Company Alignment How to Manage Team Focus When Effort Isn't the Problem Managing team focus isn't about working harder. It's about making sure effort rolls up to goals. Here's a framework, plus how Happily helps. 8 min read
Pulse Surveys The Research Behind Pulse Survey Questions: 11 Dimensions That Predict Team Performance
Remote Teams What Is the Allen Curve? Why Distance Still Predicts Collaboration Thomas Allen found communication frequency collapses with physical distance. Here is what the curve says, what replication found, and what it means for hybrid teams. 9 min read
Manager Development Manager Effectiveness Software: What to Look For in 2026 How to evaluate manager effectiveness platforms, which data points actually predict manager performance, and where each category of tool falls short. 13 min read
Future of Work AI Organizational Design: Why People Are Getting Smarter Faster Than Companies AI organizational design must catch up with individual capability. Leaders need to redesign decisions, feedback, coordination, and management. 10 min read
Culture Activation Employee Engagement Software Pricing in 2026: Free Licenses, Paid Licenses, and What Each One Actually Includes Verified employee engagement software pricing as of July 2026: what vendors publish, what free licenses cap, and how to compare paid plans fairly. 11 min read
Comparison 15Five vs TinyPulse vs Happily: Which Engagement Platform Fits Your Team An honest three-way comparison of 15Five, TinyPulse and Happily across adoption, manager tooling, pricing and what each one genuinely does badly. 11 min read
Manager Development How to Measure Manager Effectiveness: 12 Metrics That Predict Team Outcomes Twelve manager effectiveness metrics split into leading and lagging indicators, with how to collect each one and what it actually predicts. 12 min read
Recognition Employee Recognition Survey: 40 Questions and a Free Template Forty recognition survey questions grouped by what each one diagnoses, plus a copy-paste template and guidance on what to run quarterly. 10 min read
Employee Engagement Employee Engagement Workshops: A 30-Day Follow-Through Plan Turn employee engagement workshops into lasting behavior with a 30-day plan built around visible action, peer reinforcement, and measurement. 7 min read
Behavioral Science Peer Networks at Work: How 504 New Connections Helped Engagement Stay Higher One workshop created momentum. A rotating peer network helped sustain a 39.6% engagement lift across four weeks. 5 min read