This is where original thinking comes back online.
The Curiosity Lab is built on the belief that
the most important strategic tool your organization has is the quality of thinking
your leaders bring to the table.
The secret to this approach is the something AI can't replace: the cognitive power of nature.
You're being asked to plan for genuine uncertainty in the most complex business environment we've ever seen.
Markets shift in days. Plans are obsolete before they're implemented. Meanwhile, leaders are spending their time learning how to write better AI prompts. But you know deep down that isn't good enough.
The key to unlocking our cognitive power in the flow of work will surprise you with its simplicity.
Neuroscience and biophilic design have proven that nature activates the part of our brains responsible for strategic thinking. Not only as a wellness gesture, but also as a cognitive benefit.
The Curiosity Lab is built on this science. Nature isn't a beautiful backdrop. It's the strategic intervention.
Inside the lab, we show leaders how to bring the cognitive power of nature into the flow of real strategic work, without taking your team on a costly retreat.
The approach uses science-backed tools to deliver the cognitive benefits of nature, paired with expert strategic facilitation to help teams tackle their biggest strategic question about the future. It is strategic planning reimagined.
This is a truly innovative approach that we are studying and evolving in real-time.
We are looking for forward-looking leaders who have difficult problems to solve and a willingness to step out of status quo thinking to solve them using nature as the catalyst for deeper, more strategic thinking than status quo conditions allow.
Combat Cognitive Depletion
20 minutes in a natural setting drops the stress hormone most directly linked to cognitive depletion.
(Hunter et al., Frontiers in Psychology, 2019)
The Science is Unambiguous:
Nature activates the part of the brain responsible for strategic thinking and .
it sparks a true cognitive shift, not just a wellness gesture.
A More Open Mind
The "soft fascination" that happens in nature reactivates the brain's deeper creative machinery.
(Kaplan & Kaplan, 1989; Basu, Duvall & Kaplan, 2019)
15% higher creativity
Workers in environments with natural elements report 15% higher creativity than those in conventional offices.
(Human Spaces Global Biophilic Design Study)
50% Increase in Problem Solving
Four days in nature, disconnected from devices, produced a 50% improvement in creative problem-solving on validated measures.
(Atchley, Strayer & Atchley, PLOS ONE, 2012)
The Curiosity Lab is built on this science.
Nature isn't a beautiful backdrop.
It's the strategic intervention.
The Curiosity Lab helps leaders create the specific conditions required to unlock the deeper strategic thinking they need to prepare their business for a future we can’t yet see.
Inside the Curiosity Lab, leaders participate in an expert-facilitated strategy session where we switch off the tech and connect into nature to ignite the specific cognitive state where creative problem solving actually becomes possible.
You, or your team, bring the strategic question that has you stuck. We create the specific conditions your brain actually needs to solve them.
Expert facilitation to help you go deeper than what is at the surface.
Intentional disconnection from the tech that keeps you distracted.
Nature as the catalyst to ignite the part of your brain that gets buried by checklists and slides.
This is the space where your best thinking is waiting.
Three options, one powerful experience.
Team Experience
Your team has the answer. They just can't access it in a conference room. Bring one strategic question and up to 10 people. We create the conditions for the kind of thinking that doesn't happen under fluorescent lights.
Half-day facilitated session
Session recap included
Post-session AI prompts to move ideas into action
Cross-Functional Experience
Different teams. Different questions. One shared cognitive shift. Up to 20 people, each working their own strategic question in the same space. The cross-pollination alone changes what's possible.
2–3 hour facilitated experience
Post-session AI prompts included
Ideal for offsites, conferences and leadership events
Individual Experience
The question keeping you up at night deserves more than another go around with AI. This 1:1 session is built entirely around your thinking, your question, and your next move. You leave with clarity you couldn't manufacture alone.
90-minute session, remote or in-person
Post-session AI prompts to move insight into action
Immersive experiences that unlock your innate intelligence, without the boring frameworks.
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Marissa is a deeply gifted facilitator and thinker whose work sits at the intersection of transformation, human potential, narrative, and the future of work. She has a rare ability to help people and organizations navigate transformation.
- Bobby Jones, Co-Founder, Conspiracy of Love
Frequently Asked Questions
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Click on the “learn more” button on this page to sign up for more information and details on how to participate or host a lab. You’ll receive more details via email and information for how to book your session.
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Nothing I do is status quo. The experience from start to finish is about helping you access the deeper part of your human curiosity. When was the last time someone did that for you in the flow of corporate work?
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If you have questions and want to talk, use the “book a discovery call” link at the top of the page.
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Companies and leaders who join us 3Q 2026 will receive preferential pricing in exchange for candid feedback to support the evolution of this innovative process.
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Enlightening. You’ll see things you didn’t know you could. You’ll connect dots that were hidden before. You’ll feel a freedom you haven’t had in decades. For real. Jump in and give it a try.