Co.school is a human-centered design studio, based in Kelowna, British Columbia, and serving clients all across Canada. We are a Canadian small business, with a strong focus on collaborative partnerships, to help co-create a better world. Our toolkit includes facilitation, coaching, service design, strategic design, participatory strategy and systems thinking. Our emphasis is on co-creation and co-design: we sense that commitment, innovation and achievability increases with involvement.
What kinds of partners do you work with?
We've found our sweet-spot is with social innovators: community-facing organizations that seek a social good. Foundations, non-profits, health organizations have been some of our best partners. That being said, we also work with friends, acquaintances, startups, not-for-profits, leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, educators, explorers and community-minded service organizations. Read more in our case studies.
What kind of things do we help make?
- New strategies and plans (through facilitation and consulting)
- New audience insights (UX research, community-based design)
- New technology products (powered by AI experiments)
- New ways forward (through coaching and conversation)
You can see more about our services, here.
Who's on the team?
Co.school's founder and principal facilitator is Kevan Gilbert, who is lead on client engagements. As needs arise, we bring on team members from our talented network of collaborators.
Why is it called Co.school?
The co is about co-creation. The making and building of new things.
The school is about learning. We learn by doing.
So, we're about making & learning, together.
The purpose and vision that drives Co.school?
"To foster flourishing futures for our people and partners."
- Co.school's purpose
What values inspire Co.school?
Authenticity: When we contribute as our authentic selves, our collaborations flourish.
Hospitality: We need hospitable spaces where honest, creative work can be done.
Peace: Nonviolence is an option, even when we disagree, towards a healed world. We can bring humanity, dignity and empathy to the stories we hear.
Life: Inspired by living systems in nature, we bring energy towards growth and change.
Love: We want to lend our energy and creativity towards "re-membering" our part in life’s interconnectedness.
A few more details:
- Co.school was officially founded in 2022, incorporated in BC.
- 100% Canadian owned, independent; no global/overseas owners.
Mind the name
Co.school (that's us!), the studio offering human-centered design and facilitation services in Canada, is not to be confused with...
- "Coschool.ai," an startup serving educators in India with AI tools
- "Coschool," a for-profit social enterprise focused on creating and implementing experiential learning programs in Latin America
- "CoSchool LMS," the Wordpress plugin
How might we work together?
You can read a little more on how to get a collaboration started with Co.school.