Coworking Values Podcast
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Coworking Values Podcast
Welcome to Coworking Values the podcast of the European Coworking Assembly. Each week we deep dive into one of the values of accessibility, community, openness, collaboration and sustainability. Listen in to learn how these values can make or break Coworking culture. coworkingvaluespodcast.substac...
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How to Talk to Councils So They Actually Fund Your Projects with Jeannine van der Linden
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“There is a real disconnect between community coworking spaces and the people who will fund these kinds of needs.”
There’s...
Why AI Makes Local Manufacturing Essential with Michael Korn
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“The future is going to be more like the past than it is the present. With AI taking over so many jobs, it will likely take over...
The Antidote to Invisible Work: Social Capital & Ecosystem Winning with Tilley Harris
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“We are in a space now where we can get really imaginative about how we utilise resources and how we change the way we’re lookin...
Building Community Power in Collapsing Systems with Sara Anjargolian
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“In a former Soviet state, you derive your power from secrecy in a lot of ways. We were turning that idea upside down and pushin...
Why Every coworking Space Is Already Political with Jon Alexander
“These spaces are where increasingly, they’re critical civic infrastructure. They’re what I think of as civic catalysts, and they are where people mee...
Why Early-Career Coworking Professionals Need Their Own Movement with Caroline Van den Eynde
"I'm the poster child for FLOC, because since I've joined, I've completely expanded my network. I've made so many connections."
Caroline Van den...
No Eligibility Criteria: The Only Rule You Need to Build Real Community with Williamz Omope
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“I'm teaching them how to use ChatGPT to write a letter to their landlord to tell them off about the mould in the corner of thei...
The 95% Return Rate: Why Being Yourself Is Your Best Business Strategy with Ali Kakande
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"I only want to work with people that I like... people who don't affect my nervous system. Some people will laugh and go, What?...
Why Every Coworking Story Matters with Fanny Marcoux
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"You got to be crazy to start a coworking space. Because just as many small businesses, not just in the coworking industry, in a...
Art as Weapons of Mass Creation with Samia Tossio
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"They use weapons of mass destruction, division, and distraction. Be the antidote, be a weapon of mass creation."
Samia To...
Fighting Economic Brain Drain: Community Infrastructure with Mariangie Rosas
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"If it weren't for Coco House, I would not be in Puerto Rico right now because this was what let me be able to continue my busin...
The UK Business Support Failure Coworking Spaces Are Already Solving with Stacey Sheppard
"I just genuinely believe that there is [a pathway to entrepreneurship], and I believe it is the coworking industry. I believe we are perfectly positi...
The Messy Spaces Where Magic Happens with David Walker
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"There's a big bias towards design over engagement. Everyone has fancy glass walls, everyone has sit-stand desks, but the messy...
Your Community Manager Can't Do 8 Jobs Forever with DeShawn Brown
"She was so busy that you couldn't even get time on her calendar to deal with important issues. She didn't have any spare time because of how many rol...
The Real Cost of Quality: What London's Workspace Flight Tells Us with Jules Robertson
"We know what's going to happen with startups before anyone else because a company will say that they're downsizing or whatever before they'll fire ev...
20 Years of Building Communities of Care with Ashley Proctor
"We were being disconnected and distributed instead of coming together."
That's Ashley Proctor describing the moment in 2004 when Ontario Colleg...
Building Coworking for the People Actually Living in Hackney with Kofi Oppong
Building Coworking for the People Actually Living in Hackney with Kofi Oppong
When 15-year-old twins refuse to leave the AI lab and Caribbean gr...
When Certainty Dies, Everything Changes Finding the Others Through Citizen Action with Gavin Fernie-Jones
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"I know for a fact I've got two more at home."
The woman standing outside Gavin's ski shop holds five pairs of ski pants....
How Space4 Coworking in Finsbury Park Creates £2.5 Million In Social Value with Natasha Natarajan
"We don't pay rent, but we pay them in social value... To date, I think we've provided £2.5 million to Islington Council in social value."
Space...
The Antidote to Competing on Price: Unreasonable Hospitality with Julie & Sonya
"There's always going to be someone who comes along who does something a little bit better, a bit faster, a bit cheaper than you. And then you're goin...
