Reflection – Visualization 

 Talaat Mohmmed 

 Challenge and Selection 

 As noted during the course , “ visualization uses imagery to make abstract ideas more concrete and   public . ” During the innovation process , it ’s easy when explaining an idea like a crowdsourcing platform   to colleagues for it to take shape in various divergent ways in their heads . Though divergence is often   helpful during the ideation phase of the innovation process , it sometimes is necessary to be able to be   able to achieve a mental match , and the visualization is most effective in doing so . An idea can only   move beyond the conceptualization stage , only when consensus is reached . I tend to use visualization   during every stage of the design thinking process . As you move throughout the process , the visuals   mature and a concept become less abstract , kind of like an image becoming less pixelated . 

 Application 

 During a recent design sprint , throughout the problem - framing and ideation phases , my colleagues and I   thought we had narrowed down who was the end user was for a crowdsourcing application for the   humanitarian sector . We were being tasked to solve why local and indigenous knowledge of eco - system   based early warning indicators of floods are not integrated into disaster risk reduction programming ,   despite the awareness that they work . Several problem trees led us to the root cause of the problem ,   which was that humanitarian aid workers lacked the documentation and validation of insights from local   knowledge holders on utilizing nature - based indicators for flood prediction . 

 Insight and Approach 

 Only by drawing out a diagram connecting the information providers ( indigenous and local communities   of natural hazard prone areas ) to disaster risk reduction practitioners ( humanitarian aid workers ) , we   realized that a major and obvious component of our solution was missing and that we indeed had two   end users . We were focusing all our energies on developing the data collection tool but neglected to 

 think the method through which crowdsourced information would be housed and could easily accessed   by humanitarian workers to “ co - design ” their programs . 

 This course reinforced my belief that visualization is one of the most helpful and crucial tools to use for   design thinking . 

 I have a background in international development and humanitarianism , and always firmly believed that   programs should be designed with and for affected populations . Design thinking provides the structure ,   tools , and frameworks to be able to do just that . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: Talaat Mohmmed
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
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### 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 – Visualization 

 Talaat Mohmmed 

 Challenge and Selection 

 As noted during the course , “ visualization uses imagery to make abstract ideas more concrete and   public . ” During the innovation process , it ’s easy when explaining an idea like a crowdsourcing platform   to colleagues for it to take shape in various divergent ways in their heads . Though divergence is often   helpful during the ideation phase of the innovation process , it sometimes is necessary to be able to be   able to achieve a mental match , and the visualization is most effective in doing so . An idea can only   move beyond the conceptualization stage , only when consensus is reached . I tend to use visualization   during every stage of the design thinking process . As you move throughout the process , the visuals   mature and a concept become less abstract , kind of like an image becoming less pixelated . 

 Application 

 During a recent design sprint , throughout the problem - framing and ideation phases , my colleagues and I   thought we had narrowed down who was the end user was for a crowdsourcing application for the   humanitarian sector . We were being tasked to solve why local and indigenous knowledge of eco - system   based early warning indicators of floods are not integrated into disaster risk reduction programming ,   despite the awareness that they work . Several problem trees led us to the root cause of the problem ,   which was that humanitarian aid workers lacked the documentation and validation of insights from local   knowledge holders on utilizing nature - based indicators for flood prediction . 

 Insight and Approach 

 Only by drawing out a diagram connecting the information providers ( indigenous and local communities   of natural hazard prone areas ) to disaster risk reduction practitioners ( humanitarian aid workers ) , we   realized that a major and obvious component of our solution was missing and that we indeed had two   end users . We were focusing all our energies on developing the data collection tool but neglected to 

 think the method through which crowdsourced information would be housed and could easily accessed   by humanitarian workers to “ co - design ” their programs . 

 This course reinforced my belief that visualization is one of the most helpful and crucial tools to use for   design thinking . 

 I have a background in international development and humanitarianism , and always firmly believed that   programs should be designed with and for affected populations . Design thinking provides the structure ,   tools , and frameworks to be able to do just that .
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