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Describe the project or task Cognician helped with:

Many organizations talk about behavior change but few actually make it happen. Cognician's platform and interface activate employee behaviors at scale through multi-day challenges. I have worked with the team multiple times and consistently see impactful results in our behavior change programs. The programs make change stick in an organization, at scale, by giving employees a chance to learn about, practice, and reflect on new behaviors and ways of working.

What's more is that the team is easy to work with and provides consultative value to design the best programs, much more than a platform provider. Five stars, highly recommend! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Cognician?

Easy to work with, value-add, see results, analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

Wish I could edit content myself without relying on turnaround from them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

N/A Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Behavior change at scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cognician Overview

What is Cognician?

Cognician activates employee behavior change through scalable, personalized, data-driven digital experiences that achieve measurable change in 30 days or less. This neuroscience-based approach is grounded in action, follow-through, reflection, and social engagement. Cognician's user-friendly interface is chat-based and interactive and guides employees to adopt new ways of thinking and take action for personal development, team collaboration, innovation, and productivity.

Cognician Details
Languages Supported
Afrikaans, Arabic, German, English, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified)
Services Offered
Onboarding Quests, Software Adoption Quests, Leader Activation Quests, Transformation Quests, Customized L&D Solutions
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Provider Description

Cognician provides digital coaching that drives performance in the moment of need


Seller Details
Seller
Cognician
Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
San Francisco, US
Twitter
@cognician
690 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
68 employees on LinkedIn®

Barry K.
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Founder and CEO of Cognician • We deliver digital coaching solutions to activate behavior change at scale

Recent Cognician Reviews

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Rudy M.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Excellence & Innovation"
Carolynne and team went above and beyond to meet (and exceed) our needs. They were true professionals every step of the way and kept us on track to...
Ben T.
BT
Ben T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great experience with Cognician!"
Weekly structure that builds upon lessons.
Holly G.
HG
Holly G.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Delightful Experience with Cognician"
The Cognician team are experts in gamified learning. Their incredible talent designs and develops engaging, fun, and valuable gamified learning exp...

Cognician Media

Cognician Demo - Activate employees to achieve measureable transformation at scale
Cognician's employee activation platform uses evidence-based methods and technology to drive measurable behavior change in businesses, tackling challenges previously deemed too complex or slow. It combines behavioral science and analytics to deliver outcomes in as little as 20 days, supporting la...
Cognician Demo - Multi-day challenges
Employee activation challenges can be scheduled daily, weekly or at any interval, and involve experiences as short as a couple of minutes, or as long as half an hour at a time.
Cognician Demo - Sustainability Quest
Move toward the future of sustainable business by activating new behaviors, practices and process across your workforce.
Cognician Demo - Security Maturity
The Security Maturity Quest activates employees to eliminate or reduce security vulnerabilities.
Cognician Demo - Innovation
The Innovation Quest activates managers to enable, nurture, and reward innovative thinking.
Cognician Demo - Sales Success Quest
The Sales Success Quest activates employees to be action-oriented and empowers them to become resilient, persistent, and responsive.
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RM
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Cognician?

Carolynne and team went above and beyond to meet (and exceed) our needs. They were true professionals every step of the way and kept us on track to meet our deadlines. The programming they developed for us was successful at our event and left a lasting impression on our interns. We've identified other opportunities to implement the content into our learning, and we're already looking forward to partnering with Cognician on future event and learning initiatives.

It's true what they say about "leaving it to the professionals." While my internal team could have put something together for the event, it would have paled in comparison to what Cognician was able to create for us. I can't praise them enough for their partnership and support - truly, Cognician is one of the best vendors I've had the pleasure of working with. They made the process easy from beginning to end and helped us ensure a successful event.

Thank you, Carolynne and team! Looking forward to working with you again next year! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

Nothing. I enjoyed every aspect of working with Cognician. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cognician helped us reverse-engineer an online training course to be conducted in-person at a 700-person conference. Further, they helped us innovate the way we survey our interns and collect data, which ultimately led to a more high-touch and personalized experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Holly G.
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Management Consulting Senior Manager
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Cognician?

The Cognician team are experts in gamified learning. Their incredible talent designs and develops engaging, fun, and valuable gamified learning experiences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

One downside of using Cognician is that it is a third-party solution, and occasionally, clients miss the emails to enroll in the gamified learning quests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

If you're looking to launch a 30-day challenge (or any duration), Cognician is the perfect choice! Their expertise will help craft a meaningful experience that will delight learners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cognician is empowering my client to develop new habits with Copilot for M365, fostering sustainable behavior change at scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ben T.
BT
Chief Operating Officer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cognician?

Weekly structure that builds upon lessons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

Getting team members ramped up to complete sessions was a challenge, however, building a structure has been good for each of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

Engage with the leaders of Cognician as they can provide you specific areas to benefit your team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cognician has been a great tool for our all of our leaders. Weekly lessons have been benifical for both our tenured leaders and our young leaders. Each lesson provides clear objectives to complete while engaging our whole team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Erik Y.
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Management Consultant
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cognician?

