REFLECTION – VISUALIZATION & MIND MAPPING 

 CHALLENGE   Design thinking is a well - defined approach to generate and experiment with ideas in an Innovation driven   organization . Working in such organization with a user centric design approach , requires continuous   innovation for new business exploration as well as to improve existing products designs . I ’m a design and   innovation lead from such organization focusing on consumer electronics . I ’m a member of new business   exploration and my / our challenge is to improve the functionality of a certain product segment by   conducting ideation workshops across cross - functional teams . 

 The scope of the workshop is to generate ideas on a specific product segment based on themes such as   ( i)Multi - functional usage ; ( ii ) Performance improvement ; ( iii)Weight and Size reduction ; respectively .   Then select the top 2 ideas from each themes for detailed conceptual designing and pitch the concepts to   top management team of our organization . 

 SELECTION   Since the idea generation process involves various insights from various stake holders , the design thinking   tools such as Visualization , Brainstorming and Mind mapping were applied . These tools were thought to   help our stake holders to convey their imagination in a pictorial / graphical form and guide them to find   patterns and insights from their ideas . As we know , Visualization is a tool where a pictorial or graphical   form helps us clearly understand the idea / insight rather in a verbal / written form . Whereas , Brainstorming   allows the person to map his experience and learning to generate ideas for a certain use case .   And mind   mapping allows to identify patterns & insights in available data . 

 APPLICATION   For this ideation workshop , a total of 18 people from cross - functions were teamed into 3 consisting of   various age groups and work experience . All the 18 people were familiar with the product segment   chosen . Then , each team is allocated a theme as mentioned earlier and they were requested to brainstorm   their ideas based on allocated theme . Each person of the team were requested to provide at least 5 ideas ,   Write / Picture them on sticky notes and stick them on respective walls provided . 20 minutes were given   for brainstorming their ideas and post them on the wall . 

 As a next activity , with a pool of ideas on the wall , each group were requested to find for any   insights / patterns between their ideas and group them based on certain aspects . Each team members of   the group discussed their ideas within themselves and came up with a conclusive classification . Then we   went through a sharing session of all the ideas from each team with a question / answer session . The entire   session went about 30 minutes explaining their insights and their idea classification approach . 

 For the next activity , each team were requested to select top 2 ideas and create a graphic   picture / representation of the concept in a poster size along with a justification of ‘ Why / How it works ? ’ ;   ‘ What problem it solves ? ’ ; Challenges ? ; This activity went through about 15 minutes followed by a   presentation session by each team .   As the teams presented their concepts with visual designs and   justification , I / we began recording the insights from each group . 

 Once the session is completed , we digitized the top 2 ideas from of each team and compiled the shared   insights to a concept proposals for pitching it to our management team . 

 INSIGHT & APPROACH   The outcome of this ideation workshop was obtaining a refined Concept with a shared insights from   various stake holders of various functions . The team members had a collaborative approach to identify a   problem and generate a valuable idea . The Visualization of ideas presented by each team helped everyone   to picturize the concept in the same perspective of the presenter . The team members were sportive in   their brainstorming sessions , sharing their individual insights by uncovering the pattern and connections   between other ideas . This clearly demonstrates their mind mapping approach . Thus , the design thinking   tools that we used for this ideation workshop had a positive outcome with a valuable concept being   generated . 

 Overall , it is essential for any innovation workshop to have a design thinking process and utilize the   respective tools in a valuable way . We also decided to include Story telling tool from our next workshop   to pitch the concepts in an attractive way ! 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
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### 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: REFLECTION – VISUALIZATION & MIND MAPPING 

 CHALLENGE   Design thinking is a well - defined approach to generate and experiment with ideas in an Innovation driven   organization . Working in such organization with a user centric design approach , requires continuous   innovation for new business exploration as well as to improve existing products designs . I ’m a design and   innovation lead from such organization focusing on consumer electronics . I ’m a member of new business   exploration and my / our challenge is to improve the functionality of a certain product segment by   conducting ideation workshops across cross - functional teams . 

 The scope of the workshop is to generate ideas on a specific product segment based on themes such as   ( i)Multi - functional usage ; ( ii ) Performance improvement ; ( iii)Weight and Size reduction ; respectively .   Then select the top 2 ideas from each themes for detailed conceptual designing and pitch the concepts to   top management team of our organization . 

 SELECTION   Since the idea generation process involves various insights from various stake holders , the design thinking   tools such as Visualization , Brainstorming and Mind mapping were applied . These tools were thought to   help our stake holders to convey their imagination in a pictorial / graphical form and guide them to find   patterns and insights from their ideas . As we know , Visualization is a tool where a pictorial or graphical   form helps us clearly understand the idea / insight rather in a verbal / written form . Whereas , Brainstorming   allows the person to map his experience and learning to generate ideas for a certain use case .   And mind   mapping allows to identify patterns & insights in available data . 

 APPLICATION   For this ideation workshop , a total of 18 people from cross - functions were teamed into 3 consisting of   various age groups and work experience . All the 18 people were familiar with the product segment   chosen . Then , each team is allocated a theme as mentioned earlier and they were requested to brainstorm   their ideas based on allocated theme . Each person of the team were requested to provide at least 5 ideas ,   Write / Picture them on sticky notes and stick them on respective walls provided . 20 minutes were given   for brainstorming their ideas and post them on the wall . 

 As a next activity , with a pool of ideas on the wall , each group were requested to find for any   insights / patterns between their ideas and group them based on certain aspects . Each team members of   the group discussed their ideas within themselves and came up with a conclusive classification . Then we   went through a sharing session of all the ideas from each team with a question / answer session . The entire   session went about 30 minutes explaining their insights and their idea classification approach . 

 For the next activity , each team were requested to select top 2 ideas and create a graphic   picture / representation of the concept in a poster size along with a justification of ‘ Why / How it works ? ’ ;   ‘ What problem it solves ? ’ ; Challenges ? ; This activity went through about 15 minutes followed by a   presentation session by each team .   As the teams presented their concepts with visual designs and   justification , I / we began recording the insights from each group . 

 Once the session is completed , we digitized the top 2 ideas from of each team and compiled the shared   insights to a concept proposals for pitching it to our management team . 

 INSIGHT & APPROACH   The outcome of this ideation workshop was obtaining a refined Concept with a shared insights from   various stake holders of various functions . The team members had a collaborative approach to identify a   problem and generate a valuable idea . The Visualization of ideas presented by each team helped everyone   to picturize the concept in the same perspective of the presenter . The team members were sportive in   their brainstorming sessions , sharing their individual insights by uncovering the pattern and connections   between other ideas . This clearly demonstrates their mind mapping approach . Thus , the design thinking   tools that we used for this ideation workshop had a positive outcome with a valuable concept being   generated . 

 Overall , it is essential for any innovation workshop to have a design thinking process and utilize the   respective tools in a valuable way . We also decided to include Story telling tool from our next workshop   to pitch the concepts in an attractive way !
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