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Ideas, conversations, and what is new
Conversations with the people building better workplaces, writing on appreciation in practice, and what changed on the platform each month. Research and playbooks join as they are published.
Podcast
The Good Human Company Podcast
Founders, HR leaders, and operators on recognition, culture, and leading with intention. Hosted by Matt Wheeler.
Episode 005
Build the Team, Then Build the Business
with Chip Webster, Vistage Florida (former)
· 32 min
Blog
Appreciation, in practice
Writing on the moments that matter and how companies act on them.
Holidays
Year-end recognition for a team that never meets in person
A remote team has no office party in December. Plan a year-end thank-you that reaches every home on time, starting with addresses in November.
· 4 min read
Work
One appreciation program for every relationship that matters
Clients, placed candidates, volunteers, board members, and partners all deserve thanks too. How to thank them all from one program.
· 3 min read
Work
Bringing managers into recognition without more admin
Managers know what makes a moment personal and have the least time to act on it. Give them the part only they can do, and take away the rest.
· 3 min read
Product updates
What's new
The platform keeps evolving. Once a month, what changed for the people who use it, in plain language.
September 2026
More control over when an occasion runs, contacts imported the way employees are, and quieter, more reliable email during setup and billing.
- Stop an occasion on a date you choose
- Start dates and delivery timing, per occasion
- Import contacts from a spreadsheet
- +3 more this month
August 2026
Gift tiers became budget ranges billed at real cost, every occasion got its own timing, and recipients got a better way to choose.
- Gift tiers are budget ranges, billed at real cost
- Notify on the day, or send ahead of time, per occasion
- Adding an occasion is a guided setup
- +9 more this month
July 2026
Holidays became one send instead of many, on-demand occasions became configurable, and a gift can be a surprise even when you do not have the address.
- A holiday is one send
- Hand the note to a colleague
- On-demand occasions, configured your way
- +4 more this month
Coming from the team
What we are writing next
The questions we hear most from HR, People, and Finance leaders, answered as guides and research rather than as blog posts. Each is published here when it is ready, not before.
Appreciation Infrastructure, explained
The software, data, automation, rules, workflows, and fulfillment behind appreciation at scale.
Why employee appreciation breaks as companies scale
The point at which spreadsheets and memory stop working as a company scales, and what replaces them.
The CFO's guide to employee appreciation spend
Employee appreciation spend, for finance. Budgets, real cost, history, and the decentralized spend most companies cannot see.
How to measure an employee appreciation program
How to measure an employee appreciation program. Participation, coverage, timeliness, and the baseline you need before claiming anything about retention.
The 73-Day Appreciation Model
Five meaningful interactions a year, one roughly every 73 days. A program framework for consistent appreciation.
Appreciation for frontline and multi-location teams
Employee appreciation for distributed workforces, with confirmed addresses and programs that reach people where they work.
Rather see it than read about it?
A walkthrough of the platform on your own team's data.