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🚪 Is the next coworking wave going private?
Paula A. Madrid, founder of Blue Panda Office Spaces in Brooklyn, argues many therapists, attorneys, Expand 👇 consultants and healthcare providers want private, neighborhood workspaces more than open networking floors.
She sees the next flex generation balancing privacy and control with community, not defaulting to shared tables. We’re seeing more and more pperators serving independent professionals shifting towards closable offices and quiet/focus zones.
Paula A. Madrid, founder of Blue Panda Office Spaces in Brooklyn, argues many therapists, attorneys, Expand 👇 consultants and healthcare providers want private, neighborhood workspaces more than open networking floors.
She sees the next flex generation balancing privacy and control with community, not defaulting to shared tables. We’re seeing more and more pperators serving independent professionals shifting towards closable offices and quiet/focus zones.
🏀 The Knicks created a belonging machine
Sports fandom creates space for people who might otherwise never cross paths. In the stands, at Expand 👇 watch parties, and online, people from different generations, professions, cultures, and political beliefs gather around a common interest.
Cat Johnson shares how community doesn’t require everyone to be the same, it simply requires everyone to care about the same thing.
Sports fandom creates space for people who might otherwise never cross paths. In the stands, at Expand 👇 watch parties, and online, people from different generations, professions, cultures, and political beliefs gather around a common interest.
Cat Johnson shares how community doesn’t require everyone to be the same, it simply requires everyone to care about the same thing.
🇬🇧 UK Prime Minister backs coworking at PMQs
"Can I absolutely recognise the important role that flexible working spaces play in Expand 👇 regenerating our high streets?" – UK Prime Minister in Parliament today.
The UK Prime Minister responded to a question from Lauren Edwards MP at PMQs, acknowledging the role flexible workspaces play in regenerating high streets after sustained lobbying by Jane Sartin of the Flexible Space Association. The trigger: Roland Stanley of Dragon Coworking invited his local MP to visit, which led directly to the parliamentary question. Sartin says the association will keep pushing back against business rates changes that threaten the sector and the thousands of SMEs that depend on it.
"Can I absolutely recognise the important role that flexible working spaces play in Expand 👇 regenerating our high streets?" – UK Prime Minister in Parliament today.
The UK Prime Minister responded to a question from Lauren Edwards MP at PMQs, acknowledging the role flexible workspaces play in regenerating high streets after sustained lobbying by Jane Sartin of the Flexible Space Association. The trigger: Roland Stanley of Dragon Coworking invited his local MP to visit, which led directly to the parliamentary question. Sartin says the association will keep pushing back against business rates changes that threaten the sector and the thousands of SMEs that depend on it.
😲 Brand makes its staff survey data (very) public
Work.Life Head of People Olya Yakzhina published the company’s quarterly employee engagement results Expand 👇 in a fully interactive public dashboard, visible not just to staff but to anyone, including job candidates.
The dashboard shows scores across each quarter of FY26, the themes from employee comments, and the specific actions leadership took in response to each survey cycle. It’s a rare move toward genuine employer transparency, and Yakzhina argues that future candidates will increasingly expect this level of openness rather than curated employer brand content.
Work.Life Head of People Olya Yakzhina published the company’s quarterly employee engagement results Expand 👇 in a fully interactive public dashboard, visible not just to staff but to anyone, including job candidates.
The dashboard shows scores across each quarter of FY26, the themes from employee comments, and the specific actions leadership took in response to each survey cycle. It’s a rare move toward genuine employer transparency, and Yakzhina argues that future candidates will increasingly expect this level of openness rather than curated employer brand content.
😋 Has AI started eating the flex office broker’s lunch?
At GCUC UK, Patrick Kennedy and Phoebe Reilly reported that 42% of Manchester office transactions Expand 👇 are now flex, yet operators say broker-generated leads dropped roughly 50% in 2024.
Scott Dickson argues AI search tools like ChatGPT and Copilot are the main culprit, bypassing broker marketplace sites by connecting searchers directly to operators. Deals are still getting done though, just through a much wider mix of channels including direct, traditional agents with flex desks, city-specialist brokers, individual brokers like Jimmie Brennan and Jason McDermott, and platforms like Seek.
At GCUC UK, Patrick Kennedy and Phoebe Reilly reported that 42% of Manchester office transactions Expand 👇 are now flex, yet operators say broker-generated leads dropped roughly 50% in 2024.
Scott Dickson argues AI search tools like ChatGPT and Copilot are the main culprit, bypassing broker marketplace sites by connecting searchers directly to operators. Deals are still getting done though, just through a much wider mix of channels including direct, traditional agents with flex desks, city-specialist brokers, individual brokers like Jimmie Brennan and Jason McDermott, and platforms like Seek.
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