Systems and methods for acquiring and employing resiliency data for leadership development

• US 10,628,770 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Original Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Inventors: Horseman, Samantha J., Mattson, Brent
• Primary Examiner(s): Chong Cruz, Nadja N
• Application Number:
  US14/968,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20170169379A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

Provided in some embodiments are systems and methods for acquiring and employing resiliency data for leadership development. Provided in some embodiments is a method that includes acquiring a set of resiliency data for an employee, determining a resiliency score for the employee based at least in part on the set of resiliency data, determining that the employee is recommended for promotion to a leadership position within an organization based at least in part on the resiliency score, determining a ranking of the employee relative to other employees within the organization based at least in part on the resiliency score, and serving, to a first device for display to the employee, an employee leadership review dashboard including an indication of the resiliency score for the employee, and an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees.

Claims

1. An employee management system comprising:

an employee resiliency data acquisition system comprising;

a terminal configured to acquire health information for an employee via an interactive health survey;

one or more health sensor systems configured to acquire health status data for the employee; and

an augmented virtual reality (AVR) headset configured to be worn about the head of the employee, the AVR headset being configured to present, for viewing by the employee, a functional performance test comprising a virtual scene comprising one or more virtual objects for the employee to interact with, and the AVR headset being configured to generate functional performance test data for the employee that is indicative of the interactions of the employee with the one or more virtual objects, wherein the AVR headset comprises one or more electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors configured to contact at least a portion of a scalp of the employee while the employee is wearing the AVR headset, and

wherein the one or more health sensor systems comprise the one or more EEG sensors, and wherein the health status data for the employee comprises brain activity data for the employee acquired via the EEG sensors; and

an employee leadership assessment system communicatively coupled to the employee resiliency data acquisition system via a communications network, the employee leadership assessment system comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processors to cause;

receiving, from the employee resiliency data acquisition system, a set of resiliency data for the employee, the set of resiliency data corresponding to the health information for the employee, the health status data for the employee, and the functional performance test data for the employee;

determining a resiliency score for the employee based at least in part on the set of resiliency data, the resiliency score indicating a change in a cost associated with the employee over a given period of time;

determining that the employee is recommended for a promotion to a leadership position within an organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

determining a ranking of the employee relative to other employees within the organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

serving, to a first device for display to the employee, an employee leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees;

serving, to a second device for display to an employer, an employer leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee;

an indication that the employee is recommended for the promotion to the leadership position within the organization; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees;

determining an activity to be completed by the employee based at least in part on the resiliency score; and

scheduling, on a work schedule for the employee, the activity for completion by the employee.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the functional performance test comprises a reaction-drop test and the virtual scene comprises a virtual object appearing to fall in a field of view (FOV) of the employee, and wherein the employee is tasked with catching the virtual object.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the functional performance test comprises a coordination-catch test and the virtual scene comprises multiple virtual objects appearing to move toward the employee in the field of view (FOV) of the employee, and wherein the employee is tasked with catching the one or more virtual objects.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more health sensor systems comprise a chair comprising one or more health sensors integrated into at least one of a seat bottom, a seat back, an arm rest and a headrest of the chair, wherein the one or more health sensors are configured to contact the employee when the employee is seated in the chair.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more health sensor systems comprise a cap configured to be worn by the employee, and wherein the cap comprises one or more EEG sensors located in an interior of the cap such that the EEG sensors contact at least a portion of the scalp of the employee while the employee is wearing the cap.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more EEG sensors are located in an interior of the AVR headset such that the EEG sensors contact at least a portion of the scalp of the employee while the employee is wearing the AVR headset.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of resiliency data is associated with a first time, and wherein the program instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processors to cause:

receiving, from the employee resiliency data acquisition system, a second set of resiliency data for the employee, the second resiliency data corresponding to health information for the employee at a second time, health status data for the employee at the second time, and functional performance test data for the employee at the second time,

