AI-Driven Employee Engagement — Carolyn Clark // Simpplr

Carolyn Clark, Vice President of Employee Experience Strategy at Simpplr, discusses AI in employee engagement. Using AI, companies can efficiently analyze vast amounts of data, anticipate employee needs, and deliver tailored experiences. This contrasts with manual engagement efforts that often rely on limited data interpretation, resulting in a less efficient approach to boosting employee morale and satisfaction. Today, Carolyn shares her insights on AI-driven engagement.
About the speaker

Carolyn Clark

Simpplr

- Simpplr

Carolyn is Vice President of Employee Experience Strategy at Simpplr

Show Notes

  • 01:36
    Understanding employee experience
    Employee experience encompasses all aspects of working life, defining the atmosphere and interactions within an organization. It's about the entirety of daily life within an organization, including the positive and negative aspects of the experience.
  • 02:54
    AI's role in employee engagement
    Using AI exclusively for employee engagement and experience lacks the humanity aspect. The ideal approach involves leveraging AI while maintaining human empathy, emotion, and understanding, to enhance context within employee communications.
  • 05:37
    Using AI to enhance employee communication
    AI enhances communication by offering insights into how various personas will perceive a message, reducing biases, and fostering empathy. It streamlines tasks like adjusting grammar, tense, and voice, significantly expediting the writing process for communications professionals.
  • 08:08
    AI applications at Simpplr
    In Simpplr's intranet, AI functions as an auto-governance engine overseeing content relevance and employs neural search for personalized results. Its passive listening feature constantly tracks employee sentiment, complementing surveys for a holistic view of engagement and attitudes.
  • 13:17
    Using AI to analyze employee sentiment and improve communication
    Simpplrs platform analyzes intranet behavioral data to determine whether employee sentiments are positive, negative, or neutral. These signals provide valuable information to communicators and leadership teams, guiding decisions for improved employee satisfaction.
  • 15:46
    Leveraging AI for real time employee feedback analysis
    Access to real-time data enables quick reactions to employee sentiments, allowing for instant adjustments to communication or actions based on immediate feedback. This immediacy empowers leaders to address confusion or concerns promptly.
  • 19:36
    Enhanced search functionality in employee platforms
    Corporate technology is catching up to consumer tech in search functionality. Smart search is being integrated into employee platforms to unify information from various tools, providing a centralized search experience across multiple applications and speeding up productivity.
  • 24:17
    The impact of technology expectations on employee experience
    Employees expect seamless experiences with workplace technology based on rapid advancements in consumer tech. Even if technology flaws aren't the company's fault, poor experiences reflect negatively on the organization, impacting all parts of the employee experience.

Quotes

  • "If people are using AI exclusively to do employee engagement and experience, then they're missing the humanity in it. The people doing it right are the ones using AI to enhance the context of any topic." - Carolyn Clark

  • "Proving the value of employee experience and internal comms means showcasing their impact on company ROI. If people are lost trying to find information about their benefits, we are wasting money and time." - Carolyn Clark

  • "People spend two hours looking for information because employee platforms have not adopted some of the best practices that consumer technology has." - Carolyn Clark

  • "Enterprise search functionality, like ours, integrates smart search across into the platform, speeding up productivity by aggregating and surfacing all relevant information in one place." - Carolyn Clark

  • "Employees expect seamless workplace tech experiences. Any lapse reflects poorly on the company, impacting the overall employee experience." - Carolyn Clark

About the speaker

Carolyn Clark

Simpplr

- Simpplr

Carolyn is Vice President of Employee Experience Strategy at Simpplr

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