🎯 RISE Feedback Tool

Structured Peer Feedback for Performance Reviews

Martin Dobberstein · EM Working Session · March 2026

What Is This?

A custom feedback collection system to support RISE reviews.

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Personality cards — I create a profile for each team member (my assessment of strengths/areas for growth)
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3 feedback variants (A/B/C) — Each reviewer gets a randomized questionnaire mixing sliders (e.g., "Communication: 1-10") and open-ended prompts to reduce bias
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Targeted peer selection — The tool generates a reviewer list per person (teammates + PO), which I can extend manually
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Individual links — Each review request has a unique URL with the personalized questionnaire

Result: I collect structured + qualitative feedback from multiple perspectives per employee, giving me richer data for RISE conversations.

The Problem We're Solving

RISE reviews need 360° peer feedback. How do you collect it today?

Google Forms

Same generic questions for everyone. No context about the person. Responses are flat.

Confluence Pages

Messy to manage. Hard to track completion. No structure for analysis.

Slack DMs / 1:1s

Context gets lost. Hard to compare across reviewers. Time-intensive for EM.

What we actually need: Personalized questions per person, multiple feedback variants to reduce bias, real-time completion tracking, and structured data we can use in RISE reviews.

Reviewer Experience

Each reviewer gets a unique link — no login, no account needed. Takes 5–8 minutes.

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Personalized intro — context about the person, written by the EM
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Structured questions — strength/growth picks, free-text, competency ratings
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Quickfire round — rapid yes/no/can't say questions from a curated pool
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Submit — progress saved automatically, can resume anytime

Three Feedback Variants

Randomly assigned to prevent bias:

Variant A Strength & growth picks → ratings → impact

Variant B Superpower → trajectory → quickfire

Variant C Scenarios → competency sort → reflection

Review form

Example review form

Quickfire Round

Rapid yes/no/can't-say questions from a curated pool — reduces survey fatigue while capturing signal.

Why Quickfire?

  • Fast — answers in seconds, not minutes
  • Low-stakes — "can't say" is always an option
  • Pattern detection — spot trends across reviewers
  • Breaks up long-form fatigue — keeps reviewers engaged

Example Questions

  • Takes ownership beyond assigned tasks?
  • Adapts well when priorities change?
  • Communicates clearly across teams?
  • Proactively identifies risks?
  • Gives constructive feedback to peers?
Quickfire round

Quickfire round interface

The Secret Sauce: Personality Cards

You tell the tool what you want to learn about each person. Not generic. Targeted.

Example personality card

Gaston — P3 Senior Engineer

Context: "Gaston joined Redcare to build the Order Management domain. He works closely with Reza and Satarupa on defining direction."

Targeted competencies: Collaboration, Communication, Ability to Change

Probing prompts:

  • When Gaston presents technical decisions, does it feel like collaboration?
  • How does he handle disagreements across teams?
  • When priorities shift, does he adapt smoothly?

Writing the personality cards is the real work — it takes ~1 hour to set up a round. But this is where the value lives: asking the right questions about each person.

Admin Panel

Real-time tracking and structured results — everything you need for RISE prep.

Dashboard

Dashboard with completion tracking

📊 Dashboard

  • Pending — hasn't opened
  • Started — in progress
  • Submitted — done

👥 Reviewer Matrix

Auto-generates within-team reviews + self-assessments. Add PO or cross-team manually.

Results view

Results aggregation per person

📋 Results per Person

  • Competency ratings: mean, median, range
  • Strength & growth picks aggregated
  • All free-text grouped by type
  • Self-assessment vs. peer comparison

🔒 Access

Admin panel behind basic auth. Reviewer links are token-based — unforgeable.

10 Competencies

Aligned with the RISE framework. Used across all feedback variants.

Core Competencies

  • Self-Reflection — awareness of strengths & blind spots
  • Collaboration — working across teams & perspectives
  • Entrepreneurial Action — ownership beyond assigned tasks
  • Ability to Change — adapting when context shifts
  • Data-Based Decisions — grounding decisions in evidence

Job-Specific Competencies

  • Communication — clarity and audience awareness
  • Teamwork — reliability and trust-building
  • Problem Solving — root cause diagnosis & action
  • Adaptability — flexibility when plans change
  • Dealing with Ambiguity — composure under uncertainty

Want to Use It for Your Team?

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Add your people — name, email, team
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Write personality cards — context, probing prompts, targeted competencies (~10 min/person)
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Generate review matrix — auto-creates within-team + self-assessments
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Share links — each reviewer gets a unique URL

Self-hosted. Your data stays on our infra. Happy to help set up a round for your team.

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