Coworking Values Podcast

Brain-First Coworking Spaces with Amanda Perry Brain First Workspaces: What Neurodivergent Members Need From Your Space What a curry, a Bluetooth headset and a missing front door taught one founder about designing coworking spaces that more people can use. Want the short version by email? Grab the free five-day email course, 5 Mistakes That Hollow Out a Coworking Community and What to Do Instead ,...

Go to the Coworking Values Podcast website for the free five-day email course, The Five Biggest Mistakes Coworking Community Builders Make and How to Avoid Them — peer-to-peer stories from the trenches drawn from this podcast, one practical action each day.  Episode Summary "We are a movement, not just an industry. It's still true. And I think we just got more powerful and also more grown up." Thi...

What's next for Coworking Values Podcast - the next few months. Back in May we ran Unreasonable Connection, a London Coworking Assembly event, and introduced the patronage work. It threw up a disconnect: am I supporting the Coworking Values Podcast, or am I supporting the London Coworking Assembly? So we're leading with the Coworking Values Podcast and Unreasonable Connection event, and London Cow...

"They come for the promise. They stay for the hospitality." — Dr. JJ Peterson Episode Summary JJ Peterson has spent eleven years inside the StoryBrand universe. He co-authored Marketing Made Simple with Donald Miller. He helped Will Guidara write the certification for Unreasonable Hospitality. He hosts the Badass Softie podcast — for leaders who are unapologetically driven but want to lead with th...

Why AI Can't Feel the Room: Practical Operations with Carlos Almansa Coworking Values Podcast "The AI cannot feel the space. It can't feel the dynamics or the vibe. But it can free up time for you to talk to your members, to have a coffee with them, to understand and to read people." — Carlos Almansa Ballesteros Episode Summary Most conversations about AI in coworking are either evangelical or dis...

Why your coworking space needs a Story before it can practise hospitality "Marketing makes these promises and service delivers that. So for us, StoryBrand and unreasonable hospitality, you know, really work together kind of hand in glove. And StoryBrand is, you know, really about thinking about how you communicate that you care to your customers. And the unreasonable hospitality side of things is...

Why your coworking space should partner with local creatives "Ideas are currency, you know. And you're never broke if you got ideas... Everything we are looking at around us came from an idea. So for me, they are, it is a currency within itself."— Koder Koder runs Undeniable Studios, a music production conglomerate built from youth clubs, pirate radio, and 10,000 hours of free studio time in Brock...

“You might not be able to give them money donations for what they’re doing, but what you can do is give them support in various ways, which then means that you are effectively helping achieve those things in your community.” — Parisa Wright Parisa Wright runs Greener and Cleaner, a community sustainability charity that took over a vacant unit inside The Glades shopping centre in Bromley. Five days...

Episode Summary The hero’s journey is broken. That 2,000-year-old storytelling archetype—the one from ancient Greece, from Jason and the Argonauts, from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings—was built for a different kind of story. It’s individualistic, extractive, and violent. It works brilliantly for getting millions of people to watch Orcs die while Tom Cruise learns a personal lesson. But it doesn’t...

“One of the attendees spoke about their local government saying that they could not show favour to specific business and therefore couldn’t collaborate with the coworking space. One of the panellists said, We’ll create a downtown alliance. They can work with an alliance.” —Lauren Walker Episode Summary Lauren Walker is a storyteller who’s spent 25 years behind the scenes. Reader’s Digest in the 19...

“I found myself with a building, a smaller building than the one I’m in now, with the bills to pay, and was a bit like, Oh, dear, I’m going to have to do something about this.” — Teresa Jackson The journey continues - May 19th On May 19th at Space4, the Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! The London Coworking Assembly Forum is back for part two. A one-day working session for the people running Lond...

Episode Summary “We’re not a service provider beyond being a great space. I think we’re a platform, and that’s key.” Hannah Philp Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the public sect...

Episode Summary “We seem to be out front with this when it comes to, I suppose, government support at a national level of coworking as an industry.” Graham Clarke Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbo...

“Hospitality is the art of being hospitable.” Ian Minor Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the public sector allies working to help them thrive. It’s a day to share the load, find...

“We’re keeping people in Wigan, both in jobs, both in supply chain, young people not jumping on the train any longer to go in 30 minutes down the train track to Manchester or Liverpool. You don’t need to go outside of Wigan now. You can do everything in here.” Lee Dalgleish Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. *On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents...

“Community is a really irritating word to me right now. We ask it to carry too much. Everything’s a community.” Rose Radtke Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the public sector all...

“What concerns me most is this idea that we’re returning to the norms from before... when we tore down the walls between home and work and childcare.” Georgia Norton Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neig...

“If freelancing is the future of work, then coworking is the future workplace.” Szilvia Filep Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the public sector allies working to help them thriv...

“The unsung heroes are the smaller companies who are… They’re not trying to raise a billion pounds... Being a home where they feel happy, safe, productive is a good thing.” Tom Ball Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s...

“Inclusivity basically doesn’t mean that you have to include everybody. It’s just making sure that the space that you’re offering is where people can feel safe... it’s about who feels comfortable staying or speaking up or knowing that whatever opinions they have to give will be heard.” Rosee Shrestha Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London C...

“For an industry that professes to be about community, that’s the co-part of coworking, it sure doesn’t include the entire community. We owe it to ourselves, practise what we preach...” Jerome Chang Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people...

“Anyone who tells you to have this little bit of code, do this, is lying. Nobody knows exactly how to optimise towards it.” Hector Kolonas Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the pu...

"It wasn't because they weren't listening – it was because they weren't educated. Once that penny drops, they're super helpful." Ewan Buck Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the pu...

“If coffee shops could have innovated a bit, the coworking industry might have never even happened, honestly, because coffee shops have all the ingredients that coworking movement wanted. It just needed an extra layer of intentionality.” — David Walker Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connectio...

“If we can make people feel like anything is possible, anything is solvable, together... We can find a way together.” - Karen Tait Tired of running yourself into the ground? Then stop running alone. On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! —a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the public sec...