Small Business Labs

JUNE 11, 2018

Here's how we described Spring Place then: "Spring Place goes beyond just offering stylish work environs in an enviable zipcode. Spring .  Regular readers may remember we covered Spring Place's first location in New York city in our 2016 article  The Rise of the Combo Social Club, Coworking Space.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

In an environment of truly breathtaking technological advances, perhaps the greatest policy issue of our generation will be how the principled, values-based community of nations embraces technology for the benefit of humankind, making this a major priority in 2019.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 18, 2012

Army War College in the late 1990's to describe their view of the future strategic environment.   It stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity and we think this group of words does a pretty good job of describing today's business environment.

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Environment 100

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

  Over the past couple of weeks we covered how people choose between traditional jobs and independent work  and how Darwinian work environments lead more people to choose independence. But compared with toxic work environments, it's often well worth it.   The article points out going independent is not easy.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

.  Key quote on why Regus thinks it needs other brands: Regus is well aware of the fact that young, cool, hip, and creative people may not associate their aspirations with a corporate Regus environment. And there are a lot of people looking for this type of environment. The same is true for most other executive suites.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

Coworking spaces, in addition to providing work environments, also provide social environments and easy access to knowledgeable people. The article and academic study help explain why coworking is so successful.

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Environment Networking AT&T Goals 100

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The very popular Results Only Work Environment movement, for example, is based on providing employees flexibilty and autonomy. Results oriented work environments with lots of freedom or flexibility - or workplaces where labormetrics systems monitor and measure all aspects of work? So which path is going to win?

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Environment Phones Skills Management 100

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The paper provides an historical account of the origins of coworking and reviews the existing scholarly and popular literature, offering a theoretical distinction between coworking spaces and serviced offices that hinges upon the degree of social collaboration versus the importance of location and facilities of the office environment.

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MAY 17, 2017

Younger doctors may want to earn extra income or experience different clinical environments, while older doctors may use it as a means of maintaining a part-time schedule." .  As Nomad Health points out, there are a number of reasons doctors go freelance: "Many doctors work locum tenens in addition to their full time position.

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JUNE 17, 2014

The workspace-as-a-service industry includes office business centers, coworking facilities, incubators and other shared office environments and services. The CloudVo site provides an excellent summary of the event, including links to the conference presentations.

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MAY 19, 2014

Key quote from a Green Labs blog post : We provide startup marijuana companies with a collaborative work environment, access to necessary business resources and a forum for ongoing, industry-specific conversation. and hope to create a centralized space for marijuana professionals to speak and collaborate.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 20, 2015

.  According to an article from advertising giant JWT, retailers are turning into "third places": "which are increasingly focused around experiences, unique environments and customer service – giving shoppers new reasons to spend time in these spaces" We agree that experiences are winning over things and expect this trend to continue (..)

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

With the Purlin’ J’s brand, I strive to create a carefully curated selection of yarns, including luxurious hand-dyed yarns created right here in Ontario, and other “fascinating fibre paraphernalia”, in a small-scale, flexible, and novel retail environment that is responsive to the market.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 25, 2013

What's interesting is how the changing work environment is making this objective harder and harder to achieve. .  As the chart below shows, job security is the top answer.   This is no great surprise. Job security has always been at the top of the list for working parents.

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Environment 100

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 3, 2010

  Anyone familiar with their culture knows WalMart cares a whole more about saving money than saving the environment.   I think improving the environment is a good thing.    But even better is saving money and gaining competitive advantage by improving the environment. 

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

Key quote: Many corporations in the current economy and competitive environment understand the necessity of staying nimble. .  They list "enabling agility" as the main reason for the expanding use of contingent worker by corporations.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

.  It comes from the Occupiers Journal, which according to their website is: a global learning and development organization serving real estate and facilities management (FM) “end users” with whom OJL engages and cross-shares data, knowledge, experience, and case studies with other occupiers in a confidential environment.

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Environment Learning Management UPS 100

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MAY 1, 2012

Sustaining profits and growth with limited resources “Rural-style” approaches to growth and profitability in resource-constrained environments. BTW, Becky has a short video equating today's business environment to wheat farming. Although very different, this book reminded me of E.F.

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Social Media Environment Management UPS 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 6, 2014

  "Peak Car" means less fuel used, which is a good thing for the environment as well as America's energy security.   But if America's love affair with the automobile is over, it will have a major impact on many industries and small businesses.   trends'

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

They create an environment wherein people feel free to fully express themselves, bringing unprecedented levels of energy, passion, and creativity to work. The key quote, at least in my opinion, is around the very squishy topic of wholeness: Teal organizations invite people to reclaim their inner wholeness.

