Automated Employee Concierge System for Proactive Issue Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current employee management systems are passive and inefficient, failing to provide proactive support and holistic assistance to employees, leading to decreased satisfaction and inability to analyze employee data in real-time for proactive feedback and support.

Innovation Solution

An automated employee concierge system utilizing AI, machine learning, and data mining to detect issues, provide proactive support, and facilitate talent development, including issue resolution, new employee onboarding, and career growth through a combination of an issue detector, session controller, dialog manager, bot selection, profile generation, network analysis, and talent development planning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional passive employee management systems are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but employee satisfaction and support quality deteriorate due to lack of proactive assistance and real-time analysis

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemployee support qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service through automated issue detection and resolution. The employee concierge system automatically monitors employee data, detects issues without manual input, and initiates resolution processes, allowing the system to serve itself and employees without requiring constant human intervention for each interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical ticket-based support systems with an AI-driven automated concierge system. Instead of manual ticket creation and processing, the system uses machine learning models to automatically detect issues, analyze employee data, and initiate resolutions, substituting mechanical human operations with intelligent automated processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If automated issue detection and proactive support are implemented, then employee satisfaction improves, but data processing requirements and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemployee support efficiencyVSAvoiddata processing volume
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by continuously monitoring and analyzing employee data in real-time before issues manifest. The proactive issue detection mechanism analyzes patterns in employee behavior, performance metrics, and interaction data to identify potential problems early, enabling preventive support before employees even recognize or report the issues.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where employee interactions, support outcomes, and resolution effectiveness are constantly analyzed. This feedback informs and refines the machine learning models, improving their ability to detect issues accurately and prioritize interventions based on real-time employee needs and historical effectiveness data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of information

If real-time employee data analysis is performed, then proactive feedback and support are enabled, but computational resources and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemployee data analysis capabilityVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by focusing computational analysis on specific employee segments, individual employees showing risk indicators, or particular issue categories rather than uniformly analyzing all employee data. The machine learning models prioritize analysis based on detected anomalies, employee tenure, performance metrics, and interaction patterns, allocating computational resources where they provide maximum value.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts analysis parameters such as monitoring intensity, data sampling frequency, and model complexity based on employee risk profiles and organizational priorities. For low-risk employees, analysis occurs at lower intensity to conserve resources, while high-risk cases trigger more intensive real-time monitoring and deeper data analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11392835B2Employee concierge
Publication Date: 2022.07.19 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD
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AI summary

Examples of employee concierge are provided. In an example, an issue may be determined for an employee. The issue may be determined based on a query shared by the employee or upon occurrence of an unusual event. The unusual event may be indicative of a deviation in behaviour and routine of the employee. A session may be initiated and the issue may be parsed to determine a context. A bot may be selected from multiple bots for the issue where each bot includes information relating to a solution to address the issue. Data associated with the issue may be collected from a central database and other bots. The data may then be analyzed to determine a solution. The solution comprises a response to the query and a suggestion to mitigate the unusual event.