Luxe Ideas

Contact Us

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Luxe Ideas
P.O. Box 190697
San Francisco, CA 94119

Tel: 925.415.3065

The Luxe Team

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Luxe Ideas working sessions are driven by Brian Palacios, Head Ideator and creator of the Luxe Ideation Models. Brian’s strengths in the ideation arena stem from his passion for eliciting creative concepts from others and synthesizing them toward the illumination of innovative, actionable results.

Brian Palacios – Head Ideator
Spends Time Being A… Tech Junkie, Scotch Drinker, Free Marketeer, Macroeconomist, Speed Demon, Spiritualist, Chess Player
Proudest Accomplishment: Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro
Education: B.S. (Tufts University – Electrical Engineering), M.B.A. (University of Chicago – Entrepreneurship, General Management, Finance)
Luxe Team Contribution: Ideation Process Leadership, Developer of Luxe Ideation Processes

Brian has a diverse set of functional experiences in a broad set of industries. The common theme of these experiences is a close proximity in each field to the sources of innovation, fresh ideas and incisive strategies. Brian has been influential in many industries including Data Networking, Computers, Retail, Energy, Fashion, Sustainability, Customer Service, and Manufacturing. He has been an engineer, a financier, an entrepreneur, a salesman, a program manager and a consultant. In all of these roles he was also a leader with a unique style. Brian has trekked this distinct journey because he follows his passion, curiosity and deep intuition for what’s lucrative, not the herd or a predefined ladder.

Kim Webb Palacios – Owner, Deputy Ideator
Described As: Cinephile, Adventurer, Epicure
Finest Moment: Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro
Education: B.A. (New York University – Foreign Language & Globalization), M.B.A. (University of Chicago – Robert W. Fogel Distinguished Fellow)
Luxe Team Contribution: Deputy Facilitator, Business Development, Session Logistics

The Peanut Gallery
Some brainstorming sessions require a strategic mix of participants in order to yield the desired result. When it’s time to get fresh perspectives on your product, strategy, or marketing campaign, we can enhance your working session by finding articulate, business savvy people with the appropriate level of familiarity with your offering to enhance a working session by augmenting your group.

Our Clients

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Luxe Ideas launched in March 2011 and is underway in planning its first two engagements:

An idea illumination session designed to help a software development client discover the essential qualities of his team’s developed products. The goal is to illuminate product applications that can be replicated for other industries and companies in order to pursue a new software licensing (vs. current custom solution) business model.
A facilitated feedback session designed to help a new product developer obtain feedback on his product prior to additional rounds (and additional investment) in prototyping.

Idea Propagation

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Clients who are finding difficulty in getting buy-in from others around a fully-developed idea would benefit from the Luxe Idea Propagation methodology. Using a total stakeholder management approach, we will explore political, cultural, and psychosocial factors impacting the acceptance of your idea, and help you identify strategies for disseminating your idea in a manner that will gain it acceptance.

Our Approach

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The potency of the Luxe approach is rooted in our talent, who we hand-pick not only for functional capability but also for alignment with our values. Luxe specialists are retained as much for business acumen as they are for technical skills, adding value through their understanding of (and commitment to) our clients’ bigger picture.

More about the Luxe approach:

Why Choose Luxe?

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Quality. At Luxe, we believe that great business results are the product of conscientious contributors who elevate their practice to art. Unlike current trends that find businesses commoditizing critical functions in a way that cuts not only costs but quality, Luxe’s prodigious talent achieves the goal of the former while preserving the latter.
Sophistication. The Luxe Team is fresh and progressive, with experience leading change for some of the most innovative companies and the most cutting-edge industries. Our location in the San Francisco Bay Area, a modern Mecca for forward leadership, shapes corporate culture and our approach to engagements
World Class Talent. Luxe consultants are alumni of world-class educational institutions and professional enterprises, including Fortune 500 corporations, Big 4 Accounting and Big 5 Consulting firms. In addition to industry and subject matter expertise, Luxe consultants bring to engagements professional networks that open doors for Luxe clients.

Idea Illumination

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The Luxe Ideas Illumination practice is about more than simply helping reveal your team’s best ideas–it’s about teaching your team how to integrate better ideation practices into its everyday process. Luxe Ideas can help your organization by first gaining an understanding of key drivers impacting current idea illumination propagation, and ultimately meeting with your team for a working session. Our skilled facilitator will go far beyond sharing any pre-conceived, one-size-fits-all method, instead tailoring an approach to your individual team, and providing real-time feedback based on observations of your team’s process.

Brainstorming & Facilitation

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We can get your creative juices flowing, not least of all because we understand the science of ideas and the brain chemistry of creation. From preparing an ideal environment for ideation, to introducing world-class methodologies, to breaking teams out of old patterns that yield sub-optimal results, we guarantee that our facilitated sessions will not only reveal new possibilities for your business–they will also be a lot of fun.

Services

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Luxe services include:

How We Work

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We don’t guess—we know. That’s because Luxe consultants are committed to data-driven decision-making. By mixing functional expertise with quantitative rigor, we strike the right balance to get results.
We are excellent project managers. Luxe places a high value on a project management approach that adheres to PMI standards and best practices. Consequently, all client engagements are linked to certain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that let all parties understand true results.
Flexible work arrangements make our consultants happy. Happy consultants do great work. At Luxe, we know that employees drive the best results when they are free to manage their own work/life balance. Keeping our consultants happy, healthy and full of creative energy positions them to give their absolute best to our clients.