OUR STORIES

Last week we farewelled one of those residents who has been a major contributing factor to the amazing energy we have built here at Grid. The fact that we won’t see her smiling face everyday is sad. The fact that she is going out on her own and embracing the unknown is not. 

CM: So Leonard, Tell us what do you do? 

LC: "I write the patents that make the whole world sing
I write the patents of love and special things
I write the patents that make the young girls cry
I write the patents, I write the patents" 

(Or, in non-Barry Manilow speak) I am a Patent & Trade Mark Attorney. I help businesses leverage opportunity and manage risk in the realm of intellectual property.

I am of the generation that feels it is owed hoverboards and robots, as if we thought that our future selves would live in some sort of glorious Jetsons / Pokemon hybrid. These days however I find myself avoiding movies like Ex Machina, uncomfortable with the dystopian future robot ruler overtones...

In our meeting rooms here at GridAKL you will find the ubiquitous tool of the startup world, The Lean Canvas. You may think that this much used tool for startups just evolved over time, as it’s just one of those tools that everyone seems to use and know ... 

Technology is moving so incredibly fast these days that its hard for me to keep up…which is saying a lot considering I work in a tech/innovation space. Breakthroughs and giant leaps in the way that we do things and the degree of agility and efficiency that is being applied across so many areas is both exciting and inspiring.

Its not all upside though.

A huge part of the role of the Community Manager type in a coworking space is curating and running internal events that bring the different factions of the community together and encourage them to interact and collaborate, share ideas and advice, and just generally have a really good time. Often the strategy around this is built on discussion groups, community morning teas/lunches, and the use of specific social media and digital tools to get people talking online. Lately however, we have noticed that there are other factors at play helping our awesome group of humans to bond. Less organised, more accidental, but really really effective none the less. Here is a little list of feel good pockets of conversation starting awesomeness that we see working magic around GridAKL.