Envisioning Labs is an award-winning innovation consultancy that assists organizations address global challenges by designing futures and building innovations that matter. This is the work we do.

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WE BUILD INNOVATIONS THAT MATTER
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About Us
Envisioning Labs is an award-winning
innovation consultancy that assists
organizations with designing futures and
building innovations that matter.
Our expertise on emerging technologies and
innovation methodologies allow us to empower
our clients in creating value-added assets. These
assets may take the form of new products,
services, experiences or business models that
ensure our clients remain relevant in their industry
while staying ahead of the competition.
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We work with
organizations
that
contribute to
UN’s SDGs
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What we do
CORPORATE INNOVATION
Behind everything we do is a desire
to spread innovative thinking and the
techniques that support it so we can
all better address important
problems. We educate corporate
teams on how to systematically
innovate.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
If the project warrants a proof-of-
concept prototype to more concretely
clarify what to build, we can research
and develop a solution/experience that
may involve data, software or hardware
components, or more likely a
combination of these.
ENVISIONING SERVICES
Envisioning is our process for
helping you understand what to
build, it’s the process of designing
futures and understanding the
technological, societal and
environmental vectors that will
influence the creation of new
products, services or business
models.
DIGITAL INNOVATION
From designing blockchain-powered
platforms that provide refugees with an
incorruptible medical ID to designing
mobile-based applications to educate
about biodiversity in Latin America, our
digital innovation services integrate
technologies that create engaging
experiences for social and/or
environmental impact.
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Project
SHOWCASE

