Hppy
Apps is an employee engagement software that enables companies to track and
manage employee happiness, through mood tracking and anonymous feedback. Vlad
Bodi founded Hppy in 2013.
A few months ago, Hppy launched the feature of
anonymous conversations between management and employees. Just after 3 months,
more than 300 conversations are going on via the platform.
What’s
needed to make the vision of employee happiness come true? Vlad tells us:
What’s the vision you follow with Hppy?
“Help
companies improve employee happiness at work, by using strategies driven by
employees. We live in a world where users shape businesses, and employees are
one of the main users of a business. They live it. But what drives employee
happiness is very hard to pin point. There are so many factors influencing it,
that there is no one cure for all. We aim to help companies understand what
drives their inner happiness, in order to align HR strategy with employees.”
How did this vision develop over time?
“We
started by aiming our tool to online communities, but shifted to enterprise
focus in Q4 last year. There is potential in this market and even though there
still is some resistance, we see people like the concept. Who doesn’t want to
be happy in the end? We are seeing that with a small user count we are able to
gather quite some data, so we are looking in the future at BI information
opportunities.”
What is your most important competence to
develop Hppy and what do you consider to be your most important resource?
“The
passion I have for team culture and happiness is surely the most important one
for Hppy. I have built up hands-on experience and knowledge in this field in
the last years, and I love using it every day. My most important resource is
time. Time is invaluable, and while anyone else can give you anything in
return, no one can ever give back time. For Hppy, it’s also time. Every day
someone works on Hppy, or uses Hppy is an investment for life. Those moments,
belong to us for life. You might have expected me to say team or people here,
but the reason I didn’t is in the semantics. I never liked considering people
as resources. It sounds wrong.”
Why will Hppy hit the market?
“As we
come out (running currently) from the industrial age, people start paying more
attention to their lives. Worklife is a big part of our lives, as we spend in
average about 5500 full days working in our life time. We should make sure they
are memorable. While there are solutions out there for feedback management or
employee engagement, we will make sure we add the happiness dimension to the
discussion between employees and managers. We don’t compete in our market, we
complement it.”
Profiles:
Tracking
and managing employee happiness.
Palo
Alto, California
Vlad @vladbodi
Founder
of Hppy. Passionate about life, adventure and happiness. ♥.
Author:
Salomé
@SalomeWagner
