Reflection – Learning Launch 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I am an intern in my organization ( an IT services company ) in the consulting area . I am a member   of a Design Thinking team created to improve our ways of working and create value to our clients .   We are not Design Thinking experts , so we are taking courses and trying to learn more about this   interesting subject . 

 This is a big company , therefore there are a lot of employees and we do n’t know each other in   many times , so what If I need something related to another department ? or the opposite side ,   what if a salesman , for example , needs a consultant to ask them something ? I think this is the   main problem of these huge companies . Therefore , I started to think a solution for this problem   and asked myself how I could fix it . After days of research and benchmarking other companies I   found a solution . WHAT IF I create an online platform , divided by departments , where I ’m able to   find each of my colleagues , to post anything in forums . We would only have to put our credentials   to enter the platform . 

 I introduced this idea to my boss , and he was delighted ! We thought that the best option was to   launch a prototype and see how it worked . 

 Application 

 For our first Learning Launch , my team and I created a web application but in beta version . We   thought in our needs as employees , If I had this application what would I add ? We made a list of   everything we need : employees chat , members of each departments , people hired , holidays   calendar , forums … 

 After a month of hard working and with the help of the coding team , we made the beta version   and we launched it . It was completely a success ! Our colleagues were delighted too , we knew each   other more , we found things about our colleagues that we did n’t know , for example , one member   of the marketing department had his own business of heating jackets . Everybody was very happy   with this platform , so the board accepted to make the final version with some added details . 

 Insight and Approach 

 By applying this Learning Launch , our team has learnt a lot about Design Thinking . I made all the   research , but we identified all the employees needs . We learnt how to create prototypes , we   thought that this was the best MVP and the best way to prove that this could work . I do n’t know   what would have happened if we had made surveys or interviews , what I know is that everybody   was in love with our proposal including the Board . This has been a good experiment for the Design   Thinking team and for the Board , because now they will be able to see their employees needs ,   hobbies , requests , etc . We made it with one Launch , but there would had not been any problem if   we would have to make two or three . In this case , we ’ve been very lucky . 

 I think this case have opened the eyes of my team and the Board , because we have another   perspective of how to do this kind of projects in future cases . Design Thinking tools are very useful   if you know how to use them , and I hope to be an expert very soon ! 


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: Reflection – Learning Launch 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I am an intern in my organization ( an IT services company ) in the consulting area . I am a member   of a Design Thinking team created to improve our ways of working and create value to our clients .   We are not Design Thinking experts , so we are taking courses and trying to learn more about this   interesting subject . 

 This is a big company , therefore there are a lot of employees and we do n’t know each other in   many times , so what If I need something related to another department ? or the opposite side ,   what if a salesman , for example , needs a consultant to ask them something ? I think this is the   main problem of these huge companies . Therefore , I started to think a solution for this problem   and asked myself how I could fix it . After days of research and benchmarking other companies I   found a solution . WHAT IF I create an online platform , divided by departments , where I ’m able to   find each of my colleagues , to post anything in forums . We would only have to put our credentials   to enter the platform . 

 I introduced this idea to my boss , and he was delighted ! We thought that the best option was to   launch a prototype and see how it worked . 

 Application 

 For our first Learning Launch , my team and I created a web application but in beta version . We   thought in our needs as employees , If I had this application what would I add ? We made a list of   everything we need : employees chat , members of each departments , people hired , holidays   calendar , forums … 

 After a month of hard working and with the help of the coding team , we made the beta version   and we launched it . It was completely a success ! Our colleagues were delighted too , we knew each   other more , we found things about our colleagues that we did n’t know , for example , one member   of the marketing department had his own business of heating jackets . Everybody was very happy   with this platform , so the board accepted to make the final version with some added details . 

 Insight and Approach 

 By applying this Learning Launch , our team has learnt a lot about Design Thinking . I made all the   research , but we identified all the employees needs . We learnt how to create prototypes , we   thought that this was the best MVP and the best way to prove that this could work . I do n’t know   what would have happened if we had made surveys or interviews , what I know is that everybody   was in love with our proposal including the Board . This has been a good experiment for the Design   Thinking team and for the Board , because now they will be able to see their employees needs ,   hobbies , requests , etc . We made it with one Launch , but there would had not been any problem if   we would have to make two or three . In this case , we ’ve been very lucky . 

 I think this case have opened the eyes of my team and the Board , because we have another   perspective of how to do this kind of projects in future cases . Design Thinking tools are very useful   if you know how to use them , and I hope to be an expert very soon !
### Output: 