Things people said.
Voluntarily.
Product managers, teachers, and at least one person who sends it to their entire team every morning without warning.
"This board has revolutionised our stand ups. It's such a lovely way for me (as a product manager) to get a daily gauge on how my team-mates are feeling 😍"
"What an amazing project! It's really made our standups much more enjoyable and has skyrocketed team bonding ❤️"
"We love this in our team, I have sent it to so many people too!"
"This site is amazing ❤️ My class absolutely loves picking their mood every morning. It's the first thing they ask about when they walk in."
We turn up in a lot of Slack channels.
Teams at Cleo AI, SkyScanner, and various startups we're not allowed to name have made this a daily thing. Stand-ups, retros, all-hands. Apparently "which one are you today?" is a more honest question than "how is everyone doing?" Which, when you think about it, makes a lot of sense.
It works because it's low stakes. Nobody has to explain themselves. They just point at a picture of a confused golden retriever and everyone in the meeting immediately understands.