The Listening Lab is a global wellness initiative designed to bring women together across race, class, and culture to share their lives in a safe, supportive space. Unlike therapy—which is often expensive and inaccessible—the Listening Lab provides community care that is affordable, inclusive, and fair, while actively protecting vulnerable women and addressing bias.

To make this vision possible, FIA is exploring creative business models that could sustain the Listening Lab without limiting access only to the wealthy. We have identified a large opportunity matrix of 60 business models × 15 target markets (900 possible combinations).

We will provide students with a structured evaluation prompt (based on the Six Thinking Hats framework) that surfaces both risks and opportunities for any business model × market pair and produces an overall score. Students will then:

1. Automate the process in Python by applying the prompt to the entire opportunity matrix.
2. Aggregate and score results into a tabular format.
3. Visualize findings in a dashboard, including a heatmap of opportunity.

This will allow FIA to quickly identify the most promising opportunities and decide where to conduct small-scale real-world tests.

Expected Deliverables

• Automated Pipeline (Python): Loop through the 60 × 15 matrix, apply the evaluation prompt, and output structured results with scores.
• Heatmap & Dashboard: Visualize the opportunity matrix and highlight the top 10 opportunities.
• Consulting-Style Presentation (Slide Deck): A 15-minute deck summarizing approach, results, and recommendations.
• Technical Report: A short report detailing the methodology, automation, and key insights.
• Source Code: Clean, reproducible scripts for future scaling and refinement.

Skills Practiced

• Data wrangling (matrix generation, structured outputs)
• Automation of prompt-based analysis
• Statistical scoring and ranking
• Dashboarding and data visualization (heatmaps, ranked lists)
• Evidence-based management and consulting-style communication