Maintaining productivity in a shared workspace
by Olex Kosiuk For as popular as coworking is, shared spaces have their own unique downsides. Sensory overload, random uncontrollable noise and self-management have the ability to decrease your work...
View ArticleHow to increase the number of female leaders? More “training” isn’t the answer
by Rosalie Harrison I was recently consulted by a large international firm. They were launching a global mentoring initiative and wanted to create some additional programming for their high...
View ArticleCoworking in Denmark’s “Cold Hawaii”
by Karis Hustad You wouldn’t expect to find a coworking space in a small fishing village on the North Sea. And you probably wouldn’t expect one of Europe’s up-and-coming surf hotspots to be located in...
View ArticleCoworking as a counterweight to the youth exodus in rural Catalonia
by Rosa Matas Article originally published as “Crecen los coworkings rurales como contrapeso del éxodo juvenil” on December 11 at lavanguardia.com. Republished with permission. Common in large cities,...
View ArticlePredictions for the changing workplace in 2018
by Roy Pereira The new year is just around the corner. As we say goodbye to 2017, we’re reflecting on the year and the trends reshaping the nature of our work and workplaces. The primary catalyst for...
View ArticleHow are cryptocurrencies changing coworking?
by Henry Wisbey-Broom In 2009 a pseudonymous person or group of persons, Satoshi Nakamoto, announced the release of Bitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency. It was designed to bypass the traditional...
View ArticleMinimum wage increases in 2018 [infographic]
by Tim Becker The new year is starting off with a bang for many workers in several states. There are 18 states increasing the minimum wage for some 4.5 million workers across the country in 2018. Such...
View ArticleFlexible space more affordable than traditional office space worldwide, data...
by John Williams The latest research shows just how much a business can save by choosing flexible space over a conventional lease in a major city, and the results are significant, according to Instant...
View ArticleUrsula K. Le Guin and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on leisure and spare time
by Melissa Mesku If you are reading these words, you have a bit of spare time. Especially in her later years, Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) had a lot of it. But if you’d...
View ArticleDamn you, Facebook Memories
by Anna Farkas Arianna Huffington would not approve, but like many people, my day usually starts with rolling over, snoozing my iPhone, and promptly beginning my daily drip. My thumb taps “f” into the...
View ArticleA chance to work on my company, not for my company
by Will Bennis [Editor’s note: This article is about the closing of the Locus-Muzeum coworking space (the first Locus Workspace location, at Krakovská 22 near Prague’s Muzeum metro). Locus Workspace...
View ArticleFreelancing insights for the new workforce [infographic]
by Kate L. At Invoice2Go, we have an active user base of 260,000 people from various industries. In creating the infographic below, we crowdsourced ideas and received a lot of feedback from our...
View ArticleWhere the coworking market is expanding, and why
by Peter Johnson According to recent research, the coworking market is expanding in cities with population booms. That may seem obvious: population boom, hence coworking boom. But it can also be...
View ArticleHeadhunting, from the recruiter’s perspective
by Pierce Ivory From the perspective of a recruiter, it can be a challenge to find candidates who posses the relevant skills, talent, education, or experience to fill a role in an organization. A...
View ArticleOn the simple joy of re-imagining your space
by Matt Grant It was the Tuesday after a three-day a weekend. At the educational non-profit I work for, mid-winter recess had just begun. For most of the year, my colleagues and I split our time...
View ArticleThe new etiquette for working together
by Jenny Holt The work landscape is changing. Shared office spaces, co-ops, and even the coffee-shop freelance scene has created a situation in which people that work for themselves have more...
View ArticleMarket expansion for coworking giants in the U.S. and China
by Melissa Mesku According to Bloomberg this week, WeWork is buying Chinese coworking company Naked Hub for approximately $400 million. It’s WeWork’s latest move in China, having only entered the...
View ArticleMove over hustlers: the gig economy belongs to the dreamers
by Destiny Hagest With freelancers predicted to make up the majority of the workforce within the next 10 years, it’s safe to say that yes, you can have your cake and eat it too. It didn’t always used...
View ArticleA deep dive into WeWork’s member network app
by Benjamin Alderoty There are over 200 coworking spaces in New York City alone, with new ones seemingly popping up every week. WeWork, with nearly fifty locations in NYC, has convinced investors it...
View ArticleDespite increase in coworking spaces, San Francisco remains one the most...
by John Williams San Francisco is one of the most expensive places in the world in which to rent a desk, with average monthly costs ranging between $950 in Downtown to $1500 in the exclusive Financial...
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