What’s New With the World’s Most Complete Recognition Solution: Q4 2026

Great recognition doesn’t end when the moment does. It brings people together, makes contributions visible, and gives employees something to keep building on. This quarter, O.C. Tanner is expanding the recognition experience in two ways: Kudoboard is now integrated within Culture Cloud® enabling employee-led team celebrations, and we’re introducing Collectibles, custom physical awards designed to grow with an employee’s career, turning recognition into a keepsake.

Kudoboard for Everyone: New Employee-Led Celebrations Inside Culture Cloud

When employees celebrate special career and personal moments together, they build belonging as a team. From organizing a birthday party, rallying around a colleague at a time of celebration or loss, welcoming a new family member, or recognizing a team achievement, the moments that matter deserve the right celebration tools. 

With the Kudoboard Integration, collaborative, employee-led celebrations are now available within Culture Cloud. Employees can access Kudoboard through the Culture Cloud Celebrations experience, with SSO-enabled access creating a more streamlined transition between the two. With this new celebration tool, employees can create boards for any occasion, invite teammates to participate, and contribute messages, photos, videos, GIFs, memories, and other personal content.

 Broaden your approach to recognition and celebrations seamlessly, without adding disconnected tools. Kudoboard complements your existing company-led recognition experiences with employee-led celebrations, bringing more ways to recognize, celebrate, and connect, all within the O.C. Tanner experience.

Collectibles: Build a Career Story Employees Can See

Some achievements deserve more than a moment of recognition. As your people contribute, grow, and reach meaningful milestones, Collectibles create a tangible moment to honor the individual story of each employee’s career, one symbol at a time, while connecting personal achievements to a larger story of company success.

From Careerscapes® and Career Cubes, to Pin Boards and pins, each piece transforms an achievement, milestone, company value, or shared experience into a lasting symbol of contribution and company pride.

O.C. Tanner works with organizations to shape Collectibles around their own brand, values, history, and recognition goals. Start with a single award or create an organization-wide system where employees can continue adding moments and memories of success throughout their careers, highlighting experiences from onboarding and everyday contributions, to career anniversaries and signature achievements.

Building the story of a career across years of employment makes recognition tangible, as each collection of symbols connects individuals to a larger company story. Collectibles provide daily reminders of an employee’s contribution over time, pride in their work and the organization, and what their accomplishments represent.