Easily see how all your teams are really doing — before deadlines slip.

The wisdom of crowds, captured one regular click at a time — so you see the whole team's sentiment, not a filtered summary.

You kept asking "How's it going?" and the answer was "Fine." So why the fire drill?

It's difficult to be the bearer of bad news, so status reports get sanitized on the way up. Genchi opens a new channel: anonymous, aggregated input that makes honesty safe — so you spot the smoldering fires while there are still good options to snuff them out.

Genchi portfolio view showing every initiative colour-coded by team confidence
FOR ENGINEERING LEADERS

Never get blindsided again.

Genchi portfolio view showing every initiative colour-coded by team confidence
  • A current, accurate read of every team. Color-coded cards show your whole portfolio — comprehensive, always-on, and no chasing PMs for updates.
  • Spot drift before the deadline. The trend reveals drift; individual data points alert you when someone is seeing something the rest aren't.
  • Know what's actually happening — without the reporting tax. Get the team's wisdom-of-crowds view directly, not a version sanitized for upward consumption.
FOR TEAM LEADERS

Prevent sprints from blowing up on you in the last few days.

Genchi initiative view showing the team confidence trend and recent check-ins
  • Replace "soooo, how's it going?" with an easy ritual. A 2-second anonymous check-in from each team member, on a cadence you set — capturing what they're reluctant to say out loud.
  • Get back the watercooler signal you lost to remote and hybrid — better than before. A new channel that makes it easy for your team to provide the signal you used to pick up in person — while there's still time to act on it.
  • Know when to lean in — and when to leave them alone. Individual data points flag who's seeing something the rest aren't; the trend tells you the team's got it.
A Genchi check-in prompt in Slack, answered on a one-to-five confidence scale
A Genchi check-in prompt in Slack, answered on a one-to-five confidence scale
FOR TEAM MEMBERS

Avoid the awkward status checks and meetings.

A Genchi check-in prompt in Slack, answered on a one-to-five confidence scale
  • Fewer weekend crunches and last-minute scope cuts. You and other ICs can flag blockers or share deepening worry — somewhere your team lead will actually see it in time to act.
  • Without making it a thing. Trade awkward check-ins for a two-second anonymous click to share "all good, leave me alone" or "starting to get worried."
  • See what everyone else is thinking. A current view of how your teammates feel, and how the teams you depend on are doing, is always available.

Sounds great, but will the team actually use it?

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Yes, it's one more thing

Yes, it's one more thing — but it's the lowest reporting tax possible that still provides a useful signal. A two-second click in Slack or email. That's it.

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They get something back

Every team member can see how their own team and the teams they depend on are doing — the signal flows across, not just up.

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Everyone wins

When sprints stop blowing up in the last week, everyone wins. Fewer fire drills. Fewer weekend crunches. Fewer scope cuts at the wire.

One precondition: Genchi works best where transparency is valued. The anonymity is by design — to reduce friction and encourage more transparency. We help you fix the problem, never the blame.

Rowland Savage, founder of Genchi

Why I built Genchi

I spent years at Atlassian — a company that genuinely values transparency — and I still watched deadlines slip that the team had seen coming weeks earlier. The information existed. The channel for surfacing it didn't.

Conversations with engineering leaders at dozens of other companies told me this wasn't an Atlassian problem. So I built the channel.

Rowland Savage — Founder, Genchi

Genchi is new. If you want to talk it through with me directly, book 20 minutes.

Works with the tools you already use

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