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...
“This is the most exciting time in history to be a part of the workspace industry”-Jamie Russo, Enerspace 2015 was a big year for coworking expert, Jamie Russo. The founder of Enerspace Coworking, was recently appointed the executive director of the Global Workspace association, giving her the chance to bring the coworking movement into the greater community, Enerspace was founded in...
Workplace Insight is one of the most widely read magazines concerning "the built environment". We spoke with Insight's publisher, Mark Eltringham, to get an idea of what the future of work looks like from the perspective of one of the biggest magazines covering the movement today. You have been working as a writer, editor and marketing professional for over twenty years, what are some of the...
“Over time, coworking spaces are going to transform the way businesses is done in India”- Ritesh Malik, Innov8 Coworking Last year, the coworking movement hit an all-time high. With conferences in Europe, Africa, the USA and Canada, it has become evident that coworking is not only growing in established communities but all over the world. Dr. Ritesh Malik founder of Innov8 coworking in...
We caught up with Vanessa Butz, Managing Director at Interchange, a new full-service coworking and events space based in the heart of Camden, London, which provides companies and entrepreneurs with the ideal framework for creativity and growth. Before working with Interchange, Vanessa helped build up the community at Factory, one of Berlin’s largest tech spaces to date. London is a major...
In 2013, Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki, the two founding partners of AstroLabs, organized SOS, known in full as, Scaling Online Startups. The training program included more than 130 startups in the MENA region, from the United Arab Emirates to Qatar, Kuwait and also up to Saudi Arabia. The project gave them a deeper look into the entrepreneurial scene in the Middle East, causing them to...
Globally renowned expert on the impact of the built environment on business performance, Despina Katsikakis, is a major player in transforming how we understand today's workplace. Interested in the ways in which physical environments affect both user experience and their impact on business, Despina has worked with developers, funds and their design teams on how to "differentiate and...
Last Friday saw the inaugural Social Workplace Conference, an event that aims to create content and bring insight based on “strong models taking root in community managed workplaces to a wider audience of professionals from the real estate industry and corporate world”. Experts from the fields of design, coworking, finance, and corporate innovation all gathered in London’s design-centric shared...
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