Visualization 

 Challenge 

 When I worked as a Management Consultant in my previous Job , I faced the recurring   challenge of being exposed to very complex situations . In one case we were brought in   because a company wanted to optimize their output of one production line . The Problem   was that they could not oversee the complex connection of the variating production times   in their value stream . They buried themselves in data and could not ﬁnd an solution . 

 Selection 

 For me the selection of a tool was very clear . Since there was no way to see through the   complexity of the situation simply by accumulation data in a spreadsheet the decision was   made to use visualization to gain understanding of the challenge . Visualization would help   us to one the one hand to create a workﬂow which allowed to oversee process as a whole   and on the other hand to create something that the involved people could actually touch   and feel . This would reduce the overall complexity tremendously because all the people   involved hat a common understanding of the status quo without any room for   interpretations and misunderstandings . Just as Angela Meyer described in the video   „ Visualization tool “ in week 1 mapping out the process would help us commonly   understand the situation . 

 Application 

 When we started we can to crawl our way through data to initially gain understanding of   how the pieces ﬁt together . Given the available software nowadays to create visualization   we ﬁrst thought we could utilize them for presenting a set and done visual map of how   thing where going right now and how things could actually work . Having prepared such a   map on the computer we approached the meeting and presented our work . A few minutes   into the presentation I realized our fully prepared visual map would confuse the   participants just as much as the data in a spreadsheet .   I needed to make it even more simple and touchable . That s when we as a group started to visualize the process on a whiteboard . Everybody   was able to contribute and add their thoughts to the visual and so we found the solution .   That s was when I realized that using Visualization as a design thinking tool does not mean   creating something on your own at your desk . It means working together in a group of   people and being creative together . 

 Insights 

 When we used sketching on a whiteboard to capture the situation and solve the puzzle I   was surprised by how excited these managers got to contribute to the solution . You could   feel the energy ﬂowing and the ideas just kept coming . I would never have thought that   gathering in front of a whiteboard with managers both young and elderly would result in   such a driven team collaboration . This moment gave me a very unique perspective . I saw   the power of the visualization tool ﬁrst hand and I kept on going back to it ever since .   Using this tool you can reach a totally new level of working in a group because everybody   has the same understanding of what is going on . 

 Approach 

 What I have learned from this very situation are two main things . One is that visualization   is an amazing tool to gather thoughts of a group of people and second that it has to be a   process of creativity and collaboratively creating the visual . Only in that way the full   potential can be unfolded . Next time I will deﬁnitely use this way to start with . I am convinced of the power of the tool and I will continue to use it in my work life . Design   thinking in this way has provided me with a go - to solution whenever a situation is stuck   and people can´t get a common picture of what is happening . 


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: Visualization 

 Challenge 

 When I worked as a Management Consultant in my previous Job , I faced the recurring   challenge of being exposed to very complex situations . In one case we were brought in   because a company wanted to optimize their output of one production line . The Problem   was that they could not oversee the complex connection of the variating production times   in their value stream . They buried themselves in data and could not ﬁnd an solution . 

 Selection 

 For me the selection of a tool was very clear . Since there was no way to see through the   complexity of the situation simply by accumulation data in a spreadsheet the decision was   made to use visualization to gain understanding of the challenge . Visualization would help   us to one the one hand to create a workﬂow which allowed to oversee process as a whole   and on the other hand to create something that the involved people could actually touch   and feel . This would reduce the overall complexity tremendously because all the people   involved hat a common understanding of the status quo without any room for   interpretations and misunderstandings . Just as Angela Meyer described in the video   „ Visualization tool “ in week 1 mapping out the process would help us commonly   understand the situation . 

 Application 

 When we started we can to crawl our way through data to initially gain understanding of   how the pieces ﬁt together . Given the available software nowadays to create visualization   we ﬁrst thought we could utilize them for presenting a set and done visual map of how   thing where going right now and how things could actually work . Having prepared such a   map on the computer we approached the meeting and presented our work . A few minutes   into the presentation I realized our fully prepared visual map would confuse the   participants just as much as the data in a spreadsheet .   I needed to make it even more simple and touchable . That s when we as a group started to visualize the process on a whiteboard . Everybody   was able to contribute and add their thoughts to the visual and so we found the solution .   That s was when I realized that using Visualization as a design thinking tool does not mean   creating something on your own at your desk . It means working together in a group of   people and being creative together . 

 Insights 

 When we used sketching on a whiteboard to capture the situation and solve the puzzle I   was surprised by how excited these managers got to contribute to the solution . You could   feel the energy ﬂowing and the ideas just kept coming . I would never have thought that   gathering in front of a whiteboard with managers both young and elderly would result in   such a driven team collaboration . This moment gave me a very unique perspective . I saw   the power of the visualization tool ﬁrst hand and I kept on going back to it ever since .   Using this tool you can reach a totally new level of working in a group because everybody   has the same understanding of what is going on . 

 Approach 

 What I have learned from this very situation are two main things . One is that visualization   is an amazing tool to gather thoughts of a group of people and second that it has to be a   process of creativity and collaboratively creating the visual . Only in that way the full   potential can be unfolded . Next time I will deﬁnitely use this way to start with . I am convinced of the power of the tool and I will continue to use it in my work life . Design   thinking in this way has provided me with a go - to solution whenever a situation is stuck   and people can´t get a common picture of what is happening .
### Output: 