ML Model Predicts Employee Resignation and Conflict

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods fail to timely detect adverse relationships and job dissatisfaction among employees, leading to increased productivity loss and resource wastage in resolving conflicts and addressing issues like sexual harassment and discrimination, which often arise from undetected tensions in communication data.

Innovation Solution

A machine-learning model trained on structured and unstructured employee data, using natural language processing algorithms to predict adverse relations and resignations by analyzing communication patterns, surveys, and historical data to identify early signs of conflict, harassment, and discrimination, and providing predictive insights for management intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If traditional monitoring methods are used to detect adverse relationships and job dissatisfaction, then the system is simple to implement, but detection is delayed and occurs only at advanced stages of conflict development

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection timeVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of communication data to detect early signs of adverse relationships and job dissatisfaction before they escalate into full conflicts. By continuously monitoring communication patterns, sentiment, and engagement metrics, the system identifies problematic trends at their inception, enabling early intervention and preventing time loss associated with late-stage conflict detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive employee data is analyzed to improve prediction accuracy, then detection precision increases, but processing complexity and resource requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and analyzes only the most relevant features from comprehensive employee data, such as communication patterns, sentiment indicators, engagement metrics, and conflict signals. By selectively extracting key predictive features rather than processing all available data, the system achieves high prediction accuracy while managing processing complexity and resource requirements efficiently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Productivity

If early detection systems are implemented to prevent conflicts, then productivity is improved, but implementation cost and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemployee productivityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables early detection and prevention of conflicts through automated analysis of existing communication data without requiring additional complex infrastructure. By leveraging naturally occurring employee communications and applying machine learning algorithms, the system provides productivity benefits while minimizing implementation complexity and costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11288616B2Method of using machine learning to predict problematic actions within an organization
Publication Date: 2022.03.29 VISIER SOLUTIONS
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AI summary

A method to predict problematic actions in an organization, executed by a processing device, includes accessing stored employee-related data, such as at least one of emails, surveys, minutes, or records of conversations, identifying a subset of the employee-related data that is associated with an employee, and predicting, based on the subset of the employee-related data associated with the employee, at least one of a likelihood that the employee is engaged in an adverse relation with other employees or a likelihood that the employee is to resign from the organization within a period of time.