Beyond Rainbow Stickers: Building Genuinely Inclusive Coworking Spaces with Aidan Sunassee
"A lot of policies are managed to, or a lot of policies are written to manage the majority's comfort. And actual inclusion asks a much different quest...
The Antidote to Trying Too Hard: Building Real Community from Scratch With Tony Bacigalupo
"I'm just trying to create the lunch table that I could never sit at myself."
The mistake happens in the first week.
You move to a new cit...
How Coworking Became a Launchpad for Tech Careers from Finsbury Park to Gaza with Dan Sofer
“We trained people in Camden. Our alumni trained others in Gaza. It was peer-led — and it worked.”
Dan Sofer didn’t mean to build a coding movem...
Building the Next Generation of Coworking Careers with Sam Shea
"For someone who's been in the industry for eight years, I get tired of telling people what coworking is. I want people just to know and understand."<...
Forget CVs—Ask About Spare Time: A New Way to Welcome Refugees with Mikael Johansson
"We are the bridge that can make the trust between the system and the association that can make the trust become more vivid."
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When Yoga Becomes Work: The Dark Side of Coworking Wellness with Dr. Adèle Gruen
"It's not necessarily your boss telling you to do yoga, but yourself thinking that if you don't do yoga, if you don't do these networking events, you...
Why Your Coworking Space Matters More Than You Think with Helena Norberg-Hodge
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"We are being driven by a blind system that we support when we remain blind to it."
Helena Norberg-Hodge doesn't talk abou...
Fighting to Belong: Building Places Where Everyone Can with Vibushan Thirukumar
"It comes from being told no, being told to reduce yourself, and working for people who don't give a s**t about your future, your culture, or the envi...
Coworking Without the Gimmicks: Why People Really Stay with Tom Ball
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"People don’t stay for the decor. They stay because they get more done and feel less alone."
Most coworking spaces chase w...
Choosing the Right Software for Your Coworking Space - Not Someone Else’s Setup with Fiona Ross
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"If we don’t have revenue, we don’t have a space."
Fiona Ross joins Bernie to discuss one of the most costly, challenging,...
Radical Hospitality & Real Community: Inside Prism Spaces with Olivia Jones & Tyshon Boone
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"I'm a mother now. I'm no longer a hostess."
In this episode, Emily Breder talks with Olivia Jones and Tyshon Boone, co-fo...
The Freelance Pricing Crisis: How Undervaluing Your Work Costs More Than You Think with Elina Jutelyte
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What happens when you realise your pricing model isn't just flawed—it’s sabotaging your freedom?
This is a raw, practical...
Why Paid Ads Can’t Save a Coworking Space with No Email List
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“Everything comes back to email.”
Emily and Bernie rip the plaster off a painful truth: frantic paid ads can’t rescue a ho...
REWIND: How to Build a Coworking Community That Lasts: From Transforma to Kalima with Vanessa Sans
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“You can hire a branding agency. Or you can co-create it with the people who'll live it.”
In this REWIND episode, we revis...
Real Community, Not Just Coworking Talk: The Magic of Belonging with Lucy McInally
What happens when you lose your workspace, your routine, and your community?
In this deeply human episode, Bernie and Lucy McInally crack open w...
The Future Is Already Here: Flexible Work, Third Places & Collective Change with Denise Brouder
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It’s June 2025, just a few weeks after European Coworking Day united coworking communities across Europe—and this week's SXSW ev...
Design Isn’t Enough: Building Truly Inclusive Coworking with Alex Young
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Alex Young doesn’t want applause for installing ramps.
As Director at Projects in Brighton, she’s focused on something muc...
Permission to Keep Going: Managing Existential Overhead with Emily and Bernie
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How do you keep your business running when your nervous system is screaming?
In this raw and resonant episode, Bernie and Emily ta...
How to Be Seen: Loneliness, Culture & Safe Spaces with Sangeeta Pillai
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When Sangeeta Pillai walks into a coworking space, she’s not just looking for a desk—she’s scanning for signs that someone like...
Confidence Isn’t Loud: Communication, Comedy & Coworking with Jon Torrens
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Ever felt exhausted by the pressure to appear confident, even when you’re not?In this frank, funny, and insightful conversation,...