LifeGrid Magazine June 2017 | Page 26

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT by Jo Valentina Sinclair with David Kosky from Work.Life London Fields W hat is Work.Life? Work.Life is a co-work- ing space that offers intimate spaces for happy work days. How did you start the company? We set the business up in 2014 after seeing an attitudinal change in the world of work. We noticed the number of freelancers was growing and that more and more companies - large and small - were changing the way they used space. We decided to set up our first space in Camden in August 2014 and we now have 5 spaces across London. had to say one thing that I love…it would have to be the plants in there! Why did you choose to do what you do? Like a lot of things in life, I am not sure we ‘chose’ to do what we do, What are the core values and it’s more that it just happened. When beliefs of the company? I left my job, my now business partner and I discussed a number of Our core values are all based ideas and this was the one we around being personal, being positive and doing your best. One of discussed more than the others. Before we knew it we had done a our most important beliefs is that business plan, found a property and happy workers are productive workers. We can’t make people love we had launched our first site. their jobs, but everything we do is With Work.Life we saw an opportu- designed to make people start to look forward to their working week. nity to do build a brand in a grow- ing market and do something differ- What do you love about Work.Life ent to what was out there and that was what attracted us. London Fields? London Fields itself is an awesome place. You have an amazing market, beautifully greenery and lots going on in the neighbourhood. All of our spaces are designed to match local tastes so London Fields feels really welcoming, relaxed, with lots of mixed plants and natural light. If I What is your view on global com- munities connecting? The more connections we can all make the better. I have always leveraged from the people I know whether for advice, opportunities or anything else. We do a lot for our members to encourage them to swap ideas, make intros and go to each other for help. The bigger the network you have, the better position you are in and we are in a fortunate position to facilitate introductions. https://londonfields.work.life