Ben Northrop shared why, in a world full of integration options, Workbox opted for a managed approach to connecting their OfficeRnD and essensys Platform setups via Syncaroo.

Notably, the integration saves their community teams 10-20 minutes of extra work per new member, while also reducing the load (and stress) on their IT team as they scale.

CIO reports on results from a recent WalkMe study that shows large enterprises are losing an average of $104 million annually due to digital inefficiencies, with employees wasting approximately 36 workdays navigating (or working around) IT roadblocks.

This problem is not limited to just large enterprises. When was the last time you took a minute to think about how this applies to your day to day operations in managing coworking and flexible workspaces? Exactly…

Coworking OG and founder of One Coworking, Christophe Fahle shares the top 12 questions he uses to help mid-sized companies (20-200 employees) determine whether traditional office leasing or flexible coworking spaces are better suited to their needs.

The workflow evaluates key factors including financial considerations, growth projections, facility management resources, talent attraction strategies, and security requirements. Could also be a helpful framework for qualifying larger client requests at your spaces.

Denise Brouder shared a report from the Future of Work Alliance on the polarization of the term "DEI".

The piece does an excellent job arguing for creative alternatives that can provide the overall benefits of having DEI inform workspace strategy, without being tied to the controversy of the term.

A member of a coworking space in Madrid shared an experience where he was confronted for taking phone calls in his office. While there may very well have been complaints from other members regarding the volume of his calls, being told by a community manager that he couldn’t be on a call seems a bridge too far. Not to mention being interrupted during the call with the news.

Perhaps a lighter touch from the space would have provided an opportunity to suggest alternative solutions. Or maybe the member continuously ignored community guidelines, and was using hot desk or lounge space to do non-stop sales calls. What would you have done?