Reflections on the Visualization Technique 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I have been using the technique of visualization or visual thinking for a long time . This 

 technique helps a larger group of people working together to understand the nature of problem 

 in a much impactful and less ambiguous manner . It leaves people working together with no 

 scope for interpretation and hence there is uniformity in understanding the problem . Problem 

 is understood by everybody working on the solution in the same way it must be understood . 

 What I mean to say is that there is uniformity in terms of understanding the problem . 

 I work in the area of learning and development and leadership in my organization . In my role 

 I need to design learning programs and journeys for the employees of the organization . The 

 learning experience is a critical part of the entire design process . Learning program design or 

 the instructional design as we call it goes through multiple iterations . There are multiple steps 

 involved in designing or learning program like analysing the problem designing developing 

 implementation and evaluation I use visualization technique during analysing the program to 

 suggest a learning intervention , designing the program and development steps . 

 Application 

 In my work while designing a learning program I need to interact with a lot of with multiple 

 stakeholders . My stakeholders include learners , talent managers , instructors and business & 

 HR leaders . At the analysis step when we are deciding or working on to understand the 

 problem and what kind of learning intervention is required to solve that problem , we use a lot 

 of visual techniques to understand no problem . 

 We use strawman graphic to draw on the board . We ask the line managers and HR leaders 

 to make us understand their problems true pictures . I also ask all the stakeholders to draw 

 their understanding about the problem on a piece of paper . this ensures that everybody is on 

 the same page as far as understanding the problem is concerned . Here it is important for all 

 the stakeholders to understand that we do not expect them to be an artist as far as drawing a 

 picture is concerned . More importantly the instruction to the stakeholders is to draw as vividly 

 as elaborately as they can and not worry about how good the picture is looking . They use 

 multiple material to give shape & size and pictorial representation to their ideas and thoughts . 

 Other forms of pictorial representation are flow chart , organogram and simple diagram . We 

 use flip charts , markers , sticky notes and whiteboard for this activity . 

 Similarly , during the design and development step , we use visualization technique to 

 generate , discuss and evaluate ideas and solutions . 

 Insights and Approach 

 While doing this exercise it is important know that the main purpose of bringing all the 

 stakeholders together is not to make pictures but to generate and discuss ideas . What I feel 

 is that we get carried away in the process of pictorial representation of ideas and the focus 

 shifts from generating ideas to representing ideas . This is not right . When we do a 

 brainstorming or idea generation , I ensure that the focus is on generating ideas and 

 communicating those idea impactfully through pictorial representation . 

 I also use this technique slightly differently at times . I ask the participants or the stakeholders 

 to paraphrase the ideas I want to communicate through pictorial representation of their 

 understanding . 

 My approach to our visualization technique has always been to consider a picture of an idea 

 as the theme for discussion . The graphic or the picture must be very dynamic in nature so 

 that it keeps on evolving and modifying itself with the maturity of tideas and thoughts within 

 the group . the process of feedback through validation important from the participants is 

 extremely important . 

 I have realised the importance and power of visualization techniques . I will surely use 

 visualization to discuss ideas another part of any design thinking approach to problem solving . 


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: Reflections on the Visualization Technique 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I have been using the technique of visualization or visual thinking for a long time . This 

 technique helps a larger group of people working together to understand the nature of problem 

 in a much impactful and less ambiguous manner . It leaves people working together with no 

 scope for interpretation and hence there is uniformity in understanding the problem . Problem 

 is understood by everybody working on the solution in the same way it must be understood . 

 What I mean to say is that there is uniformity in terms of understanding the problem . 

 I work in the area of learning and development and leadership in my organization . In my role 

 I need to design learning programs and journeys for the employees of the organization . The 

 learning experience is a critical part of the entire design process . Learning program design or 

 the instructional design as we call it goes through multiple iterations . There are multiple steps 

 involved in designing or learning program like analysing the problem designing developing 

 implementation and evaluation I use visualization technique during analysing the program to 

 suggest a learning intervention , designing the program and development steps . 

 Application 

 In my work while designing a learning program I need to interact with a lot of with multiple 

 stakeholders . My stakeholders include learners , talent managers , instructors and business & 

 HR leaders . At the analysis step when we are deciding or working on to understand the 

 problem and what kind of learning intervention is required to solve that problem , we use a lot 

 of visual techniques to understand no problem . 

 We use strawman graphic to draw on the board . We ask the line managers and HR leaders 

 to make us understand their problems true pictures . I also ask all the stakeholders to draw 

 their understanding about the problem on a piece of paper . this ensures that everybody is on 

 the same page as far as understanding the problem is concerned . Here it is important for all 

 the stakeholders to understand that we do not expect them to be an artist as far as drawing a 

 picture is concerned . More importantly the instruction to the stakeholders is to draw as vividly 

 as elaborately as they can and not worry about how good the picture is looking . They use 

 multiple material to give shape & size and pictorial representation to their ideas and thoughts . 

 Other forms of pictorial representation are flow chart , organogram and simple diagram . We 

 use flip charts , markers , sticky notes and whiteboard for this activity . 

 Similarly , during the design and development step , we use visualization technique to 

 generate , discuss and evaluate ideas and solutions . 

 Insights and Approach 

 While doing this exercise it is important know that the main purpose of bringing all the 

 stakeholders together is not to make pictures but to generate and discuss ideas . What I feel 

 is that we get carried away in the process of pictorial representation of ideas and the focus 

 shifts from generating ideas to representing ideas . This is not right . When we do a 

 brainstorming or idea generation , I ensure that the focus is on generating ideas and 

 communicating those idea impactfully through pictorial representation . 

 I also use this technique slightly differently at times . I ask the participants or the stakeholders 

 to paraphrase the ideas I want to communicate through pictorial representation of their 

 understanding . 

 My approach to our visualization technique has always been to consider a picture of an idea 

 as the theme for discussion . The graphic or the picture must be very dynamic in nature so 

 that it keeps on evolving and modifying itself with the maturity of tideas and thoughts within 

 the group . the process of feedback through validation important from the participants is 

 extremely important . 

 I have realised the importance and power of visualization techniques . I will surely use 

 visualization to discuss ideas another part of any design thinking approach to problem solving .
### Output: 