EST. 2026 · IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GCUCVOL. 01 · FOUNDER EDITION
The Coworking Institute
The home of coworking operator education.
Education, a living industry wiki, and a serious operator membership - built by founders who’ve delivered coworking at scale, backed by the world’s largest coworking conference network.
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¶ What it is
The infrastructure the industry has been missing.
Coworking has matured into a global industry, but the knowledge that keeps operators alive has lived in private chats, one-off mentorships, and tribal memory. The Coworking Institute is the permanent home for that knowledge - structured education, an open wiki, and a membership that connects operators with suppliers, brokers, and investors who play by industry standards.
Three pillars
Education. Wiki. Membership.
Education
Operator Education
Three programs for coworking operators - the Coworking Foundation, Executive Education, and the Coworking MBA. Built by founders, taught alongside the world's leading coworking operators.
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Wiki
The Coworking Wiki
An open, structured knowledge base for the industry - software categories, glossary, vendor comparisons, and operational templates. Public foundations, member-only depth.
Visit the Wiki →
Membership
Institute Membership
Two tracks: Operator Members (program graduates and serious operators) and Industry Members (suppliers, brokers, investors). One community, real standards.
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INDUSTRY EDUCATION
Taught by operators.
Operator · Coworking Institute
Jonathan O'Byrne
Jonathan O'Byrne built and exited a Southeast Asian coworking group in joint venture with CapitaLand, and wrote Coworking Inc. and After Coworking.
Learn more about his career
Operator · GCUC
Liz Elam
Liz Elam founded GCUC, the world's largest coworking conference series, and was the first woman to successfully exit a coworking brand when she sold Link Coworking in 2019.
Learn more about her career
Operator · Perfect Office Solutions
Chiko Abengowe
Founder and CEO of Perfect Office Solutions and a GWA board director, Chiko Abengowe has built one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest independent groups on volume pricing and ancillary revenue.
Learn more about his model
Operator · Creative Density · DenSwap
Craig Baute
Craig Baute founded Creative Density in Denver in 2011 and now runs DenSwap, producing feasibility studies and brokering space sales and management deals for commercial landlords.
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Consultant · Coworking Convos
Cat Johnson
A champion for community-focused coworking, Cat Johnson is host of Coworking Convos and the founder of the Coworking Creators Lab. Author of The Daily Co and Coworking Out Loud.
Learn more about her community work
Operator · Industrious
Liz Simon
Operations leader at Industrious, across legal, international growth and employee operations; previously Chief Operating Officer of General Assembly.
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Operator · SkyeCo
Lisa Skye
Lisa Skye was WeWork's founding Head of Community across its first 275 locations, then co-founded Primary in New York. She now runs SkyeCo in Miami and New York.
Learn more about her community work
Consultant · AI for Leaders
Pawel Majak
Pawel Majak ran European operations at Airbnb and was COO of bookingkit. He now advises operators on AI and automation, and leads the Institute's AI for Leaders programme.
Learn more about his AI work
Operator · Hub Australia
Brad Krauskopf
Founder of Hub Australia, the country's largest privately owned coworking operator, which he led as CEO from 2010 before becoming Chair.
Learn more about his model
Operator · The Ready House
Koral Ibrahim
Founder of The Ready House and co-author of Culture Stores; a recurring GCUC UK keynote voice.
Learn more about her work
Operator · CreativeCubes.Co
Tobi Skovron
Co-founded CreativeCubes.Co in 2016 and scaled it across three Australian states.
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Operator · GCUC
Jessica Knapp
Jessica Knapp has spent more than a decade across coworking and workspace technology, holding CEO roles on both sides, and now runs growth and partnerships at GCUC.
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Operator · Second Home
Jamie Apostolou
Chief Executive of Second Home, who led the senior-management buyout of the business in 2025.
Learn more about his work
Consultant · GCUC UK · TOGETHER
Emilie Lashmar
Emilie Lashmar led brand and marketing at PLATF9RM from day one, produces GCUC UK, and is Creative Director of TOGETHER, a London meetings and events space.
Learn more about her brand work
Consultant · Portal Warehousing
Andrew Runnette
Fractional COO for flex-space operators and former COO of Portal Warehousing, where he built the operational and financial systems that scaled the co-warehousing brand to $600K MRR, 400+ members and seven locations.
Learn more about his operations work
DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GCUC
Backed by the global coworking community.
GCUC conferences
OPERATORS IN NETWORK
Continents
Industry track record
Join the first cohort
The Coworking MBA · Cohort 01 · January 2027.
The Institute’s flagship nine-month operator program is open for founding-cohort expressions of interest. Register to receive the prospectus and lock in founding-cohort pricing.
See the Coworking MBA →