Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 Storytelling is a great tool that I use all the time , and I consider it necessary to Capture Attention , Build Trust , and Close a negotiation or obtain resources . I work with international teams , supporting and coordinating projects that focus on enhancing the experience of being a member of the company I work across international teams , helping reduce cultural shock , helping them feel part of a big company , and giving recognition and improve cross - collaboration .   I use storytelling to obtain approval from senior managers to run a project , get a perk for the employees or set process that may enhance cross - cultural collaboration , some times it gets a lot of time and efforts to obtain approval from senior managers since in company terms , could not be a top priority , this could be challenging .    I use stories from the employees or my personal experiences . I creatively use the information , knowing that senior management spends a lot of time in meetings , so I try to use interactive tools while sharing the story . 

 Application I have one story that came to my mind . Almost a year ago , the company had to merge international departments into one single Global department ; this incorporation was intended to equal opportunities , improve international user and employee experience , and make diversity a priority within the company . This goal sounds amazing and mindful ; however it brought a lot of challenges and bottlenecks . After a few months that the merger started , cultural shock arrived within the international members , with that lack of collaboration and unsuccessful processes dropping almost 20 % of the international employee satisfaction . I proposed launching an intercultural activity within all the teams , mapping all the cultures that integrated a team to help individuals and teams identify how cultures can impact their work , increase awareness , and be more effective at bringing differences and preventing invisible cultural barriers . To get an approval to launch this activity company - wide , I told a story about I migrated to united states , how I experience cultural shock .   My manager was from germany , we had different communication and leadership styles , at first I took everything personal ( I ignored the cultural differences )   one day she decide to not use my work , something that I took weekes in wraithe and instead she wrote her self something elese , thise make me feel so devastated , discouraged and upset . Some days passed , and I run a college and share with her my feelings , and she told me ¨think outside the box , she is a human , our past experiences shape the way we behave in our present ; one principal role working with international members is to help each other understand our cultural differences ” . 

 Insight & Approach After that I satared to learn more about my own culture and that is how I came with the idea of map the different cultures from a book I read “ The culture map ” Its only when you start to identify what makes your culture different from others that you can begin to open a dialoge of 

 sharing , learning and ultimately understanding- Erin Mayers . After that , I had a deep , meaningful conversation with my manager bringing these differences , and after that , our communication and collaboration have to improve . I use my manager ’s experience to use storytelling and get the approval to launch this project . It was an open eye for many teams that had used the tool after we launched the activity . 


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 & Selection 

 Storytelling is a great tool that I use all the time , and I consider it necessary to Capture Attention , Build Trust , and Close a negotiation or obtain resources . I work with international teams , supporting and coordinating projects that focus on enhancing the experience of being a member of the company I work across international teams , helping reduce cultural shock , helping them feel part of a big company , and giving recognition and improve cross - collaboration .   I use storytelling to obtain approval from senior managers to run a project , get a perk for the employees or set process that may enhance cross - cultural collaboration , some times it gets a lot of time and efforts to obtain approval from senior managers since in company terms , could not be a top priority , this could be challenging .    I use stories from the employees or my personal experiences . I creatively use the information , knowing that senior management spends a lot of time in meetings , so I try to use interactive tools while sharing the story . 

 Application I have one story that came to my mind . Almost a year ago , the company had to merge international departments into one single Global department ; this incorporation was intended to equal opportunities , improve international user and employee experience , and make diversity a priority within the company . This goal sounds amazing and mindful ; however it brought a lot of challenges and bottlenecks . After a few months that the merger started , cultural shock arrived within the international members , with that lack of collaboration and unsuccessful processes dropping almost 20 % of the international employee satisfaction . I proposed launching an intercultural activity within all the teams , mapping all the cultures that integrated a team to help individuals and teams identify how cultures can impact their work , increase awareness , and be more effective at bringing differences and preventing invisible cultural barriers . To get an approval to launch this activity company - wide , I told a story about I migrated to united states , how I experience cultural shock .   My manager was from germany , we had different communication and leadership styles , at first I took everything personal ( I ignored the cultural differences )   one day she decide to not use my work , something that I took weekes in wraithe and instead she wrote her self something elese , thise make me feel so devastated , discouraged and upset . Some days passed , and I run a college and share with her my feelings , and she told me ¨think outside the box , she is a human , our past experiences shape the way we behave in our present ; one principal role working with international members is to help each other understand our cultural differences ” . 

 Insight & Approach After that I satared to learn more about my own culture and that is how I came with the idea of map the different cultures from a book I read “ The culture map ” Its only when you start to identify what makes your culture different from others that you can begin to open a dialoge of 

 sharing , learning and ultimately understanding- Erin Mayers . After that , I had a deep , meaningful conversation with my manager bringing these differences , and after that , our communication and collaboration have to improve . I use my manager ’s experience to use storytelling and get the approval to launch this project . It was an open eye for many teams that had used the tool after we launched the activity .
### Output: 