2021 - Another Year of Stellar Growth and New Features!

It’s been another amazing year at MetaPulse and we want to thank you for your support and patronage during 2021.

The biggest visible change was our rebranding from envisage to MetaPulse, the World’s First Growth Management System™ Application. I am really happy with this change of name and direction and it really sets the stage of what we are trying to achieve here at MetaPulse.

We also launched our Chinese translation of MetaPulse, allowing billions of people to use our platform in their native language.

And we launched Knowledge — a powerful feature to train your team and keep all of your knowledge, procedures and training all in one place — and aligned with the Org Chart. 

And with those changes happening in the background, we continued to expand! We now have over 6,800 users on MetaPulse with more than 1,600 joining this last year!

More than 90,000 graphs have been created that track 12 million individual statistical entries. On average, that’s 3 new graphs every hour and 1 new entry every 15 seconds.

We also performed very important background updates to ensure speed, security and functionality.

Our Help Center has grown to 223 articles and we handled almost 1,300 support enquiries with 99.1% either happy or extremely happy with our service.  

What does this all mean?

It means 2022 is going to be even better! We’ve got more exciting features planned for the world's first Growth Management System Application. 

From myself and all the team at MetaPulse, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

Mikel Lindsaar
CEO & Founder

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Welcome to MetaPulse!

Today we launch a new era in the growth of our company. It is goodbye envisage.io and hello MetaPulse.com, the World’s First Growth Management System™ (GMS).

They say nothing is constant except change, but saying goodbye is always hard and especially to a name and brand that has served us so well since 2014.

So why the change?

When I started the goal was to help businesses everywhere grow by providing them with easy-to-see data about their team and provide actionable insights.

We started with graphs and built one of the most powerful systems for measuring KPIs and data across any company, including a trend identification system to provide a rapid, high level “heat map” feeling for every graph so it’s easy to see if it is performing well or needs attention.

Then we built the Org Chart feature providing a way for every team member to know who everyone is in the company and what they do. 

Next we launched Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) and in the process solved the number one issue with team planning by providing a way to align all Objectives and Key Results against the Org Chart, ensuring that the OKRs of every team member are aligned with their managers all the way up the line.

After this we built our Reports and Events features, allowing teams everywhere to track key moments in the company as well as having a place to report situations that needed enhancing or correcting.

And most recently we launched Knowledge, a system I personally have been looking forward to for years, providing companies with one place to store policy, procedures and training materials and track their dissemination through their entire team.  All again linked back to the Org Chart and ensuring that new and existing team members get the knowledge they need to successfully do their jobs.

The above key modules have been flanked by thousands of other features, from complex reporting functions, email and notification systems and even slack integrations.

The system really did allow business owners to “envisage” what was going on.

So again, why the change?

In early 2021, we went to the market and individually surveyed over 50 CEOs of companies with more than 50 staff in every conceivable industry and we found that:

94% of the CEOs surveyed had no way
to track the individual production of each
team member, unit, department, section, division, etc.

On top of that it got worse…

48% of those same CEOs we spoke with
stated that finding and retaining good employees
was their biggest source of frustration.

This was obvious because how could any company that doesn’t know what’s happening with every individual in it, hope to find and keep great employees?

We then realised that every company has a pulse.

And that the strength of that pulse is determined by the vital signs
exhibited by every team member. Cumulatively, this affects the
pulse of the organization itself.

So we thought; what if an organization could monitor its own health, vitality and productivity from the smallest piece of the organization to the largest segment? We’d be talking about what many call metadata: “a set of data that describes and gives information about other data.”

And what if every CEO, executive and team member could have at their fingertips a single system which enabled them to perceive what was going on in any part of the organization right now, while also being able to disseminate knowledge fast enough to empower each employee precisely for their responsibilities and dial into the exact cause of organizational growth and contraction?

We would be talking about accurately and efficiently measuring the pulse of the organization and its lifeblood — something that not only takes the pulse of your company and everybody in it but monitors the vital life signs of your organization with real-time precision.

