LuminaGroup®

LuminaGroup® is an independent consulting firm focused on helping established and emerging business innovators develop and deliver effective solutions. We are a network of independent top-tier experts that offers a variety of strategic and tactical advisory services, including customized training and executive briefings. We help our clients understand the implications of the rapidly evolving technology and regulatory landscape, how it impacts them, and what they can and should be doing in response. We help them focus and leverage their human and technological resources for maximum effect and competitive advantage. 

We emphasize knowledge transfer so that our clients can benefit long term from our services. We are not the sort of consultants who depart without ensuring that you can understand and use what we have brought to your organization.

Leverage
Navigating the tumultuous waters of the Internet for your business, organization, or government agency has become very challenging. How do you make sense of the waves of confusing and conflicting information? How can you know what is credible and what is not?

Translating Geek to English has become something of a cliche, thrown around with abandon. And yet, the need is real for trusted advisors who can explain complex technical issues to business-focused leadership, and convey business needs and goals in a way that technical experts can easily understand. This is something we excel in. With misinformation growing at an exponential rate, and massive buzz and hype, there is a great deal of confusion and FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt), especially around these topics, and we can provide the guidance you need to fully understand them and how they can or might affect your strategy. Examples include: 

• Trust, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), and Privacy

• Blockchain/Web3 (including Decentralized Data & Apps, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, Non-Fungible Tokens - NFTs)

• Encryption - what kind, when and how to use it, how to evaluate what is best for your purposes, common pitfalls to avoid

• Identity & Access Management (IAM), Single Sign-On (SSO), Identity Federation, Attributes, Digital Wallets, and Self-Sovereign Identity [SSI]

• Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

You must make sense of it all if your organization is to thrive in this ever more competitive and complex, knowledge-based, technology-empowered economy. Now more than ever organizations must leverage their existing resources and information assets to meet their goals in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, which also allows businesses to achieve and sustain competitive advantage.

Trust and collaboration are at the root of many of the challenges organizations face today and for the foreseeable future. These are some of the key issues we focus on: 

• Trust and Safety

  • Who can you trust? What can you trust? To do what, and when? And how can you be sure, now and into the future?

  • How can you assure your customers, partners, and those who interact with you online that they can trust you? 

  • How can you secure your organization from internal and external threats?

  • How can you train your team members to understand, internalize, and follow practices to keep your organization secure?

• Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration 

  • How can you discern what to accept and implement among conflicting opinions and advice?

  • How can you reduce or remove friction in how your team members, customers, and partners interact? 

  • What sorts of collaboration tools and strategies will be most effective for your organization, and for broader communities which you interact with or even rely upon?

  • How can you most effectively use and leverage your intellectual property (IP), technology, and human assets to your advantage?

We understand the competitive imperative, and we offer the guidance you need to get where you want to go.