Mind Mapping 

 Challenge 

 Two years ago , I joined a company as head of purchasing . Defining process for request for quotations ,   selecting best suppliers and developing them , building strategies per category to support the business   were priorities for my team and I. To follow suppliers ’ performance , we defined five performance   pillars : Compliance / CSR , Quality , Service level , Competitiveness and Innovation . Till now , we focused   on the four first pillars as it was necessary to set and put in place strong basics to strengthen our SRM   in a first step . The purpose was also to give time to our colleagues from other departments ( quality ,   logistics … ) to better understand them and learn how to contribute to them ; as theses five pillars were   implemented before , in the company . Now , it is time to go further and to develop innovation with our   suppliers and to identify some new potential projects that could answer to our clients ‘ expectations   and contribute even more to our company performance . 

 Selection 

 To help us being efficient and creative , mind mapping is a very interesting tool . It will be the first time   that we used it within my team . The goal is to use it collectively with our colleagues from different   departments to have their inputs . 

 Application 

 To prepare the mind mapping , collecting data , carry out interviews , reading articles about innovation   linked to our activity ( or not ) are needed upstream .    Interviews with our colleagues from the marketing and from sales will be key :   to understand our   clients ’ expectations about products innovation and to have information concerning our competitors   with benchmarks .    For the mind mapping session , participants will be some colleagues from the marketing , design , sales ,   quality , production , purchasing and some volunteers interested in the subject ( 10 - 12 people ) . The aim   is to have different ideas and point of views - to keep a broad approach . It should take 2 hours . On the   walls of the meeting room , I will put the data collected during the interviews ( brand strategy , clients ’   profiles and expectations , competitors ’ products , top sales products , portfolio analysis , products   pictures … ) .    After a quick introduction to remind the goal of this mind mapping ( “ what is products innovation for   our clients , what are their expectations and what can we propose ? ” ) , participants will be able to read   and discover the different data during 30min , by themselves and individually . I will ask them to note   any item that could generate new ideas , and items that are less interesting . Then , they will share by   group of 5 - 6 people using a paperboard ( 30min ) . Each member will present his notes to the others ,   and the team will gather observations linked to the same theme by doing clusters . Finally , both teams   will share with the other and it will be time to understand what the observations really imply . It will be   useful to often ask : “ so what ? ” We will go on until insights emerge for each clusters ( 1 hour ) . The   connections between clusters will be also discussed and represented . Thanks to this first mind   mapping , 4 - 5 main design criteria could be identified .    Then , interviews with our suppliers will complete and enrich our reflection .   Identifying what they can   propose in terms of products or production process and what are their strategy and roadmap for   innovation will be very helpful .    To challenge our design criteria and go on with the project , a next step could be organizing a brainstorm   with our suppliers and with internal stakeholders ! 

 Insight & Approach   Mind mapping is new for my team and I , so it will be exciting to test and use this new tool .    Organizing a mind mapping will be an opportunity to gather people from different departments , to   have their input and to talk about innovation and how it can contribute to our company business .    Doing the mind mapping collaboratively will strengthen adhesion to the project during the next phases   and our group cohesion .    It will also enable us to understand all the data we have , more deeply and efficiently . Thus , our   discussions with our suppliers will be more relevant concerning innovation topic .    It will help us to organize our work and the next steps of the projects ( brainstorms , learning   launches … ) .    I am sure that my team and I will learn a lot . Adding other insights and feedbacks is too early for the   moment , as I did not experiment mind mapping already .    Once the first mind mapping is done , I think I will be able to use it for other purposes and improve the   way I am managing it . 


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: Mind Mapping 

 Challenge 

 Two years ago , I joined a company as head of purchasing . Defining process for request for quotations ,   selecting best suppliers and developing them , building strategies per category to support the business   were priorities for my team and I. To follow suppliers ’ performance , we defined five performance   pillars : Compliance / CSR , Quality , Service level , Competitiveness and Innovation . Till now , we focused   on the four first pillars as it was necessary to set and put in place strong basics to strengthen our SRM   in a first step . The purpose was also to give time to our colleagues from other departments ( quality ,   logistics … ) to better understand them and learn how to contribute to them ; as theses five pillars were   implemented before , in the company . Now , it is time to go further and to develop innovation with our   suppliers and to identify some new potential projects that could answer to our clients ‘ expectations   and contribute even more to our company performance . 

 Selection 

 To help us being efficient and creative , mind mapping is a very interesting tool . It will be the first time   that we used it within my team . The goal is to use it collectively with our colleagues from different   departments to have their inputs . 

 Application 

 To prepare the mind mapping , collecting data , carry out interviews , reading articles about innovation   linked to our activity ( or not ) are needed upstream .    Interviews with our colleagues from the marketing and from sales will be key :   to understand our   clients ’ expectations about products innovation and to have information concerning our competitors   with benchmarks .    For the mind mapping session , participants will be some colleagues from the marketing , design , sales ,   quality , production , purchasing and some volunteers interested in the subject ( 10 - 12 people ) . The aim   is to have different ideas and point of views - to keep a broad approach . It should take 2 hours . On the   walls of the meeting room , I will put the data collected during the interviews ( brand strategy , clients ’   profiles and expectations , competitors ’ products , top sales products , portfolio analysis , products   pictures … ) .    After a quick introduction to remind the goal of this mind mapping ( “ what is products innovation for   our clients , what are their expectations and what can we propose ? ” ) , participants will be able to read   and discover the different data during 30min , by themselves and individually . I will ask them to note   any item that could generate new ideas , and items that are less interesting . Then , they will share by   group of 5 - 6 people using a paperboard ( 30min ) . Each member will present his notes to the others ,   and the team will gather observations linked to the same theme by doing clusters . Finally , both teams   will share with the other and it will be time to understand what the observations really imply . It will be   useful to often ask : “ so what ? ” We will go on until insights emerge for each clusters ( 1 hour ) . The   connections between clusters will be also discussed and represented . Thanks to this first mind   mapping , 4 - 5 main design criteria could be identified .    Then , interviews with our suppliers will complete and enrich our reflection .   Identifying what they can   propose in terms of products or production process and what are their strategy and roadmap for   innovation will be very helpful .    To challenge our design criteria and go on with the project , a next step could be organizing a brainstorm   with our suppliers and with internal stakeholders ! 

 Insight & Approach   Mind mapping is new for my team and I , so it will be exciting to test and use this new tool .    Organizing a mind mapping will be an opportunity to gather people from different departments , to   have their input and to talk about innovation and how it can contribute to our company business .    Doing the mind mapping collaboratively will strengthen adhesion to the project during the next phases   and our group cohesion .    It will also enable us to understand all the data we have , more deeply and efficiently . Thus , our   discussions with our suppliers will be more relevant concerning innovation topic .    It will help us to organize our work and the next steps of the projects ( brainstorms , learning   launches … ) .    I am sure that my team and I will learn a lot . Adding other insights and feedbacks is too early for the   moment , as I did not experiment mind mapping already .    Once the first mind mapping is done , I think I will be able to use it for other purposes and improve the   way I am managing it .
### Output: 