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Reps from 300 cities worldwide will head to the Belgian capital, 12-15 June
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The city has signed a new lease deal for an area of 12 hectares which will include production facilities and renewable energy generation
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The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
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The smart technology will also analyse the expressions of customers and reward employees
One of the most important factors for good customer experience is the positive attitude of employees and the persons who provide the service to the client. Banks are no exception from this rule. Even more – they can sometimes become very intense and even stressful places, especially when large sums of money are at stake and a welcoming bank teller can do a world of difference.
Accordingly, knowing how many times per day employees or officials smile is certainly valuable information for every employer. And luckily, thanks to a smart technology, implemented by a start up from Gdynia, it is now easily doable.
As the local authorities report, a cooperation on the subject has been established between the Polish PKO BP bank and the designer of the solution Quantum CX from the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Gdynia. Through special sensors the facial expressions of the bank’s employees throughout the country will be analysed for a period of three months.
Bartosz Rychlicki, CEO of Quantum C, explained that the system aims to motivate the clerks and customer service agents to smile more often when dealing with clients. The system is meant to help them but also – to reward positive attitude as every smile is rewarded with points.
After accumulating a certain number of points, employees can exchange them for vouchers for online stores. In addition, customer smiles are also taken into account, but the points from their happy expressions go for the benefit of various charities, selected by the employees.
Quantum CX devices do not record audio or video, nor they process any personal data, but rather operate with inferred and anonymized data. The sensor uses a special algorithm to examine a set of features that may indicate the presence of a smile. The first Quantum CX sensors were installed in the United States in 2016 in the Costa Vida restaurant network. It was noticed back then how the technology can be used to improve the quality of service.
Its the inventors' hope that it will result in an improved relationship between bank employees and clients. Even further, the technology might be particularly useful to public administrations and ultimately it can lead to reduced citizens dissatisfaction with bureaucracy.
The development will offer 70 rental apartments at 6.90 euros per square metre
The aim is to curb the ‘professionalization’ of short-term rentals
Reps from 300 cities worldwide will head to the Belgian capital, 12-15 June
The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
Special sensors will measure the moisture content in the soil near the roots
An innovative project shows how history can be made vibrant with the help of cutting-edge tech
But also, 60% of the people in the country do not know what a ‘low-emission zone’ is
1,000 such spaces, strategically placed near public transit hubs, will help rethink the place of the car in the city
The city has signed a new lease deal for an area of 12 hectares which will include production facilities and renewable energy generation
The development will offer 70 rental apartments at 6.90 euros per square metre
The aim is to curb the ‘professionalization’ of short-term rentals
The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
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