Luminary Labs

We are energized by complex, multistakeholder spaces where the solutions are not obvious and the potential for impact is high. Our work spans a broad cross-section of topics across four focus areas: education and the future of work, scientific breakthroughs, future of health, and infrastructure.

We are agile, “no surprises” consultants who work hand-in-hand with government, foundation, and private-sector clients. To help organizations “make it real,” we convene multidisciplinary stakeholders, facilitate alignment among partners, map ecosystems, create frameworks for thoughtful and considered decision-making, build scenarios around opportunity areas, select pathways, design strategic programs — and ultimately, operationalize and launch new initiatives. When the bets are big and the stakes are high, our clients come to us for rapid alignment, smart strategies, and agile execution.

We deliberately design pilots and incentive programs for both short-term and long-term ambitions. When Osso VR won the EdSim Challenge, it was a newly established company. Since then, the company has deployed its solution in more than 20 global hospital residency programs and now employs over 100 people. Last year, the winner of the Opioid Detection Challenge was awarded a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) contract to conduct the first phase of a pilot program; its advanced threat algorithms detect narcotics and opioids that are shipped and concealed in mail and other packages. And the results of MagQuest will inform the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s acquisition strategy for a World Magnetic Model data collection capability, with an expected procurement that can provide operational capacity by 2027. We also design pilot programs to validate and refine concepts: CTE CyberNet, initially a three-location pilot, is now set to expand into additional locations.