Innovation Project Summary Cookhouse LabS
Accelerating Innovation by Collaborating with InsurTech Startups
While an increasing number of organizations are investing in these collaborations, the success of these initiatives is fairly low. We aimed to create a long-term win-win solution for both groups.
4
Days
ONLINE
2020
3
Organizations
1
MVP
Challenge
How might we accelerate and increase competitiveness through collaboration with startups, while learning from their agility and expertise?
WHY?
Understanding Betty’s experiences during the collaboration process
PAINS
- Hesitation from corporations to test and fail
- Not included in early discussions
- Legacy mentality
- Bureaucratic processes
- Many security requirements
- Solution may lack cultural fit
- Time wasted arranging meetings
GAINS
- Access to a bigger network
- Quicker GTM
- Improved client experience
- Scale up sustainably
- New revenue stream
- More funding
- Autonomy for innovation teams
DISCOVERY
Founders often spoke of time wastage when communicating or scheduling meetings with insurance organizations.
How can we reduce the amount of time lost during the communications process?
How can we create an environment that supports and encourages collaboration between insurers and startups?
How can we ensure the right decision makers are present at meetings with startups?
SOLUTION
Within 5 minutes, the project team produced 26 potential solutions to this challenge and settled on the winning solution – a dedicated committee of decision makers.
How might we identify the right decision makers to speed up the process of collaboration, improving Betty’s experience?
DEDICATED COMMITTEE OF DECISION MAKERS
The insurance organization will establish a dedicated committee of the right decision makers with business objectives and incentives. The committee will work within a well-defined project cycle to collaborate with InsurTech startups, and will meet regularly to hear startup pitches. The culture will be agile and fail-fast, and the committee will receive training from an Innovation Coachs.
RESULTS
At the end of the project, the team presented their solution to the community and invited the audience to share their insights through a poll after the presentation.
16
Hours
1
Empathy Map
1
Startup Founder Persona
1
Focus Group
25+
Ideas in 5 minutes
4
Masterminds interviewed
1
Lo-Fi Prototype
1
Final Presentation
PARTICIPANTS
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