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Collaborate Environment Goals Management 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 5, 2014

 A large chunk see their businesses as "lifestyle businesses" and focus on creating creating a flexible work environment so there is time for other pursuits.  .   We've long studied how small business owners define success.   Success for these microbiz owners is not measured by sales or profit growth.

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Lifestyle Environment UPS 100

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MAY 12, 2014

Computer scientists have created machines that have the balance and agility to walk and run across rough and uneven terrain, making them far more useful in navigating human environments. Smart Wind and Solar Power.

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Collaborate Environment 100

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JANUARY 27, 2015

These spaces are targeted at people who want to take "workations" Key quote: These new centers are an offshoot of co-working spaces, which offer the benefits of an office environment on a temporary basis.

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2014 Social Media Lifestyle Travel 100

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

  Urban environments are not ideal places to be flying around at low altitudes. But a combination of factors ended these services. First, helicopters are very noisy so no one wanted them landing or taking off anywhere near them. The second problem was safety.  There were a number of helicopter accidents back in the 1980s.

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Travel Forms Environment AT&T 100

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2013

 Lopez suggests workers focus on "boss shopping" and finding bosses that provide good work environments. Have the autonomy to work how, when and where they want to  This maps pretty much exactly to what Lopez has found in his research of employees. The one difference is the in the area of bosses.

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Interviewing Environment UPS 100

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The right location will appeal to tourists or business users, have an established Airbnb user pattern, generate strong rates and occupancy levels, not be oversupplied with hotel rooms, and have a favorable political environment. The email's conclusion is: We sense a trend developing, especially if the apartment markets soften.

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MARCH 28, 2016

" The other huge advantage is an underground system would be controlled environment. For one, a lot of urban infrastructure–from sewers and subways to conduits for telephone, data and electrical cables–already resides underground. And then there’s the safety issue: “It only takes a kid with a rock to take down a drone."

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Expenses AT&T Environment 100

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

 It includes discussions on the importance of design and design thinking, activity based work, results oriented work environments (ROWE), coworking, innovation and various way companies and leaders can increase trust, openness and collaboration.

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2020 Telecommuting Dropbox PDF 100

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

We believe self-driving cars will be common by 2025 - especially cars that self-drive part of the time and cars and trucks in closed environments.  .  We think the same mistakes is being made with self-driving car forecasts.    Don't get us wrong.   But 9 years is not a long time. And

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Small Business Labs

JULY 7, 2011

  The broader shift to knowledge industries and towards more collaborative work environments is also favoring women over men.  .  A combination of education gains by women coupled with economic growth shifting to women-oriented industries is driving the she-conomy in the U.S. and overseas.   

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2024 Purchasing Collaborate Environment 100

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JUNE 3, 2014

  The global business environment is decomposing into smaller yet more profitable markets, so businesses can no longer rely on scaling up to compete, but must instead embrace a new economies of  unscale.

Environment 100

Environment UPS 100

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MAY 24, 2011

This boom, however, is more global, more rapid, and is likely to have a far different – and perhaps far greater – impact in terms of global power, economics, and environment, say economists and sociologists."   The increase in the size of the global middle class is also resulting in declines in the global poverty.   

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2020 2022 Environment 100

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JULY 15, 2011

  For the first time in history, more than half of world's population lives in urban environments and each day about 180,000 people move to a city.  .  We simply have nothing in the U.S. to compare this to.    And it's not just China.   

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2020 Environment 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2013

AWE : is officially the Alternative Work Environments group. Groups like Gen Y lounge provide us with a broader, multinational perspective.   If you're interested in Gen Y, it's a great group to join. It has about 700 members focused on the future of work and workplaces.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

  Local food is fresher, tastes better, is more likely to be organic and often (but not always) less harmful to the environment.  .  Locavores do this for a variety of reasons.    The best source, of course, is a home garden.    Instead, they use "urban sharecropers." 

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2020 Purchasing Skills Environment 100

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The dichotomy of scarcity and abundance means the business environment of the next decade will be complex, volatile and uncertain.  .    The growing array of products and services embedded with digitial technology will also see declining prices, performance improvements and increased accessibility.

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2020 Expenses Environment 100

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JANUARY 9, 2014

It helps both the economy and the environment. We even think making money selling access to under utilized assets - which is what the sharing economy is really about - is a good thing.

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Legal Environment AT&T 100