The Gen Lab

The Gen Lab began as a popup cluster of extraordinary collaborators working to understand and shape the intersections emerging technologies and learning. Since then, The Gen Lab has evolved from an organization to processes infused with the concepts of Generation and Entanglement, relying on cognitive diversity, infiltrating the established order of higher education, non-profits, and visionary businesses, planting idea-bombs. Walter Dario Di Mantova, Founder of The Gen Lab, orchestrates the radical use of these concepts for clients and partners, balancing creativity and complexity, anticipation and action, focus and free thought. He’s collaborated with higher ed to create new opportunities for learners to succeed and cooperated with R & D Centers to generate new knowledge. He’s been part of multiple emerging enterprises and designed Innovation Districts and Solutions Centers where the future incubates. The Gen Lab sees the glitches between technologies and humans, for the bugs that become features. The Gen Lab’s efforts don’t predict the future – it provokes them into existence. We offer: -- Interactive Gen Sessions, where partners generate models of potential futures and how to get there. -- Octopus Thinking Events, identifying intersections the “Eight Wares’: Hardware, Software, Wetware, Know-Ware, Silverware, Every-Ware, No-Ware, and Beware. -- Shock and Awe Keynotes focused on today’s seemingly improbable tech advances—and how to respond. -- Gen Views: High value, comprehensive insights on rapidly evolving technologies to use in planned decision-making. -- Third Space Designs of the Purposes, People, Products and Place to create powerfully successful Innovation Districts and Solution Centers. -- The Canto System Knowledge Graphic Mapping to generate innovative disciplinary connections. -Quantum Thought Entanglement Networks to build unique webs of insights across parallel universes of expertise. Why? Because The Future is Closer Than You Think