OPENDSR stands for Open Platform for Empathy-led Navigation, Design Standards & Real-time Intelligence. It is not another tool, app, or buzzword. It is a practical, human-first framework that organizations can adopt to continuously improve employee experience in a structured way.
At its heart, OPENDSR is an operating system for employee experience (EX). It helps leaders, managers, and HR teams move beyond fragmented efforts like annual surveys or isolated initiatives, and instead build a repeatable cycle of observing, prioritizing, designing, and refining workplace experiences.
By combining empathy with structure, OPENDSR ensures that organizations don’t just “listen” to employees but act quickly and consistently to make work better every day.
Why We Built ItThe reality of work today is that employees often feel unheard, unsupported, or frustrated—even in organizations that claim people are their greatest asset. Managers want to do better but lack a clear playbook. HR teams collect mountains of survey data but struggle to turn it into meaningful, daily improvements. Leaders care about employee engagement but often chase vanity metrics instead of addressing lived realities.
We built OPENDSR as a way out of this cycle. Instead of one-off programs or abstract theories, it provides a real-world, structured model that connects empathy with action. It equips organizations to:
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Notice experiences as they happen (not just once a year).
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Respond quickly to what matters most for employees.
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Design consistent and inclusive experiences that build trust.
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Embed improvements into workflows so they stick.
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Continuously refine based on fresh feedback and signals.
The purpose of OPENDSR is simple: to help organizations create workplaces where employees feel valued, supported, and clear about their journey—because when people thrive, organizations thrive.
OverviewUnlike rigid frameworks or proprietary platforms, OPENDSR is:
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Open → Works with your existing systems (Slack, Teams, SharePoint, HRIS, Jira, Confluence).
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Empathy-led → Puts lived employee experiences at the center of decision-making.
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Standardized → Establishes clear, repeatable design practices across the organization.
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Intelligent → Uses real-time signals to catch friction early and act immediately.
This means OPENDSR can be applied in any workplace, at any scale, without replacing what you already use. It acts as a human layer on top of your tools and processes, ensuring that employee experience is always designed intentionally, not left to chance.
The OPENDSR Pillars 1. Open PlatformNo lock-in, no forced tools. OPENDSR adapts to your current environment and overlays its principles onto whatever you already use.
Example: Instead of introducing a new feedback app, OPENDSR helps you embed quick feedback loops inside your existing Teams or Slack channels.
Employees don’t live in spreadsheets—they live in experiences. Empathy-led navigation means tuning into how employees actually feel and function every day.
Example: A team lead noticing burnout signals during a sprint and adjusting workload before it escalates.
Consistency creates fairness and trust. OPENDSR provides repeatable, inclusive design practices so that employee experiences are not random or uneven.
Example: Every new hire, regardless of department, goes through a clear, supportive onboarding journey.
Annual surveys are too slow. OPENDSR uses always-on listening and immediate data signals to reveal friction before it spreads.
Example: Detecting a rise in IT tickets after a system rollout and fixing the issue within days, not months.
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Observe 👀 – Notice patterns in daily work: feedback, usage, conversations.
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Prioritize 🎯 – Focus on the most impactful issues first.
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Envision 🧠 – Co-create better experiences with employees.
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Navigate 🗺️ – Build a realistic plan and map resources.
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Design ✏️ – Apply standards to make changes consistent and inclusive.
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Systematize ⚙️ – Embed improvements into tools and workflows.
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Refine 🔄 – Keep evolving based on real feedback.
This cycle turns employee experience into a living, breathing practice—not a one-time initiative.
Founding TeamAmol Londhe – Founder of CorporateOne and Employee Experience evangelist. Amol brings years of expertise at the intersection of technology, culture, and people. He envisioned OPENDSR as a way to make EX structured, actionable, and measurable.
Shweta Kelkar – A design strategist specializing in human-centered organizational change. Shweta ensures OPENDSR is rooted in empathy, inclusivity, and design discipline, turning big ideas into repeatable daily practices.
Together, Amol and Shweta built OPENDSR to bridge people and technology, making employee experience a discipline every organization can practice—open, human, and real.
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