Coworking Values Podcast
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Coworking Values Podcast
Welcome to Coworking Values the podcast of the European Coworking Assembly. Each week we deep dive into one of the values of accessibility, community, openness, collaboration and sustainability. Listen in to learn how these values can make or break Coworking culture. coworkingvaluespodcast.substac...
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When a Shopping Centre Becomes a Hope Hub with Parisa Wright
“You might not be able to give them money donations for what they’re doing, but what you can do is give them support in various ways, which then means...
The Hero's Journey Is Broken: How to Tell Stories That Drive Collective Action with Matt Golding
Episode Summary
The hero’s journey is broken.
That 2,000-year-old storytelling archetype—the one from ancient Greece, from Jason and the A...
The Tactical Playbook from Coworking Operators Weekend with Lauren Walker
“One of the attendees spoke about their local government saying that they could not show favour to specific business and therefore couldn’t collaborat...
Why Glasgow's First Coworking Space Stayed All-Subscription with Teresa Jackson
“I found myself with a building, a smaller building than the one I’m in now, with the bills to pay, and was a bit like, Oh, dear, I’m going to have to...
How to Turn Developers into Neighborhood Partners with Hannah Philp
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“We’re not a service provider beyond being a great space. I think we’re a platform, and that’s key.”
Hannah Philp
T...
Ireland's Coworking Revolution and Who Actually Benefits with Graham Clarke
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“We seem to be out front with this when it comes to, I suppose, government support at a national level of coworking as an indust...
What Hospitality Actually Costs with Ian Minor
“Hospitality is the art of being hospitable.”
Ian Minor
Tired of running yourself into the ground?
Then stop running alone.
On...
When a Community Finds Its Coworking Space with Lee Dalgleish
“We’re keeping people in Wigan, both in jobs, both in supply chain, young people not jumping on the train any longer to go in 30 minutes down the trai...
Audience, Community, or Village? The Framework for Real Connection with Rose Radtke
“Community is a really irritating word to me right now. We ask it to carry too much. Everything’s a community.”
Rose Radtke
Tired of runni...
How Childcare Plus Coworking Becomes Social Infrastructure with Georgia Norton
“What concerns me most is this idea that we’re returning to the norms from before... when we tore down the walls between home and work and childcare.”...
How the 10-Minute City Creates Freedom with Szilvia Filep
“If freelancing is the future of work, then coworking is the future workplace.”
Szilvia Filep
Tired of running yourself into the ground?
Why Small Businesses Are the Real Heroes with Tom Ball
“The unsung heroes are the smaller companies who are… They’re not trying to raise a billion pounds... Being a home where they feel happy, safe, produc...
Why Your Superpower Is Being Hyper-Local with Rosee Shrestha
“Inclusivity basically doesn’t mean that you have to include everybody. It’s just making sure that the space that you’re offering is where people can...
The Cure for Coworking Space Imposter Syndrome with Jerome Chang & Jackie Latragna
“For an industry that professes to be about community, that’s the co-part of coworking, it sure doesn’t include the entire community. We owe it to our...
The Ground Is Moving Under Coworking with Hector Kolonas
“Anyone who tells you to have this little bit of code, do this, is lying. Nobody knows exactly how to optimise towards it.”Hector Kolonas
Tired...
How Contingent Works Educated Their Local Council on Coworking – From Invisible to Indispensable with Ewan Buck
"It wasn't because they weren't listening – it was because they weren't educated. Once that penny drops, they're super helpful."Ewan Buck
Tired...
How Coffee Shops Accidentally Created Coworking with David Walker
“If coffee shops could have innovated a bit, the coworking industry might have never even happened, honestly, because coffee shops have all the ingred...
"This Is a Very Lean Business, Incredibly Lean" with Karen Tait
“If we can make people feel like anything is possible, anything is solvable, together... We can find a way together.” - Karen Tait
Tired of runn...
The Business Rates Crisis: What Every Workspace Operator Needs to Do Now with Jane Sartin
“I’m currently aware of two operators on the smaller size that have been handed £400,000 backdated bills... being hit with backdated business rates bi...
