Reflection - Visualization 

 Challenge     I love watching the TV show Shark Tank and often product ideas pop into my mind based on my casual   observation or incidental experience with a situation that is inconvenient , difficult , or problematic . My   background contains and MBA in entrepreneurship and undergraduate degree in electrical / engineering .   I have worked with complex technologies , but I have no experience with consumer product design .      I recently thought of a possible new product idea for the bathroom – basically a different type of soap   holder that offers a convenience not currently available in the marketplace . I searched existing products   on the web to understand “ What Is ” . From this I formed my vision(or hypothesis ) of the function of the   product and a pretty good idea of what it should look like and the materials it should be made from . I   then began running the idea by family members to gain “ market validation ” and also discussed the   product idea with an invention service company for assistance with patenting and marketing .      Tool Selection and Application     The Visualization tool was appropriate at this point since sketches enable a better understanding of   possible product form and function . When I presented my idea to people , I started with a brief story I   crafted around the situational pain / inconvenience to observe the level of empathy I had . Then I verbally   described my solution .     The discussion moved quickly to a sketch . People really wanted to see an illustration of size , shape , etc   to understand the utility of the product . So , I would quickly draw my vision of what the product may   look like on a piece of scrap paper . They also wanted sketches to provide perspective on the   surroundings that the product fit into . At times people would begin to sketch their ideas or   enhancements to my idea . In speaking with an invention service company , the representative sketched   an enhancement that may improve patentability .      Insight     Upon reflection , I see there were a few flaws in my approach , which was based more on a   logical / analytic approach vs. a design thinking approach . I was customer - focused not customer driven   and was pushing my solution . To some extent though , it could be considered a learning launch , but it   was laden with plenty of confirmation bias . Overall , visualization was valuable in both communicating   product ideas and spawning new ideas or enhancements .        Approach     Going forward , I might interview / survey people to gain more insights and empathy for the situational   pain / inconvenience experienced . Visualization tools could be used by a customer / user group to   generate sketches of possible solutions , enabling a wider variety of innovative ideas . After seeing   patterns and narrowing the options , more detailed drawings of the product set in a variety of bathroom   layouts / decors could be used to test assumptions and what wows with a user group . This would help   identify the solutions that are good for costlier physical prototyping . 


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 - Visualization 

 Challenge     I love watching the TV show Shark Tank and often product ideas pop into my mind based on my casual   observation or incidental experience with a situation that is inconvenient , difficult , or problematic . My   background contains and MBA in entrepreneurship and undergraduate degree in electrical / engineering .   I have worked with complex technologies , but I have no experience with consumer product design .      I recently thought of a possible new product idea for the bathroom – basically a different type of soap   holder that offers a convenience not currently available in the marketplace . I searched existing products   on the web to understand “ What Is ” . From this I formed my vision(or hypothesis ) of the function of the   product and a pretty good idea of what it should look like and the materials it should be made from . I   then began running the idea by family members to gain “ market validation ” and also discussed the   product idea with an invention service company for assistance with patenting and marketing .      Tool Selection and Application     The Visualization tool was appropriate at this point since sketches enable a better understanding of   possible product form and function . When I presented my idea to people , I started with a brief story I   crafted around the situational pain / inconvenience to observe the level of empathy I had . Then I verbally   described my solution .     The discussion moved quickly to a sketch . People really wanted to see an illustration of size , shape , etc   to understand the utility of the product . So , I would quickly draw my vision of what the product may   look like on a piece of scrap paper . They also wanted sketches to provide perspective on the   surroundings that the product fit into . At times people would begin to sketch their ideas or   enhancements to my idea . In speaking with an invention service company , the representative sketched   an enhancement that may improve patentability .      Insight     Upon reflection , I see there were a few flaws in my approach , which was based more on a   logical / analytic approach vs. a design thinking approach . I was customer - focused not customer driven   and was pushing my solution . To some extent though , it could be considered a learning launch , but it   was laden with plenty of confirmation bias . Overall , visualization was valuable in both communicating   product ideas and spawning new ideas or enhancements .        Approach     Going forward , I might interview / survey people to gain more insights and empathy for the situational   pain / inconvenience experienced . Visualization tools could be used by a customer / user group to   generate sketches of possible solutions , enabling a wider variety of innovative ideas . After seeing   patterns and narrowing the options , more detailed drawings of the product set in a variety of bathroom   layouts / decors could be used to test assumptions and what wows with a user group . This would help   identify the solutions that are good for costlier physical prototyping .
### Output: 