Design Thinking for Innovation 

 The design thinking tool applied in this assignment is the storytelling tool . 

 1 . The Challenge : 

 As a newly opened company , a lot of the directors were / are worried about how the business would be   run , funding for the business , winning contracts with respect to the services we provide . There is no   doubt these challenges can be discouraging . A company into procurements , trading , logistics and   agriculture requires quite a lot of funding . 

 2 . The Selection : 

 While we understand the challenge we face as a new company , we have also thought about how we can   approach this challenge , what is the challenge and why it has been considered a challenge . To answer   the what ( in terms of challenge ) , as a company we understand the challenge is based on the fact that   the company is a start up and funding , staff recruitment and winning big contracts are very important .   To this end , we then answer the Why has this been selected as a challenge . This has been selected as a   challenge because we understand the importance of funding and winning contracts . As sited in the class   module , trying to be a sustainable brand as well as making profits and surviving the business clime can   be very challenging . 

 As a tool , we proceeded to subcontracting jobs to other companies with the capacity to handle so as to   reduce our cost as a company , adding additional directors with the ability of increase the funding gap of   the company , talking to investors and ensuring our services are top notch to ensure we win more   contracts . The storytelling tool was applied in this case . 

 3 . The Application : 

 As a new start up , we needed to apply for funding , write business proposals for investors , attended gigs   that could provide funding , recruited more directors with the ability to increase the funding gap of the   company . All this was done while using the story telling tool . The challenges with regards to funding was   presented to investors and what we could achieve and how to overcome the challenges . 

 4 . The Insight : 

 The insight and the tool as regards story telling was very effective . This also opened the team to more   opportunities and a broader designing thinking approach 

 The insight basically made me and my team more open to the challenges , gave broader approach as to   how the business can grow and ways to handle these challenges . The whole story telling actually made a   lot of investor more informed , calmer and willing to assist . 


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: Design Thinking for Innovation 

 The design thinking tool applied in this assignment is the storytelling tool . 

 1 . The Challenge : 

 As a newly opened company , a lot of the directors were / are worried about how the business would be   run , funding for the business , winning contracts with respect to the services we provide . There is no   doubt these challenges can be discouraging . A company into procurements , trading , logistics and   agriculture requires quite a lot of funding . 

 2 . The Selection : 

 While we understand the challenge we face as a new company , we have also thought about how we can   approach this challenge , what is the challenge and why it has been considered a challenge . To answer   the what ( in terms of challenge ) , as a company we understand the challenge is based on the fact that   the company is a start up and funding , staff recruitment and winning big contracts are very important .   To this end , we then answer the Why has this been selected as a challenge . This has been selected as a   challenge because we understand the importance of funding and winning contracts . As sited in the class   module , trying to be a sustainable brand as well as making profits and surviving the business clime can   be very challenging . 

 As a tool , we proceeded to subcontracting jobs to other companies with the capacity to handle so as to   reduce our cost as a company , adding additional directors with the ability of increase the funding gap of   the company , talking to investors and ensuring our services are top notch to ensure we win more   contracts . The storytelling tool was applied in this case . 

 3 . The Application : 

 As a new start up , we needed to apply for funding , write business proposals for investors , attended gigs   that could provide funding , recruited more directors with the ability to increase the funding gap of the   company . All this was done while using the story telling tool . The challenges with regards to funding was   presented to investors and what we could achieve and how to overcome the challenges . 

 4 . The Insight : 

 The insight and the tool as regards story telling was very effective . This also opened the team to more   opportunities and a broader designing thinking approach 

 The insight basically made me and my team more open to the challenges , gave broader approach as to   how the business can grow and ways to handle these challenges . The whole story telling actually made a   lot of investor more informed , calmer and willing to assist .
### Output: 