Assignment 

 Cost - o - vation in the Administration activities : 

 Innovation that gives your Customers exactly what they want and nothing more . Laptop instead   of Desk top . 

 Example Reflection – Learning Launch 

 Challenge 

 I am a member of my organization ’s Procurement team and our Innovation team has challenged   each member of the Organization for Cost - o - vation in the Administrative activities . 

 Cost - o - vation is the Innovation that gives our internal customers exactly what they want and noth- ing more . 

 Our Administration currently provides a Desk Top Computers to each employee . The current   challenges of the Pandemic have made it imperative for employees to work from home . 

 The challenge is to introduce Lap Top use by employees in place the current Desk Top to increase   the efficiency . 

 Will focus on trying to uncover what the internal customer considers exactly what they want . 

 Selection 

 Having gone through several design thinking , I am ready to try learning launch tool . The learn- ing Launch is a tool to quickly test an idea . 

 Application 

 In the first phase of design thinking process , I took a look at the current reality ie “ What is ” . In   doing so , I amassed data on the current situation . I wanted to see if I could influence an idea   which could give our internal customers exactly what they want and nothing more . 

 The first thing I needed was a hypothesis . I had got an idea , to relate to our internal customers that   had this specific problem . They got a pain , a customer pain that I am going to try and solve . That 's   what I think . So , the hypothesis is , offering Lap Tops to Employees . My idea meets that need better   than the current alternatives because , Desk Tops are not suitable for Work from Home 

 For this I contacted some employees and got their view of the alternates that they considered as   the best solution , with a short survey . 

 For the second learning launch I focused on gaining clarity about their view as to what amount   they considered appropriate as compensation should the Organization decide that a onetime   payment be made for the employees to buy their own Laptops , that they could   use for Official   work , with a short survey . 

 The process involved coming up with , what are my key customer execution and defensibility assump- tions . Learning launches involve figuring out what customer need is so burning that someone is going   to buy your answer to that need . Most learning launches involve getting out there and talking to cus- tomers , very , very quickly .          The purpose of a learning launch is to get the truth and then the truth either confirms or dis - confirms   the assumptions .     The truth is so important because in most cases the truth saves money or creates value for money .    It must be true for me to have this urgent need to solve this problem .      Why will the idea , under what circumstances will the idea be a bad idea ? Why will someone not buy   this solution ? And I make a list of this , of disconfirming facts . I search for them either in conversation . I   walk in the shoes of the potential customer ie . , the employees of the Organization .   People with different mindsets bring different knowledge to the process . 

 If few of us are a team , and we go out , and we see and observe something , we will see something   different . My cognitive processes will prevent me from seeing things which I do n't believe or know and   so is applicable for others .   A small , diverse is adequate So we 'll all see different things , and    therefore , we 've got to share and collaborate . 

 My favorite person on the team is a skeptic . Skeptic is important to protect from confirmation bias .     There was this situation as how many customers , potential customers do we need to talk to ? For the   activity it was decided to divide the stakeholders into group of 5 - 6 participants each representing a   different area of interest . Each group receives a poster - size copy that they can write on directly or   use sticky notes to make comments . I give them two - three questions to answer . The learning   launch is a success when they get several persons to say what the assumption were true . The ques- tions were open ended such as : 1 ) What key elements are missing in the current scheme of things ?   2 ) What change is required to improve the situation ? 3 ) What key insights do you have of the solu- tion . I give 20 minutes to each to discuss the questions . We thus begin a conversation 

 Insight     As each group report out , I record the commonalities in the insights of each group I create a view   that combines the shared and new insights . The more valuable aspect of the activity is the shared   insights and shared learning that occurs while working to define the problem . 

 Approach     If the assumptions we go out and gather facts , they 're more likely to be true or more likely to be true .   If my idea is not suitable , which means I change my idea , amend it and keep going . Or put the idea in   a trash can , while it 's not a real trash can , it 's a make believe because I put it on the shelf , because   later it may be valuable . 

 A learning launch is not a failure so long as we learn something . Ideas are like sand on the beach :   plentiful . There will always be more ideas . If a learning launch does n't work , so long as we are learn- ing , it 's not a failure , it 's not a mistake .      I put my idea into hypothesis , figuring out our key assumptions .    Customer , execution , design the test , do the test , confirming data we continue development . Discon- firming , I would pivot or put it on the shelf . How long 's it going to take and what it 's going to cost ? Learn- ing launches can be quickly and cheaply implemented . 

 I discovered that the most valuable aspect is the shared insights and learning , next time I would   use the visualization activity as a starting point for a series of design thinking activities . 


