Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge    Companies in most African countries are yet to understand the power of   digitization . Individuals want to be directly involved in daily transactions and   hence they prefer to do things manually with stacks of paper work to be satisfied .   I believe that senior executives of fairly large businesses can manage their daily   transactions , regardless of region , time and place but selling the idea of   digitization to these executives was a major challenge as they already feel   successful at what they currently achieve .       Selection    After trying different methods to convey my idea , I finally zeroed down to   storytelling . Storytelling is a tool that presents a vivid view of the future and yet   connecting listeners with the present , presenting the desires of the story teller in   an informal yet formal way ( Module 2 ) . I have chosen storytelling hence forth in   selling new innovations to company executives because human beings are found   to naturally connect to stories empathetically . My magic story is “ the Kodak   story ” . How they neglected digitization and the resulting aftermath . Relating this   story to their current situation and making them see the need to make decisive   action toward what is clearly the future .     Application    In applying storytelling , I ensure that everyone is carried along and I allow for   feedback so that I can use their information to structure specific proposal for   specific organizations . I took the time to explain how Kodak would have evaded   the fall and how technology has thrived so far in photography , often describing   technology as a “ moving target ” . All of these end up in relation to specific areas in   their organization and ten out of ten times , it worked .     Insight    I think Design Thinking is the future of everything ; business , innovation ,   administration , leadership etc . Like I said earlier , it was serious work trying to   convince an executive who seem to ( in his eyes ) have everything working for him ,   that there is a better way to reach more people , make more profit , do things with   more ease , but after discovering this tool which I had never thought was of any 

 importance together with insights gained , game changed . I now take the time to   look for stories that matches any presentation I am to deliver and it works   without any serious arithmetic efforts .     Approach    Apart from cases of selling innovation to clients , I have also applied it to general   presentations with the aim of keenly maintaining my listeners ’ attention . This   week I was in a gathering to talk about a subject which was quite lengthy , the   trick to maintain my speech was storytelling . I injected stories relating to my   theme in between sections and just like I hoped , it worked . I have come to   discover this great tool thanks to Design Thinking . It ’s the dawning of a new era   for me . I would continue to use Storytelling to aid any and every of my   presentations . 


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 – Storytelling 

 Challenge    Companies in most African countries are yet to understand the power of   digitization . Individuals want to be directly involved in daily transactions and   hence they prefer to do things manually with stacks of paper work to be satisfied .   I believe that senior executives of fairly large businesses can manage their daily   transactions , regardless of region , time and place but selling the idea of   digitization to these executives was a major challenge as they already feel   successful at what they currently achieve .       Selection    After trying different methods to convey my idea , I finally zeroed down to   storytelling . Storytelling is a tool that presents a vivid view of the future and yet   connecting listeners with the present , presenting the desires of the story teller in   an informal yet formal way ( Module 2 ) . I have chosen storytelling hence forth in   selling new innovations to company executives because human beings are found   to naturally connect to stories empathetically . My magic story is “ the Kodak   story ” . How they neglected digitization and the resulting aftermath . Relating this   story to their current situation and making them see the need to make decisive   action toward what is clearly the future .     Application    In applying storytelling , I ensure that everyone is carried along and I allow for   feedback so that I can use their information to structure specific proposal for   specific organizations . I took the time to explain how Kodak would have evaded   the fall and how technology has thrived so far in photography , often describing   technology as a “ moving target ” . All of these end up in relation to specific areas in   their organization and ten out of ten times , it worked .     Insight    I think Design Thinking is the future of everything ; business , innovation ,   administration , leadership etc . Like I said earlier , it was serious work trying to   convince an executive who seem to ( in his eyes ) have everything working for him ,   that there is a better way to reach more people , make more profit , do things with   more ease , but after discovering this tool which I had never thought was of any 

 importance together with insights gained , game changed . I now take the time to   look for stories that matches any presentation I am to deliver and it works   without any serious arithmetic efforts .     Approach    Apart from cases of selling innovation to clients , I have also applied it to general   presentations with the aim of keenly maintaining my listeners ’ attention . This   week I was in a gathering to talk about a subject which was quite lengthy , the   trick to maintain my speech was storytelling . I injected stories relating to my   theme in between sections and just like I hoped , it worked . I have come to   discover this great tool thanks to Design Thinking . It ’s the dawning of a new era   for me . I would continue to use Storytelling to aid any and every of my   presentations .
### Output: 