So we came up with something new:

MetaPulse

A revolution in the way businesses operate, helping you to not only keep your finger on the pulse of the organization but on every member’s role in it, so that your organization can rapidly achieve its objectives by helping it’s team achieve their true potential.

And that is why the name change :)

MetaPulse.com captures exactly what we do, from the smallest startup to the multinational companies that use our software every minute of every day.

We are excited about our new name, MetaPulse, being able to frame what it is we do with a single word.

We are very excited about all the new features coming down the line this year.

And most of all we are incredibly excited about helping you, our customer or prospective customer achieve your growth goals through the use of our system.

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Congratulations to KnowBe4, now listed on the NASDAQ!

After 10 years of stellar growth under the guidance of Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4 went public on April 22, 2021.

Despite achieving annual revenues close to $200 million and a market capitalization of over $4 billion, KnowBe4 still has an amazing 36% annual growth rate with 80%+ Gross Profit.

How did they get there? In Stu Sjouwerman’s words...

“... radical transparency, extreme ownership, complete honesty. That’s the bedrock of the KnowBe4 culture. But how do you get there? Well, we get there with OKRs that are visible for everyone”

We’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate Stu and the entire KnowBe4 Team who have proven that continued hypergrowth is possible.

From all of us at envisage, well done! We’re glad we were along for the ride … here’s to the next decade of hypergrowth for KnowBe4!

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2020 … Another year of stellar growth and New Features!

It’s been another amazing year at envisage and we want to thank you for your support and patronage during 2020.

Despite the turmoil created by COVID-19, we still managed to expand and release several new features.

Over 1,200 users joined envisage this year to take our total to over 5,200. 

More than 81,781 graphs have been created that track over 10.6 million individual statistical entries.

We added vital new features, such as Events, Trends and Reports.

We also performed a massive upgrade in speed to make envisage faster than lightning.

All of this combined into 1,311 different features, bug fixes and upgrades individually created, reviewed, approved and deployed with 3,219 files changed representing 162,090 lines of code added, and 290,362 lines of code deleted. We are particularly happy with the lines of code deleted being higher than those added while adding features, as this indicates that we have been working hard to make envisage simpler to develop on and more stable (a line of code that doesn’t exist cannot be a bug! 😀).

Our Help Center has grown to 167 articles and we handled almost 1,500 support enquiries with 98% either happy or extremely happy with our service.  

We also launched Tours and our Free Onboarding Sessions to help you all get the most out of envisage.

What does all this mean?

It means 2021 is going to be even better! We’ve got Knowledge and Tasks coming soon, together they complete the vital aspects of our core features that make envisage the world's first Growth Management System™ Application. 

From myself and all the team at envisage, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

Mikel Lindsaar
CEO & Founder

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New Features to Help You Grow

We’re in the process of building two awesome, highly sort-after features for you.

1. Tasks

2. Knowledge

Here’s a brief rundown of how they’ll work.

Tasks

Tasks will be an extension of our Objectives feature, enabling you to plan for the big picture, as well as set and track tasks required to achieve your objectives. 

With Tasks added to Objectives, you’ll have the ultimate planning tool to help you manage growth. No matter how big you grow or how distributed your team, you can track and monitor progress and know what needs to be done. 

Knowledge

Another sought after feature is team knowledge. We’ll provide a place to keep all your company policies and procedures and associate them with the Org Chart allowing new hires to instantly be assigned all the materials they need to learn to be effective on their job.

Plus we’ll provide a tracking system so you know who on your team has read and understood the information they need to know to handle their job. This includes notifications on any update to ensure those who need to know are kept up-to-date with any changes. 

Combined with the org chart, the knowledge system provides another layer of coordination across your entire team. It’s another way envisage will help you manage growth.

We’re working hard on both Tasks and our Knowledge system and they are due to be released this year.

Let us know if you need help. We offer full onboarding for your entire team.

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A Notice to business consultants - How to Boom Your Business

Are you a business consultant or coach?

Would you like to be able to offer monthly coaching sessions and create ongoing regular income?

Do you want to help your clients grow a profitable booming business?

