BP - On this week’s episode, we talk with Jamie Boothroyd, Head of Planning, Optimization, and Pricing at BP about how the $244 billion oil and gas company adapts consumer technology to solve business problems and why starting with yourself is the best practice for kick-starting innovation at your company.
#UnlockingInnovation is a podcast by EX3 Labs, produced in partnership with 1871 Chicago.
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ISTC - As President and CEO of the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, Mark Harris is always asking how his organization “can do a better job elevating Illinois.” On this week’s episode of #UnlockingInnovation, he gets in-depth about how collaboration facilitates change and how ISTC uses data to measure Illinois’ innovative efforts.
#UnlockingInnovation is a podcast by EX3 Labs, produced in partnership with 1871 Chicago.
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FCB, one of the largest global advertising agency networks, was looking for innovative ways to enhance their brand offerings. FCB reached out to EX3 Labs for thought leadership in emerging technology with the goal of creating customized immersive learning experiences and ideation sessions for their business and creative teams.
As a way to celebrate Black History Month, leaders from BMO’s Black Professionals’ Network approached EX3 Labs to deliver a memorable, tech-forward exhibit at their annual celebration.
BMO - “202 years didn’t happen by chance,” says SVP Leslie Anderson of BMO Harris Bank on her company’s legacy of innovation. On this week’s episode, she talks with us about keeping a large organization nimble through partnerships, how she builds an engaged workforce, and her bold predictions about the future of banking.
#UnlockingInnovation is a podcast by EX3 Labs, produced in partnership with 1871 Chicago.
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Experience Design Firm, EX3 Labs introduced it’s EX3 Ideation Lab at 1871 Chicago. The official unveiling brought together leaders in innovation across industries to experience the lab’s state-of-the-art Design Thinking station as well as a wide variety of emerging technology demos. The space was designed with corporate clients in mind; curated to ignite problem-solving, help teams get out of silos to ideate with speed and efficiency, and learn to use empathy to deliver solutions.
“I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know Adam and his team. He was one of the first entrepreneurs that I met when I joined and it’s been an absolute pleasure. I think my whole team can agree that [EX3 Labs] is sort of the epitome of what we want members to look and feel like, being totally invested in our community... and just being a tremendous partner to us. So, thank you for letting us be a part of this experience,” said 1871 CEO, Betsy Ziegler, during her opening address.
60 attendees of the unveiling experienced:
- A technology showcase (featuring augmented and virtual reality, projection mapping technology, artificial intelligence, and more), grouped based on their potential to make an impact in the customer, workforce, and talent experience.
- State-of-the-art remote conferencing capabilities, including voice command video meetings with 120° FOV camera and G-Suite integration.
- A Design Thinking station and whiteboard room; designed to facilitate collaboration, storyboard, and prototype ideas.
The EX3 Ideation Lab will allow corporations to come together to collaborate and use Design Thinking to solve challenges. EX3 Labs invited corporations into the space to deliver solutions