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Hear what your team really thinks, anonymously
A short anonymous pulse survey for your team and an AI summary of themes and suggestions, without anyone being identified.
When to use it
Every three months
Step by step
Write good questions
Ask your AI assistant for a short, balanced survey.
Prompt to copyWrite an anonymous team pulse survey for a [size] person [type of business]. 6 to 8 questions, taking under 5 minutes. Include: 4 rating questions (1 to 5) on workload, support from managers, communication and feeling valued; 2 open questions ('What's one thing we should keep doing?' and 'What's one thing we should change?'); and an optional open comment box. Avoid questions about role, age, location or anything else that could identify people in a small team. Add a 2-line intro explaining it's anonymous and what we'll do with the results.Build it in Microsoft Forms
Create the form and set it so names aren't recorded (in Forms, choose that anyone can respond, or turn off recording names). Responses collect in Excel automatically.
Share it and give a deadline
Send the link to the team in Teams or email with a one-week deadline and a reminder halfway through.
Summarise with AI
Copy the responses from Excel into your AI assistant and ask for averages, the main themes from comments with counts, and 3 suggested actions. Remove any comment that names someone before pasting.
Share what you'll do
Tell the team what came up and the one or two changes you'll make. This is what keeps people answering next time.
What you get
Results (14 of 16 responded): Workload 2.9, Manager support 4.1, Communication 3.2, Feeling valued 3.8. Themes: Friday rush is stressful (7), weekly team huddle helps (6), unclear who covers holidays (4). Actions: publish holiday cover rota; add a Thursday prep slot.
Tips
- In very small teams, only report results when at least 5 people have answered, so no one can be identified.
- Google Forms with Google Sheets works the same way if you don't use Microsoft 365.