wherein the resiliency score is determined as a difference between a first value determined based on the set of resiliency data associated with the first time, and a second value determined based on the second set of resiliency data associated with the second time.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the employee is a participant in an employee leadership program, and wherein the employer leadership review dashboard comprises a spider diagram comprising a first web indicative of a set of scores for the employee in one or more life areas, and a second web indicative of a set of scores for a group of employees participating in employee leadership program in the one or more life areas.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the employee leadership review dashboard comprises a challenge link corresponding to a life area, and wherein the employee leadership review dashboard is configured to, in response to selection of the challenge link, display content suggestions for the employee to improve in the life area.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the employee leadership review dashboard comprises a challenge link corresponding to a life area, wherein the activity to be completed by the employee based at least in part on the resiliency score is expected to improve the life area for the employee, and wherein the program instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause:

receiving a selection of the challenge link;

in response to receiving the selection of the challenge link, scheduling the activity for completion by the employee.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein scheduling the activity for completion by the employee comprises automatically adding one or more calendar events for the activity to an electronic calendar for the employee.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the program instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause:

determining a score for the employee in a life area based at least in part on the set of resiliency data;

determining whether the score for the employee in the life area satisfies a life area score threshold; and

in response to determine that the score for the employee in the life area does not satisfy the life area score threshold, automatically scheduling one or more activities for the employee that are expected to improve the life area for the employee.

13. A method comprising:

acquiring, by an employee management system, a set of resiliency data for an employee, the resiliency data comprising;

health information for the employee acquired via an interactive health survey;

health status data for the employee acquired via one or more health sensor systems; and

functional performance test data for the employee, the functional performance test data acquired via a virtual performance test conducted using an augmented virtual reality (AVR) headset worn about the head of the employee and presenting, for viewing by the employee, a functional performance test comprising a virtual scene comprising one or more virtual objects for the employee to interact with, and the functional performance test data for the employee being indicative of the interactions of the employee with the one or more virtual objects, wherein the AVR headset comprises one or more electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors configured to contact at least a portion of a scalp of the employee while the employee is wearing the AVR headset, and

wherein the one or more health sensor systems comprise the one or more EEG sensors, and wherein the health status data for the employee comprises brain activity data for the employee acquired via the EEG sensors;

determining, by the employee management system, a resiliency score for the employee based at least in part on the set of resiliency data, the resiliency score indicating a change in a cost associated with the employee over a given period of time;

determining, by the employee management system, that the employee is recommended for a promotion to a leadership position within an organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

determining, by the employee management system, a ranking of the employee relative to other employees within the organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

serving, by the employee management system to a first device for display to the employee, an employee leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees;

determining, by the employee management system, an activity to be completed by the employee based at least in part on the resiliency score;

scheduling, by the employee management system on a work schedule for the employee, the activity for completion by the employee; and

completing, by the employee, the activity.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

serving, by the employee management system to a second device for display to an employer, an employer leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee;

an indication that the employee is recommended for the promotion to the leadership position within the organization; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the set of resiliency data is associated with a first time, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the employee management system, a second set of resiliency data for the employee, the second resiliency data corresponding to health information for the employee at a second time, health status data for the employee at the second time, and functional performance test data for the employee at the second time,

wherein the resiliency score is determined as a difference between a first value determined based on the set of resiliency data associated with the first time, and a second value determined based on the second set of resiliency data associated with the second time.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining, by the employee management system, a score for the employee in a life area based at least in part on the set of resiliency data;

determining, by the employee management system, whether the score for the employee in the life area satisfies a life area score threshold; and

in response to determine that the score for the employee in the life area does not satisfy the life area score threshold, automatically scheduling, by the employee management system, one or more activities for the employee that are expected to improve the life area for the employee.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processors to cause:

acquiring, by an employee management system, a set of resiliency data for an employee, the resiliency data comprising;

health information for the employee acquired via an interactive health survey;

health status data for the employee acquired via one or more health sensor systems; and