Would you like to expand your coaching business internationally?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then you should consider becoming a Certified envisage Growth Management System™ Consultant.

With clients around the world, envisage is the only Growth Management System application on the planet. 

Daily business owners ask for our help to implement envisage’s powerful features which includes statistics, org charts, objectives and more. 

Over the past two years we’ve developed and fine tuned our onboarding process that works. But while we’re superstars at onboarding our clients, many need ongoing help being coached while utilising envisage. 

That’s where you come in.

Our clients need your help. If you’re a business consultant with a proven track record, we’d love to send you clients.

Please reach out to us here if you are interested.

And if you haven’t already, start using envisage today. We can onboard you and your entire team.

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To Delete or Archive? That is the Question

In the ongoing progress of making envisage the foremost Growth Management System™ application ever, we’ve added an important feature on how members are “removed” from the system.

Until now, the only way to remove a member was to delete them. This meant that the graphs and objectives assigned to that member had to be either deleted or archived too. It also meant that the connection between the individual and the result was severed. 

Trying to figure out 2 years from now who achieved result “X” was cumbersome.

That’s why we’ve added the ability to archive a member. This means that the individual can no longer access your envisage organisation, but all information remains accessible, so you can still see who created what result, even when they’ve left the company.

We also prevented a member from being removed if they have assigned graphs, objectives, posts and events. 

Here’s the choices you now see in the Member settings:

And when you choose “Archive Member,” you’ll see this warning.

It’s another useful tool that helps you manage growth.

Of course, the first step is having all of your members using envisage and posted on your org chart. If you need help creating your org chart in envisage, let us know, we offer full onboarding for your entire team.

And check out our help docs for more information on How to Archive or Remove a Member.

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FREE MetaPulse Onboarding - It’s time to grow!

Building an expanding and profitable business takes time and dedication.

While MetaPulse makes it easy to track statistics, implementing all of MetaPulse’s features also takes time and dedication. Often in business the important non-urgent tasks take a back seat to the urgent yet not-so-important ones. 

However, it’s the important tasks that help growth and profitability.

We understand this, which is why we built MetaPulse in the first place, so you can focus on what is important. 

It’s also why we’re introducing MetaPulse Onboarding.

Our team of trained Growth Management MetaPulse experts are ready to help you. We can: 

• import all of your stats

• build your org chart 

• provide custom training for all of your team

• help you implement objectives and key results (like google does)

• help you plan using quotas and targets

• remove bottlenecks and inefficiencies using Reports

• save time with calculated and comparison graphs

• create a log of successful actions with Events

• easily track and monitor graph Trends

The best part is — Onboarding is currently being offered for free to all subscribed clients! 

To make MetaPulse part of your company’s DNA, it requires everyone onboard using the app, posted on the org chart, managing their stats and achieving objectives. 

We’ve seen first hand the truly amazing results that can be achieved when all features are utilised. 

As the world’s first Growth Management System™ Application — MetaPulse does what it was built to do — help you grow, help you expand, help you increase your sales and profits.

Despite the turmoil created by COVID, we’ve seen our clients expand and achieve their objectives when they use and apply the features available in MetaPulse.

To find out more contact us here or get started now and schedule your FREE MetaPulse Onboarding. We know we can help you grow. 

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Org Chart - In Charge Feature

The In Charge feature in envisage makes it easy for managers to coordinate their team’s activities. 

Several weeks ago we made a significant change to the way the org chart works—we now have Hats, Posts and Members.

Each hat on the org chart can be assigned the “In Charge” of that area. This automatically grants the In Charge with edit permissions for all their juniors on the org chart. 

This makes it easy for a manager to view and update graphs, objectives and monitor their team’s performance.

This applies across the entire org chart, permitting every manager from the top to the bottom, to effectively manage.

It’s another vital feature that enables hyper-growth. 

The first step is having an org chart! If you need help creating your org chart in envisage, let us know, we can help create it for you! See our help docs for more information on Creating Hats and Adding Posts to the Org Chart.

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Easily compare this year to last year

Although you should track your stats on a weekly basis, it’s often good to know if you are beating last year’s performance.

