The Flexible Office Economy w/ Mark Gilbreath, CEO LiquidSpace

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, Coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Robert Teed - VP Corporate Services, ServiceNow What you'll hear on this episode First new episode since the COVID summer of 2020 What the office industry got right and wrong over the past 18 months Did we misunderstand the role of the physical workplace? Is culture too fragile to survive beyond the workplace? Productivity and collaboration in new forums and mediums The emergence of the hybrid workplace The awakening of CEOs to the new role of place The lingering unknown of employee behavior in a new age of flexibility and choice Fostering collaboration across a distributed workplace Technology's role in replicating the watercooler moment People and companies mentioned ServiceNow, LiquidSpace, Frank Slootman, Snowflake, Frank Gorman, Morgan Stanley, Zoom, Twitter, Tracy Hawkins, Nutanix, Michael Phelps  

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, Coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Joff Sharpe - former British Land, COO/Founder/Co-Leader Storey Spaces Ltd What you'll hear on this episode The founding story of British Land's flexible office business, "Storey" How they approached the "make vs buy" decision How they measured success The challenges of developing a B2C brand People and companies mentioned British Land, Storey, Chris Grigg, John Gildersleeve, Goldman Sachs, Pepsi, Mars, John Ritblat, EQ, Boston Properties, Brookfield, Tishman, James Lowery, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, WeWork    

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, Coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Dan Tangherlini - CFO at Emerson Collective, former Administrator GSA What you'll hear on this episode The Govt covid response to COVID and workplace safety Reflections on the GSA's pursuit of real estate efficiency and “the flexible office plan” The policy vs politics, the WFH vs Office debate Contemplating the economics of workplace health and safety The perils of the current alt-fact world People and companies mentioned Dan Tangherlini, Emerson Collective, CDC, USGBC, GSA, PBS, US Treasury Department, Obama, Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, James Gorman, Morgan Stanley, Danny Werfel, Gov Actually, Cass Sunstein  

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, Coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Chris Kane - Founder, Six Ideas What you'll hear on this episode Corporate real estate's transition from cost center to value creator Shifting the supply demand equation from provider to consumer The missing connection between landlords and occupiers Commercial real estate's beakout from analog to digital Real estates role to play in ESG (Ethical Society and Governments) People and companies mentioned Chris Kane, Six Ideas, BBC, Disney Company, Mark Thompson, Frank Becker, Mike Joroff, Corporate Real Estate: The Fifth Resource, JLL, Lisa Picard, EQ Office, Blackstone Charles Handy, Dror Poleg, Adam Neuman

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Dror Poleg - Founder, Rethinking Real Estate What you'll hear on this episode Have we reached Peak Office? Technology leaps impacting the real estate industry The drivers of asset value in an age of abundance Learnings from WeWork How the change in the nature of work is driving adaptation in the physical real estate The effects of AI and automation What the "Hollywood workplace model" foretells fo the office industry People and companies mentioned Dror Poleg, Mark Gilbreath, WeWork, Breather, LiquidSpace, Adam Davidson, Google, Knotel, Industrious, Marriott, Intercontinental, Softbank, Adam Neuman  

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Ben Munn, Managing Director Flex Space, JLL  What you'll hear on this episode From mailroom to Managing Director, a Flexible Office exec's journey The poetry of workplace JLL's view of the forces driving Enterprise adoption of Flexible Office How the status quo is being disrupted within traditional service providers  People and companies mentioned Ben Munn, JLL, Mark Gilbreath, LiquidSpace, Gensler, CBRE, Lenny Beaudoin, Hemingway, Picasso, Regus, WeWork, Cushman Wakefield, HOK, Uber, Airbnb, Warby Parker, Rudin, SL Green, EQ Office  

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: William Edmundson, COO Office Evolution  What you'll hear on this episode How the franchising model is entering the Flexible Office economy Insights on Office Evolution, the 4th largest Flexible Office chain in N. America Parallels between the Flexible Office and Hospitality industries Insights on how Flexible Office will perform in a market downturn People and companies mentioned William Edmundson, Office Evolution Mark Gilbreath, LiquidSpace, Global Workspace Association, Ray Schultz, Marriott, Cambria, Choice Hotels, Heidrick & Struggles, Hampton Inn, Starwood, Ritz Carlton, Abbey Office Centers, Chris Brown, Cushman Wakefield, Regus, WeWork  

