Josh Dane

Natasha Guerra and Josh Dane made a special delivery of a £13,500 donation that the Runway East community raised for the Evelina Children’s Hospital.

Josh Dane of Runway East delivered a passionate appeal at the recent Flexible Space Association Conference, urging coworking companies to consider hiring teachers seeking career changes.

Drawing from his own challenging transition from education to the flexible workspace industry, Dane highlights how the valuable skills teachers possess—exceptional time management, attention to detail, emotional intelligence, clear communication, and "customer service" experience with parents—make them ideal candidates for various roles. Despite applying to 70 companies during his career change with fewer than 10 even responding, Dane eventually found success at Runway East when their CEO, Natasha Guerra, took a chance on his "rogue" application.

Now thriving as Business Operations Manager, he advocates that "there are no junior, and very few mid-level, roles that a teacher couldn’t do," encouraging hiring managers to see beyond traditional experience and recognize the transferable skills educators bring to the workspace sector.

The latest edition of Undercurrents digs into e-commerce for coworking. Explore the opportunity, challenges, lessons learned and more from seasoned experts who’ve done the "hard part" (sometimes many times).

Learn from Josh Dane (Runway East), Anne Olsen (The Shop Workspace), Chiko Abengowe (Perfect Office Solutions), Lyndon Cookson (AccelerateX), Ben Rigby (x+why), Kane Willmott (iQ Offices), Radoslav Enchev (OfficeRnD) and Eyal Lasker (Flexspace AI).

Miro Miroslavov (OfficeRnD) provides the foreword and last word, and your host for this edition is Hector Kolonas (who wears many hats).

Note: This Undercurrents edition was released in four different formats simultaneously, so you can enjoy the deep-dive report regardless of whether you prefer to watch, listen, read online or download for later – or swap between them as you go. Next up? AI Agents!