Challenge & Selection 

 For us a very recent thing to ponder was the modern training trends and how we wonders to them   should as well as deploy them in order to gain a better prepared workforce . Although before coming to   terms with design thinking we had been working on it individually and moreover coming up with   suggestions not to build the new structure but to upgrade the existing . Thus , we were rather going in   circles as whenever we tried to think beyond the spectrum , we always ended up with the same   questions . In fact we were running out of the questions as our focus was too rigid on saving the old   rather than letting go of it and concentrate on building the new which we were to skeptical to do .   However , I brought the idea on table for mind mapping as a tool to see what we can do about it , and if   you ask why ? Because as its discussed in the course that uncertainty not stability is what matters the   most . 

 Thus before we could apply it , for the very first time we came to know that before pondering the probe   we better check our mindset . When we further probed it , the issue was our fixed mindset and a “ fear of   unknown ” , I shared my thoughts with the team and we jubilantly decided that this fear of the unknown   needs to be taken to task . Thus mind mapping offered us the way out with our new mindset and that ’s   why we deployed it . 

 Application 

 So I took the charge and on a huge white board , I put a dot for the rest of my team members and asked   them what it is ? Their response was the same “ a dot ” . Next I told them there is another thing on the   board and that too in abundance , and that is “ free space ” . This free space is our fear of unknown and   the dot is our initial point . So we put the word New Training Model in there . Then we decided to take   some 15 minutes silently looking at the white board with a dot to begin with and a lot of fear of   unknown . Later everyone jumped in , we started putting every word that came to our mind in those 15   minutes of observation . After just 10 minutes we had some 20 words put around the “ dot ” and   everyone in the room cheered and felt a sense of accomplishment . 

 Then in the next phase all six of us divided in three teams of two each and started putting the lines in   and making random connections and we ended up with a neat image where everything was connected   to everything in a way . We decided to bring in the “ Degree of Connectedness ” in to the picture which is   a mathematical phenomenon that everything has six degrees of connection with everything . Thus in the   next phase , we started labeling the degrees of connection among all those 20 words and in fact in due   course we also kept adding a few more . Then we took another observatory break , another 15 minutes of   looking at the image and the lines and the words that made it up . Then came the third phase , we started   prioritizing the links and connections on the basis of importance with red as the most important for now   and green with least . I can not explain the feelings here and the rejoice with the image that emerged and   we all were holding our heads about what we were missing . The sense of cherish and accomplishment   and trust on each other ’s understanding . We were astonished with our teamwork and 

 Furthermore , we ended up with establishing branches and sub - branches of key aspects and decided to   distribute all branches among each other and bring them into more meaningful narrative form which   will now become our guiding principles . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I personally took a lot of learnings and later we decided that from now onwards we will be looking in to   every fear of unknown and ambiguity and use its potential to reach the uncertain . The team   collaboration and the insight every individual brought on the table was electric . This practice not only   helped us solve a problem we were about to give up on but also opened new avenues for us to trust   each other ’s capabilities as well as a sense of connectedness is also prevalent among us . While I am   typing , I can relive the feelings and emotions we shared together . 

 Since it appears as the design thinking rather offers a belief to accept our disbeliefs and utilize our   insights at a collective level . It also helped us discover many important elements invisible to our fixed   mindset and use growth mindset approach in order to achieve our future targets . We have also decided   to deploy the same strategy on a couple of other strategic issues and are confident that things will really   work for us . 


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: Challenge & Selection 

 For us a very recent thing to ponder was the modern training trends and how we wonders to them   should as well as deploy them in order to gain a better prepared workforce . Although before coming to   terms with design thinking we had been working on it individually and moreover coming up with   suggestions not to build the new structure but to upgrade the existing . Thus , we were rather going in   circles as whenever we tried to think beyond the spectrum , we always ended up with the same   questions . In fact we were running out of the questions as our focus was too rigid on saving the old   rather than letting go of it and concentrate on building the new which we were to skeptical to do .   However , I brought the idea on table for mind mapping as a tool to see what we can do about it , and if   you ask why ? Because as its discussed in the course that uncertainty not stability is what matters the   most . 

 Thus before we could apply it , for the very first time we came to know that before pondering the probe   we better check our mindset . When we further probed it , the issue was our fixed mindset and a “ fear of   unknown ” , I shared my thoughts with the team and we jubilantly decided that this fear of the unknown   needs to be taken to task . Thus mind mapping offered us the way out with our new mindset and that ’s   why we deployed it . 

 Application 

 So I took the charge and on a huge white board , I put a dot for the rest of my team members and asked   them what it is ? Their response was the same “ a dot ” . Next I told them there is another thing on the   board and that too in abundance , and that is “ free space ” . This free space is our fear of unknown and   the dot is our initial point . So we put the word New Training Model in there . Then we decided to take   some 15 minutes silently looking at the white board with a dot to begin with and a lot of fear of   unknown . Later everyone jumped in , we started putting every word that came to our mind in those 15   minutes of observation . After just 10 minutes we had some 20 words put around the “ dot ” and   everyone in the room cheered and felt a sense of accomplishment . 

 Then in the next phase all six of us divided in three teams of two each and started putting the lines in   and making random connections and we ended up with a neat image where everything was connected   to everything in a way . We decided to bring in the “ Degree of Connectedness ” in to the picture which is   a mathematical phenomenon that everything has six degrees of connection with everything . Thus in the   next phase , we started labeling the degrees of connection among all those 20 words and in fact in due   course we also kept adding a few more . Then we took another observatory break , another 15 minutes of   looking at the image and the lines and the words that made it up . Then came the third phase , we started   prioritizing the links and connections on the basis of importance with red as the most important for now   and green with least . I can not explain the feelings here and the rejoice with the image that emerged and   we all were holding our heads about what we were missing . The sense of cherish and accomplishment   and trust on each other ’s understanding . We were astonished with our teamwork and 

 Furthermore , we ended up with establishing branches and sub - branches of key aspects and decided to   distribute all branches among each other and bring them into more meaningful narrative form which   will now become our guiding principles . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I personally took a lot of learnings and later we decided that from now onwards we will be looking in to   every fear of unknown and ambiguity and use its potential to reach the uncertain . The team   collaboration and the insight every individual brought on the table was electric . This practice not only   helped us solve a problem we were about to give up on but also opened new avenues for us to trust   each other ’s capabilities as well as a sense of connectedness is also prevalent among us . While I am   typing , I can relive the feelings and emotions we shared together . 

 Since it appears as the design thinking rather offers a belief to accept our disbeliefs and utilize our   insights at a collective level . It also helped us discover many important elements invisible to our fixed   mindset and use growth mindset approach in order to achieve our future targets . We have also decided   to deploy the same strategy on a couple of other strategic issues and are confident that things will really   work for us .
### Output: 