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      Version 8.2 Release Highlights

      In the latest 8.2 release of Inspire, experience the revolutionary Strategy Narrative AI Widget, our new Microsoft Planner Integration, and more capabilities to increase productivity and collaboration.

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      Strategy Narrative AI Widget

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      Empower your strategic planning and monthly or quarterly business reviews with Inspire 8.2, featuring the revolutionary Strategy Narrative AI Widget. Experience a seamless integration of insights and updates from key contributors, all in one intuitive view. With Inspire 8.2, you're not just planning; you're setting the stage for success.

      • Leverage additional Strategic Narrative capabilities to generate a comprehensive MBR/QBR presentation using Microsoft Copilot® with a single click.

      Microsoft Planner integration

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      Say goodbye to juggling multiple project management tools. The latest Inspire release introduces a game-changing Planner integration, positioning Microsoft Planner at the forefront of project management. In addition to our standard integration of calendar and tasks with MS Outlook, ToDo and Planner tasks, our new Planner integration feature allows you to synchronize tasks with key results and track your project's progress with unparalleled ease. 

      Meet Your New Digital Assistant: Inspire Copilot (Currently in Beta Testing) 

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      Navigate the complexities of Inspire with the help of our new ChatBot, powered by Open AI and Microsoft Copilot technology. Currently in beta testing, this cutting-edge tool is designed to enhance your Inspire experience, providing answers and guidance pulled from our knowledge base. While our Copilot AI is not yet foolproof, it represents our commitment to bringing you the latest in AI technology. 

      Your Feedback is Welcome

      While we are dedicated to refining Inspire Copilot AI's capabilities, we welcome your feedback. It is helpful and appreciated, but not a requirement. Rest assured, we are proactively improving the ChatBot to better serve your needs. 

      If you encounter any troubles finding the answer you are looking for with our new ChatBot, our comprehensive knowledge base remains the most reliable resource for accurate answers. Whether you're seeking quick information or detailed guidance, the knowledge base is your go-to solution. We appreciate your patience and contributions as we perfect this innovative feature. 

      Version 8.2 Features

      Corporate Strategy: A Game-Changer for Your Business

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      Are you ready to take your corporate strategy to the next level? With Inspire 8.2, you can do just that. This latest version of our software offers a suite of features that will help you create, manage, and communicate your strategic vision with clarity and confidence. Here are some of the highlights of what you can expect from Inspire 8.2's corporate strategy module: 

      • Create and manage strategic narratives that can be saved, exported to MicroSoft Word® for external use, or showcase them on dashboards with the new Narrative Widget.
      • New strategic capabilities now exist to allow the indirect alignment of Corporate Key Results (CKR) and Long Term Key Results (LTKR). 
      • Gain quick insight on Objective progress by Nudging owners to provide timely updates.
      • Gain deeper strategic insights into your business trajectory by setting a confidence levels on Strategic Objectives and Key Results.

      Take Your Objectives to the Next Level

      checkin 8-2 releaseVersion 8.2 offers a range of features that make creating, tracking, and aligning objectives easier and more effective. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy with Inspire 8.2's objectives module: 

      • Use decimal values for weighting key results to increase flexibility. 
      • Check-in on Objectives with improved features and a refined user interface. 
      • Objective activities can now be marked off during the Check-in process to help better define progress. 
      • Sync key result progress with external integrations, such as MicroSoft Planner®. 
      • View alignment hierarchy, contributor updates, and progress from enhanced Check-in history using the side panel. 

      Seamless Planner Integration  

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      Key Results integration with Microsoft Planner® automates key result progress tracking based on task completion, revolutionizing how you manage projects.

      Reports

      img_trends-reportThe OKR Trends report offers a clear view of progress trends for individual and team OKRs, while the OKR Counts report provides an enhanced understanding of OKR counts throughout your organization.

