Jamie Ellis

There’s so much more to choosing a workspace for your team than whether it has an attractive design, or an endless supply of coffee. (We have both, by the way.)

It’s not all about the money saving aspects of WFH, business is still business but there has to be more to our working lives than never going into work or seeing your teammates in person and those long (often soul destroying- yeah we’ve all been there) virtual Zoom meetings can just do one!

Being productive and doing things well isn’t just down to your inner drive to succeed. It’s also about where you work. That’s right, the environment around you can impact your creativity and productivity massively.

Wander into any coffee shop and you’re sure to see a student, tucked away in the corner, buried in books and plugged into a laptop. If you’re a student then you probably know of friends who are choosing coworking spaces for their studies instead. Here’s why they’re loving it…

Everything has gone topsy-turvy over the last 18 months. Traditional ways of working have gone out the window and now we’re faced with something altogether more fluid and flexible. This new way of working has helped some businesses to thrive. Just look at recruitment giant Consortia (and one of our fave DeskLodge companies).

Sharing a workspace is brilliant. It’s inspirational and energetic. In fact, you can almost feel the electricity sometimes. All those brains fizzing away, feeding off each other. But it’s not all peaches and cream.

There’s a great quote from Mr Lightbulb, Thomas Edison. He said: ‘I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work’. Isn’t that brilliant? But that’s the thing about ‘failing’ at something. It’s all about how you frame it. And how you move on.

Looking for new talent is never easy. That’s why you’ve got to be as prepared as the candidate will be. Let us give you a few pointers…

Time. It’s our most precious commodity. But you can’t buy it, sell it, borrow it or steal it. Well, we certainly haven’t been squandering our time. We’ve put together a few pointers on how you can manage your day and squeeze the most out of every second.