WELCOME TO
Toronto, Canada’s innovation engine, offers a unique mix of stellar talent, competitive business climate and excellent quality of life that makes it the ideal spot for businesses eager to grow.
Cookhouse Labs’ Toronto headquarters is our test kitchen, a place for us to innovate and create insurance-relevant programs and solutions that we plan to share with our hubs worldwide. It’s also a place where all comers can “cook” together and create that sense of community we feel during family meal.
When you are in town, make a date to come see our new space. We are always delighted to welcome innovators.
Our new home is in the heart of the downtown core, amidst arts and sports venues and the city’s commercial hub, fitting for our creative business endeavour.
Inspired by a test kitchen, Cookhouse Labs is a collaborative space for innovators and changemakers eager to have an impact on the insurance industry. Since our beginnings in 2017, we have tweaked our “recipe,” based on your feedback.
Our aim is to build an eco-system of innovators, a community of people dedicated to Make Insurance Better in tangible ways.
Cookhouse Labs fosters and encourages open communication and collaboration to create new business models and solutions within the industry.
We hope the work done here will showcase the insurance industry at its most positive, hearkening back to the time when the industry was seen as a beacon of hope for people facing disasters, both physical and financial. By working together, we can help the industry regain public trust and a sense of service and possibility.
WHAT YOU GET TO
Connect with Insur Tech professionals and the insurance industry’s young talents as you seek opportunities to Make Insurance Better.
Join forces with others in the industry and related fields to arrive at practical solutions to thorny problems. Co-creation is the name of the game when it comes to Make Insurance Better.
Use industry tools and processes to gather user insights, develop an understanding of customer needs and identify problems to be solved.
Learn how to develop a successful innovation strategy from experienced innovation professionals.
TAILOR-MADE
Learn how to use design thinking to solve complex business problems and develop user-oriented solutions.
Build, test, and iterate prototypes to assess user experience and potential customer buy-in while elevating the quality of the solution.
You’ll walk out the door knowing how your organization can contribute to an achievable solution to an industry problem. You’ll know what’s required to implement the solution and understand the tools necessary to do so.
Your Benefits
We have knowledge and experience to offer, as do the members of our community. We’d love to share our expertise with you!
Learn in-demand skills from trainers (coaches and facilitators) who work in the field. Tackle topics such as design thinking, lean start-up and time-boxing.
Get your hands “dirty” in the kitchen, improving skills such as teamwork, creativity and decision-making as you work toward an innovative solution to an industry topic.
Meet people from other areas of the industry, academia and the community. You may find these connections lead to partnerships or provide a source of potential new employees.
Our academic partners bring their research knowledge to the “kitchen,” allowing you access to empirical knowledge about issues and possible solutions.
With our ties to academia, we put you in touch with the innovators of the future and give them a chance to assist you in solving problems that Make Insurance Better.
Collaboratively solve industry problems with other organizations over a fixed time period. Deadlines spur us on!
Absorb new information in a relaxed manner as members of our community share their expertise.
Discover how experts in various fields have addressed thorny problems and what lessons they’ve learned along the way.
We offer a mix of theory and practice to build capacity in design thinking and innovation.
We can assist you in defining and executing strategies to bring innovative ideas to life.
Our new Toronto headquarters is a place where you can find the quiet you need to ponder a worrisome issue or chat with other community members informally about key issues.
Collaboratively solve industry problems with other organizations over a fixed time period. Deadlines spur us on!
Absorb new information in a relaxed manner as members of our community share their expertise.
Discover how experts in various fields have addressed thorny problems and what lessons they’ve learned along the way.
We offer a mix of theory and practice to build capacity in design thinking and innovation.
We can assist you in defining and executing strategies to bring innovative ideas to life.
Our new Toronto headquarters is a place where you can find the quiet you need to ponder a worrisome issue or chat with other community members informally about key issues.
Be part of a community dedicated to Make Insurance Better by adding your creative voice to the equation. Everyone has something unique to contribute, whether you’re an insurer, underwriter, broker, InsurTech, academic, tech guru, student or member of the larger business community. With your participation, we can innovate and accelerate the pace of change within the industry. Your participation will add value to your innovative goals.
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