Example Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 My job revolves around transformation and change management in my organization . The key   challenge I face is to convince people mostly senior leaders on why we need to change and to trigger   the state of urgency in order to create awareness and desire to change – mindset is a key roadblock .   Based on numerous personal experiences I discovered that creating the awareness and desire to   change requires a lot of empathy , connecting to emotions and values of the stakeholders involved .   Once you have the mindset great transformations just happens and are sustainable . 

 I hence use the storytelling tool to win my audience and stakeholders . I think storytelling really helps   when you need to connect to your stakeholders , creating a cause and helps in sharing the piece of   information better . The tool has been greatly useful in creating the sense of urgency for the change   that is needed in the organization , getting better buy in , commitment and sponsorship . Therefore ,   deliver successful and sustainable results . 

 Application 

 I follow a short checklist to create a compelling story for my audience from a change management   perspective 

 a. Know my audience : What is the biggest hairy problem in front of them ? How can the change 

 move the needle ? What do they value ? What are they emotional about ? 

 b. Articulate the cause that connects to the problems of the audience    c. Use a small cross functional virtual team of experts to create a compelling story   d. Create an issue/ hypothesis tree which is mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive    e. Collect data / hard facts wherever possible to prove / disprove the hypothesis   f. Use assumptions ( validated by subject matter experts ) wherever data is not available    g. Summarize situation and complication : This is extremely important to create the sense of 

 urgency . Based on hard facts , hypothesis , experiments , analysis and assumptions we need to   create the situation/ state of urgency we are in . This helps to attract the audience to the   cause . 

 h. Storyboarding : Combined with stakeholder interests and data at hand , this helps to create 

 the intrigue and detail which the audience would like to see . Helps to get their attention and   commitment 

 i.   Resolution , Next steps and discussion : Suggestion of next steps , resolution and discussion to   draw people to the cause . Most of this includes how can we create the awareness , desire ,   knowledge and ability to solve the problem . 

 In all these steps above it is most important to ask the “ So What ? ” keeping the stakeholder in mind 

 Insight and Approach 

 I have discovered from my various interactions with senior that they look forward to interesting   discussions , want to get involved , be part of a cause and inspire the organization . The storytelling   tool exactly helps to create this passion and excitement around the table . It helps them to connect to   the 80 % of the people that they do not have control of . Create the ripple and hence sustainable   change . 

 In my current role , I think I would use storytelling as a tool to connect people to a cause rather than a   problem . A cause helps to motivate people , create a movement , drive sustainable change , build   closely bound / effective teams and move the organization towards one vision . 


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: Example Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 My job revolves around transformation and change management in my organization . The key   challenge I face is to convince people mostly senior leaders on why we need to change and to trigger   the state of urgency in order to create awareness and desire to change – mindset is a key roadblock .   Based on numerous personal experiences I discovered that creating the awareness and desire to   change requires a lot of empathy , connecting to emotions and values of the stakeholders involved .   Once you have the mindset great transformations just happens and are sustainable . 

 I hence use the storytelling tool to win my audience and stakeholders . I think storytelling really helps   when you need to connect to your stakeholders , creating a cause and helps in sharing the piece of   information better . The tool has been greatly useful in creating the sense of urgency for the change   that is needed in the organization , getting better buy in , commitment and sponsorship . Therefore ,   deliver successful and sustainable results . 

 Application 

 I follow a short checklist to create a compelling story for my audience from a change management   perspective 

 a. Know my audience : What is the biggest hairy problem in front of them ? How can the change 

 move the needle ? What do they value ? What are they emotional about ? 

 b. Articulate the cause that connects to the problems of the audience    c. Use a small cross functional virtual team of experts to create a compelling story   d. Create an issue/ hypothesis tree which is mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive    e. Collect data / hard facts wherever possible to prove / disprove the hypothesis   f. Use assumptions ( validated by subject matter experts ) wherever data is not available    g. Summarize situation and complication : This is extremely important to create the sense of 

 urgency . Based on hard facts , hypothesis , experiments , analysis and assumptions we need to   create the situation/ state of urgency we are in . This helps to attract the audience to the   cause . 

 h. Storyboarding : Combined with stakeholder interests and data at hand , this helps to create 

 the intrigue and detail which the audience would like to see . Helps to get their attention and   commitment 

 i.   Resolution , Next steps and discussion : Suggestion of next steps , resolution and discussion to   draw people to the cause . Most of this includes how can we create the awareness , desire ,   knowledge and ability to solve the problem . 

 In all these steps above it is most important to ask the “ So What ? ” keeping the stakeholder in mind 

 Insight and Approach 

 I have discovered from my various interactions with senior that they look forward to interesting   discussions , want to get involved , be part of a cause and inspire the organization . The storytelling   tool exactly helps to create this passion and excitement around the table . It helps them to connect to   the 80 % of the people that they do not have control of . Create the ripple and hence sustainable   change . 

 In my current role , I think I would use storytelling as a tool to connect people to a cause rather than a   problem . A cause helps to motivate people , create a movement , drive sustainable change , build   closely bound / effective teams and move the organization towards one vision .
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