      Additional Enhancements

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      • New rich text editing capabilities for 1-1 conversations.
      • New dashboard capability to Embed Tableau content.  
      • View all award history for yourself or your direct reports in the User Profile 
      • Administrators can control the display of 1-1 Execution Percentage within the Performance Dashboard

       

      Version 8.1 Release Details

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      Version 8.1 Release Details

       

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      Work Groups and Teams

      Inspire now makes teams and work groups first class citizens by allowing team leaders to quickly build, track and report on team objectives, progress and other insights throughout the application.

      • Allow selection of teams within the objective editor and step-by-step builder
      • Provide teams filters for all new objective reports

       

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      Reports & Analytics

      Three amazing new reports to show objectives, progress and key status updates by team as well as helpful insights by department, business unit and region.  Perfect for quarterly business reviews or regular team meetings!

      • OKR Summary Report - Summarize OKR progress and confidence, group by team/department/business unit. 
      • OKR Counts Report – The OKR Counts Report now includes overall company statistics, and the ability to drill down and view OKR counts for all employees. 
      • Check-in Summary Report – view all flagged check-ins grouped by Team, Business Unit or Department.  

       

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      Integrations

      A native integration with Domo for rich data experiences along with our new integration with Finch which provides Inspire easy access to over 100 other HRIS and payroll systems including Workday, ADP, UKG, SAP and many more to empower organizations with data-driven workforce insights and process automation.

      • Domo integration administration
      • User selection of Domo integration within Key Results
      • Expose HRIS data through Finch integration

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      Improved AI

      Inspire continues to be the leader in AI prompts with expert guidance from the industries top leadership development authors and consultants.

      • Added ability to access multiple AI models including GPT 3.5 and 4.0
      • Integration of DISC personality types into performance AI prompts

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      Objectives 

      Now setup shared progress key results to allow any contributor to update progress for the team and improve tracking of activities within key results.

      • Shared Progress Key Result - Set up a team key result that is shared progress, so that all contributors can update the overall key result completion. 
      • Measure Key Result Progress by Activity Completion - Set up a key result's progress to be driven by activity completion. As activities are marked complete, key result progress will update automatically. 
      • Add a Team to an Objective - Within the step-by-step builder and objective editor, select a team to assign everyone as a contributor to the objective. 
      • Flag a Check-in - Flag a check-in as a win, setback, or initiative to differentiate important status updates. 
      • Set Objective and Key Result Confidence Level - Indicate confidence in achieving an objective or key result to provide status to stakeholders. 
      • Replace the read-only objective modal with the slide-out panel - Provide more context and progress history by opening a side panel when clicking an objective title from places like Reports, the Profile, and Performance. 

       

       

      Version 8.0 Release Details

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      Enhanced AI Assistance

      • Implementing AI features in all of the major modules of Inspire including Objectives, Corporate Strategy, 1-1, Performance, and Recognition. 
        • Access the Inspire AI Assistant in all tabs of a Performance Self-Assessment or Appraisal 
        • Inspire AI Assistant added to 360s Assessments and optionally utilize the recipient’s DISC in your assessment summary.  
        • Simple shortcuts available to quickly refine AI prompts. 
        • Inspire AI Assistant is available when writing a Description of Achievement for an award in Recognition.  


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      Localization

      • Fully localized Objectives and Performance modules
      • Enhanced localization of 1-1 and Weekly Plan modules 

       

      Reports

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      • Enhanced Custom Report to include Tasks and Numeric KR Data 
      • Filter for filtering to Team or Individual Objectives only for the OKRs by Status and OKR Status by Department reports 

       

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      Objectives

      • Check-Ins  
        • Added Suggestions for Check-ins 
        • Default status update entered when updating key result progress.  
      • Objective Step-by-Step Builder
        • Create an individual or team objective in the revised builder. 

       

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      Corporate Strategy

      • Cascade a strategic key result to a group of users.  
      • Filter the Strategy by public group.  

       

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      Key Results Enhancement 


      • Track Numeric Key Result progress by Actual instead of Difference to make it easier for users to input their actual progress vs putting in the difference of progress.
      • Linked Key Results – Select another Objective or Key Result as your key result’s source of progress.  
        • Key results will inherit the attributes and progress of the source of progress.