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: Assignment 

 Cost - o - vation in the Administration activities : 

 Innovation that gives your Customers exactly what they want and nothing more . Laptop instead   of Desk top . 

 Example Reflection – Learning Launch 

 Challenge 

 I am a member of my organization ’s Procurement team and our Innovation team has challenged   each member of the Organization for Cost - o - vation in the Administrative activities . 

 Cost - o - vation is the Innovation that gives our internal customers exactly what they want and noth- ing more . 

 Our Administration currently provides a Desk Top Computers to each employee . The current   challenges of the Pandemic have made it imperative for employees to work from home . 

 The challenge is to introduce Lap Top use by employees in place the current Desk Top to increase   the efficiency . 

 Will focus on trying to uncover what the internal customer considers exactly what they want . 

 Selection 

 Having gone through several design thinking , I am ready to try learning launch tool . The learn- ing Launch is a tool to quickly test an idea . 

 Application 

 In the first phase of design thinking process , I took a look at the current reality ie “ What is ” . In   doing so , I amassed data on the current situation . I wanted to see if I could influence an idea   which could give our internal customers exactly what they want and nothing more . 

 The first thing I needed was a hypothesis . I had got an idea , to relate to our internal customers that   had this specific problem . They got a pain , a customer pain that I am going to try and solve . That 's   what I think . So , the hypothesis is , offering Lap Tops to Employees . My idea meets that need better   than the current alternatives because , Desk Tops are not suitable for Work from Home 

 For this I contacted some employees and got their view of the alternates that they considered as   the best solution , with a short survey . 

 For the second learning launch I focused on gaining clarity about their view as to what amount   they considered appropriate as compensation should the Organization decide that a onetime   payment be made for the employees to buy their own Laptops , that they could   use for Official   work , with a short survey . 

 The process involved coming up with , what are my key customer execution and defensibility assump- tions . Learning launches involve figuring out what customer need is so burning that someone is going   to buy your answer to that need . Most learning launches involve getting out there and talking to cus- tomers , very , very quickly .          The purpose of a learning launch is to get the truth and then the truth either confirms or dis - confirms   the assumptions .     The truth is so important because in most cases the truth saves money or creates value for money .    It must be true for me to have this urgent need to solve this problem .      Why will the idea , under what circumstances will the idea be a bad idea ? Why will someone not buy   this solution ? And I make a list of this , of disconfirming facts . I search for them either in conversation . I   walk in the shoes of the potential customer ie . , the employees of the Organization .   People with different mindsets bring different knowledge to the process . 

 If few of us are a team , and we go out , and we see and observe something , we will see something   different . My cognitive processes will prevent me from seeing things which I do n't believe or know and   so is applicable for others .   A small , diverse is adequate So we 'll all see different things , and    therefore , we 've got to share and collaborate . 

 My favorite person on the team is a skeptic . Skeptic is important to protect from confirmation bias .     There was this situation as how many customers , potential customers do we need to talk to ? For the   activity it was decided to divide the stakeholders into group of 5 - 6 participants each representing a   different area of interest . Each group receives a poster - size copy that they can write on directly or   use sticky notes to make comments . I give them two - three questions to answer . The learning   launch is a success when they get several persons to say what the assumption were true . The ques- tions were open ended such as : 1 ) What key elements are missing in the current scheme of things ?   2 ) What change is required to improve the situation ? 3 ) What key insights do you have of the solu- tion . I give 20 minutes to each to discuss the questions . We thus begin a conversation 

 Insight     As each group report out , I record the commonalities in the insights of each group I create a view   that combines the shared and new insights . The more valuable aspect of the activity is the shared   insights and shared learning that occurs while working to define the problem . 

 Approach     If the assumptions we go out and gather facts , they 're more likely to be true or more likely to be true .   If my idea is not suitable , which means I change my idea , amend it and keep going . Or put the idea in   a trash can , while it 's not a real trash can , it 's a make believe because I put it on the shelf , because   later it may be valuable . 

 A learning launch is not a failure so long as we learn something . Ideas are like sand on the beach :   plentiful . There will always be more ideas . If a learning launch does n't work , so long as we are learn- ing , it 's not a failure , it 's not a mistake .      I put my idea into hypothesis , figuring out our key assumptions .    Customer , execution , design the test , do the test , confirming data we continue development . Discon- firming , I would pivot or put it on the shelf . How long 's it going to take and what it 's going to cost ? Learn- ing launches can be quickly and cheaply implemented . 

 I discovered that the most valuable aspect is the shared insights and learning , next time I would   use the visualization activity as a starting point for a series of design thinking activities .
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