Why the UK Government Is About to Crush Your Coworking Space — And What to Do About It with Roland Stanley
Episode Summary
“If these people have their own little standalone office somewhere, if they literally picked their office up and went to put it...
Childcare and Coworking: Why the Neighbourhood Model Outlasts the Glossy One with Georgia Norton
“I just want to be able to do a little bit of work and be near enough my kids to continue feeding or to be able to help out and know what’s going on w...
Why Connectors Create the Future (And Consumers Don't) with Peter Block
“To me, rearranging the room is a metaphor for rearranging how you and I find each other.” - Peter Block.
Unreasonable Connection Going Live! Lo...
Why "Doing the Work" Beats Predicting the Future with Dean Connell
“That’s the only thing that I would like to be known for, not for designing coworking spaces, just that I was able to show up each day to do the work...
From Haircuts to Health Checks — How to Make Your Space Matter to the Neighbourhood with Williamz Omope
“There’s definitely the trust aspect... People would come because they’re like, ‘Well, Williamz says that someone’s going to be here.’” - Williamz Omo...
When Productivity Advice Meets Real Constraints with Suzanne Murdock
Episode Summary
“It became the first seed of building the Hub Newry... a lived example of building a business with minimal capacities in terms o...
Trans Rights Are Human Rights: Creating Safe Coworking Spaces with Tash Koster-Thomas
“I’m not going to hide my tears right now. So often, people sit behind keyboards and write these comments, and they don’t see the impact of their word...
Why Your Real Competition Isn't Another Coworking Space with Lucy McInally
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“Do you know who your coworking space’s biggest competitor is? It’s the Home Office, working from home.” - Lucy McInally
U...
Community as Immunity: Beyond Economic Extraction with Xavier Damman
Episode Summary
“We are in a time of a meta-crisis... when everything around us is falling apart, what’s going to remain is each other. I belie...
The Storyteller in the War Zone on Coworking, Community, and Survival with Helga Moreno
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“It all started at 5 AM. We had explosions. My husband works for the Red Cross — they evacuate people. We’re always awake, track...
Do Restaurant Skills Work in Coworking? with Stephen Phillips
“We have people literally knocking on the door... ‘Do you want to buy 100 Google reviews?’ We made the call very early doors that that was not in line...
Why Connection Over Convenience Wins: Faith-Forward Coworking with Shamena Nurse-Kingsley
The panic hits when winter arrives, and you can’t be bothered to leave the house.
When it’s easier to dial into the Zoom call than get in the ca...
How ACTionism Screenings Help Members Go From Solo Mission to "I've Got a Crew" with Ellie Meredith
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“I really struggled to relate to people at school because the conversations that I was hoping to be able to have with my friends...
Why Coworking Spaces Are the Antidote to Brain Drain with Dimitris Manoukas
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“When there is such a place in a peripheral area, it’s usually a place that a young person will visit one way or another. You ca...
How to Talk to Councils So They Actually Fund Your Projects with Jeannine van der Linden
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“There is a real disconnect between community coworking spaces and the people who will fund these kinds of needs.”
There’s...
Why AI Makes Local Manufacturing Essential with Michael Korn
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“The future is going to be more like the past than it is the present. With AI taking over so many jobs, it will likely take over...
The Antidote to Invisible Work: Social Capital & Ecosystem Winning with Tilley Harris
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“We are in a space now where we can get really imaginative about how we utilise resources and how we change the way we’re lookin...
Building Community Power in Collapsing Systems with Sara Anjargolian
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“In a former Soviet state, you derive your power from secrecy in a lot of ways. We were turning that idea upside down and pushin...
Why Every coworking Space Is Already Political with Jon Alexander
“These spaces are where increasingly, they’re critical civic infrastructure. They’re what I think of as civic catalysts, and they are where people mee...
Why Early-Career Coworking Professionals Need Their Own Movement with Caroline Van den Eynde
"I'm the poster child for FLOC, because since I've joined, I've completely expanded my network. I've made so many connections."
Caroline Van den...
No Eligibility Criteria: The Only Rule You Need to Build Real Community with Williamz Omope
Episode Summary
“I'm teaching them how to use ChatGPT to write a letter to their landlord to tell them off about the mould in the corner of thei...