Bernie Mitchell
Coworking Community Builder
PRO Leader Profile.
💌 Recent Newsletter Mentions
127 Results
"Can I absolutely recognise the important role that flexible working spaces play in 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.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 6 days ago · 📩 Week 24, 2026 · 📰 News & Views
Coworking Values Podcast episode #53, written up by Bernie Mitchell, argues that coworking spaces have become genuine mental health infrastructure for many of their members.
The piece challenges operators to go beyond surface-level wellness gestures like bean bags and meditation apps, and instead ask who never makes it through the door and why. The FOUNDRY in Poole, housed in a brutalist-era 1960s shopping centre, is featured as a case study.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 6 days ago · 📩 Week 24, 2026 · ✊ Impact
Bernie J Mitchell shared notes from the gathering of members of the European Coworking Assembly in Portugal. They discussed what actually makes coworking spaces work.
Key takeaways: your email list beats social media for building real community, and coworking alone rarely covers the bills so most operators run a second business to stay afloat.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 14 days ago · 📩 Week 23, 2026 · 📰 News & Views
While business rates were the biggest pain to UK operators in the room, the workshops provided food for thought. Jane Robathan from Nexudus attended her first Unreasonable Connection and thanks by Bernie Mitchell for bringing impactful routes to the good kinds of growth.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 21 days ago · 📩 Week 22, 2026 · 📰 News & Views
Most conversations about AI in coworking are either evangelical or dismissive, but Carlos Almansa Ballesteros, co-founder of Nexudus and author of the Coworkings AI newsletter, tells Bernie Mitchell why he isn’t interested in either.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 49 days ago · 📩 Week 18, 2026 · 🎙 Discussions
👋 More Info
Work was never supposed to be this lonely.
Coworking — real coworking — is how we take it back.
Maybe you’ve felt it too.
That ‘gut pull’ that asks, “Could work be more than this?”
And:
Are there still places where people look up and support each other?
I felt it for the first time in 2008.
I found a random online meetup about coworking that was happening in New York City.
It was a group of people who had created a workspace together.
In the end, it was one of the first coworking spaces in New York City.
It was not about an “office” or “flex” space.
It was about not having to do life alone.
In 2010, I got my first coworking role at the opening of a space in Smithfield’s Market in the City of London.
It was scrappy. Messy. Full of people figuring it out on the fly.
I loved it.
Since then, I’ve hosted over 1,000 events, meetups, and workshops, mostly in London coworking spaces.
I’ve produced over 1,000 podcasts across various projects, mostly about microbusiness and being a freelancer or creator.
I like places where connection isn’t a perk — it’s survival.
🤝 Interested In
- 🎙️ Appearing on Podcasts, 📝 Consulting/Freelancing, 💡 Delivering Keynotes, 🛋️ Speaking on Panels
⭐️ Related Brands
These profiles are designed to give busy folks quick context around individuals in and around the coworking world, and the often-multiple roles and orgs they're involved in.
Want your own Coworking People profile? Join the waitlist here.
Thanks for reading TWIC, and clicking on my name somewhere!