Syed Kamal, one of the core team members of Afghanistan's first ever coworking space, is a firm believer in coworking as a catalyst for change. Under the very first coworking space in the country, Daftar, was founded in Kabul. Syed Kamal, one of the core team members of Afghanistan's first ever coworking space, is a firm believer in coworking as a catalyst for change. Under the Afghanistan...
The Latin American coworking scene is growing. 6 Years ago Urban Station coworking was founded in Buenos Aires and has since then continued to strengthen its leadership position in the Latin American coworking market. With 10 Latin American locations,including Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, the coworking franchise plan to expand to the USA and Canada. Urban Station has also embraced corporate...
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An expert in marketing in branding for the last 15 years, Katie Lance currently explores the impact of social media can have when building a more transparent company culture. As a consultant, Katie helps companies utilize social media on a myriad of levels, from engaging with employees, to assisting clients and users. We spoke with Katie about the potential impact "smart" social media can have...
Architect and economist, Mischa Schlemmer, was introduced to coworking while she was working on her Masters Degree. The focus of Mischa's research was economic development of creative clusters at the LSE, which stayed with her as she moved on to ultimately work on building up Google's Paris office. Since then, Mischa has become a notable expert on the role of technology in today's workplace,...
In 2010, Reza Merchant was in his last year of university, having a hard time finding an affordable place to live that wasn’t in shambles. Over the years, Merchant and his team started to see more and more issues within the housing market and a lack of supply for a growing demand. We caught up with Stephanie from the Old Oak Collective, the latest member to join London's coliving movement, to...
When Miguel Muñoz Duarte, CEO of iMatch started looking for a new space incubator, he teamed up with CoworkingLisboa and went off to do some field work. Ultimately finding a beautiful 4.000 square meters (sqm) in Marvila, one of Lisbon’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Today, NOW_No Office Work is now breathing new life into this área, and challenging the boundaries of coworking, if not purely...
The office moves towards a 'clubhouse', a space which acts as a hub for soaking up the company DNA", Chris van Houdt, PROOFF Design When we imagine the future of work a lot of things come to mind: Smart cities, co-living spaces, even “officeless” workspaces”. Adopting similar ideas that came from movements like Bauhaus, architecture in the workplace aims to gain a deeper understanding of society...
According to the Global Coworking Survey, co-produced by SocialWorkplaces.com and Deskmag, close to 80% of the coworking spaces in the UK are planning to expand in the near future. For almost half of the recorded spaces, this expansion would include establishing new locations. From our results, we also found that surface space is more substantial in the UK : 9.235 sqft on average in Britain as...
Established in 1997, Towergate Insurance has set itself apart from other agencies by providing specialist insurance products to sections of the market that require out-of-the-ordinary cover, such as skydiving insurance. Towergate caught our attention when they published an infographic titled: An Infographic guide to coworking for Businesses. As we explore the future of the workplace, coworking...
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