The ARC Club: Genuine Connection
Are you the type? You know who you are! I see you! You may not want to admit it but it excites you. You absolutely love it, in fact it’s second nature to you. The hustle and bustle and queuing up like a sardine waiting to enter a tin on the 8.03am to Aldgate East. You remember the euphoria and rush of adrenaline sweep over you after the dash for life to get the last seat on the train. The way you humbly proudly congratulated yourself on your speed and agility whilst simultaneously internally
Urban MBA unlocked one more door for young entrepreneurs to follow their dreams.
On the 18th of September, during London’s fashion week, the infamous London venue, The Ministry of Sound, opened its doors for a spectacular and highly anticipated event. Organisers, Urban MBA and Lstnup Ldn, collaborated with Puma Sportstyle and created a campaign that captured the essence of today's political, sociological and economic climate and sent an unequivocal and loud message - Change is Essential, The Change Is Now. I had an opportunity not only to watch the show but be a part of i
Gareth Jones - Coworking As An Essential Urban Infrastructure
powered by Sounder Hi Folks! Thanks for tuning in to the Coworking Values Podcast. This time our guest is Gareth Jones of Town Square. Gareth started his first Coworking Space in 2011 — Welsh Ice in Caerphilly in South Wales and now with Town Square where their mission is to create town centre meeting places, community spaces in town centres all across the UK. Gareth tells us all about how at first they didn't consider -Welsh Ice, a coworking space or what they’re doing as coworking. He also
Rowena Hennigan – Remote Working in the Midst of a Pandemic
powered by Sounder Hello Folks! We’re another week in and it’s time for our weekly Coworking Values Podcast. For this episode’s guest, we have Rowena Hennigan of Nomad City. Rowena is a lecturer and project consultant based in Zaragoza, Spain and had been working remotely since 2007. Not only that, but she is also well known for co-founding and authoring the “Management Strategies” for Future of Work module in TU Dublin. She also ran an academic conference on the said subject last April
Black Lives Matter in Coworking too.
I recently wrote a post on my photography blog about Black Lives Matter in photography. It was something I’d wanted to do for a long time, but never had the guts to actually do it. I was too scared that I’d say the wrong thing, offend and rock a delicate boat. Then, with the media storm, I didn’t want to be someone else just jumping on a bandwagon. There are always reasons not to speak up, it would be easy to spend your life in silence. But I know now, through the bravery of so many others,
We are “The Utilize” Project.
Four minds came together, all with their strengths to balance out each other’s weaknesses with the collective purpose of building up and elevating communities through utilizing empty spaces in London. Our first project is on the Isle Of Dogs and has been an interesting journey so far. We had all the ideas and were ready to put our feet down on the gas when the pandemic hit. For me personally COVID-19 and the lockdown was a blessing in disguise. We were able to sit down as a team and plan the f