Lab Report

July 13, 2018
No. 47

THIS WEEK
Telling the story of our work.

Plus: imagining the future, navigating cities, and bringing Alexa to campus.

Featured story

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

A first look at our new website

This month, we launched our new website, telling the story of our work by presenting six areas of expertise: business strategy, digital transformation, open innovation, future of work, future of health, and smart cities.

You might notice that we don’t use the word “vertical,” and that’s intentional. The future of health is contingent upon digital transformation. Business strategy points to new partnering models and open innovation. Smart cities invest in the future of work. Across these “thorny problems that matter,” our work has a common theme: we balance near-term expectations with long-range planning — while considering emerging technologies and new ways of working — to help organizations thrive in the face of change.

Luminary Labs CEO Sara Holoubek shares our latest news and explains the thinking behind the updates. Read more and see the new luminary-labs.com.

Insights & opportunities

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Quartz recently published our list of books, movies, and television shows for people who care about the future of technology.

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From predicting epidemics that might develop on earth to designing gloves we might wear on Mars, Medium’s new pop-up magazine features speculative stories about the future of humans.

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At some tech companies, “artificial intelligence” is actually human-powered. Those humans may not be listening to your conversations, but they might be reading your email.

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After a “hugely successful” pilot last year, Northeastern University plans to expand its Echo Dot program this fall; eventually, Alexa-enabled devices will be available to all 18,000 of its students.

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Boston Children’s Hospital is looking for digital health startups for its accelerator program. (Thanks to Aman Bhandari for the tip.)

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Going on vacation? If your tourist photos lack originality or you struggle to navigate an unfamiliar city, blame it on urban planning and the impact of design.

Cool job alert

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is hiring a program officer, a program associate, a director of talent development, and an executive vice president in Princeton, New Jersey. (Thanks to Andrea Ducas for sharing.)

Geisinger Health System is recruiting a research director for its Applied Behavioral Insights team in Danville, Pennsylvania. The Atlantic is looking for a health writer based in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, or San Francisco.

And we’re hiring in New York! Please help us connect with an office manager — someone with high attention to detail and, ideally, experience performing light bookkeeping tasks.

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Email Jessica Hibbard, managing editor: editor@luminary-labs.com.