LEARNING LAUNCH – A reflection 

 Challenge : 

 I am a part of the placement mentorship committee in an MBA school that conducts preparatory   activities for first year students to get recruited in a mass placement process . This was scheduled to be   one of the largest placement processes in the country in the forthcoming months . The process is highly   competitive as also grueling to a certain extent . We observed , however , that students were not mentally   prepared to anticipate the problem , and perform under stressful situations . Thus , after intense   brainstorming sessions , visualization of scenarios , we came up with a few alternatives to address the   demand for a way to make students well prepared in areas of group discussions and interviews : put the   mental picture of the actual process in their psyche . Consequently we considered the idea of developing   a comprehensive one day mock session for a batch of 500 students . This kind of a large scale event , was   never seen before on campus , and although the problem hit right on the nail when addressing the   inherent need - gap , it seemed to the 11 of us committee members like a really daunting task , that could   go amiss quite easily . Thus , we really needed to test its viability- there came the idea of a learning   launch technique . 

 Selection : 

 I selected this topic because of the crucial impact it would have on the performance of more than 500   people , and the quality of candidates that the companies would get . A problem of this magnitude , if   implemented incorrectly can result in no value addition , and unnecessary waste of man - hours . 

 Application : 

 We had undergone the process of design thinking initially . So , we wanted to implements one learning   launch session to ensure whether the idea can bear fruition . The 11 of us divided tasks amongst   ourselves ; and gave a timeframe of 3 days to come to be trained and prepared in the different verticals .   Herein , we wanted to test the assumption that lack of intensity and pressure were the only reasons for   students to not perform at best during the actual interviews . So we took a small sample of second year   students , who would be having placements in the next year to assess our assumptions . Although getting   them to do this process was the toughest part , we did ensure their participation through persuasion . We   ran a pilot of the process , and at the end had focus group discussions with the participants to determine   the value added from the entire process . 

 Insights : 

 We successfully tested our assumptions , and realized that the model works . The high intense sessions   did replicate the original day of placements , and helped candidates feel the heat to perform best . Based   on the positive outcome , we also decided that this was the event we wanted to conduct and narrowed   down our idea . But the session also enabled us to understand that pulling off the event is a huge task ,   and that we needed high level co - ordination to ensure the event is executed smoothly . We realized that   it is crucial to implement the insights before and during full rollout . 

 Approach : 

 Given the fact that our committee had engaged in intense brainstorming sessions , we were , however ,   not on a structured path of exploring the problem at hand . That is when I had attended this lecture 

 series on design thinking . I had come up with the idea of going through this design thinking   methodology and discussed it with the other members . We had an ethnographic understanding ,   explored ideas by interacting with colleagues , even faculty members . But the most impactful area was   this learning launch stage . Soon , we are about to implement this idea , which will test the veracity of this   entire process . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: LEARNING LAUNCH – A reflection 

 Challenge : 

 I am a part of the placement mentorship committee in an MBA school that conducts preparatory   activities for first year students to get recruited in a mass placement process . This was scheduled to be   one of the largest placement processes in the country in the forthcoming months . The process is highly   competitive as also grueling to a certain extent . We observed , however , that students were not mentally   prepared to anticipate the problem , and perform under stressful situations . Thus , after intense   brainstorming sessions , visualization of scenarios , we came up with a few alternatives to address the   demand for a way to make students well prepared in areas of group discussions and interviews : put the   mental picture of the actual process in their psyche . Consequently we considered the idea of developing   a comprehensive one day mock session for a batch of 500 students . This kind of a large scale event , was   never seen before on campus , and although the problem hit right on the nail when addressing the   inherent need - gap , it seemed to the 11 of us committee members like a really daunting task , that could   go amiss quite easily . Thus , we really needed to test its viability- there came the idea of a learning   launch technique . 

 Selection : 

 I selected this topic because of the crucial impact it would have on the performance of more than 500   people , and the quality of candidates that the companies would get . A problem of this magnitude , if   implemented incorrectly can result in no value addition , and unnecessary waste of man - hours . 

 Application : 

 We had undergone the process of design thinking initially . So , we wanted to implements one learning   launch session to ensure whether the idea can bear fruition . The 11 of us divided tasks amongst   ourselves ; and gave a timeframe of 3 days to come to be trained and prepared in the different verticals .   Herein , we wanted to test the assumption that lack of intensity and pressure were the only reasons for   students to not perform at best during the actual interviews . So we took a small sample of second year   students , who would be having placements in the next year to assess our assumptions . Although getting   them to do this process was the toughest part , we did ensure their participation through persuasion . We   ran a pilot of the process , and at the end had focus group discussions with the participants to determine   the value added from the entire process . 

 Insights : 

 We successfully tested our assumptions , and realized that the model works . The high intense sessions   did replicate the original day of placements , and helped candidates feel the heat to perform best . Based   on the positive outcome , we also decided that this was the event we wanted to conduct and narrowed   down our idea . But the session also enabled us to understand that pulling off the event is a huge task ,   and that we needed high level co - ordination to ensure the event is executed smoothly . We realized that   it is crucial to implement the insights before and during full rollout . 

 Approach : 

 Given the fact that our committee had engaged in intense brainstorming sessions , we were , however ,   not on a structured path of exploring the problem at hand . That is when I had attended this lecture 

 series on design thinking . I had come up with the idea of going through this design thinking   methodology and discussed it with the other members . We had an ethnographic understanding ,   explored ideas by interacting with colleagues , even faculty members . But the most impactful area was   this learning launch stage . Soon , we are about to implement this idea , which will test the veracity of this   entire process .
### Output: 