Innovation ServicesEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ARE YOU SEEKING TO…
Create a new product or service
Delight your customers with new experiences
Amplify your brand message in innovative ways
Avoid disruption in your business
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Exploit the latest tech to stay ahead of your competitors
INTERESTED IN HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES CAN TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF YOUR BUSINESS?
Let us help you connect the dots
Envisioning Labs is a Vancouver-based innovation house that assists organizations in identifying growth, innovation and business opportunities. Our expertise on emerging technologies and innovation methodologies allow us to empower our clients in creating value-added assets be it products, services or experiences ensuring relevance in their industry while staying ahead of the competition.
About UsGET TO KNOW US
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Core Innovation Services
Sample Projects
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Core Innovation Services
Sample Projects
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Testimonials
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Innovation Services
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
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“Business as usual”
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Innovative Organization
DiagnoseIDENTIFY YOUR TECH GAPS
LearnACCELERATE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
IdeateUSE THE POWER OF OUR COMMUNITY
TestEVALUATE YOUR INNOVATION
DevelopCREATE THE NEXT BIG THING
Innovation Needs Analysis
Innovation Training
Crowdsourced Idea Generator
Innovation Development
Innovation Testing
Innovation Services
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
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DiagnoseIDENTIFY YOUR TECH GAPS
LearnACCELERATE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
IdeateUSE THE POWER OF OUR COMMUNITY
TestEVALUATE YOUR INNOVATION
DevelopCREATE THE NEXT BIG THING
Innovation Needs Analysis
Innovation Training
Crowdsourced Idea Generator
Innovation Development
Innovation Testing
This service generates a quick snapshot of your organization that
identifies gaps in technology readiness and innovation best
practices. A cost-effective way of determining where you should
focus and invest resources strategically to reap the benefits of
innovation and technological trends right away.
Innovation Services
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
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LearnACCELERATE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
IdeateUSE THE POWER OF OUR COMMUNITY
TestEVALUATE YOUR INNOVATION
DevelopCREATE THE NEXT BIG THING
Innovation Training
Crowdsourced Idea Generator
Innovation Development
Innovation Testing
The notion that innovation is the exclusive domain of large research
budgets and geniuses is a myth. We teach a practical methodology
that allows organizations to systematically determine where
opportunities for growth lie and how to exploit them.
Two options:
DiagnoseIDENTIFY YOUR TECH GAPSInnovation Needs Analysis
1-Day Innovation Workshop Introduces the basic concepts of systematic innovation. Learn techniques, tricks and hacks that would help your organization apply quick wins through identifying and scoping innovation opportunities.
5-Day Innovation Workshop + Prototype Full-time, hands-on innovation training where participants learn to not only pinpoint innovation opportunities, but act upon them. In addition to building innovation capacity for up to 7 participants, this workshop’s key deliverable is an early-stage prototype of a new product, service or experience that adds value to the organization.
Innovation Services
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
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IdeateUSE THE POWER OF OUR COMMUNITY
TestEVALUATE YOUR INNOVATION
DevelopCREATE THE NEXT BIG THING
Crowdsourced Idea Generator
Innovation Development
Innovation Testing
Need creative ideas outside of your company’s walls? Envisioning Labs leads a 1,000+ member innovation community
in Vancouver that we engage through innovation challenges and hackathon events (structured ideation workshops). Enrol
the brainpower of the crowds to come up with innovative concepts and fresh commercial ideas. Two options:
DiagnoseIDENTIFY YOUR TECH GAPSInnovation Needs Analysis
Innovation ChallengeIdeal for organizations seeking to address focused problems. Our consultants assist you in pinpointing and defining an innovation challenge while ensuring that your intellectual property is protected at all times. Once the challenge is defined it is announced to our community where members attempt to provide a solution within a stipulated timeframe. Solvers earn a cash reward for their solution.
HackathonThis type of service works best for organizations seeking to outsource ideas for open-ended themes. Community members participate in a 1-day structured ideation session where teams compete for a cash prize in coming up with the most creative idea or concept that addresses the theme.
LearnACCELERATE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
Innovation Training
Innovation Services
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
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TestEVALUATE YOUR INNOVATION
DevelopCREATE THE NEXT BIG THINGInnovation Development
Innovation Testing
Our subject matter experts on software, hardware, design, research and business work side by side with your organization in identifying
an innovation opportunity, polishing it into an actionable idea and building a commercial proof of concept. Our multidisciplinary
approach allows to offer our clients a cost-effective service, normally pushing complex projects from ideation to a Minimum Viable Product
(MVP) in as little as 30-45 days.
This service is one of the best ways to rapidly and cost-effectively increase your intellectual property portfolio and explore new
commercialization streams.
DiagnoseIDENTIFY YOUR TECH GAPSInnovation Needs Analysis
LearnACCELERATE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
Innovation Training
IdeateUSE THE POWER OF OUR COMMUNITYCrowdsourced Idea Generator
Innovation Services
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
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TestEVALUATE YOUR INNOVATIONInnovation Testing
Does your organization already have a product or service and want to collect valuable user feedback before putting it in front
of your customers? Depending upon the nature of your innovation (idea/product/service/experience) we can offer a
handful of selected subject matter experts on a specific industry to assess a new technological product, or call in a sizeable group to evaluate an innovative experience before launch.
Use the technological strength and knowledge of our specialized consultants and community members to gather
valuable, professional feedback.