People are easy to work with, very professional. The platform they provide is so easy to use and intuitive for end-users, making it a great tool for driving engagement and change. The fact that it also collects high quality insights makes it even better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

No downsides - would love for more people and companies to experience the power of Cognician. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

Don't hesitate, Cognician proved to be decisive for engagement and our change journey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were looking for a way to increase engagement around the launch of a new platform for continuous improvements while at the same time drive behavior and culture change. Cognician and their platform did all that. We achieved high engagement rates and collected high quality insights which was key for us to continue to implement our new platform and elevate our culture in the right direction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TK
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cognician?

Excellent collaboration and support from the Cognician program team and excellent customer support for our users. The digital micro challenge module was very engaging and fostered social learning across the cohort Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

Nothing comes to mind. There is nothing I disliked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

If you are looking for practical learning/leadership development that can be applied to one's day to day work, Cognician is the way to go! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Developing leaders at all levels by instilling the mindsets and behaviors needed for great leaders earlier in the careers of our high performing emerging leaders Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cognician?

A great mix between professional project management and friendly & flexible team members, adapting to the customer needs as the project developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

No issues with our interactions, the platform is currently missing a few features that would be very useful for us Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

Take up direct contact with them, discuss their reference cases and what features are useful for your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Changing the cultural approach to learning, especially in the field of self-paced or team learning environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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In different ways it is possible to improve it because it allows to create trainings to teach different ways of using a software, it seems incredible to me, it seems incredible to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Cognician?

It is easy to use and configure, the interface is simple but very competent and pleasant. It has multiple very useful functionalities and with the help that Cognician gives us it is possible to get the most out of it. Trainings become simple and relatively quick. Integrated project management is excellent. The support they provide through customer service is more than incredible, they care about the customer's needs and can be a whole day guiding us until we have solved our doubts, it is the best quality of this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

We have nothing really negative to say regarding this software, we acquired it a few years ago and have loved it ever since. The platform is wonderful and the attention from the company is magnificent, the truth is that there are no complaints that we can highlight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

We are enormously grateful with the use of this software in our facilities, we can say that it has changed our perspective and way of seeing things. It is a software dedicated to learning and although we acquired it only for the new members of the work team to implement it. The learning methodology it offers for a reasonable cost is incredible, we totally recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cognician has helped us mainly in regards to the training of new employees since the learning becomes more enjoyable and it is much easier to understand all the processes using this software. Apart from this, thanks to the Cognician development team, we made significant progress because they are there to instruct us at all times in the multiple functionalities and how to address them in the best way for new workers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Moira F.
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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I have worked with Cognician on several Multi Day Challenge projects and have been incredibly impressed at their team's expertise in learning, neuroscience, and experience design. Within days, they can design a customized solution that drives new behaviors in areas such as analytics, digital fluency, supply chain, and procurement. Their team is responsive, creative, innovative, and detail oriented. We worked seamlessly with them and found that whatever idea we had, they found a way to implement - or improve upon it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Cognician?

In-depth expertise in learning and neuroscience; innovative tool that was used as a base for customization; highly intelligent, motivated, and creative team that felt like a part of our organization - they are an absolute pleasure to work with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

I did not dislike any aspects of working with Cognician Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

I highly recommend using a combination of both the Multi Day Challenges and the Assessments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

Changing behaviors of learners in five areas - analytics, digital, supply chain, procurement, and the ability to return to work post-COVID. We have received very positive feedback from our clients on the ability of the tool to drive new behaviors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Teresa Rose M.
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Founder and Lead Consultant
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Describe the project or task Cognician helped with:

We worked with Cognician to design a challenge based program, which helped our colleagues experience all aspects of our digital strategy and methods of innovation for application in their work. This was part of an overall communication, campaign, curated and social learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Cognician?

The team were very professional and it was an enjoyable and collaborative project to work on. They were open to us experimenting with different approaches and iterations as we gained more insights. We liked the daily challenges, the fact we could use our director of digital as the coach/avatar and were able to use a blend of content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

There was a minor issue when one designer had to move to another project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

We wanted to first raise awareness of the digital strategy and we were able to measure this shift with the job tests for evaluation. The second stage was focused on changing behaviour and introduce new ways of working, there was more demand on colleagues to take action, reflect and share their knowledge. This was a voluntary program and we were impressed with the fact we way exceeded the benchmark for enrollments and completions. The data supported us in being shortlisted for a 2020 Learning Award. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Katelyn Q.
KQ
State Director, California
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Describe the project or task Cognician helped with:

Cognition partnered with our team at Best Buddies to provide a 10 day challenge that would evoke engagement and activity during COVID-19 for our clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The specialized learning experience consisted of 6 challenges to encourage professional and personal development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Cognician?

The system was very visually appealing and they provided us with training on the administrative side and walked us through the process leading up to the release. The team at Cognician is amazing and a joy to work with. The program was very interactive and engaging. They customized the robot and color scheme to match our organization. They provided a management guide to ensure roll out was easy and efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cognician?

The one challenge our participants had was uncertainty if the email they received was spam. Personalizing the email similarly to the program would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cognician:

I would highly recommend them. They are wonderful organizationally and personally and I believe you will gain the results you are looking for. They have such a diverse background of project experience and are willing to guide you to the best results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cognician solving and how is that benefiting you?

During COVID-19 we found our participants with disabilities experiencing feelings of loneliness, isolation, and lacking physical activity. We wanted a platform to allow them to maintain stimulation of their body and mind and this was a great tool. It enabled their personal and professional growth and gained skills they could contribute to work after the pandemic was over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.