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Amit Ramani, Founder and CEO Awfis Space Solutions What you'll hear on this episode The unlimited market opportunity that traditional Serviced Office providers missed  High growth AND profitability in the coworking industry - yes it does exist How coworking was exported from America and reinvented to thrive in the Indian office market People and companies mentioned Amit Ramani, Awfis, Mark Gilbreath, LiquidSpace, HOK, Nelson India, Ozzie Nelson, Petra, Regus, Servcorp, Bank of America, American Express, Neuhouse, WeWork, JLL, Colliers, CBRE, Hana, Cushman Wakefield, Prius Capital, Softbank, Corenet, IFMA, RMZ, Coworks  

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Jamie Russo, CEO Global Workspace Association and Host of "Everything Coworking" What you'll hear on this episode Preview of the Global Workspace Association (GWA) annual conference, Sept 18-20 Evolution of the flexible office industry The challenges faced by new space operators Reactions to the WeWork IPO The implications of building owners entering the flexible office market People and companies mentioned LiquidSpace, Everything Coworking, Global Workspace Association, Regus, Stratis, HQ, Lisa Picard, EQ Office, Tishman Speyer, Brookfield, Swig Company, Boston Properties, Industrious, Justin Stewart, JLL, Ben Munn, Emily Watkins, Scott Homo, ServiceNow, Robert Teed, Automattic, Awfis, Amit Ramani, Citizen Space, Bond Collective, Common Grounds, Office Evolution, Serendipity Labs, John Arenas, WeWork, Knotel, Hines, Cushman Wakefield, CBRE, Avison Young

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Jacob Bates, CEO of CommonGrounds Workplace What you'll hear on this episode Solving for the unique needs of the enterprise occupier Is the Flexible Office market currently oversupplied or undersupplied?  Yes! How flexibility is being engineered into the built landscape The distinction between Workplace-as-a-Service and Coworking Have landlords over-amenitized their buildings? Are we at "Peak Office"? People and companies mentioned CommonGrounds Workplace, LiquidSpace, CBRE, NAI, Coldwell Banker, Nike, Cigna, Unity, Tecno, Marriott, Emar Properties, TechSpace, Industrious, Jacob Bates, Craig Loeber, Mohamed Alabbar, Bob Davidson

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Lisa Picard, CEO EQ Office  What you'll hear on this episode EQ's "3 F's", that are critical to delivering customer delight How big of an asset strategy is Flexible Office... (very big) The new unit economics  The opportunity and risk for tradition service providers Is the market ready for digital leasing... (yes) People and companies mentioned EQ Office, Industrious, JLL, WeWork, Regus, Washington REIT, ServiceNow, Robert Teed, LiquidSpace, Tishman Speyer, British Land, Cushman Wakefield

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guests: Robert Teed, ServiceNow VP Real Estate and Workplace  Daaf Serne, ServiceNow Director Real Estate and Workplace  What you'll hear on this episode ServiceNow on its Flexible Office "Utopia" Why they believe landlords may be the big winners in the Flexible Office economy The need for new hybrid solutions The risk and opportunity for tradition service providers People and companies mentioned ServiceNow, LiquidSpace, Bill Agnello, Regus, WeWork, Instant Office

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy. What you'll hear on this episode The hero's journey of a 25 year veteran in the serviced office and coworking industry The power of networks Meeting the unique demands of the Enterprise customer The prospect of an office apocalypse The suicide mission strategies at play by some in the industry today The outlook for consolidation in coworking    People and companies mentioned Serendipity Labs, Stratis, John Arenas, LiquidSpace, Regus, Marriott, Hilton, Starwood Explore Serendipity Labs on LiquidSpace.com

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a thoughtful and thought-provoking podcast featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.   What you'll hear on this episode Insights from an OG of Coworking; How principles of The Experience Economy are shaping the evolution of Coworking; Expanding the margin opportunity in Coworking; Asset yield optimization; The human need to belong; The social dimension of work and workplace People and companies mentioned Fueled Collective, LiquidSpace, Coco, Joseph Pine, James Gilmore, Starbucks, Soho House, Tishman Speier, The Battery, Wingtip, Neuehouse

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a thoughtful and thought-provoking podcast featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.   What you'll hear on this episode Transformation of the office industry;  the origin and growth of Convene, as a leader in providing Workplace-as-a-Service; The amenitization of the office experience; intersection of the enterprise occupier and coworking; outlook for consolidation in the coworking industry People and companies mentioned Convene, LiquidSpace, Industrious, WeWork, IWG, Regus, Gramercy Capital, SL Green, Marriott, Starbucks, PWC, Google, Airbnb, Tishman Speyer, Boston Properties, British Land Discover Convene workspaces on LiquidSpace See Convene space here