TWIC Podcast co-host Mike LaRosa shared insights and takeaways from his recent milestone birthday at Walt Disney World.

Who would have guessed that flexible workspace and a Disney Parks trip had so much in common? Mike explores how choice, flexibility and community building are key in both settings. In addition to the importance of personalized experiences, technology that enhances human connection and helping create unity both virtually and in person.

Mike LaRosa shares his observations on an increasingly competitive flex workspace aggregator market and draws some comparisons to a surprising 90s tech partnership where competitors (Apple and Microsoft) partnered up together.

Mike LaRosa shared a recent post by Coworking Whistler in a Facebook group about the near-immediate impact implementing coworking space management software had on their business.

In short, they achieved a 200% increase in short-term booking revenue within two months of implementing Proximity, transitioning from manual operations to automated systems. In 2025, there are still a number of indie operators forgoing implementing tech.. and evidently revenues.

Mike LaRosa shares a contrarian observation from the Coworking Europe conference. It appears that flexible workspace operators are further distancing themselves from using ‘coworking’ as a description for what they do, while more independent coworking operators are also stepping away from attending the conference due to the number of multi-location operators in attendance.

Mike’s take? Now more than ever, operators of all types of shared workspaces should be gathering, connecting and collaborating, rather than continuing to drive division due to what is or is not "coworking". Yes Mike!

Mike LaRosa took to LinkedIn to share some thoughts on a trend in which "fishbowl" is being used to describe flexible workspaces that are designed with rows of glass-divided offices. Many spaces like this have higher-than-average vacancies, and Mike explores some ideas on how to pivot or reposition floorplans like this.