How Blik works, start to finish

Eight steps, from sign-up to the report. Under each step you see who can see what.

  • Admin The person who runs Blik. Often HR or the team manager.
  • Reviewee The person who gets feedback.
  • Reviewers Peers, the manager and direct reports who give feedback.

Blik never shows which person gave which answer. Not to the reviewee, and not to the admin.

  1. Sign up

    Pick a plan and pay with Stripe. You get an admin account and a welcome email.

    • One round costs €19. It covers up to 10 people.
    • A subscription starts with a 14-day free trial.
    • Or self-host the open source version for free.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    Your own account. Nothing else exists yet.

    Reviewee

    Nothing. Blik sends no email to your team at this step.

    Reviewers

    Nothing.

    The Blik sign-up page with the plan choice

  2. Set up your account and questionnaires

    Name your company and choose how Blik sends email. Then pick a questionnaire.

    • Four questionnaires come with Blik. Use them as they are, or edit them.
    • Write your own with rating scales, multiple choice and free text.
    • Set the anonymity minimum. The default is 3 answers per group.
    • Choose if Blik sends the report to the reviewee when the round ends.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    All settings and all questionnaires.

    Reviewee

    Nothing yet. Your own questionnaires stay private to your organisation.

    Reviewers

    Nothing yet.

    Editing a questionnaire in Blik

  3. Add your people

    Add each reviewee with a name, an email and a department. Invite colleagues who help run Blik.

    • An organisation admin sees all reviewees and all reports.
    • A member can only start a round for themselves.
    • Reviewers do not need an account. They never appear in this list.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    The list of reviewees and colleagues.

    Reviewee

    Nothing. Adding a person sends no email.

    Reviewers

    Nothing.

    The reviewees page: each person with their questionnaire and rounds

  4. Start a review round

    Pick a reviewee and a questionnaire. Then add reviewers by email, per group.

    • The groups are self, manager, peers and direct reports.
    • Start rounds for many reviewees at once with the same questionnaire.
    • Or skip the emails. Share one link per group, and each person who opens it gets a private link.
    • Send the invitations now or later. Send reminders from the round page.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    Which invited emails have finished, and how many are open.

    What any reviewer answered. With share links, not even who answered.

    Reviewee

    An email that the round has started.

    Who you invited, unless you tell them.

    Reviewers

    An email with their private link.

    Who else got an invitation.

    Creating a review round: reviewee, questionnaire and reviewer emails
    A running round: how many reviewers finished, and the invitation links

  5. The reviewee gets an email

    The reviewee gets a link to their self-assessment. They answer the same questions as everyone else.

    • No account and no password. The link is enough.
    • Progress saves. They can stop and come back.
    • After one week, Blik emails them how many reviews are done.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    If the self-assessment is done.

    The self-assessment answers, until the report.

    Reviewee

    Their own questions and answers. A count of finished reviews.

    Any answer from a reviewer. Who has answered.

    Reviewers

    The self-assessment.

    The self-assessment email on a phone
    The self-assessment questionnaire in the browser

  6. Reviewers answer on their phone

    Each reviewer gets an email with a private link. The questionnaire works on any phone.

    • No app to install and no account to make.
    • One section per screen. The answer buttons are large.
    • Progress saves. A field worker can finish in two breaks.
    • Answers are stored against the random link, not against a name.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    That an invited email has finished.

    What that person answered.

    Reviewee

    Who answered, and what one person answered.

    Reviewers

    Only their own answers.

    Other answers and the report.

    The reviewer invitation email on a phone
    A reviewer answering questions on a phone

  7. The report

    The round closes when every invited reviewer has answered, or when you close it. Blik then makes the report.

    • A radar chart compares self, manager, peers and direct reports.
    • The biggest gaps between self and others come first.
    • A skill level on the Dreyfus model and an initiative level on the five levels of agency.
    • Strengths, development areas and written comments.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    The full report, grouped the same way.

    Which person gave which answer.

    Reviewee

    Their own report, through a private link. Answers are grouped: self, manager, peers, direct reports.

    Peer or direct-report detail and comments, if fewer than 3 people in that group answered.

    Reviewers

    The report.

    The manager group is not pooled with others. If one manager answers, the reviewee knows those answers are from their manager. Overall scores and charts use all answers.

    A radar chart comparing self, peer, manager and direct report ratings
    Report overview: overall score, self-assessment gap and skill level

  8. The manager view

    Admins open every report from one place. The reviewees page shows where each person differs most from how others see them.

    • One row per reviewee, with the gap between self and others.
    • The largest gaps come first, so you know who to talk to first.
    • Open a row to go to that person's report.

    Who sees what

    Admin

    All reports in the organisation, and the gap per person.

    Any single reviewer's answers.

    Reviewee

    Only their own report.

    Other people's reports and the overview.

    Reviewers

    The overview and the reports.

    Overview of all reviewees, sorted by the gap between self-assessment and others
Thijs de Zoete

Built by a founder who needed it

Thijs de Zoete runs Tinify, an image optimisation company. He wanted honest 360° feedback for his team. The tools he found cost €15,000 to €18,000 a year for 50 people, and kept the feedback on someone else's servers.

So he built Blik: open source, simple to run, with the price on the website. He uses it with his own team.

Thijs de Zoete, founder

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