1. Challenge: I work for a matrix organization and my role is strategic in nature. I  have multiple stakeholders to manage before we move forward with any process  or implement any idea. My challenge was to create an end to end frame work for  risk management that works across all functions and with the agreement from all  the stakeholders. I had to first identify the multiple processes that existed within  the organization and outside. After identifying a process had to integrate into the  function with all the special considerations from all stakeholders. It was a time  bound process, 4 months till our 1st version.    2. Selection: The tool that I am comfortable with and choose was a MindMap. I like  to create a process flow of things to make sure my understanding and research  is appropriate and hits all the briefs that need to be answered.    3. Application: Given I prefer to understand the visual flow before anything, I first  created the questions I needed to answer with the challenge as my main center  point. Post that I started my market research and interviews within the  organization to understand what is acceptable and what can work for my ask. I  created a map that helped me to see the picture clearly of all the options I had.  Post that I called for a workshop meeting with all the function representatives.  We go together and I walked them over with all my assumptions, the positives  and negatives for all the options I had identified. I also walked them through the  option that was most likely to hit all the expectations. After walking them through  all options, I allowed them to one week to review it and provide their ideas on a  comment format within the mind map. A week later I called for another workshop  that focused on other stakeholders ideas and options. The tool was used very  efficiently for my challenge. The 2nd workshop gave so many more insights from  stakeholders perspective and opened up avenues for more improvements that  lead us to select the Wow process.

4. Insights: After running the mind mapping activities across the stakeholders and  seeing the new insights it was very enlightening for me in a positive way. I clearly  received more ideas that moved to WOW area. I was able to identify a better  solution that worked for all the stakeholders and was something that ensured the  compliance with the internal processes. We did not have major financial impact  and the process was implemented.     5. Approach: To be honest, I like mind mapping as tool more than any other tools.  As there is always room for improvement, next time I plan to share the mapping  out earlier without spending too much time on clarifying my paths. The  workshops will be better addressed in terms of discussion and making  decisions  faster. This way we can save time and execute things faster.

