What you may have missed in Coworking in Week 9, 2024
Hector Kolonas
Flex workspace geek ? Co-founder: Syncaroo.com ? Newsletter: ThisWeekInCoworking.com
Here are 39 things you may have missed this week including if coworking is worth €10k per employee, that $1 building transaction, chronoworking, "coworking is dead", a two-tier system, an NZ market snapshot, how to kickstart delegation and more.?
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~~~ Local Impact
???? How a Fab Lab in Porto pushes innovation in sustainability
via Christian Schmitz ft Irena übler
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????♀? BIPOC Coworking Alliance goes all in for The Summit
via DeShawn Brown
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~~~ News & Views
?? 6 steps to kickstart delegation in your coworking space
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?? A big benefit of remote work…as told by remote workers
via Brittni Ralston
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?? Microsoft to launch AI hub in Lisbon
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?? How the ‘chronoworking’ trend may affect your coworking space
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?? Bamboo CEO shares 4 trends they follow to stay competitive
via OfficeRnD ft Amanda Lewan
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?? Has flex become a two-tier system?
asks Daniel White from CBRE (see the summary as to where I disagree)
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?? A few techniques to make your next vids pop
via Graham Hussey & DREAM FACTORY
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??? Coworking in... Congress?!
via David A. Singer
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~~~ Coworking Technology
???? Another flex operator shifts over to “SaaS for flex operators”
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??? Platform adds “price scheduling” for flex contracts
via Nexudus
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~~~ Datasets and drops
???? State of coworking in NZ, according to 75% of the market
via Matt Knight
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?? According to lock data coworking spaces have above average occupancy
via Bernie Mehl Kisi
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?? What desk-based workers in 9 countries have to say
via MillerKnoll
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?? Four drivers of the dislocation of office real estate since mid-2000s
via Lisa Picard
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???? What creates a productivity gain of 16%, or €11,000 per year?
Coworking does, says Asterès
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~~~ Industry Market Moves
?? A closer look at that $1.00 building transaction
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???? Space operator announces further investment in Belfast
via Jonathan Weinbrenn and BE.Spoke
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??♀? “We’ve said it since 2016, coworking is dead”
via Factory Berlin
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???? Youth workshop firm and local coworking space partner up
via Lawrence Tijjani
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???? Hybrid hotel firm eyes London expansion with key hire
ft Zoku and Patrick Nelson
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? Guess who’s also getting into the rev-share agreement game?
WeWork is! via Jacob Bates
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??? Operator to launch 8.6k sqft space in Romanian mall
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???? betahaus expands to Bucharest
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?? Hotel with coworking connection expands to Italy
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???? Mindspace continues expansion in Germany
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?? Network opens location in Duluth, GA
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?? Did this founder pay under $5 for workspace, lunch and a drink?
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~~~ Partnered Events
???? Essential coworking & flex space trends for 2024
March 5th - via OfficeRnD
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???? The 2024 Coworking Alliance Summit
March 6th - via Ashley Proctor & myself
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?? Activating coworking spaces as centers for social reconnection
March 13th - via Tony Bacigalupo
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?? Growth strategies for flex spaces
March 15th - via Zoe Ellis-Moore & Spaces to Places Ltd
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?? Convo: Attracting perfect-fit members to your space
March 29th - via Cat Johnson & Cat Johnson Co
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???? GCUC in SLC
March 9-11th - via GCUC - Global Coworking Unconference Community
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~~~ Industry Discussions
Jeannine van der Linden joins Emily Breeder on the Coworking Values Podcast’s Accessibility Track to dive into the ECA IDEA Handbook as the blueprint for accessible coworking, founder biases, unconscious choices, and the benefits of coworking spaces that are genuinely accessible.
MaryAnne Gilmartin joins Brad Hargreaves on the Thesis Driven Leader Series podcast to discuss the future of NYC, placemaking, and a 177-acre project in Baltimore.
Jean-Yves Huwart joins Jamie Russo and Giovanni Palavicini on the Flex Uncensored podcast to discuss coworking trends and why the 2024 Coworking Europe Conference is headed to Sofia, Bulgaria.
John Wallace from Workbox chatted with Anastacia (Stasha) Anderson from The Instant Group about the commercialization of the flex office industry and why office owners and operators need to ‘speak the same language’ around valuations and raising capital.
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I'm Hector Kolonas and ThisWeekInCoworking is my personal newsletter sharing what you, busy leaders, may have missed from across the coworking world each week.
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