Membership
Join Our Global Community
Cookhouse Labs provides an alternative avenue to accelerate human-centric innovation for the future. We, as well as the members of our global community, have the right knowledge and experience to share.
We believe there is a lot of knowledge within the industry itself; it’s simply a matter of tapping into it and providing a platform where we can harness this insight and energy. Therefore, through co-creation and collaboration, we can accelerate innovation from within to make the future better.
Membership Benefits
Co-creation Sprints
Collaborate with other members in facilitated Design Thinking sprints to develop human-centered solutions for existing and future industry challenges.
Student Team of Innovators
Our ties to global universities put you in touch with the innovators of the future and give them a chance to assist you in solving problems.
Innovation Masterclass
Access to our masterclasses that offer cutting-edge techniques through Design Thinking, Design Tools, Lean Startup, Google Sprint, and Train the Trainer sessions.
Collaborate with Startups
Participate and connect in global events where your organization can meet and collaborate with exciting startups.
Innovation Coaching
Sessions specifically designed to support innovation managers, team members and/or innovation leaders in your organization.
25% Discount on Customized Programs
Work with our Certified Innovation Experts on customized projects tailormade to your organization’s needs.
Access to a Talent Pool of Up-and-Comers
Meet people from other industry areas, academia and the community. Build strategic partnerships and recruit new talent from our community of experts and enthusiasts!
Guest Passes
Get up to 4 guest passes in our co-creation sprints or masterclasses, allowing you to invite your customers to collaborate with you.
Innovation Served With Our Global Community
Since our beginnings in 2017, we have co-created and collaborated with our members and global community of insurance, reinsurance, brokers, startups, vendors, and academia to make insurance better.
What Our Community Says
“This year I had the chance to work with the team at Cookhouse Labs. In a time where we are all grasping on how to enhance collaboration and innovation remotely, it was impressive to see how the team was able to deliver innovation programs and train the trainer teachings online. Not only did we get to be involved in innovation practices, but Cookhouse Labs also modelled how to deliver using collaboration tools that can be applied to working with any group of people. And the bonus? A chance to expand my community of innovation leaders!”
Susan Gilbert
Director, Digital Operations at MIG Insurance and Co-Founder, Haekka
“What the Cookhouse Labs sprint enabled for us was this: let’s just create a 10,000-foot problem statement and then work with a group to see what solution we come up with. If that solution resembles at all what we’re doing at Micruity, that’s a traction point and you’re on the right track. If it doesn’t, that’s a pivot point. Being a part of that session gave us a little bit more confidence as a very, very early stage company and confirmed that we were on the right track. Bringing together folks with different expertise and having them come up with a similar solution was very valuable.”
Trevor Gary
Founder of Micruity
“Many other professionals and I have had the privilege of working with the innovators at Cookhouse labs. The consulting opportunities, sprints, and Design Thinking sessions have brought in exponential learning to a highly robust and innovative program in Applied Technologies for Insurance here at HSB Canada. I wish Cookhouse Labs continued success and look forward to a lot more learning and excitement, which is part of the DNA of this co-creation space.”
Abhishek Gupta
Manager, IoT Business Development, HSB Canada
“After attending a couple of Cookhouse’s free Design Thinking trainings, we said, “This is an organization that really gets it”. Cookhouse promotes Design Thinking as an approach to product development, innovation, and generally meeting customers’ needs, but also promotes collaboration. There are some big, hefty challenges in our industry, and we don’t have to go at it alone. A Cookhouse Labs membership made a lot of sense because we wanted to partner with like-minded people to tackle some of these big challenges in a more collaborative way, and that’s what really inspired us to join.”
David Simmons
Managing Director at Argus Group’s Center of Excellence
“You don't have to be Steve Jobs to be an innovative individual. I have to upsell the support we got from Cookhouse Labs: the templates guided us in the right direction on how to develop and present our solution in the end, so thank you!”
Tommy Kim
Senior Actuarial Analyst Munich Re Company of Canada
“I enjoyed the multitude of ideas and the level of engagement. I also enjoyed seeing how the virtual setup worked and how everyone was able to collaborate, even though they were in different rooms!”
Bernd Scharrer
COO Operations/IT VHV Holding AG
"First and foremost, Cookhouse Labs was an entryway into meeting a lot of parties within the Canadian insurance industry. We were introduced to senior leaders at MGAs and other insurance companies. We also got to participate in some interesting workshops with people that we deal with every day, like a workshop with underwriters to talk about the future of underwriting. It was interesting to get their point of view on how far we could push the envelope, where some of the constraints are, and why those constraints exist. It was very beneficial for us early on to have those sounding boards for some of our ideas to tell us how feasible they would be!"
Laura McKay
Co-Founder of PolicyMe
"Diversity is one of the essential pillars of innovation. The Cookhouse Labs achieves this, among other things, through its international and intercultural approach. Since the founding of the Lab, our students from the Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems at FHWS have repeatedly been able to gain valuable experience through our collaboration with the Lab, demonstrate their competence in international projects, and develop extraordinary concepts, prototypes and business models. Special thanks to the whole team from Cookhouse Labs."
Prof. Dr. Michael Muessig
University of Applied Sciences Wurzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS), Germany; Lecturer and Business Angel
Become a Member
We also offer intro sessions that provide professionals with the opportunity to experience ourCookhouse Labs methodology and a sneak peek at what it’s like to co-create and collaborate with our global community. If you are not a Cookhouse Labs member and are interested in finding out more, check out our membership benefits!