AI PERFORMANCE CONVERSATION FACILITATOR

Meet Zed. The Voice AI that facilitates and coordinates performance conversations.

From goal setting to review, Zed isn't just the notetaker. She's the facilitator and coordinator of your performance cycle. Inside every conversation between manager and direct report, she holds the structure and guides the flow. Across the cycle, she remembers everything, schedules the next call, and builds a live performance dashboard. So HR gets structured data, leaders get real-time insight, and managers get more time to lead their people.

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THE PROBLEM

The most important system in your organisation is rushed and runs on memory.

Performance management is your organisation's engine of clarity, fairness, and growth. In reality, it's a loop of rushed conversations, uneven data, and year-end reviews built on year-old memory.

The Capacity

Performance conversations take time, energy, and skill. And with everything else on a manager's plate, they get deprioritised, rushed, or skipped.

The Consistency

When conversations get rushed or skipped, performance support is no longer delivered consistently, nor with consistency. Both of which being the core of high-performing cultures.

The Data

Without consistency and structured capture, performance data becomes memory. And important, expensive talent decisions get made on impression, not evidence.

The Rush

When review deadlines hit, managers rush to produce data. HR spends weeks collecting, piecing together, and uploading fragmented notes — dramatically increasing HR's administrative load every year.

The Performance Year, Without Zed
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Goal Setting
Rushed or skipped. Manually captured on HRIS systems
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Mid-Year Alignment
Rushed or skipped. No memory of what was initially set. Manual capture in HRIS required.
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Performance Check-Ins
Inconsistent or absent. Manager-dependent. Data rarely uploaded to HRIS.
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End-of-Year Reviews
Scoring based on memory or outdated performance data. Ratings bell-curved randomly.

Important talent decisions supported by memory instead of data — while HR carries a heavy, compounding administrative load every single year.

THE SOLUTION

Zed is the coordinator and facilitator of your performance management process.

Zed facilitates every conversation in your performance journey — from goal setting to end-of-year reviews. She remembers everything across the journey, delivers a live performance dashboard, and adapts to your organisation's frameworks, language, and tone.

Facilitates the Conversation

Zed joins your performance conversation live and facilitates your pre-designed structure between manager and direct report.

Captures & Scores Live

Every goal, rating, and status — captured as it happens. No post-meeting admin.

Schedules the Next Call

When the conversation ends, Zed books the next one. Cadence maintained."

Remembers Everything

Zed carries the full performance history of each employee. Every goal, every rating. Creating a defensible record.

Builds the Live Dashboard

A real-time performance dashboard. See goals set, and reached. See which managers are having conversations, and with whom.

Plugs Into Your HRIS

Zed syncs to your existing HRIS. Your HRIS remains the source of data — Zed just makes sure the data is actually there.

The Full Performance Cycle
Goal Setting
Aligned against your framework.
Mid-Year Alignment
Full memory of what was set.
Performance Check-Ins
Structured, consistent, on cadence.
End-of-Year Reviews
Full year of context in hand.

Start with one module. Or run the full cycle. Zed remembers what was said in every conversation and carries it forward.

Cumulative memory. Real-time performance data. Full customisation. No more year-end rush.

Curious to see how Zed conducts a performance conversation?

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PRODUCT FEATURES

Facilitate the full performance cycle. From goal setting to review.

Capability Standard Premium
Facilitated Goal Setting, Check-ins & Reviews
Custom Frameworks & Scoring Rubrics
Instant Post-Conversation Reports
Cumulative Notes Across the Employee Journey
Aggregate Org-Wide Performance Insights
Available in All Major Languages
HRIS Data Export
Privacy & Data Storage Compliance
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Who's behind Zed

Built by people who've done this work.

Built by people who understand the art of human dialogue. Zed's power lies in her natural, conversational flow—designed with deep expertise in how to structure dialogue that feels safe, natural, and productive.

Roy Gluckman-John
Roy Gluckman-John
Co-founder

Facilitator, qualified Attorney, and workplace culture specialist with 14+ years of experience designing high-stakes talent conversations in the world's largest organisations.

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David Barros
David Barros
Co-founder

Technical co-founder and entrepreneur building the AI infrastructure behind Zed, drawing on years of experience shipping products at the intersection of software and human insight.

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Built for the busy, human reality of high-performing organisations.

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