Schedule the Change You Want to See in the World 

 Story Telling Reflection , 5 - 10 paragraphs , pdf 

 Challenge : Describe your challenge , including all relevant information .     The challenge is how to schedule meetings across multiple time zones and make each meeting   unique and productive . The meetings take place in 2020 - 2021 with Zoom and similar   technologies due to the pandemic . The majority of the meetings are attended by the same   group of people each of whom takes on different roles in our startup company with 20   employees .      Selection : In your own words , briefly describe the tool you selected ( e.g. , what it is and why   you selected it for your challenge -- including any appropriate video lecture references ) .     Of the four design thinking tools presented in the course , I chose to reflect on storytelling . I ’ll   share a story below to illustrate why I selected it .      The first time I handed in a paper during my first year in college , my English professor handed   back my paper and said , “ it ’s not good enough to grade . ” With a sense of nervousness , I walked   back to my dorm room and sat down for 30 minutes in order to begin rewriting the paper . I   changed a few words , and I added a couple of sentences and I was certain this would suffice .   Again , my English professor said , “ it ’s not good enough to grade . ” My nervousness turned to   panic . This time I worked on the paper for a few days . I read it from top to bottom and I started   to see errors typical for freshman writers : run - on sentences , spelling , and vague comma   references . After working “ so hard , ” I tentatively turned in my paper . My professor let me know   that she would grade it . A few days later , she returned the paper with a big red ink C largely   written on top of the paper . The lesson I learned is that writing is re - writing and re - writing is   writing .      The reason I chose storytelling is because it is a tool that allows us to accumulate massive   amounts of information and put it into a distilled and memorable narrative for ourselves and   others . Life lessons often come from whole units such as storytelling rather than discrete units   from formulas . Our brains require that we tell stories that include characters and the plot , and   importantly that we know our audience . We tell our colleagues one story and our boss another   even when the facts of the story are the same . We emphasize and de - emphasize for effect and   to enhance and protect our reputations .      Application : Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , what you   did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively ) .     How can the mundane task of scheduling meetings possibly be rendered into storytelling ? Our   biotech company aims to change the future of healthcare diagnostics . Current diagnostics are   either accurate and slow or fast and inaccurate ( what is ? ) . What if we could do both and make   diagnostics both fast and accurate ? We validate our technology to determine the intersection 

 of our capabilities with the needs of the end users ( what wows ? ) before we use that   information to produce devices ( what works ? ) . The underlying theme of our company is   changing the world , so we developed the idea to connect daily meetings with this change . We   schedule the change we want to bring about in the world . By finding a theme ( scheduling   change ) and connecting it to characters ( employees ) , the plot or the main events of making ,   and selling our products , meetings are given a purpose because they connect our desire to   change the world of medical diagnostics .      Insight : Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your challenge   ( e.g. , how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about design thinking   more broadly ) .     The definition of insight is to gain a “ deep intuitive understanding ” of a phenomenon . For us , a   clearer definition is breaking down the word into its syllables : in - sight . We see in places in   which previously there was dark . The dark in this story is how the fog of multiple Zoom   meetings bog people down by the repetitiveness of logging on to hourly calls or the petty habits   of colleagues . As our focus shifted to the distractions of the calls , we began to sense we were   losing our way , so we had to reset ourselves and ask , “ why do we have calls in the first place ? ”   The obvious answers need to be re - thought sometimes . After various one - on - one offline   conversations , a consensus emerged that we needed to look again of our mission of change .   We were excited when we developed our mission and that led us to realize why we have   meetings . We are in the business of scheduling the change we want to see in the world .      Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same tool you   selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why .     Storytelling is a tool that worked for this problem , but I think in the future we can use other   tools . For example , we could ask “ what is , ” what if , ” what wows , ” and “ what works ” and use   visualization , mind mapping , or learning launch . The type of problem might help us choose .   Visualization is used often with paper and pen and CAD design tools to visualize the next best   designs . Mind mapping can be applied to gathering information from our customers and end- users ( two distinct groups ) . Learning Launch can help us experiment quickly when we want to   choose the best interaction interface for our products . 


