Reflection - Mind Mapping 

 Challenge   I ’m a Strategic Design Management student and ‘ Design Thinking ’ is an integral part of our   course . In the first project that I ever did , we were asked to choose a topic and I chose ‘ Consumer staple and discretionary ’ . Upon choosing the topic , a challenge was imposed on us   to create a mind map to understand the topic completely . Since it was my first project , I found   the process of Mind Mapping on a topic challenging and my reflection is about the same .     Selection   The tool I have selected is Mind Mapping , it ’s an integral tool which aids in looking for patterns   and insights ( and finding unarticulated needs ) as mentioned in the video lectures . I selected the   tool since we were asked to do a mind for my project .      Application   I applied the tool , by collecting all the information that I had on the topic of Consumer staple and   discretionary through different methods like the internet , qualitative and quantitative research ,   ethnography , interviews ) . Upon collecting , I layout all the information , and called in different   stakeholders including myself to find connections . The stakeholders individually collected all the   information after which we sat together and collectively worked to find connections . We   connected all the interrelated information and found broad themes . After identifying our themes ,   we found insights describing our theme . These insights ultimately led to the creation of design   criterias which helped in our solutioning .     The selection of mind mapping made me realise how it helps in translating information from   different sources into a visual picture . It helped me get an understanding of the holistic bigger   pictures whilst organizing and understanding information faster and better , through connections . 

 Insights 

 Mind mapping is a brilliant way to connect between the what and the what if stage , it helped   convert our observations to insights and ultimately to design criterias . It did so , by finding   patterns from a large quantity of data and ultimately establishing criteria for the what generating   phase . It helped through the design thinking lens , finding blind spots , unmet and unarticulated   needs that were ultimately uncovered to create innovation opportunities and propose design   solutions .     Approach   The whole concept of ‘ Design thinking ’ made me think in a completely different way and widen   my horizon from understanding the concept of a mindset to innovation and so much more ! I   learnt that everything is a learning process , and most importantly learnt something new .   Specifically , about Mind Mapping I would continue to do it for all projects , but I would remind   myself , to be open minded and try to make connections in every way possible , since one might   lead to another and the next thing we know a completely new idea emerges ! 


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   I ’m a Strategic Design Management student and ‘ Design Thinking ’ is an integral part of our   course . In the first project that I ever did , we were asked to choose a topic and I chose ‘ Consumer staple and discretionary ’ . Upon choosing the topic , a challenge was imposed on us   to create a mind map to understand the topic completely . Since it was my first project , I found   the process of Mind Mapping on a topic challenging and my reflection is about the same .     Selection   The tool I have selected is Mind Mapping , it ’s an integral tool which aids in looking for patterns   and insights ( and finding unarticulated needs ) as mentioned in the video lectures . I selected the   tool since we were asked to do a mind for my project .      Application   I applied the tool , by collecting all the information that I had on the topic of Consumer staple and   discretionary through different methods like the internet , qualitative and quantitative research ,   ethnography , interviews ) . Upon collecting , I layout all the information , and called in different   stakeholders including myself to find connections . The stakeholders individually collected all the   information after which we sat together and collectively worked to find connections . We   connected all the interrelated information and found broad themes . After identifying our themes ,   we found insights describing our theme . These insights ultimately led to the creation of design   criterias which helped in our solutioning .     The selection of mind mapping made me realise how it helps in translating information from   different sources into a visual picture . It helped me get an understanding of the holistic bigger   pictures whilst organizing and understanding information faster and better , through connections . 

 Insights 

 Mind mapping is a brilliant way to connect between the what and the what if stage , it helped   convert our observations to insights and ultimately to design criterias . It did so , by finding   patterns from a large quantity of data and ultimately establishing criteria for the what generating   phase . It helped through the design thinking lens , finding blind spots , unmet and unarticulated   needs that were ultimately uncovered to create innovation opportunities and propose design   solutions .     Approach   The whole concept of ‘ Design thinking ’ made me think in a completely different way and widen   my horizon from understanding the concept of a mindset to innovation and so much more ! I   learnt that everything is a learning process , and most importantly learnt something new .   Specifically , about Mind Mapping I would continue to do it for all projects , but I would remind   myself , to be open minded and try to make connections in every way possible , since one might   lead to another and the next thing we know a completely new idea emerges !
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