Alex Hillman
better coworking, better business, and better communities
better coworking, better business, and better communities
Looking for coworking best practices from one of the oldest coworking spaces in the world? You’re in the right place!
This collection includes my full back-catalog of articles for coworking founders, staff and even coworking members!
Running a collaborative space doesn’t automagically make you a great collaborator.
Continue ReadingI’ve been working on something new for you!
Continue Reading“We’re having a really hard time getting traction with our coworking space. Coworking is just so new here, and people don’t really understand it.”
Continue ReadingThe short, two part answer is loneliness + context.
Continue ReadingThink about the last person you met, or were introduced to.
Continue ReadingHave you ever thought about how sending a message of “I don’t trust you” can actually make some kinds of problems MORE likely, not less?
Continue ReadingI have a love/hate relationship with the press, especially when it comes to coworking. Mostly because I know what’s NOT in the story.
Continue ReadingI don’t often do guest posts on my blog. But after Andy Soell helped someone on the Coworking Google Group with some tremendously valuable advice, I had to ask him if he’d be willing to share that same advice here. I’m happy that he obliged. Enjoy! -Alex
Continue ReadingWhat’s missing from this picture of a coworking space?
Continue ReadingIf you’ve read one newspaper or magazine article about coworking, you’ve read them all. Right?
Continue ReadingYou remember to talk about the future, what you haven’t done yet, because it’s still amazing/exciting to you. It’s easy and fun to dream, and share that dream with others.
Continue ReadingOh look, open floorplan offices are under scrutiny again, this time by the Harvard Business review.
Continue ReadingIndy Hall and the global coworking community has provided me with literally THOUSANDS of stories. I’ve realized, looking back, how many of them are packed with serendipity. This is my attempt to share just one of them. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to share more.
Continue ReadingHappy Int’l Coworking Day, Y’all!
Continue ReadingCoworking is growing into a global phenomenon — but bigger isn’t always better.
Continue ReadingHyphen notwithstanding, I love this infographic from Accelerator YYC.
Continue ReadingWhen we hear about coworking communities, we generally hear about the new, innovative, collaborative, creative spaces that they inhabit…but we hear a lot less about the interactions between the people in them.
Continue ReadingYet another piece of printed recognition for our community to be proud of: Select Greater Philadelphia (one of the region’s main economic development and marketing entities) just published it’s annual report. Included in it is a highlight of the city’s growing coworking ecosys...
Continue ReadingDamn, that’s a mouthful of a post title, isn’ it?
Continue ReadingThis one is from the Coworking google group:
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