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Where exponential thinkers, achievers and visionaries converge determined to execute with relentless intent.

Our Purpose

To drive the evolution of impactful, autonomous systems that transform industries and interconnect economies by harnessing robust data structures through exponential technologies, digital intelligence, and cybersecurity—empowering individuals and organizations with actionable insights to maximize growth and abundance.

Lab of Labs

The Ecosystem for Limitless Futures

Our Lab of Labs is an accessible operational, collaborative ecosystem that integrates advanced, data-driven, AI-empowered technologies to co-create, test, and scale solutions for complex societal, industrial, and governmental challenges. We actively unite inter and crossinter-disciplinary teams—spanning academia, industry, government, and civil society—to:

Co-design and prototype socio-technical innovations by engaging stakeholders as co-researchers, co-developers and implementers ensuring solutions are context-aware and address practical needs.

Leverage systems science and advanced analytics to model, simulate, and optimize interventions, supporting evidence-based decision-making and sustainable and beneficial transformation across sectors.

Implement a test bed and experimental platforms to iteratively test and refine innovations in real-world environments, integrating feedback from diverse user groups and communities.

Facilitate open, decentralized collaboration through digital infrastructure and collective intelligence frameworks, accelerating the translation of ideas into impactful, scalable outcomes.

Continuously evaluate and adapt to emerging technological, social, and policy trends, ensuring our ecosystem remains at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and drives positive, systemic change.

By operationalizing this model, 1iLabs becomes a dynamic engine for collaborative innovation—bridging technology and human ingenuity to reimagine and improve the systems that shape our future.

Where you come to test any good idea

A sociotechnical ecosystem of advanced, data-driven AI-empowered technologies pushing the boundaries of what's possible for improved outcomes. 1iLabs iterates, pilots and solves for the real, immediate, and functional problems that ecosystems experience – in their actual environments and daily activities– that:

Are directly relevant to the context in which the solution will be used

Address specific challenges or gaps faced by users, such as improving productivity, reducing labor, enhancing welfare, increasing efficiency, or solving day-to-day problems

Go beyond theoretical or abstract considerations to focus on what will work and be beneficial in practice for those affected.

This collaborative space ensures innovations are not just technically sound or conceptually interesting, but genuinely useful, usable, and valuable for those they are intended to serve.

Cognitive Systems by Design

Where Human Limits Inform Machine Precision

Cognitive Systems by Design focuses on creating technology that works seamlessly with human thinking patterns and limitations [neurocognitive insights]. Instead of overwhelming people with complex systems, it builds tools that adapt to how our minds naturally process information, make decisions, and handle tasks[2][3][4].

Key Principles

Human-Centered Adaptation**: Systems automatically adjust their complexity based on real-time measurements of users' mental workload, like changing interface layouts when detecting signs of information overload[4][8].
Predictive Modeling: Uses simulations to test how humans and machines will interact before deployment, preventing designs that might strain attention or decision-making capacities[7][8].
Transparent AI: Algorithms include self-monitoring features that explain their reasoning, allowing users to understand and override automated decisions when needed[2][6].

Examples of Practical Applications

1. Workplace Tools: Dashboards that simplify data presentation during high-stress periods, then restore detailed views when cognitive capacity rebounds[4][8].

2. Healthcare Interfaces: Medical devices that prioritize critical alerts based on a surgeon’s current task and measured stress levels[3][6].

3. Public Systems: Transportation networks that adjust information displays during emergencies to support rapid yet accurate decision-making[2][7].

This approach combines neuroscience findings about human attention spans, memory constraints, and decision fatigue with machine learning models[5][6]. By continuously testing systems against these biological limits, designers create technologies that enhance rather than replace human capabilities-think spellcheck that improves writing without taking over composition, or navigation apps that simplify directions during complex maneuvers[4][8].

The ultimate goal is developing "team player" systems that:

Monitor their own impact on human performance
Provide just-enough support without causing dependency
Maintain clear accountability boundaries between human and machine roles[2][3][7]

This human-aware engineering philosophy is being applied across industries-from manufacturing control rooms that prevent operator burnout to financial platforms that help investors avoid cognitive biases during market volatility[6][8].

Sources

[1] What is Cognitive Architecture? Explained. | VEXXHOST https://vexxhost.com/blog/what-is-cognitive-architecture-explained/

[2] What is Cognitive Systems Engineering? - U.OSU https://u.osu.edu/csel/about/what-is-cse/

[3] Cognitive systems engineering - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_systems_engineering

[4] Cognitive Systems Design Index Page https://www.cognitivesystemsdesign.net

[5] Cognitive architecture - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_architecture

[6] Frontiers | Editorial: Brain-inspired cognition and understanding for next-generation AI: Computational models, architectures and learning algorithms https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1169027/full

[7] plen-03.pdf https://scs-europe.net/services/ecms2005/pdf/plen-03.pdf

[8] Intelligent Systems Design. Strong AI in Action (a neurocognitive approach) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/intelligent-systems-design-strong-ai-action-luis-mart%C3%ADn-the-druid-

Megan Brown
CEO and Co-Founder of BGS