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Laboratory5

Using a futures lens on data, science and creativity to produce applied outcomes for good.

INTRO

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAB

At Laboratory5 Inc. We look into the future using dashes of data to map and build human ecosystems. We use our skills as storytellers to co-create narratives for tools, training, and applied outcomes. Our primary clientele is governments, the military, higher education, industry trade associations and NGOs.

ABOUT

We Build Bespoke Ecosystems

ABOUT OUR FOUNDER

Cyndi Coon is a time traveler and rule-bender, nerding out for good using data and science. She is a storyteller, creative, ecosystem builder, facilitator, author, producer, and Futures experience designer.

Cyndi has peered into the future of: Aerospace, AI, Bio-Health, Covid-19, Design Fiction, Digital Currency, Disabilities, Games, [the] Individual, Information Warfare, Mis/Dis/Mal Information, Sports, Truth, Workforce, Weaponization and more.

She founded Laboratory5 Inc. in 2003. She is also Founder and Producing Director at Applied Futures Lab and Co-Builder of the Threatcasting Lab. She is on the board of directors of the People Centered Internet where she leads the i4j (global workforce), Global Help Desk and Coolabilities projects. She is a Co-Chair of the Human Wisdom Committee and on the Editorial Board of the IEEE Planet Positive 2030 Global Sustainability Standards.

Cyndi resides in the high desert mountains of northern New Mexico, USA, a dreamy space surrounded by nature.

AUTHOR

Threatcasting: Threatcasting (2022)

Coolabilities: HOW LIGHT IS SPENT: The future of technology, human ability and economic value (2020)

Creative Entrepreneurship: Thrive! Creative’s Guidebook to Professional Tenacity (2019) and Guerilla Success (2016)

Art and Poetry: Encyclopedia Series for a Post-Factual Era (2019), Drummond in My Order a Poetry Collection (2020), A Dose Of Hope: Arizona Stories through a Covid-19 Lens (2021/Limited Printing) and Art That Pops! for Scholastic (2006/Out of Print)

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE

Creative Entrepreneurship, Information Shaping, Threatcasting

Experience

Consteallation Of Experience

We are content agnostic, exploring across multi-disciplines.

AI, Biomimicry, Creativity, Coolabilities, Design Fiction, Design Justice, Digital Equity, Disabilities, Futurecasting, Gender Equality, Human Ecosystems, Inclusion, [the] Individual, Information Shaping, Information Warfare, Supply Chain Manufacturing, Mis/Dis/Mal Information, Neurodiversity, Resilient Communities, Science Futures, Sports, Sustainable Cities, Threatcasting, Time, Truth, Trust, Weaponization and United Nations SDGs.

PROJECTS AND PARTNERS

We create and produce across a range of domains. Some of our projects and partners include the following, click each name to learn more.

American Express Leadership Academy – Training & Coaching

American Institute of Chemical Engineers SECURE – Ecosystem Planner for National Test Beds

Applied Futures Lab – Built Lab / Conduct Futures Training, Research, Tools & Convenings

Army Cyber Institute – Futures Research & Production

Arizona National Guard – Futures Research & Training

Arizona State University Art Museum Ceramics Research Center – Experiential Producer

Arizona State University Office of the President – Experiential Producer & Ecosystem Builder

ASURE (Applied Research Lab) – Experiential Production, Futures Research & Ecosystem Builder

BioDesign Institute – Grand Challenge – Experiential Production / Convening

Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology – Experiential Production

Center for Imagination in the Borderlands – Trainer, Experiential Production & Ecosystem Builder

Center for Social Cohesion – Trainer & Experiential Production

Covid-19 Response – Futures Research, Experiential Production & Community Building

City of Tempe (Arts & Culture Division) – Experiential Production for Applied Imagination, STEM, Biomimicry and Residency programs

City of Glendale, AZ (Public Art Division) – Experiential Production & Trainer

Clinton Global Initiative U – Experiential Production

Conrad Foundation – Futures Trainer

Crafting Community for Splendid – Experiential Production

Creative Convergence XX (CCXX) – Experiential Production

Desert Botanical Garden – Experiential Production for Biomimicry, STEM & Horticulture Therapy programs

Digital Farm Collective – Research, Training, Production, Community Building

Digital Equity Institute – DEI Ecosystem Building

Downtown Tempe Community (DTC) – Experiential Production and Community Building

Ellevate Network – Phoenix – Experiential Production & Training

Emerge – Future of Truth, Future of Me, Carnival of the Future, Future of Sport -Experiential Futures Production

Future of the American Dream Town Hall – Experiential Production & Community Building

Future Arts Research – Experiential Production & Community Building

Future of War – Experiential Production & Community Building

Future of Arts and Culture Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts in partnership with Bennington College – Futures Research, Training and Production

Future of For-Profit Education Institutional Design Frontiers – Futures Research, Training and Production

Grand Canyon Trust for National Geographic Films – Experiential Design

IEEE Planet Positive – Stewardship

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) – Community Development

Maricopa County – DEI Digital Equity

Moral Injury Initiative For PLuS Alliance – Experiential Production

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts – Experiential Production

National Security Innovation Network Accelerator for Dual Use Technology – Experiential Production & Ecosystem Builder

Northern Arizona University – Future of Facilities Grand Challenge Experiential Production & Facilitation

People Centered Internet – Futures Workforce Ecosystem Builder

Re-Imagining the Future of Education Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College – Grand Challenge – Experiential Training

Sandia National Laboratories – Futures Research