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Peoplebox

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Peoplebox's visible changelog covers its 2020 founding arc — OKRs, surveys, and 1-on-1s shipped as the three pillars in three months.

okrs1-on-1sperformance managementengagement surveysremote work
◆Current state
The changelog data available stops in mid-2020, so the visible history is Peoplebox's early product arc rather than its current state. In that window, the team shipped its three core pillars in rapid succession: real-time 1-on-1 collaboration in March, OKRs in June, and Employee Engagement Surveys in late May. Surrounding releases polished the homepage, action items, and reminders. The cadence reads like an early-stage HR product racing to assemble a complete suite.
◆Where it's heading
Within the visible window, Peoplebox is moving from a 1-on-1-focused tool toward a full performance-management trio (1-on-1s + OKRs + surveys). The COVID-era timing of the realtime collaboration release suggests product priorities were shaped by remote-work demand. Note: the absence of more recent entries means anything about the product's 2025–26 direction would be speculation; check the product website or live changelog for current state.
◆Prediction
Within the entries shown, the next logical move was tighter integration between the three pillars — OKRs that pull review data, surveys that feed 1-on-1 talking points. Whether that happened post-2020 isn't visible here.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5y ago

    Guided Homepage 🏠

    Guided homepage redesign that knits OKRs, 1-on-1s, and Surveys into one navigation surface — landing right after all three pillars shipped, it's the integrative polish on the founding feature set.

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  2. 5y ago

    Launching OKRs 🎯

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    OKRs launched as Peoplebox's third major pillar — adding goal-setting alongside 1-on-1s and surveys. This was the directional move that took the product from a 1-on-1 helper to a full performance-management suite.

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  3. 5y ago

    Employee Engagement Surveys 👩👩🏿‍💻🙇🏽‍♀️

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    Employee Engagement Surveys gave managers a way to take anonymous pulse readings — adding the second of Peoplebox's three core pillars and setting up the OKR launch a month later.

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  4. 6y ago

    🏠 Brand New Homepage ✨

    Refreshed homepage combining action items and upcoming 1-on-1s into one surface, with 'Superlist' renamed to the more transparent 'Action Items.' UX polish that prefigured the more substantial homepage redesign two months later.

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  5. 6y ago

    🏠 Redesigned 1-on-1 cards

    New visual cards for 1-on-1 listings as a step toward the unified actions-and-events homepage. Iterative UI work, not a directional move on its own.

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  6. 6y ago

    ✉️ Refreshing new emails ✨

    Reminder emails refreshed with more useful content, and post-1-on-1 action item reminders dropped because they were noisy. Quality-of-life tweak; the email-restraint signal is small but telling — Peoplebox optimized for trust over engagement.

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