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Inspire Software 9.1 Release – April 16th, 2025

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We are thrilled to announce the latest features in our 9.1.0 release, which are meticulously designed to provide you with a more intuitive, efficient, and secure experience. Stay tuned for more exciting updates as we continue to enhance Inspire Software. 

9.1 corporate strategy

Corporate Strategy 

Hierarchy display settings: Customize your view by showing or hiding numeric KR details, dates, and the hierarchy controls to suit your strategic needs. 

Strategy timeline display settings: Tailor your timeline with the option to show or hide the corporate objective owner, strategic key result owner, and dates, offering a clear overview of progress. 

Check-in on strategic key results: Seamlessly enter status updates for CKRs or LTKRs and instantly post to the Newsfeed, keeping everyone in the loop. 

Additional Strategy enhancements: 

  • Monitor actual units complete with ease. 
  • Identify private OKRs with a simple icon. 
  • Effortlessly adjust or remove alignment team objectives directly from the strategy hierarchy. 
  • Show or hide priority and numeric details from the timeline for a refined focus. 

 


 

9.1 Objectives 2Objectives 

Objective tags: Enhance your organization by tagging OKRs and filtering by tags in the explorer, making it easier to track and manage objectives. 

Observer check-ins: Empower users not directly contributing to key result progress to provide valuable status updates. 

Additional Objective enhancements: 

  • Recognize check-ins easily from the objective side panel. 
  • View key result dates in read-only objective views, enhancing transparency. 
  • Ensure new team KRs are defaulted to Shared progress, fostering collaboration. 

Objective Explorer 

Privacy filter/column and Project filter/column: Refine your search and organization with the addition of Privacy and Project filters/columns, making your explorer more intuitive. 

 


 

9.1 1-1 module1-1 

Generate an agenda summary with Inspire AI: Quickly draft an agenda summarizing the status of objectives with the help of Inspire AI, streamlining your preparation. 

Initiate a conversation in the 1-1 with Inspire AI: Easily start a conversation with your manager in the 1-1, using Inspire AI to create draft suggestions for a smooth dialogue. 

 


 

9.1 performance2

Performance 

Performance Cycle customizations: Administrators can now disable the grade sheet for a cycle and adjust the placement of the Summary tab, offering greater flexibility in managing performance cycles. 

Download appraisals: Download a PDF version of an appraisal in the Performance module or profile. Admins can download specific user appraisals (active or archived) or export all appraisals for any cycle, with downloads provided as .zip files containing one file per cycle participant. 

 


 

9.1 plan

Plan 

Reassign tasks: Seamlessly reassign tasks, ensuring efficient task management if task assignment is enabled for your organization. 

Suggest tasks with AI Assistant: Propel your OKR progress forward by generating high-impact tasks from the Objective Activity widget or Weekly Plan, thanks to our AI Assistant. 

 


 

9.1 reports

Reports 

Custom Task Report: Create personalized views of tasks to efficiently track completion and status, keeping you on top of your objectives. 

 


 

9.1 integrations

Integrations 

Excel: Integrate strategic, team, and individual key results with Excel for a comprehensive overview. 

Slack: Receive Inspire notifications within your Slack workspace, staying informed and connected. 

 


 

9.1 add enhancements

Additional Enhancements 

Refreshed login experience: Enjoy enhanced security and a sleek new look with our updated login interface. 

Localization: We are thrilled to announce that Chinese is now available as a locale, making our platform more accessible to a broader audience. 

 

These updates are designed to provide you with a more intuitive, efficient, and secure experience. Stay tuned for more exciting features in the future! 

If you have any questions about our newest features and updates from the 9.1 release, please contact us at support@inspiresoftware.com.