A daily update is a private or public report that shares progress on work-related goals. Often, these reports include an open dialogue to discuss challenges and celebrate successes, while also collecting feedback on team and individual performance. Regularly conducting these updates shows that leadership values communication and can improve employee engagement.
For example, a team might conduct daily updates during a morning meeting to share progress on goals related to project completion and delivery. This provides teammates with the opportunity to highlight any outstanding challenges or accomplishments and helps leaders better distribute work across the team.
As a benefit, this method of reporting can also be used to track progress against company objectives, increasing the likelihood that employees stay focused on achieving their goals. Additionally, it can help employees feel like their managers are invested in them and value their contributions to the organization.
Typically, daily updates are conducted asynchronously via text or email instead of synchronously in person or on video call to avoid disrupting teammates when they’re working and to ensure that everyone can participate at a time that works best for them (e.g., at a time that doesn’t overlap with important meetings).
To enable this feature in your Action, configure one of your Action’s intents as the triggering intent for daily updates. Then, provide a prompt for users to subscribe to the daily update. During the conversation, you can offer this prompt through dialogue or as a suggestion chip (the exact process depends on whether you use Dialogflow or the Actions SDK to build your Action). You can also personalize your daily update conversations by collecting custom parameters from users when they register them. You can then reference these values when delivering the daily update, which can help you keep each user’s updates as relevant and personalized to their unique circumstances.
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