What you can already do in Bearing

Bearing closes the full loop: leadership assessment to concrete actions to change validation. For enterprise teams, we added a company-competency layer without breaking the base measurement model.

  1. 1) Leadership assessment (360/180)
    Run a survey and collect signals across rater groups (direct reports / peers / self). In analytics, direct reports are prioritized when data is available and valid.
  2. 2) Company competency model overlay
    In enterprise settings you can upload a competency model (CSV/XLSX/JSON) and define weights linking competencies to our dimensions. Reports then show competency scores as an overlay.
  3. 3) Recommendations: playbooks and workshop plan
    Recommendations are generated from weak dimensions. If a competency model is present, we also highlight linked competencies.
  4. 4) Follow-up: Validation board + pulse survey
    Track validation topics on the board, launch a topic-based pulse survey, and review aggregated outcomes per item.
  5. 5) AI summary
    AI summary is built from analytics and can use your competency-model terminology when that model is configured.
Important

The canonical dimension model remains the calculation base for scoring and recommendations. Company competencies are displayed together with dimensions to preserve recommendation quality and trend stability.

March 2, 2026
Participant UXEnterpriseCompetenciesSummary

Participant UX upgrade and enterprise competency behavior anchors

Made participant surveys easier to interpret and added explicit behavioral-example support to enterprise competency models.

  • Participant survey now includes optional behavior examples under each question to align interpretation before rating.
  • Participant intro flow now highlights confidentiality, observable behavior, and practical completion rules.
  • Summary next-steps output is now grouped into Start / Stop / Continue for clearer execution.
  • Enterprise competency model upload and preview now support a separate Behavioral example field per competency.
  • Playbooks in summary open by default so recommended actions are visible immediately after load.
February 4, 2026
EnterpriseCompetenciesFollow-up

Enterprise: company competency model + follow-up pulse

Bearing now keeps a canonical leadership-dimension score while also showing results in your competency-model terms and closing the loop from assessment to actions to validation.

  • Upload a company competency model (CSV/XLSX/JSON) and map it to our dimensions via weights.
  • Report and Summary can show competency scores as an overlay on top of dimensions, with rater-group splits: direct reports / peers / self.
  • Recommendations (playbooks and workshop topics) stay tied to dimensions, while highlighting which company competencies they influence.
  • Follow-up board "Validation" + pulse survey by topic: Improved; No change / not sure; Worsened.
  • Pulse results page aggregates responses per topic (counts and %).
January 12, 2025
MethodologyBuilder

Survey methodologies: Classic / Challenger / Hybrid

Added methodology selection so questionnaire composition and report logic better match company context.

  • Classic: universal baseline for most organizations.
  • Challenger: for companies actively adopting AI and working with LLM workflows.
  • Hybrid: blended variants for organizations in transformation.
  • Launch builder in 3 steps: Context -> Participants -> Launch.
December 2, 2024
UXOnboarding

Onboarding refresh: goals -> scenario selection -> start

Made product entry more direct: fewer screens, clearer expectations, and a faster path to first value.

  • Added clearer scenarios (Individuals / Consulting / Enterprise).
  • Simplified transition to creating the first launch.
  • Improved copy and guidance in early steps.
November 18, 2024
BenchmarksReports

First benchmarks and report visualizations

Introduced initial comparisons and visual blocks to make outcomes easier to interpret and discuss.

  • Heatmap by dimensions and rater groups.
  • Comparison blocks (as data volume grows).
  • Improved report structure from signals to actions.
Methodology
Changes that affect survey structure, dimensions, and report logic.
UX / Onboarding
Improvements in user journey, copy, speed, and step predictability.
Reports
Visualizations, results structure, interpretation, and playbooks.
Benchmarks
Comparisons with similar teams; quality and detail improve as data volume grows.

FAQ

How often is Bearing updated?

Small improvements are shipped continuously. Larger changes are recorded here as separate entries.

Why are some features marked as "coming soon"?

Because it is more honest to show the roadmap than to pretend unfinished features are ready.