We partnered with FCB Chicago and 1871 to donate our third Immersive Learning Lab to Daniel Boone Elementary School as part of our Immersive Learning Lab Mission.

Part of EX3 Labs' mission as a company is maintaining a commitment to being a net giver to the city of Chicago and the technology community. This commitment has led to the foundation of the Immersive Learning Lab Mission, which provides technologies and lesson plans to Chicago Public Schools. In April of 2018, thanks to our partnership with Alight, the Immersive Learning Lab Mission was able to make its second donation to Walter H. Dyett High School.

EX3 Labs is proud to announce the unveiling of an Immersive Learning Lab at George M. Pullman Elementary School. This donation, which will provide students with a classroom of virtual reality headsets as well as over 900 Google Expeditions virtual field trips and lesson plans, was unveiled during an open house for parents and students on September 27th.

Faced with rapid technological advancements and evolving consumer needs, the cooking division from Whirlpool, one of the world’s top manufacturers of home appliances, was looking to stay ahead of an increasingly competitive landscape.

Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies with a new presence in Chicago, understood that they had a unique opportunity to educate consumers about where their everyday items come from and the processes used to mine. They partnered with EX3 Labs to host an event for Chicago Ideas Week in the EX3 Ideation Lab.

Test Two

BP, a one-hundred-year-old oil and gas company, was facing rapid changes to product demand, availability, and environmental conditions was looking for innovative ways to improve supply chain operations. BP reached out to EX3 Labs to engage both their supply chain team and their customers in an interactive, collaborative Innovation Day.

“I can’t think of an industry that has a greater impact on the future of our society,” says Phil Nevels, Director of Innovation and Partnerships at Exelon. He joins us on #UnlockingInnovation to share how his company's mission to provide reliable, clean, affordable and innovative energy products is helping to create a brighter and more sustainable future. Phil also provides insight into how his team uses an incremental approach to change within the 34,000 person organization.

“There’s disruption happening around us all the time… it’s about understanding how quickly that’s going to happen and how fast you need to respond,” says Shannon Gilmore, Managing Director at KPMG. In this week’s episode, she breaks down KPMG’s approach to innovation, how she evaluates enterprise investment opportunities, and keys for leading remote teams.