The Hub, Where Physical Spaces are Key to Impact
ONE of the most crucial elements of a successful co-working space is the design. Like the people who use the environment, it needs to be flexible, fluid and creative. Still, it is a constant work in...
View ArticleBringing Staff Back to the Break Room
Once upon a time break rooms were the place to go and eat lunch but in our ever changing digital age they lack appeal for employees in many fields who’d rather take a walk with one of their digital...
View ArticleCoworking Spaces – the Living Future of Work Culture
Corporate leaders have started to pay attention to the buzz and research around culture and employee engagement, as they are seeing that these are critical to attracting and retaining talent, and they...
View ArticleWhy Yahoo! is Actually Right – and Why Home Officing Hasn’t Worked
Yes, Marissa hit the panic button, and Yahoo’s new ban on “working from home” has ignited a huge firestorm from a long-smoldering debate over how to manage worklife balance and workplace productivity....
View ArticleWorking Together…On Everything!
I hope that you had a chance to read the recent article on coworking in IEDC’s EDnow newsletter (It’s only available to members, so if you are an IEDC member, you can grab it here). It goes into some...
View ArticleCoworking and Education – A Wise Partnership
Coworking is about the community we create. Members from all walks of life – who share openness, curiosity, creative drive, entrepreneurship and perhaps even an elevated level of social consciousness...
View ArticleThe Juiciest coworking event of 2013- Why we’ll be there
Many people in the coworking community are already familiar with The Global Coworking Unconference Conference kicking off its second year in Austin, Texas March 5th-6th. Rayann and I have been gearing...
View ArticleGCUC 2013 – A Juicy Conference!
At the beginning of the month I flew to Austin to attend the Global Coworking Unconference Conference, GCUC. This year’s event was my first and it was a great week during I got to learn a lot and meet...
View ArticleBuilding Communities by Reinventing Work
Plato famously wrote, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And because the 2008 financial crisis, many of us were driven out of economic and social necessity to (re)invent work for ourselves — and...
View ArticleCoworking – Not Just for the Early Adopters Anymore
Last week 5 NextSpace teamsters, 1 baby, and one daddy of the baby, attended GCUC, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference. There were close to 300 people, and over 100 spaces represented. The...
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