Within a larger legacy organization it can often be difficult to effectively evaluate and strategically implement various innovation ideas. This framework is the process we have developed and implemented to evaluate a portfolio of innovation ideas for strategic investment and development.

The campus is like a small country with governance, citizens, tourists, etc. How does the next wave of “smart” principles get applied within the clearly defined boundaries of a campus – education, healthcare, and beyond.

Public data has the power to transform the ways in which cities are configured, services are delivered and equity can be maintained. What are some ways Detroit can leverage open data technology?

What does a data-centric approach to insights look like? In elementary school we learn the traditional scientific method. In the world of big data however, there is a total transformation in the fundamental approaches to research and analysis.

The past decade has seen an incredible shift in user expectations when it comes to products and services. Using technology to augment the capabilities and intelligence of spaces can allow for them to function as more unique, more effective, and more customized interfaces to allow users to engage in meaningful and delightful activities.

How do the ways we develop data and insights change with the application of technology? Are there new and untapped ways to understand user behavior in spaces at all scales?

What is artificial intelligence and why is everyone talking about it? AI covers a wide variety of domains from cognitive science to statistics and programming, but a very simple definition would be teaching computers to imitate (and eventually replicate) human intelligence. Extended Intelligence by contrast is human and artificial intelligence working in concert to solve problems.

In the spectrum of AI there is a deep pool of potential around the processing of images – everything from static images of anything you can screenshot to photography and even live video. We dive right in with some explorations.

Using the use case of Amazon’s 2nd HQ search, we explore how different methodologies of site selection compare – designer intuition, data-driven insight and AI-driven.