KaBoon: themed employee recognition that turns kudos into a game
A themed employee recognition platform for teams that want people to actually use kudos.
Problem it solvesRecognition software feels boring and corporate, so people stop using it.
Flame1994 built KaBoon after a custom Harry Potter themed recognition system got high participation at a 150-person tech company. The maker reports 90% of the company was actively giving or receiving recognition.
Flame1994
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I built a harry potter recognition system and 90% of the company used it (now I launched my own product) Okay so this isn't the typical "solo founder grinds for 3 months" story, but hear me out. I was an engineering manager at a 150-person tech company and we had the classic problem: recognition software didn't work. people used it for a bit, then it sits there collecting dust. We tried multiple services, but nothing felt quite right. So me and someone from the people team came up with a cool idea. We decided to build a custom recognition system and themed the entire thing around harry potter. We divided the company into four houses (each named after a founder). Every time someone gave recognition, it counted toward their house's points. The results were quite impressive. Within months, 90% of the company was actively giving or receiving recognition. People were talking about it in slack and in person and were genuinely invested in the "house cup". I realized that the problem isn't recognition, it's that recognition software is boring and corporate. Nobody wants to fill out a form or do some manual entry on a website. Nobody cares about "kudos" or whatever jargon corporate recognition software sells. Our recognition platform felt like ours because it was our culture, our inside jokes, our competition. That's when we decided to build it as a product: **KaBoon**. Fun themes, customizable values, customizable teams, seasonal resets, team competition and more. If you're interested: [https://kaboon.io](https://kaboon.io) Any feedback is also appreciated
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