40% of all Trickles raised on the Trickle platform have been posted anonymously; highlighting that thousands of suggestions may not have been raised if it weren’t for this feature.
In this Champions Insight, we want to break the correlation between anonymity and negative sentiment to remove fear when anonymous posts are published in the Trickle platform.
Why does Trickle offer anonymity?
Trickle was built with psychological safety at heart.
To encourage people to participate honestly in conversations, the anonymity feature was developed to remove the fear of judgment or negative consequences.
You can find out more in our anonymous promise.
How is anonymity beneficial?
Removing reverse bias
Anonymity fosters genuine feedback loops by removing reverse bias.
💡 For example, if senior leaders share an idea, people may agree out of respect, even if they disagree.
Asking questions that might not be raised otherwise
For example, people might ask questions about things they feel like they should know, such as “How do other teams use AI at work” or “Where can I learn more about Excel”.
These types of questions are positive as learnings can be shared and performance improved.
Top tips to encourage anonymity use
📣 Share Trickle's anonymous promise.
📌 Remind people that anonymous actions can’t be unmasked. There are no hidden tools within the Trickle platform that allow any person to find out the identity of anonymous participants.
💡 If you have Flares activated in your Trickle package, this video showcases that there is no way to unmask identities if an anonymous Flare is raised.