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Employee wellbeing and people analytics in Slack.
Yen Tan

People Analytics Hub by Kona — Turn Slack into powerful people analytics

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We're the Slack-based employee well-being and people analytics platform. Add Kona to any Slack workspace to level-up your employee support strategy. Make check-ins fun, visualize organization health, and support struggling teammates in real-time.
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Yen Tan
Hi! I'm Yen, co-founder of Kona :) I’m excited to share Kona’s biggest upgrade yet: the People Analytics Hub. We spent several months working with the top People leaders in the world. Q4 was a challenging period for tech, and People Ops were the unsung heroes that kept their orgs afloat. Most startup HR teams worked with limited tools, gathering people insights through manual 1:1s and surveys. People leaders need data on how people were feeling, in real-time, and in their workflow. We answered this with a brand new version of Kona. Now, you can turn any Slack workspace into a powerful People Analytics platform. Kona helps leaders: 👀 Get a birds-eye view on team health, in real time 💚 Gather feedback in a way that engages employees 🤯 Know which initiatives are affecting team morale at scale 🔥 Catch struggling teams in real-time with smart Slack alerts 🙌 Reduce attrition by 5% when rolled-out across teams 👩🏻‍💻 Work with their tool stack: Slack, Google Calendar, and over 38+ HRIS systems Kona is the easiest way to gather daily well-being feedback. Forget time-consuming surveys and opt for fun emoji check-ins that teams love. Then, visualize your insights in our People Analytics Hub. People are your biggest (and most expensive) asset. We're democratizing access to People Analytics because every company deserves to make data-backed culture decisions. Not just large corporations with a dedicated People Analytics department. I can’t wait to get some early feedback! The hub is very new and we’re still looking for ways to make it more robust and comprehensive. Super excited to hear what you think. Thank you! Yen
Darren Murph
Preventative maintenance is the best maintenance. Kudos on enabling people-first organizations to lean forward instead of react. Outstanding launch, @itscorine and team!
Yen Tan
@darrenmurph Thanks so much, Darren! We're lucky to have awesome leaders like yourself rooting for us. Excited to foster the people-first wave of work!
Yen Tan
@jayesh_soni1 Thanks so much, Jayesh!!
Vedran Rasic
@itscorine congrats guys! Keep it up. I still have to implement Kona. But I loved the concept and I love the progress you've made. Rooting for you!
Siddharth Pandiya
We've been working hard to make this a reality for our customers, and I'm so excited to be able to share this with the world. As a people leader, it's often really hard to stay on top of how your whole team is feeling. Especially with a remote team. But this is BY FAR the #1 most important thing that a high-performing company needs to track and support. You've made the effort to build a team of superstars. Now your main job is to support them and ensure they are taking care of themselves. Kona makes this 10X easier, so you can focus on the "human" side of leadership.
Sachin shajan
This is going to be a really cool go-to tool for community managers, kudos to the whole team on launch
Yen Tan
@sachin_shajan YES! Every leader is responsible for fostering a community and we're excited to help all kinds of groups prioritize mental health and wellbeing together!
Lukas Macner
Have had Kona on the radar for a while. Slack updates is the most easy to understand people analytics format for HR people. This way you'll get the insights you actually need... not a bunch of crazy dashboards :)
Yen Tan
@lukasmacner 1000% to this! You already live in Slack, why not make it easier for yourself?
Caleb Bushner
My team and I have been lucky enough to use Kona for a while already and I've been really impressed by how helpful it is! Not only do I get a 'vibe check' on my team, I really get deep insights that help me provide—and receive—support to greatest effect. I love how it fits cleanly within my current day-to-day workflow. No big gear shifting between HR mode and regular work mode. A really helpful platform!
Siddharth Pandiya
@calebbushner Thanks so much, Caleb! Really appreciate this, and happy to be able to support your team :)
Anna Barber
This new product launch really takes Kona to a new level as a platform for getting real time insights into team health AND building great habits around putting people first. Great job team 🚀🚀🚀
Siddharth Pandiya
@annawbarber Thank you so much! Exactly, we believe that you shouldn't need to over-survey your team in order to know how they're feeling. That's what Kona does– in a way that is actually valuable to the end-user!
Richard Gardos
Kona has been a fantastic addition to managing my team at Zipline. It’s become an integral part of the way we work. I can’t wait to start using the new People Analytics Hub.
Siddharth Pandiya
@richard_gardos It's been a pleasure working with you and the Zipline team, Richard. Really appreciate it and can't wait to get your feedback on the Hub!
Hannah Steinhardt
I look forward to my Kona check in every morning as a way to stay connected while working from home - such a great product!
Yen Tan
@hannah_steinhardt1 We're so glad to hear it! Thanks so much for using Kona!
Justin Berka
Excited to see all of the great data that Kona collects exposed in an awesome new way!
Yen Tan
@jberka It's been a long time coming! Super exciting day for the team:)
David Cagigas
Looking interesting! I will try it out
Yen Tan
@cagigas Excited to hear what you think!
Akriti Nayal
Love the concept of Kona. Definitely going to try it out
Callum Sweeney
Don't know what the team at Oyster would do without Kona. Honestly a godsend for remote teams 🙌
Yen Tan
@callumswny This makes my heart so happy! Thank you for using Kona!!
Andrew Zhou
So excited that this is finally live!
Yen Tan
@andrewthezhou Right?! Sooo exciting:)))
Laurie Tan
Another amazing and insightful product from Kona! Keep up the great work everyone!
Yen Tan
@laurie_tan Thanks so much, Laurie!
Kanishk Vashisht
Kona is slowly evolving into the people-happiness platform! love it.
Yen Tan
@kanishkvashisht Heck yeah! Employee happiness is everything.
Caden Felton
Proud and happy user of Kona -- this is the best thing since Kona wrapped!
Yen Tan
Aakash Adesara
Incredible! So useful - especially for remote teams!
Yen Tan
@aakash_adesara We're so glad to hear it, Aakash!
Shreyas Prasad Parab
Kona is always putting in the work, great work yet again team!
Yen Tan
@shreyas_prasad_parab Thanks so much, Shreyas! Kudos goes to our entire team!
Yash Vesikar
Super proud of the team and all this will unlock for all the customers using Kona!
Lynn Tieu
Another amazing feature from Kona! Can’t wait to use it!!
Yen Tan
@lynn_tieu Thanks for your support!! <3