You can do this using the Offset feature, now available with Comparison Graphs and Calculated Graphs. 

We’ve made an upgrade so you can easily compare different periods in any frequency, be it weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly. Prior to this recent upgrade, the offset feature was limited to the graph's default frequency.

Let’s create a comparison graph to compare the current month’s Sales to the Sales of the same month last year. 

Creating an Offset Comparison Graph

First we create a new Comparison graph called Sales This Year / Last year. Then we added the current values and 12-month-offset values as shown below.

End Result

Now you can easily compare your current results to the same period last year, whether weekly, monthly or quarterly. Simple hover to see the values and dates.

For more information on how to create a “This Year / Last Year” comparison graph see Period Offset in Calculated Graphs and How to Create a Comparison Graph. 

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Envisage Now Available in Russian (Теперь доступно на русском языке)

We’re pleased to announce that envisage has been translated for all of our Russian friends (and we know there’s 150 million of you 😉).

The entire interface, menu options and features will automatically default to Russian if your browser default language is Russian.

You can also use Russian characters for your statistics, org chart and all other envisage features.

If your browser defaults to english and you only want to change Envisage to Russian, change your default language via envisage settings as shown in this help doc.

Here’s an example of envisage displayed in Russian:

If you have any questions, reach out to support. 

Наслаждаться (Enjoy!) 

And remember, envisage includes Statistics, Org Chart and OKRs and you can try for free on a no-risk 14-day trial. We’ll even help you set up all your existing statistics to make sure you succeed in getting your business onto Envisage. 

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Expanding to Multiple Locations? An Org Chart to Rule them All.

When your business starts expanding globally or even country-wide, you need an org chart system to help maintain overall coordination from the top, while simultaneously allowing a local office to monitor their own team. 

Ideally the local team can operate independently, but still within the framework of the business, where top management can drill down into the details if needed. 

Is it possible to have an org chart and business intelligence system that enables both micro and macro views, without burning the satellite office with extraneous data?

Previously it was not possible. Until recently no app combined org charts and business intelligence interconnected on a global scale. 

Well, the coding geniuses behind envisage have solved that problem! 😀

Welcome to a brand new feature called Junior Org Charts. You can create unlimited linking org charts that come together in a Senior Org Chart. Everyone throughout the organisation has a place on the Senior Org Chart, but they also have their own junior organization, where they coordinate and manage their own activities. 

They are still part of the whole. They are still on one Org Chart. Their stats and objectives can still be monitored. 

But they also act independently, under their own management.

It’s the ultimate expansion tool.

It enables hypergrowth on a global scale and with it you can build an Org Chart that rules them all.

And remember, throughout May, we’re offering free Org Chart creation. This service is valued at $199, but will be free until the end of May 2020!

For more information register here.

Envisage includes Statistics, Org Chart and OKRs and you can try for free on a no-risk 14-day trial. We’ll even help you set up all your existing statistics to make sure you succeed in getting your business onto Envisage. 

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Warning - Hypergrowth Inevitable

Before you jump in and start using envisage, we thought we should provide full disclosure. 

Envisage not only enables hypergrowth, it makes it inevitable. 

When you combine the power of the org chart, statistics and objectives together across your organization, the only way to go is up. 

This isn’t theory. It’s based on stats.

As our user base grows, despite worldwide turmoil, so do many of our clients. 

They’re not just surviving, they're thriving!

To build an organization, you need to organize and align your forces. Envisage lets you see what happened, when it happened, who did it and most of all, enables you to plan what will happen. 

Are you ready for hypergrowth?  It starts with your org chart and for the month of May we’re offering to build it in envisage for you, free of charge. 

This service is valued at $199. For more information register here.

And remember, envisage includes Statistics, Org Chart and OKRs and you can try free on a no risk 14-day trial. We’ll even help you set up all your existing statistics to make sure you succeed in getting your business onto Envisage. 

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VIDEO: Find anyone in your organisation in seconds

Knowing who does what in your organisation is important. 

It’s a tremendous time saver for all involved, especially new recruits.

