Reflection - Visualisation 

 Challenge 

 I am a Transformation Program Manager working with Company A which specialises in patent   management . Patent management is a governance - led administrative process which ensures   patents stay validly registered so that inventors continue to reap the rewards of their work .   Company A acquired Company B last year . Company B is a start - up specialising in patent search .   Patent search uses sophisticated AI technology to search for patent infringements so that inventors   can protect their work . 

 Company A employed 500 people and had a culture based on deep knowledge of customer needs   and strong process expertise . Company B had 100 employees , many of whom were self - confessed   technology geeks . Integrating the two companies would open up a high - growth market but there   was concern that the two organisations would not understand or equally respect each other ’s   contribution .   The challenge was how to blend two very different cultures starting with creating a   new integrated leadership team . 

 Selection 

 I decided to use visualization as a design thinking tool to help create a metaphor for the combined   leadership team . This is part of the ‘ what is ’ process and I chose it because , as Angela Myer states in   the Visualization Tool lecture , visualization encourages a different type of problem solving to just   logic . It stimulates the right - hand side of the brain , encourages creativity and alignment . 

 Application 

 The new leadership team had 8 people from Company A and 2 from Company B.   I divided them into   two groups ensuring a mix of representatives on each team . and gave them boxes of cards with   images on them . They were asked to choose images of the merger that resonated with the group   and to then explain their choice to the rest of the group . One team came up with the metaphor of a   beach for the combined company and it generated the most excitement in subsequent discussions .   Company A were the lifeguards keeping everyone ( inventors ) on the beach safe and Company B   were the search and rescue divers using helicopters ( search algorithms ) to locate people further out   in the sea in need of help . What they most liked about it was that both lifeguards and divers were   clearly valuable and prized . They then came up with the idea of having a monthly company - wide   beach bar - b - q to bond , share information and highlight what had been done to keep people   ( inventors ) safe that month . 

 Insight 

 The use of visualisation techniques led to a willingness to experiment and the atmosphere became   more open and fun . Enabling the team to create their own metaphor led to increased buy - in and   empowerment for the future of the company . They bonded around a shared concept of protecting   and saving the interests of inventors and even innovation itself . 

 Approach 

 The plan had been to present the results of the visualisation to second level management using   power - point and a town hall discussion . However , having seen that the leadership team got the   most learning out of the shared experiential nature of selecting images and creating a metaphor , I   agreed with them that we would instead enable their direct reports to have their own shared 

 experiential learning . I did this by setting up a room with high level visualisations of the beach   metaphor and then letting the 2nd level senior management team add their own ideas to it . This   helped them to understand the part both companies played and to embed their own feeling of the   merged company . I would use the visualisation technique again because it works to encourage   collaboration , create energy and fun , cut through resistance and help people to think out of the box . 


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 - Visualisation 

 Challenge 

 I am a Transformation Program Manager working with Company A which specialises in patent   management . Patent management is a governance - led administrative process which ensures   patents stay validly registered so that inventors continue to reap the rewards of their work .   Company A acquired Company B last year . Company B is a start - up specialising in patent search .   Patent search uses sophisticated AI technology to search for patent infringements so that inventors   can protect their work . 

 Company A employed 500 people and had a culture based on deep knowledge of customer needs   and strong process expertise . Company B had 100 employees , many of whom were self - confessed   technology geeks . Integrating the two companies would open up a high - growth market but there   was concern that the two organisations would not understand or equally respect each other ’s   contribution .   The challenge was how to blend two very different cultures starting with creating a   new integrated leadership team . 

 Selection 

 I decided to use visualization as a design thinking tool to help create a metaphor for the combined   leadership team . This is part of the ‘ what is ’ process and I chose it because , as Angela Myer states in   the Visualization Tool lecture , visualization encourages a different type of problem solving to just   logic . It stimulates the right - hand side of the brain , encourages creativity and alignment . 

 Application 

 The new leadership team had 8 people from Company A and 2 from Company B.   I divided them into   two groups ensuring a mix of representatives on each team . and gave them boxes of cards with   images on them . They were asked to choose images of the merger that resonated with the group   and to then explain their choice to the rest of the group . One team came up with the metaphor of a   beach for the combined company and it generated the most excitement in subsequent discussions .   Company A were the lifeguards keeping everyone ( inventors ) on the beach safe and Company B   were the search and rescue divers using helicopters ( search algorithms ) to locate people further out   in the sea in need of help . What they most liked about it was that both lifeguards and divers were   clearly valuable and prized . They then came up with the idea of having a monthly company - wide   beach bar - b - q to bond , share information and highlight what had been done to keep people   ( inventors ) safe that month . 

 Insight 

 The use of visualisation techniques led to a willingness to experiment and the atmosphere became   more open and fun . Enabling the team to create their own metaphor led to increased buy - in and   empowerment for the future of the company . They bonded around a shared concept of protecting   and saving the interests of inventors and even innovation itself . 

 Approach 

 The plan had been to present the results of the visualisation to second level management using   power - point and a town hall discussion . However , having seen that the leadership team got the   most learning out of the shared experiential nature of selecting images and creating a metaphor , I   agreed with them that we would instead enable their direct reports to have their own shared 

 experiential learning . I did this by setting up a room with high level visualisations of the beach   metaphor and then letting the 2nd level senior management team add their own ideas to it . This   helped them to understand the part both companies played and to embed their own feeling of the   merged company . I would use the visualisation technique again because it works to encourage   collaboration , create energy and fun , cut through resistance and help people to think out of the box .
### Output: 