functional performance test data for the employee, the functional performance test data acquired via a virtual performance test conducted using an augmented virtual reality (AVR) headset worn about the head of the employee and presenting, for viewing by the employee, a functional performance test comprising a virtual scene comprising one or more virtual objects for the employee to interact with, and the functional performance test data for the employee being indicative of the interactions of the employee with the one or more virtual objects, wherein the AVR headset comprises one or more electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors configured to contact at least a portion of a scalp of the employee while the employee is wearing the AVR headset, and

wherein the one or more health sensor systems comprise the one or more electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors, and wherein the health status data for the employee comprises brain activity data for the employee acquired via the EEG sensors;

determining, by the employee management system, a resiliency score for the employee based at least in part on the set of resiliency data, the resiliency score indicating a change in a cost associated with the employee over a given period of time;

determining, by the employee management system, that the employee is recommended for promotion to a leadership position within an organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

determining, by the employee management system, a ranking of the employee relative to other employees within the organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

serving, by the employee management system to a first device for display to the employee, an employee leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees;

determining, by the employee management system, an activity to be completed by the employee based at least in part on the resiliency score; and

scheduling, by the employee management system on a work schedule for the employee, the activity for completion by the employee.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the program instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause:

serving, by the employee management system to a second device for display to an employer, an employer leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee;

an indication that the employee is recommended for the promotion to the leadership position within the organization; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the set of resiliency data is associated with a first time, and wherein the program instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause:

receiving, by the employee management system, a second set of resiliency data for the employee, the second resiliency data corresponding to health information for the employee at a second time, health status data for the employee at the second time, and functional performance test data for the employee at the second time,

wherein the resiliency score is determined as a difference between a first value determined based on the set of resiliency data associated with the first time, and a second value determined based on the second set of resiliency data associated with the second time.

20. The medium of claim 17, wherein the program instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause:

determining, by the employee management system, a score for the employee in a life area based at least in part on the set of resiliency data;

determining, by the employee management system, whether the score for the employee in the life area satisfies a life area score threshold; and

in response to determine that the score for the employee in the life area does not satisfy the life area score threshold, automatically scheduling, by the employee management system, one or more activities for the employee that are expected to improve the life area for the employee.

21. An employee management system comprising:

an employee resiliency data acquisition system comprising;

a virtual reality (VR) headset configured to be worn about the head of the employee and to present one or more virtual testing scenarios to the employee, the VR headset comprising a tracking device for tracking arm and hand movements of the employee while wearing the VR headset, the VR headset comprising one or more electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors configured to contact at least a portion of a scalp of the employee while the employee is wearing the VR headset; and

a health sensor system configured to acquire health status data indicative of health conditions of the employee, wherein the health sensor system comprises the one or more EEG sensors, and wherein the health status data for the employee comprises brain activity data for the employee acquired via the EEG sensors; and

an employee leadership assessment system communicatively coupled to the employee resiliency data acquisition system via a communications network, the employee leadership assessment system comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processors to cause;

displaying, via the VR headset, a plurality of testing scenarios to the employee, wherein at least one of the testing scenarios comprises a situation faced by the employee during a workday, and wherein at least one of the testing scenarios comprises a functional performance test;

obtaining, from the health sensor system, a set of resiliency data for the employee, the set of resiliency data comprising health status data indicative of performance of the employee in the plurality of testing scenarios displayed via the VR headset, and health conditions of the employee while engaged in the plurality of testing scenarios displayed via the VR headset;

determining a resiliency score for the employee based at least in part on the set of resiliency data;

determining that the employee is recommended for a promotion to a leadership position within an organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

determining a ranking of the employee relative to other employees within the organization based at least in part on the resiliency score;

serving, to a first device for display to the employee, an employee leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees;

serving, to a second device for display to an employer, an employer leadership review dashboard comprising;

an indication of the resiliency score for the employee;

an indication that the employee is recommended for the promotion to the leadership position within the organization; and

an indication of the ranking of the employee relative to the other employees;

determining an activity to be completed by the employee based at least in part on the resiliency score; and

scheduling, on a work schedule for the employee, the activity for completion by the employee.