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The Party Is Over: Welcome to the Era of Operational Grit

Observations for Flexible Workspace Operators in 2026

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John Preece
Jan 27, 2026
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Let’s be honest, we’ve all had enough of the crystal ball gazing.

For the better part of a decade, the flexible workspace industry has been drunk on hype, fuelled by headlines about the ‘death of the office’ or the ‘universal return to the CBD’.

The press articles promised a revolution,
but the reality delivered little more than a rebrand.

Well, the hang…

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