Lab Report

April 25, 2019
No. 86

THIS WEEK
Aligning customer needs with business goals.

Plus: text predictors, online privacy, and space entrepreneurship.

Featured story

CASE STUDY

Making a smarter bet on digital health

A global pharmaceutical company wanted to identify solutions for supporting patients “beyond the pill.” The company’s multidisciplinary group of executives believed new technologies might be part of solutions to help patients living with an advanced stage of cancer. Which digital health solutions — if any — would best support patients’ daily lives, including complex and personal decision-making processes? How could they get to the heart of the problem — the intersection between a business need and a patient need? How could they generate viable solutions and win internal support for the next round of investment?

New technologies offer endless possibilities; advancing to a targeted set of high-potential ideas required a relentless focus on the problem. Read our latest case study to learn more.

LL in the news

Inventions that show why accessible tools matter for scientific discovery
Luminary Labs Strategist Elizabeth Bowling shared three examples of tools expanding access to science with Discover Magazine and SciStarter. Learn more about Tool Foundry’s mission to advance accessible tools for scientific discovery and apply for the accelerator by May 30.

Insights & updates

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Algorithms know what you’re going to type next. This is how text predictors work.

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In the U.K., the Information Commissioner’s Office wants to regulate children’s privacy online.

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“Companies are realizing they need a new weapon in the war for attention: an editor-in-chief.”

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The International Space University has opened a Center for Space Entrepreneurship to educate the next generation of commercial space leaders.

Cool jobs & opportunities

The Association of Science-Technology Centers is expanding its staff and hiring for communications, advocacy, inclusion, membership, and finance roles in Washington, D.C.

The Spike Lab is looking for a part-time, remote entrepreneurship coach to work one-on-one with high school students.

Aspiring entrepreneurs can also learn the basics of starting and running a business from the Brian Hamilton Foundation’s free, self-paced online entrepreneurship course, Starter U.

We’re hiring an analyst or senior analyst in New York. Please share these openings with your network.

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