Simon Moore the COO at Serendipity Labs shares some takeaways from the recent WorkSpaces conference in Napa.

Core notes: Flex is universal, flex as an extension of corp HQs, direct > brokers, best-in-class > global networks and how Gable, Deskpass, Desana and Upflex are a growing part of the conversation.

In a recent LinkedIn post, Phil Kirschner argued that most leaders misunderstand coworking as merely real estate flexibility and cost savings, instead of embracing the concept of "permeable coworking" – originally identified by JLL in 2016 and framed by Serendipity Labs as breaking down walls between "us" and "them" to create innovation opportunities.

He references examples including Michigan Central and Atlassian, emphasizing that leading companies should expand their "surface area of ideas" by leveraging shared workplace concepts to accelerate innovation.

Andreas Brandl shares that Serendipity Labs are opening a new location in Costa Mesa, California.