# Mood-Tracking Chat Bots 'Moodbot' is a Slack Bot for Managing Employee Morale By Joey Haar | Published 2018-05-16 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moodbot References: [producthunt](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/moodbot?utm_campaign=producthunt-atom-posts-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_source=producthunt-atom-posts-feed) & [moodbot.io](https://moodbot.io/) For many companies, gauging employee morale is a nebulous process that feels almost artistic, relying on the intuition of people involved in building workplace culture, but 'Moodbot' for Slack is a new tool that aims to make the process more scientific. The bot gives businesses a way to [track their employees' moods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/temperedme) through things like [anonymous polls](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/employee-feedback-platform), helping to garner honest feedback on the culture of one's company. One of the biggest benefits of Moodbot over something like an email poll is that [Moodbot is incorporated directly into Slack](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dailybot). This makes it easy for employees to participate in the various polls without having to be sidetracked from their workflow. As far as those polls are concerned, Moodbot lets companies take one general poll a week, and it helps them to track those results over time. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.8/10 - Popularity: 37% | Activity: 68% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Mood-tracking Chat Bots:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop chat bots that track and analyze employee moods to help companies improve workplace culture. - **Scientific Employee Morale Monitoring:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create tools and platforms that utilize scientific methods, such as anonymous polls, to accurately gauge and track employee morale. - **Integration of Polling Tools in Workflow:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build seamless integration of polling tools like 'Moodbot' into popular workplace communication platforms to facilitate easy and convenient participation for employees. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Human Resources:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative HR solutions that incorporate mood-tracking chat bots to enhance employee satisfaction and well-being. - **Technology:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore new technologies and applications, like chat bots and workplace productivity tools, to automate and improve employee morale tracking processes. - **Market Research:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilize mood-tracking chat bots and data analytics to revolutionize market research by obtaining real-time and accurate insights on employee sentiments and satisfaction levels. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Emotional Wellness Trackers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mooodyspace.md) - [Work Communication Survey Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pulsy.md) - [Communication Tone Coaches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/micro-culture-lite.md) - [Daily Journaling Chatbots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/telegram-chatbot.md) - [Responding Work Place Bots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/follow-up-bot-for-slack.md) - [Emoji-Based Mood Trackers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moodtrack.md) - [Mood Insight Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mood-insight.md) - [Wellness Support Chatbots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blissbot.md) - [Integrated Workplace Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/just-polls.md)