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: Schedule the Change You Want to See in the World 

 Story Telling Reflection , 5 - 10 paragraphs , pdf 

 Challenge : Describe your challenge , including all relevant information .     The challenge is how to schedule meetings across multiple time zones and make each meeting   unique and productive . The meetings take place in 2020 - 2021 with Zoom and similar   technologies due to the pandemic . The majority of the meetings are attended by the same   group of people each of whom takes on different roles in our startup company with 20   employees .      Selection : In your own words , briefly describe the tool you selected ( e.g. , what it is and why   you selected it for your challenge -- including any appropriate video lecture references ) .     Of the four design thinking tools presented in the course , I chose to reflect on storytelling . I ’ll   share a story below to illustrate why I selected it .      The first time I handed in a paper during my first year in college , my English professor handed   back my paper and said , “ it ’s not good enough to grade . ” With a sense of nervousness , I walked   back to my dorm room and sat down for 30 minutes in order to begin rewriting the paper . I   changed a few words , and I added a couple of sentences and I was certain this would suffice .   Again , my English professor said , “ it ’s not good enough to grade . ” My nervousness turned to   panic . This time I worked on the paper for a few days . I read it from top to bottom and I started   to see errors typical for freshman writers : run - on sentences , spelling , and vague comma   references . After working “ so hard , ” I tentatively turned in my paper . My professor let me know   that she would grade it . A few days later , she returned the paper with a big red ink C largely   written on top of the paper . The lesson I learned is that writing is re - writing and re - writing is   writing .      The reason I chose storytelling is because it is a tool that allows us to accumulate massive   amounts of information and put it into a distilled and memorable narrative for ourselves and   others . Life lessons often come from whole units such as storytelling rather than discrete units   from formulas . Our brains require that we tell stories that include characters and the plot , and   importantly that we know our audience . We tell our colleagues one story and our boss another   even when the facts of the story are the same . We emphasize and de - emphasize for effect and   to enhance and protect our reputations .      Application : Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , what you   did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively ) .     How can the mundane task of scheduling meetings possibly be rendered into storytelling ? Our   biotech company aims to change the future of healthcare diagnostics . Current diagnostics are   either accurate and slow or fast and inaccurate ( what is ? ) . What if we could do both and make   diagnostics both fast and accurate ? We validate our technology to determine the intersection 

 of our capabilities with the needs of the end users ( what wows ? ) before we use that   information to produce devices ( what works ? ) . The underlying theme of our company is   changing the world , so we developed the idea to connect daily meetings with this change . We   schedule the change we want to bring about in the world . By finding a theme ( scheduling   change ) and connecting it to characters ( employees ) , the plot or the main events of making ,   and selling our products , meetings are given a purpose because they connect our desire to   change the world of medical diagnostics .      Insight : Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your challenge   ( e.g. , how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about design thinking   more broadly ) .     The definition of insight is to gain a “ deep intuitive understanding ” of a phenomenon . For us , a   clearer definition is breaking down the word into its syllables : in - sight . We see in places in   which previously there was dark . The dark in this story is how the fog of multiple Zoom   meetings bog people down by the repetitiveness of logging on to hourly calls or the petty habits   of colleagues . As our focus shifted to the distractions of the calls , we began to sense we were   losing our way , so we had to reset ourselves and ask , “ why do we have calls in the first place ? ”   The obvious answers need to be re - thought sometimes . After various one - on - one offline   conversations , a consensus emerged that we needed to look again of our mission of change .   We were excited when we developed our mission and that led us to realize why we have   meetings . We are in the business of scheduling the change we want to see in the world .      Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same tool you   selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why .     Storytelling is a tool that worked for this problem , but I think in the future we can use other   tools . For example , we could ask “ what is , ” what if , ” what wows , ” and “ what works ” and use   visualization , mind mapping , or learning launch . The type of problem might help us choose .   Visualization is used often with paper and pen and CAD design tools to visualize the next best   designs . Mind mapping can be applied to gathering information from our customers and end- users ( two distinct groups ) . Learning Launch can help us experiment quickly when we want to   choose the best interaction interface for our products .
### Output: 