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