Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 While I was quite curious to try out the different tools of the course , the first tool   I ended up using & being a part of the execution phase was mind mapping . With a   directive to improve the team ’s overall health score , we were pushed to pull all   punches to improve the experience of everyone in the team , as they work on   multiple projects across different geographies . With multiple domains & levels of   the organization at place , it was necessary to get everyone under a single room to   record the overarching pluses , negatives & changes that could be made in the   daily workings to finally increase productivity . 

 Application 

 Being part of the team , I was an active part of this exercise that saw every   member in the team , taking time off to share the positives , negatives and changes   possible in an overarching team & project management standpoint to improve   the experiences of every single member in the team . The post - its used to record   the points were then categorized to arrive at some important factors that   required our attention , with the post - its in their member communicating the   scale & the range communicated through the different perspectives provided by   each of them . Though we are a huge team , considering we were all working in a   similar system , the number of outliers were quite less & most of the post - its   contributed to the major factors identified . The post - its based on the factors   identified were put up on boards for everyone ’s consumption , discussed upon to   capture the overall reaction to the factors that had emerged . In my opinion , this   was a great initiative to capture the ‘ what - is ’ of the situation . 

 To arrive at functional changes that can be made by gathering the ‘ what - is ’ data   of the situation , all the stakeholders were split into multiple groups and were   asked to brainstorm on the changes that can be made to effectively change the   situation in a way , it makes our lives better . The changes prescribed by the team   members in the data gathering phase , also helped to drive to possible solutions . I   would like to also highlight that , no ground - breaking solutions were arrived at , yet 

 small functional & implementable solutions that can be experimented upon were   zeroed in on . 

 Insight & Approach 

 The power of the insights got from the exercise comes from the active   participation of the members of the team to improve their own eco - system at   work . It also helped to understand the various perspectives & ranges of issues   experienced by the ‘ minds ’ in the team , than a localized set of ‘ minds ’ higher up   in the organization . 

 But there are a couple of areas where I believe the exercise hit a couple of   roadblocks . Firstly , since members from different levels of the organization were   present in the session , there were 1 - 2 factors that appeared in both the positive   as well as negative boards . Also , ultimately to make a functional change in the   eco - system , for some factors , it was necessary to know at what level of the   organization was this issue a concern & how it could be suitably addressed . 

 Further , if we were to run a similar exercise , adding questions that employ   projective technique like word / image association to the process would be a good   idea , as usually it is noticed that there are many underlying aspects of the   experience that is lost in the daily motion . 


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 – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 While I was quite curious to try out the different tools of the course , the first tool   I ended up using & being a part of the execution phase was mind mapping . With a   directive to improve the team ’s overall health score , we were pushed to pull all   punches to improve the experience of everyone in the team , as they work on   multiple projects across different geographies . With multiple domains & levels of   the organization at place , it was necessary to get everyone under a single room to   record the overarching pluses , negatives & changes that could be made in the   daily workings to finally increase productivity . 

 Application 

 Being part of the team , I was an active part of this exercise that saw every   member in the team , taking time off to share the positives , negatives and changes   possible in an overarching team & project management standpoint to improve   the experiences of every single member in the team . The post - its used to record   the points were then categorized to arrive at some important factors that   required our attention , with the post - its in their member communicating the   scale & the range communicated through the different perspectives provided by   each of them . Though we are a huge team , considering we were all working in a   similar system , the number of outliers were quite less & most of the post - its   contributed to the major factors identified . The post - its based on the factors   identified were put up on boards for everyone ’s consumption , discussed upon to   capture the overall reaction to the factors that had emerged . In my opinion , this   was a great initiative to capture the ‘ what - is ’ of the situation . 

 To arrive at functional changes that can be made by gathering the ‘ what - is ’ data   of the situation , all the stakeholders were split into multiple groups and were   asked to brainstorm on the changes that can be made to effectively change the   situation in a way , it makes our lives better . The changes prescribed by the team   members in the data gathering phase , also helped to drive to possible solutions . I   would like to also highlight that , no ground - breaking solutions were arrived at , yet 

 small functional & implementable solutions that can be experimented upon were   zeroed in on . 

 Insight & Approach 

 The power of the insights got from the exercise comes from the active   participation of the members of the team to improve their own eco - system at   work . It also helped to understand the various perspectives & ranges of issues   experienced by the ‘ minds ’ in the team , than a localized set of ‘ minds ’ higher up   in the organization . 

 But there are a couple of areas where I believe the exercise hit a couple of   roadblocks . Firstly , since members from different levels of the organization were   present in the session , there were 1 - 2 factors that appeared in both the positive   as well as negative boards . Also , ultimately to make a functional change in the   eco - system , for some factors , it was necessary to know at what level of the   organization was this issue a concern & how it could be suitably addressed . 

 Further , if we were to run a similar exercise , adding questions that employ   projective technique like word / image association to the process would be a good   idea , as usually it is noticed that there are many underlying aspects of the   experience that is lost in the daily motion .
### Output: 