Design the experiment
Translate the opportunity and shared direction into a focused proposition, a practical test, and a coalition capable of learning together.
PROPOSITION · COALITION · PILOT DESIGN
THE INITIATIVE LAB · DESIGN · PILOT · SCALE
Where shared direction becomes a working initiative.
The Initiative Lab leads the latter part of the BPG process. It turns a defined opportunity into a practical experiment, launches and learns with partners, and builds the support needed to grow.
THE LATTER HALF OF THE BPG PROCESS
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Design. Pilot. Scale.
Some opportunities need more than a recommendation. The Initiative Lab gives them a place to be designed, tested, and prepared for scale. Ideas may emerge from consulting, consortium work, partners, or system gaps—and advance only as evidence and commitment grow.
Launch and learn
Run the pilot with partners and generate evidence about demand, delivery, outcomes, and the conditions required for shared ownership.
PROTOTYPING · DELIVERY · LEARNINGBuild for scale
Shape the governance, team, venture model, partnerships, and capital pathway needed for the initiative to continue, scale, or become independent.
VENTURE BUILDING · GOVERNANCE · INVESTMENT
THE SHARED PLATFORM
Consilium supports the work on both sides of BPG Labs.
Consilium is the AI-supported workspace beneath the entire BPG process. The evidence, perspectives, decisions, and ownership developed during consulting carry forward into pilot design; learning from the Initiative Lab then strengthens the shared model and the path to scale.
Consulting Discover → map → decide
Initiative Lab Design → pilot → scale
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CURRENT INITIATIVES
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A portfolio at different stages.
Nourish Collective
Exploring shared value across local food systems, preventive health, agriculture, and life sciences.
NEEDED NEXT A pilot region, operating partners, and catalytic support.
See the projectMultistakeholder Drinking
An informal Brussels gathering for people who want to exchange ideas and move collective innovation forward.
NEEDED NEXT Participants and partners interested in hosting future gatherings.
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EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE INITIATIVE LAB
Built for the space between analysis and action.
BPG Labs brings together facilitation, systems thinking, quantitative strategy, and hands-on innovation practice—so insight does not stop at a report.
20+years navigating complex systems
100+strategy and analytics engagements
Cross-sectorexperience spanning public, private, and civic work
PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK
An independent practice with a collaborative reach.
BPG Labs is led by Brian Goodman and works through focused collaborations with people who bring the expertise a challenge or experiment demands.
FOUNDER · BPG LABS
Brian Goodman
Innovation strategist, systems thinker, facilitator, and quantitative problem-solver with more than 20 years of cross-sector experience.
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COLLABORATOR · CONSILIUM
Michael Sattler
Multiple-time founder and AI product and venture operator. Michael brings the venture-creation machinery that turns a validated idea into something investable rather than simply interesting.
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COLLABORATE OR SUPPORT
Help an initiative move from possibility to practice.
Bring an opportunity, become a pilot partner, contribute expertise, help build a venture, or explore how philanthropic and investment support could accelerate the work.