Writing
Notes on participation, not performance
Short, practical pieces about keeping a team habit alive after the announcement. No invented statistics and no customer stories. Hepio is in early access with a small number of pilot teams; it isn’t generally available or in the Slack Marketplace.
Choosing the right shape of tool
Recognition tools vs. habit campaigns: different jobs
Recognition tools and habit campaigns do different jobs. Choosing between them is about the behavior you want, not about which feature list is longer.
4 min read2 min listenChoosing the right shape of tool
Brief leadership on a habit campaign without inventing ROI
How to brief leadership on a habit campaign with your team's own participation data, without inventing a return or promising outcomes you can't measure.
4 min read2 min listenTeam goals, not leaderboards
Team goals vs. leaderboards in workplace wellbeing
Two workplace challenges can look identical at kickoff and behave nothing alike a month later. The difference is what the design bets on to keep people in.
4 min read2 min listenTeam goals, not leaderboards
Why a public step-challenge ranking empties the channel
A public step-challenge ranking motivates the few who can win it and quietly pushes out everyone else. Here is the mechanism, and what to change instead.
4 min read2 min listenMeet the team in Slack
Onboarding as a shared team campaign, not a checklist
How to run the first thirty days of onboarding as a shared team campaign with one goal, instead of a checklist that only teaches the company.
4 min read2 min listenMeet the team in Slack
Learning sprints that last past week one
A learning sprint that survives week one runs on one repeatable action, a shared team total and a milestone everyone unlocks, not a reading leaderboard.
4 min read2 min listenMeet the team in Slack
Milestone rewards that aren't a personal points wallet
A shared milestone rewards the whole team: when the collective total lands, everybody gets the breakfast. No personal points wallet, no prize for a winner.
4 min read2 min listenParticipation after launch
Why workplace wellbeing months fade after week one
Wellbeing months rarely fail at launch. They fade because the announcement is loud and the habit is thin, and a shared goal fixes what reminders can't.
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Hepio turns company goals into opt-in team challenges inside Slack. Get early access.