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Features · Pulse check-ins

Short, conversational.
Actually answered.

Weekly check-ins delivered right in Slack. Aspen infers sentiment, captures progress, and turns quick conversations into performance signal. No surveys, no separate tool, no fatigue.

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How it works

Relevant questions. Two minutes. Live signal.

Aspen treats check-ins like a coaching tool, not a survey. Lightweight, short prompts, answered where people already work, enabling companies to track performance and engagement.

01 — Ask

Delivered in Slack. Done in thirty seconds.

Delivered as a DM and scheduled weekly. Questions can be structured or open-ended; use the same prompts each week, or rotate through themes.

Slack — DM from Aspen
a.
Aspen APPMon 9:00 AM
Quick weekly check-in — how's your energy going into this week?
🌱 Crushing it ☀️ Good 🌫 Hanging in 🌧 Rough
02 — Listen

Aspen turns tone into insights.

When someone adds context — "energy's fine but the deadline shift is rough" — Aspen reads it. Patterns surface: workload pressure, recognition gaps, clarity drops, growth signals. Sentiment becomes structured signal.

Slack — DM with Aspen
JB
Jordan B.9:04 AM
good but the new launch date is gonna be rough, we lost two weeks
a.
Aspen APP9:04 AM
Logged · workload pressure (launch). Surfacing this to Sam in your 1:1 brief Thursday.
03 — Surface

Patterns to managers, not individual answers.

Aspen uses pulse check-ins to surface trends: who's struggling, where workload pressure is building, which teams are lacking recognition. Managers get a picture, not a dump of data.

Team trends · last 4 weeks
Product engineering
7 people
Energy
Sliding for 3 weeks
↓ 0.6
Clarity
Stable, high
4.4
Recognition
Workload pressure flagged ×4
↓ 0.4
Growth
Climbing this month
↑ 0.5
04 — Run

Anyone can ask. Any cadence. Any audience.

Run check-ins on a schedule or one-off. Send them org-wide, manager-to-team, or (soon) IC-to-stakeholder. A team lead polling on a launch decision, an IC gathering input on a strategic initiative, leadership taking the pulse on a change. Surveying, democratized.

Active check-ins
Across the org
4 running
Weekly pulse
Aspen · org-wide · scheduled
All
Launch confidence
Sam K. (Manager) · Engineering · one-off
24
Reorg pulse
Leadership · Product · one-off
48
Stakeholder feedback
Marcus T. (IC) · cross-team · soon
Soon
Why this matters

Surveys ask. Pulse listens. There's a difference.

Quarterly surveys

Lag indicators, low response.

  • Takes 15 minutes; half the team skips.
  • Results come back three weeks later, decisions already made.
  • One snapshot a quarter, no signal in between.
  • Lives in a separate tool nobody opens.
  • Findings sit in a report; managers never see them.
With Aspen Pulse

Continuous signal, real coaching.

  • 30 seconds in Slack, easy to get team responses.
  • Trends surface weekly, action lands the same day.
  • Always-on engagement signal, not ad-hoc.
  • Lives where work happens — no separate login.
  • Patterns feed 1:1 prep and digests automatically.
Questions

Common questions about Pulse.

How often does Aspen send pulse check-ins?

Weekly by default. Monday morning is most common, but you can set it to whatever cadence works. Aspen avoids check-in fatigue by keeping questions short (one or two) and rotating themes across weeks.

How long does answering take?

Under 30 seconds for most people. Pulse questions are short, conversational, and answered in Slack with mood buttons or a quick text reply. No forms, no surveys, no logging into a separate tool.

What questions does Aspen ask?

Default themes cover energy, clarity, recognition, growth, and tools. You can adjust the question library, add custom themes, or rotate questions by team. The goal is signal, not survey volume.

How is sentiment surfaced to managers?

Aspen reads tone and content of replies, flags patterns, and surfaces signal in the weekly digest: who's energized, who's flagging, where workload pressure is building. Individual answers stay private; managers see team-level patterns and per-report patterns over time.

Is this anonymous?

By default, pulse responses are visible to the employee's direct manager — coaching is hard when you don't know who needs it. Team-level rollups can be configured anonymous for broader leadership views.

What happens to the data over time?

Pulse responses become part of the performance signal Aspen draws on for 1:1 prep, weekly digests, and reviews. Trends matter more than single answers — a slow energy drift over six weeks tells you something a one-time pulse can't.

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