Envisage’s org chart and powerful search feature allows you to find people in seconds. 

Low on time? Send us your org chart and we’ll build it in envisage for you. 

This service is valued at $199, but we’re offering it free until the end of May 2020. 

For more information register here.

And remember, envisage includes Statistics, Org Chart and OKRs and you can try it for free on a no-risk 14-day trial. We’ll even help you set up all your existing statistics to make sure you succeed in getting your business onto envisage. Enable your hyper-growth!

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VIDEO: Basic Org Chart Structure in under 2 minutes!

Watch the video above to see how easy it is to create your org chart!

And to make it even easier we can create it for you!

Send us your org chart and we’ll build it in envisage. 

This service is valued at $199, but will be free until the end of May 2020!

For more information register here.

And remember envisage includes Statistics, the Org Chart and OKRs and you can try for free on a no-risk 14-day trial. We’ll even help you set up all your existing statistics to make sure you succeed in getting your business onto Envisage. 

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Easily Create Ratio Graphs

How many phone calls does it take to get a qualified lead?

How many leads does it take to make a sale?

And what about the ratio of appointments to sales?

If you are already tracking calls, leads, appointments and sales, you can easily find out how well the entire team is doing, as well as each individual. 

Let me show you how it’s done.

Our fictitious business, Champion Printing, tracks the following stats:

Now let’s work out the ratio between Quotes and Sales using the Calculated Graph feature.

We can also apply this method to each individual to see how well they are performing in comparison to the current team conversion rate of 63%!

It’s obvious that Sam is the weak link in the sales process. Perhaps he needs more training, or there are other factors affecting his performance. Regardless, we know we need to investigate and see how we can help Sam improve.

Want to know more? Check out the Calculated Graph feature and reach out to support if you need help. 

And remember envisage includes Statistics, Org Chart and OKRs and you can try it for free on a no-risk 14-day trial. We’ll even help you set up all your existing statistics to make sure you succeed in getting your business onto Envisage. 

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Live Status - Behind the Scenes Look

The idea of building an online app appeals to many as a wonderful business. Just throw up a website and start earning monthly revenue. Easy peasy!

Well, like all things, if you truly want to build something worthwhile, it takes time, money and commitment.

Envisage is more than just a “stats app”—with org charts, objectives, trends and reports. It was built from the ground up to help our users enable, foster and manage hypergrowth for their companies. There is a massive amount of data stored in the background, with millions of calculations required to bring that data to you in the form of a graph or chart. This data is stored in databases that are regularly backed up. Also, these databases need to be maintained. 

Much of this happens in the background and as a user, everything appears seamless. Occasionally, however, something breaks. It might be a server, internet connections, operating system limitations or a host of other things that would require me to spew out acronyms like alphabet soup that would serve no purpose other than to confuse you. 

The point is that when you have an app like envisage which hundreds of companies use to manage and grow their business, we have a responsibility to ensure that your data is safe and accessible—in short, we need to ensure the app works.

On Friday 13th March, around 5pm EST, we had a database issue that caused envisage to timeout. While not everyone was affected, we took major action. The development team worked 9 hours straight to figure out the problem and resolved it permanently. The problem was, in simple terms, we’d hit a limitation with the version of software we use to manage the databases. It’s one of those things you’d never know existed until you run head on into it. The team not only upgraded the software, but also upgraded the servers.

We’ve also instigated a Status page, so you can easily see what is happening in the background and for any future issues, you’ll be able to track realtime what the team are doing to fix it. All information about any issue remains on our status page for your future reference and peace of mind on how we identified and solved the issue. This aligns with our policy of being completely transparent with you, our users.

As a result of the recent issue, envisage now runs even faster on an even more robust system!

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And if you didn’t notice anything, wonderful—that’s how it's meant to be!

P.S. You can see our status page at status.envisage.io or via the in-app chat.

And remember envisage includes Statistics, Org Charts and OKRs and you can try it for free on a no-risk 14-day trial. We’ll even help you set up all your existing statistics to make sure you succeed in getting your business onto Envisage and on its way to hyper-growth!

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