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Who's who, and who does what
A people directory with an org chart and the ability to follow coworkers. Find the right person, see where they fit, and keep up with the people whose work matters to yours.
Every company over about twenty people develops the same problem: nobody knows who does what anymore. The people directory answers it. Look anyone up, and see the org chart to understand where they and their team sit in the structure, without asking around in chat.
Following makes it personal: follow the coworkers whose work you care about and keep up with them. Combined with the Feed's birthdays, kudos, and announcements, the directory turns a list of accounts into something that feels like an actual company.
What you get
Everything inside People Directory
Everyone, findable
A directory of the whole organization, so finding the right person takes a search, not a chain of DMs.
Org chart
See the structure: who's on which team, who reports where. Especially valuable in month one at a new job.
Follow coworkers
Follow the people whose work you want to keep up with, across teams and departments.
Fuel for team life
The directory underpins the human side of Openbook, from Feed birthdays to kudos to group rosters.
Works at company scale
Openbook serves whole-company intranets, and the directory with org chart is the backbone that makes that work.
One identity everywhere
The same person appears in boards' people columns, chat, and rosters, connected back to their directory profile.
Made for moments like these
- A new hire learns the org chart in week one without asking anyone
- Find whoever owns billing before escalating a customer issue
- Follow the design leads whose decisions shape your roadmap
- Check a teammate's profile before your first call together
One less tool to pay for
Teams typically use People Directory to replace:
See how Openbook stacks up in our comparison guides.
FAQ
Common questions
What's in the people directory?+
The people in your organization, plus an org chart showing how teams and reporting lines fit together, and the ability to follow coworkers. It's the who's-who layer for the whole workspace.
What does following someone do?+
Following lets you keep up with coworkers you choose, the people whose work affects yours, even if you never share a project. It brings the useful part of a social network inside the company walls.
Is this useful for small teams?+
It earns its keep as you grow. At 15 people you know everyone; at 80 you don't. Openbook targets teams from 5 to 200 and whole-company intranets, and the directory with its org chart is what keeps a growing org legible.
Does the directory connect to the rest of Openbook?+
Yes. The same identities show up in people columns on boards, chat, group rosters, and the feed's birthdays and kudos. The directory is the common thread that ties a person's presence across the workspace together.
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