Brandon Houston joins Giovanni Palavicini and guest co-host Ginger Dhaliwal on the Flex Uncensored podcast to explore how he, and Collingwood Foundry are completely rethinking coworking metrics.

Erik Karasyk summarized the A16z’s TECH WEEK event "Place Matters: How Tech Shapes the Modern Workplace". The panel, hosted at The Shop Workspace by Anne Olsen examined how smart systems, data, and design are creating the next generation of flexible workplaces that enhance rather than replace human interactions.

Panelists included Daniela Mallarino (Kisi), Francesco Decamilli (Uniti AI), TWIC’s very own Hector Kolonas (who also is a co-founder at Syncaroo) who emphasized how integrations and automations are "hidden heroes" for improving operations, and Ginger Dhaliwal of Upflex who highlighted challenges with extracting meaningful insights from vast datasets.

The discussion revealed companies are rethinking workplace experience roles to provide remote employees access to "Third Spaces" focused on hospitality and connection, with participants expressing desire for "emotionally responsive" technology layers that build loyalty and encourage return visits. Topics explored also included whether more intelligent physical surroundings could encourage people to disconnect from devices and connect more meaningfully with each other.

Ginger Dhaliwal from Upflex joined the Flex Uncensored podcast to discuss how coworking is evolving from access-based models to experience-driven destinations—and what that means for operators.

In an extension from our recent tech panel together, Ginger Dhaliwal called out a make-or-break need for flex operators – free and open access to their own data.

The follow-up highlights that in order to leverage third-party space aggregators and workspace platforms to drive demand and grow their business, space operators need to be able to provide their inventory availability data in real time but some platforms are grabbing hold of this data and limiting its use through charging for it or by preventing third-party integrations outright.

I’ll be moderating a very-techy and only-slightly-geeky panel at the GWA conference next week, ft Ginger Dhaliwal from Upflex, Miro Miroslavov from OfficeRnD,, Sofia Stolberg from PilotoMail and Brian Sutherland from Yardi.

Whilst we’ll be diving through the past, present and future of workspace technology stacks, I have put out an open call for any burning tech-related questions from my network. Feel free to reply to the linked post, ping me a DM, or reply to the TWIC email to get your questions to me.