Understand your team.
Before it's too late.

The Better Together Framework is a free, research-backed methodology for measuring 5 dimensions of team wellness. Run it manually with your team, or automate it with Tribu.

Based on research from Google, Harvard, Gallup, WHO, and Deloitte

Teams break silently

77% of professionals experience burnout at their current job. 85% of employees withhold information from their managers. By the time someone quits, the warning signs were there months ago.

Annual engagement surveys are too slow. They measure what happened, not what's happening. By the time you read the results, your best people may already be interviewing.

The Better Together Framework is a different approach. Instead of long surveys once or twice a year, it measures 5 specific dimensions continuously, using 2 research-backed questions per day.

5

Dimensions

Each backed by peer-reviewed organizational psychology research

2

Questions per day

Takes ~30 seconds. No survey fatigue, no context switching

0

Cost to use

The framework is free and open. Run it with a spreadsheet, a Slack bot, or whatever works

What the framework measures

Each radar maps to a specific dimension of team health, grounded in decades of organizational research. Together, they form a complete picture of how your team is really doing.

Click any dimension to explore it

Burnout Psych Safety Goals Productivity Balance

Click on any dimension to explore what it measures, example questions, and the research behind it.

How to run the framework with your team

#general Slack channel Spreadsheet Google Sheets Daily standup Team meeting

Pick your channel

Choose where your team answers daily questions. Slack, a shared spreadsheet, or a standup addition — whatever has the lowest friction.

The less effort required, the higher the response rate.
How's your energy today? 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 4 5

Ask 2 questions daily

Each day, ask one question from one of the 5 dimensions. Rotate through all 5 over the week using a 1–5 scale.

Monday = Burnout, Tuesday = Psych Safety, Wednesday = Goals…
Burnout PS Goals Prod. WLB Week 1 Week 2

Track scores weekly

Average the daily scores per dimension to build a weekly radar. Plot it on a spider chart — patterns emerge within 2–3 weeks.

Look for dimensions consistently low or dropping week over week.
↓ Burnout Focus here No meetings on Fridays Share blockers in retro +1hr focus time daily

Discuss & act

Share the team radar in your weekly retro. Focus on the lowest dimension. Ask: "What's one thing we could change this week?" Then do it.

Small, concrete actions beat big plans that never happen.
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Who does what?

Everyone has a part to play. Here's what to expect so the whole team starts aligned from day one.

15 min / week
Leader / Manager

You set the rhythm. The team follows your lead.

~15 minutes per week
  • Pick the channel and introduce the framework to your team
  • Rotate through the 5 radar questions across the week
  • Review the weekly scores — identify the lowest dimension
  • In retro, share the team radar and ask: "What's one thing we change?"
  • Pick one concrete action. Follow up next week.
What you see: Your team's aggregated radar across all 5 dimensions — trends over time, not individual scores.
T Tribu How's your energy today? 1 2 3 4 5 Your personal trends: 2 min / day
Team Member

Two minutes a day. Real impact for your whole team.

~2 minutes per day
  • Receive one question daily in your team channel
  • Answer on a 1–5 scale — 30 seconds, no essays required
  • Watch your personal score build over time (private, only visible to you)
  • Join the weekly retro to hear the aggregated team radar
  • Commit to one small change per week
What you see: Your own personal trend across the 5 dimensions. No one else can see your individual scores.

Everything you need to get started

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Question Bank

The complete set of validated questions for all 5 dimensions, ready to use with your team.

Coming Soon
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Tracking Spreadsheet

A Google Sheets template to collect responses and automatically generate your team's radar chart.

Coming Soon
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Facilitation Guide

How to introduce the framework to your team, run weekly discussions, and create action plans.

Coming Soon
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Example Reports

See what the framework reveals: real anonymized team, benchmark, and company reports.

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Built on decades of research

#1 Factor

Google Project Aristotle

Studied 180+ teams over 2 years. Found psychological safety is the single most important factor in team effectiveness — more than skills, resources, or structure.

77%

Deloitte Burnout Survey

77% of professionals have experienced burnout at their current job. The WHO now classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon in ICD-11.

85%

Edmondson (Harvard)

85% of employees withhold information from their managers. Prof. Amy Edmondson's research shows psychological safety is a prerequisite for organizational learning.

3.2x

Deloitte Human Capital Trends

Companies with continuous feedback cultures see 3.2x faster revenue growth and 14.9% lower turnover than those relying on annual reviews.

$4 : $1

WHO Mental Health ROI

For every $1 invested in mental health at work, there is a $4 return in improved health and productivity. Prevention is cheaper than attrition.

$8.9T

Gallup 2024

The global cost of disengaged employees is $8.9 trillion — 9% of global GDP. Only 21% of employees worldwide are engaged at work.

How is your team doing?

Answer 5 quick questions and see your team's wellness radar. Takes 30 seconds.

Burnout Safety Goals Productivity Balance

Love the framework?
Tribu runs it automatically.

Tribu is the platform that automates the Better Together Framework. Daily micro-pulses in Slack, team radars, predictive analytics, and integrations with your HR and PM tools.

2 questions/day in Slack
Automated team radars
Burnout prediction
HRIS + calendar integration
Weekly AI-powered reports
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