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7. Digital Twin / AI Assistant
BONN-ie
Client:
T-Mobile / Deutsche Telekom
Challenge:
How can digital technologies and sensor data
make ci3es more livable for their ci3zens,
especially those that are disadvantaged? HeroX
and Deutsche Telekom Challenge.
Solution:
Our award-winning solu3on proposed a smart
city assistant for the city of Bonn, Germany that
is customized for every ci3zen and visitor, using
any language and accessible through mobile
devices & public kiosks.
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8. Organization:
Microso4
Challenge:
Foster MicrosoI’s internal innova3on in the
Customer Service and Support division while
leveraging tech transfers from the company’s
Research Division.
Solution:
Our consultants assisted in the establishment of
the first Innova3on Lab for Customer Support in
one of the largest soIware companies in the
world. The project involved the design,
implementa3on and deployment of an internal
innova3on en3ty that collected ideas from 8,000
employees worldwide. We were involved in
seTng up the mechanisms for cura3ng, triaging,
prototyping and deploying proof of concepts for
new products and product features.
Building an
Innovation Lab
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VANCOUVER 2025
Organization:
City of Vancouver
Challenge:
City of Vancouver’s Mayor Gregor Robertson
commissioned Envisioning Labs to run an
innova3on workshop in order to propose
technological solu3ons to address a social
concern in the city: urban poverty.
Solution:
Envisioning Labs facilitated an idea3on
hackathon and innova3on workshop that
brought in professionals from diverse
backgrounds and from several organiza3ons
including MicrosoI, SAP, the Bri3sh Columbia
government, Vancity, NGOs and local hi-tech
startups. The workshop rendered a total of nine
proposals that were submi[ed to the City. Ideas
ranged from digital wallets to poverty tracking
and allevia3on using a mix of low-tech and hi-
tech (big data and machine learning) solu3ons.
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10. Innovating for
Employment Success
Organization:
Bri=sh Columbia Ministry of Social
Innova=on / MOSAIC
Challenge:
Reduce underemployment of professional
Canadian newcomers in their ini3al five years in
the country.
Solution:
Envisioning Labs craIed the design of a new
service/business model that allowed new
immigrants to gain experience in their field of
exper3se as soon as they landed in the country.
We trained new Canadians in innova3on
methodologies that they used in solving real-
world projects provided by sponsored
companies. Par3cipants gained immediate
Canadian experience in professional projects
thereby boos3ng their resumes and
employability, while sponsor companies were
able to obtain proof of concepts of an innova3on
that posi3vely impacted their businesses.
Social Innovation
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11. MARINE
MONITORING
Organization:
Ocean Networks Canada
Challenge:
Raise awareness of efforts to protect ocean
wildlife while engaging the public in mari3me
monitoring.
Solution:
Envisioning Labs facilitated an innova3on
workshop and training sessions with marine
biologists, developers, researchers, designers
and members of the Vancouver Innova3on Labs.
The resul3ng ideas and prototypes ranged from
live gamifica3on of shark monitoring to
crowdsourced harmoniza3on of research data.
Innovation Training
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12. Research &
Development
LUXURY
CLOUD
Organization:
Ombrae Studios
Challenge:
Luxury brands like Lamborghini and Louis Vui[on
use our client’s technology to produce samples
that took up to a month to produce. We were
tasked with idea3ng a process and developing a
cloud-based applica3on to cut down prototyping
3me and simplifying the back-and-forth
communica3on aIer a sample was delivered.
Solution:
We developed a cloud-based plaaorm that
allows any user with li[le or no training to build
online prototypes and preview final products in
real 3me. The solu3on was able to cut down
prototyping 3mes by 80% as users were
crea3ng, tweaking and visualizing the samples
themselves before commiTng to produc3on.
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13. R&D: Artificial Intelligence
SPEECH
RECOGNITION
Organization:
Vancouver Aquarium
Challenge:
Produce an interac3ve installa3on for the beluga
whales in the Aquarium by which visitors can
interact and ‘talk’ with the animals.
Solution:
Developed a prototype of an AI speech
recogni3on soIware for beluga whale
vocaliza3on that could transcribe basic sounds
emi[ed by the mammals into visualiza3ons
that the public could interact with.
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14. 3D Printing and
Additive Manufacturing
Organization:
Na=onal Research Council Canada
Challenge:
Our company won Canada’s “3D Prin(ng and
Addi(ve Manufacturing: Metal Powder Bed
Density Test Equipment” challenge organized by
Innova3ve Solu3ons Canada and sponsored by
the Na3onal Research Council. The la[er
organiza3on was seeking new solu3ons to
enable the tes3ng of metal powder bed density
in addi3ve manufacturing processes.
Solution:
We developed a gravimetry-based, precision test
equipment prototype capable of determining
the density of each 3D printed layers in an
addi3ve manufacturing process. The final
objec3ve of the project is to commercialize a
device that helps 3D print complex metal pieces
in the aerospace, manufacturing, transporta3on
and healthcare industries.
Research & Development
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15. SUSTAINABILITY
INDICATORS
Organization:
University of Bri=sh Columbia
Challenge:
The University of Bri3sh Columbia through the
Centre of Interac3ve Research on Sustainability
commissioned Envisioning Labs to understand
the commercial opportunity for the
development of mobile & cloud applica3ons for
sustainability awareness in smart buildings.
Solution:
Envisioning Labs was hired to conduct an
innova3on discovery project with the Centre’s
execu3ve team and assisted in pinpoin3ng the
business opportunity that laid the founda3on for
the subsequent development of digital tools.
Innovation Training
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16. CLIMATE CHANGE
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Organization:
Simon Fraser University
Challenge:
Envisioning Labs par3cipated in Simon Fraser
University’s Ideas Compe33on addressing sea
level rise. The main objec3ve was to come up
with crea3ve ideas to mi3gate the imminent
effects of sea level rise due to climate change in
the Metro Vancouver area.
Solution:
We developed a mathema3cal algorithm that
assigns a tradable risk currency to proper3es
that are expected to be submerged, affected by
floods or become coastline. Our team proposed
the core principles of a new economy that is
based on the risk of property submergence as a
direct consequence of sea level rise.
Ideation & Prototyping
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17. Digital Innovation
The Mobile Zoo
Organization
Conserva3on Sanctuary Africam Safari
Challenge
Educate the general public about
biodiversity using an engaging mobile
experience for one of the largest
drive-through natural reserves in La3n
America.
Solution
We built a digital plaaorm, mobile app and a bluetooth
beacon network that worked together to trigger
educa3onal stories in the user’s device while driving
through the various animal sta3ons. The solu3on used
Google maps to indicate the areas in which visitors could
discover animals, restaurants and services by listening to
the verbal indica3ons generated by the beacons or by
consul3ng the map shown in the applica3on. Furthermore,
the app incorporated a gamifica3on strategy through
quizzes presented to users in specific spots that earn them
virtual coins; these coins could later be redeemed in the
park’s shops and restaurants.
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We also run these communities:
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About the Vancouver
Innovation Labs
Envisioning Labs has been running the Vancouver
Innova3on Labs since September 2013; it is an open
plaaorm for anybody interested in discussing and
learning about new technological trends and their
poten3al applica3on in business, society and the
environment. The group has a[racted an eclec3c mix
of technologists, sociologists, researchers, designers
and overall innova3on enthusiasts.
Envisioning Vancouver 2025
Internet of Things
Nanotechnology
The Value of a Transdisciplinary Mind
Social Innova3on
Advanced Materials
Robots & Androids
Incremental & Radical Innova3on
Bitcoin and Financial Engineering
Big Data
The Future of Healthcare
Cloud Scale Machine Learning
Innova3on Trends
Virtual & Augmented Reality
The Future of Work
Disrup3ve Technologies
Genomics
Quantum Compu3ng
Topics covered Membership expertise
Business
Informa3on
Technology
Web Technologies
Design
Big Data
Finance
Marke3ng
Engineering
Innova3on
Mobile Technologies
AI/Robo3cs
Healthcare
Art
Gene3cs
Hardware
Material Science
Product Design
Social Science
Sustainability
Bioinforma3cs
Economics
Electronics
Industrial Design
Investment
Life Sciences
Physics
Research
Telecommunica3ons
TV & Film
Law
Transporta3on
3D Technologies
Accoun3ng
Agriculture
Architecture
Biotechnology
Government
Social Innova3on
Urban Planning
Visual Analy3cs
Wearables
Mining
Natural Resources
Organizations we’ve worked with
MicrosoI
City of Vancouver
Plenty of Fish
Ocean Networks
Canada
Canada’s Digital
Media Centre of
Excellence
Ombrae Studios
NGRAIN
NASA
IBM
SAP
UBC
MistyWest
Red Global MX
CityAge
SOHO Business
Group
MakerLabs
BDO
Envisioning Labs - Innovation Communities
Membership
2,000+(Vancouver Innova(on Labs + Vancouver Innova(on Crunch + Vancouver
Corporate Innova(on Group)
About the Vancouver
Corporate Innovation Group
The Vancouver Corporate Innova3on Group has a
central mandate of assis3ng intrapreneurs (corporate
innovators) with their mandate of genera3ng value in
their respec3ve organiza3ons by crea3ng new
products, services, experiences and business models.

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