DiagnoseIDENTIFY YOUR TECH GAPSInnovation Needs Analysis
LearnACCELERATE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
Innovation Training
IdeateUSE THE POWER OF OUR COMMUNITYCrowdsourced Idea Generator
DevelopCREATE THE NEXT BIG THINGInnovation Development
Core Innovation Services
Sample Projects
Photos - In Action
Testimonials
Contents
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Sample ProjectsWE REALLY DO LOVE INNOVATION
Innovation Training Innovation Development
Envisioning Vancouver 2025 Client: City of Vancouver
Crowdsourced Innovation
Innovating for Employment SuccessClient: BC Ministry of Social Innovation
Maritime Monitoring Client: Ocean Networks Canada
Luxury Cloud Client: Ombrae Studios
Sustainability IndicatorsClient: UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Gravit8 Client: Natural Resources Canada
Project Sedna Client: Vancouver Aquarium
AR GiantsClient: Destination Canada / National Film Board
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Envisioning Vancouver 2025
Client: City of Vancouver
Challenge: City of Vancouver’s Mayor Gregor Robertson commissioned Envisioning Labs to run an innovation workshop in order to propose technological solutions to address a social concern in the city: urban poverty
Solution:Envisioning Labs facilitated an ideation hackathon and innovation workshop that brought in professionals from diverse backgrounds and from several organizations including Microsoft, SAP, the British Columbia government, Vancity, NGOs and local hi-tech startups. The workshop rendered a total of nine proposals that were submitted to the City. Ideas ranged from digital wallets to poverty tracking and alleviation using a mix of low-tech and hi-tech (big data and machine learning) solutions.
Cities Innovation Sandbox
Hackathon
NEW SERVICE
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Innovation for Employment Success
Client: British Columbia Ministry of Social Innovation / MOSAIC
Challenge: Reduce underemployment of professional Canadian newcomers in their initial five years in the country
Solution:Envisioning Labs crafted the design of a new service/business model that allowed new immigrants to gain experience in their field of expertise as soon as they landed in the country.We trained new Canadians in innovation methodologies that they used in solving real-world projects provided by sponsored companies. Participants gained immediate Canadian experience in professional projects thereby boosting their resumes and employability, while sponsor companies were able to obtain proof of concepts of an innovation that positively impacted their businesses
Social Innovation
Innovation Training
NEW SERVICE
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Maritime Monitoring
Client: Ocean Networks Canada
Challenge: Raise awareness of efforts to protect ocean wildlife while engaging the public in maritime monitoring
Solution:Envisioning Labs facilitated an innovation workshop and training sessions with marine biologists, developers, researchers, designers and members of the Vancouver Innovation Labs. The resulting ideas and prototypes ranged from live gamification of shark monitoring to crowdsourced harmonization of research data.
Ideation Workshop
Hackathon
NEW SERVICE
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Luxury Cloud
Client: Ombrae Studios
Challenge: Luxury brands like Lamborghini and Louis Vuitton use our client’s technology to produce samples that took up to a month to produce. We were tasked with ideating a process and developing a cloud-based application to cut down prototyping time and simplifying the back-and-forth communication after a sample was delivered
Solution:We developed a cloud-based platform that allows any user with little or no training to build online prototypes and preview final products in real time. The solution was able to cut down prototyping times by 80% as users were creating, tweaking and visualizing the samples themselves before committing to production
Product Development
Innovation Development
NEW SERVICE/PRODUCT
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Sustainability Indicators
Ideation Workshop
Crowdsourced/Innovation Training
NEW PRODUCT
Client: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability / University of British Columbia
Challenge: Understand the commercial opportunity for the development of mobile & cloud applications for sustainability awareness in smart buildings
Solution:Envisioning Labs was hired to conduct an innovation discovery project with the Centre’s executive team and assisted in pinpointing the business opportunity that laid the foundation for the subsequent development of digital tools
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Gravit8
Client: Test Tube / Natural Resources Canada
Challenge: Create an online platform that allows remote team formation/collaboration and fosters the development of innovation projects
Solution:Gravit8 is a cloud-based software that allows the creation of innovation projects from a pool of multidisciplinary participants.
Product Development
Crowdsourced Innovation
NEW PRODUCT
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Project Sedna
Client: Vancouver Aquarium
Challenge: Produce an interactive installation for the beluga whales in the Aquarium by which visitors can interact and ‘talk’ with the animals
Solution:Ongoing Project. Currently developing a speech recognition software for beluga whale vocalization that can transcribe sounds emitted by the mammals into visualizations/motions that the public can interact with.
Experimental Innovation
Crowdsourced Innovation
NEW EXPERIENCE
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AR Giants
Client: Destination Canada (target)
Challenge: Build the next generation of self-guided tour guides using augmented reality (AR)
Solution:Ongoing project. Mobile application of an augmented reality virtual tour guide that leads the user through the major landmarks of Vancouver and their stories. First prototype released in September 2016.
Product Development
Crowdsourced Innovation
NEW EXPERIENCE
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Core Innovation Services
Sample Projects
Photos - In Action
Testimonials
Contents
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Core Innovation Services
Sample Projects
Photos - In Action
Testimonials
Contents
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TestimonialsCITY COUNCILLOR KERRY JANG
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TestimonialsWHY WORK WITH US?
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Oscar Malpica - Envisioning Labs CEO [email protected] +1 (604) 362-2170
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