#65 with Rachid Abu Hassan from WeWork

"Office space is not only about science and numbers. It's first and
foremost about the people!" Podcast 65 with WeWork’s Design
Director Rachid How will we work in the future? We’ve been there:
It’s a WeWork office in Chelsea, NYC. At first we thought it's one
of the many WeWork locations in New York City but it was actually
their HQ. We had the chance to meet Rachid Abu-Hassan, Design
Director at WeWork, and we learned a lot about how the 20bn
‘community workspace’ startup influences the modern workplace.
Rachid has a background in acoustics, which gives him a unique view
on how he sees the influence that space has on the people who work
there every day, from human to cable, from engineering to emotions.
There is more to an office than screens and desks. Michael’s
experience at his agency has shown him how an office can actually
change the way people work. And at Blackboat we see the office as a
communication tool - a very efficient one, but just a tool. So we
already are very open to rethinking old ways of designing office
space. But Rachid and the WeWork HQ challenged us to rethink that
linear way of approaching workspace redesign. And we understood
that this is just the beginning: Office space needs a makeover,
especially during times when the digital and physical worlds merge
and the lines between work and pleasure keep blurring. Let's open
up the discussion for your thoughts. What are the best New
Workspace concepts that you know? How do you like the WeWork
approach (there is also a video about our visit in Christoph
channel Youtube.com/christophmagnussen)? What are concepts that you
have experienced and enjoyed? What are epic fails? Let us know what
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