and doing drift apart over the course of a week, and no one notices until the check-in meeting where people say "I meant to get to that." Pulse is the discipline that closes that gap, without adding another meeting to close it.
The weekly loop
Friday → Monday–Thursday → Friday again
Plan 3 things Update what happened Reflect + plan next week
Every commitment needs answers to three questions before it counts:
That is it. The discipline of answering those three questions every week, and being honest about what happened, is the whole product. Three minutes on Friday morning, a few updates through the week, and the whole team has a shared picture of momentum without a single status meeting.
The three roles
- Write your weekly commitments every Friday
- Update status through the week:
- Done — shipped it
- In progress, next week — started, continues
- Not started, next week — didn't get to it, says why
- Cancelled — no longer needed
- See what teammates are working on in the Pulse feed
- 👏 Clap on teammates' wins
- Everything a Member does, plus:
- See exactly who on your team hasn't submitted this week
- Send reminders to pending members individually or all at once
- See your team streak — how many consecutive weeks everyone submitted
- See goal coverage — which goals are getting attention and which are going quiet
- Create and edit your team's goals
- Sees a separate app — no personal commitments, pure org visibility
- Dashboard — how many people submitted, which teams are at 100%, avg accuracy
- Recognitions — system suggests who to recognise this week; admin reviews, edits, and publishes to the feed
- People — add/remove members, change teams, change roles
- Goals — set the 5 company-level CSFs that cascade down to team goals
The Pulse feed
Think of it like Strava for work commitments — a live stream of the team's activity. It shows who submitted their week, who completed something, streak milestones, the first person to submit each week, and recognitions published by the admin.
One reaction only: 👏 clap. No comments, no ranking. The feed only shows positive momentum — drops and cancellations stay private. There is nothing to game, nothing to compare, just a running picture of the team moving.
Why it works for each role
"I know exactly what I committed to, my team can see I'm moving, and nothing falls through the cracks. Carried-over tasks remind me what I didn't finish."
"I can see at a glance who's blocked, who hasn't submitted, and whether our goals are actually getting worked on — without scheduling a check-in meeting."
"I can see whether the company's 5 annual goals are getting weekly attention across all teams, recognise consistent performers publicly, and spot teams going quiet — all from one dashboard."
The gamification — keeps it honest, not competitive
| Signal | What it means |
|---|---|
| 🔥 Streak | Consecutive weeks you submitted — personal, not ranked against anyone else |
| 📊 Accuracy | % of commitments you finished. 60–80% is the healthy range. 100% means you're not stretching yourself. |
| ⚡ First in week | First person to submit each Monday — a small nod to the people who come in ready |
| 🏆 Team of the week | Team that submitted earliest and had the highest completion — celebrated, not compared |
What actually changes week to week
Celebrate your own consistency.
Not beating others.