Industry leaders came together in Melbourne to participate in a global conversation at ‘Navigating the future of coworking’, featuring Christian Schmitz, Salto Systems' Global Coworking Spaces lead.
Industry leaders came together in Melbourne to participate in a global conversation at ‘Navigating the future of coworking’, featuring Christian Schmitz, Global Coworking Spaces lead for Salto Systems. During the event, Chrisitan shared examples of cutting-edge strategies and innovations that are transforming coworking spaces around the world.
Top trends included:
- Developing communities through connections
- Providing an eco-friendly work environment
- Offering hybrid workspaces
- Successfully adopting the latest advancements in technology
Christian highlighted international perspectives from highly innovative companies like NVIDIA and shared how CEO Jensen Huang is embracing hybrid and work-from-home models.
“The office of the future is not a place; it’s a network”
With the evolution of workspaces into hybrid and flexible working environments, the purpose of the office is shifting towards fostering more collaboration and teamwork. Various models, such as remote work from home or professional work hubs closer to individuals' homes, like coworking spaces, are becoming crucial for corporate companies. These offerings are valuable for the entire workforce, from small to large companies.
Christian went on to say that there are four key ingredients that are shaping the future of work:
- Flexibility
- Talent acquisition
- Experimentation
- Tailored offerings for individuals
During the event, Salto partners and other key players in coworking were taken on a journey to revisit times gone by, and the changing priorities which are shaping the future of workspaces.
Improve member experience and streamline operations by leveraging the latest in coworking technology
By putting user experience first, and embracing technology, Salto smart access solutions are helping meet the changing needs of an evolving coworking and smart office customer base.
With Salto, coworking business operators and office managers can provide a seamless coworking space keyless experience, utilizing automated access permissions via a sophisticated management platform, among numerous other advantages.
Christian wrapped up the event by saying that the days of ‘function over form’ are dead. Workspaces need to be smart, connected, sustainable and user-centric if they are to thrive.
Salto has become a global leader in delivering access control and smart locking solutions for coworking spaces. Every day, millions of members worldwide rely on Salto's fast and secure access, from entrances to meeting rooms, phone booths, and locker locks. Our trusted access control and digital key technology secure thousands of doors across coworking spaces, providing, from entrance to meeting rooms, phone booths or locker locks. Our trusted access control and digital key technology secure thousands of doors across coworking's, providing a safe and connected space and operators alike. Salto has a strong history of delivering pioneering access control solutions, combining seamless access with managing demand and providing welcoming, secure, cost-efficient work and collaboration ecosystems. Our global presence includes successful implementations of our solutions, which have been embraced by a diverse range of coworking spaces brands worldwide and in Australia.
- Hub Australia, Sydney.
- The Wool Mill Centre, Australia.
- Salon Lane – Beauty Professionals Office Hub, Sydney, Australia
- Regus – Spaces (IWG)
- The Workshop, Singapore
- Warner Music, Spain, Madrid
Attendees praised the event which was held at Just co., a local Salto coworking space. The venue and the networking opportunities were well received, and Christian was quoted as being “interesting and engaging” throughout the presentation.
Flexible Workspaces Australia
Salto hosted this event with the support of Flexible Workspaces Australia. FWA brings together Australia’s leading flexible workspace and coworking providers for the first time, including Hub Australia, The Thrive Network, WeWork, Workspace 365, Eastern Innovation, WorkLife, Work Tank, The Executive Centre, IWG, Creative Cubes, The Commons, Liberty Workspaces, Your Desk, Impactiv8, The Hive and WOTSO. Suppliers to the industry have also been a part of its creation, including Bioom, Instant Offices, Rubber Desk, Work Free and Office RnD. FWA connect stakeholders as one entity and facilitate an advanced, collaborative network within the coworking industry. If you would like to know more about Flexible Workspace Australia or register to join any of their events please visit the website.
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