‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, coLab Edition
Merry (almost) Christmas one and all! In honour of the holiday season, we’re taking a break from our education-y type content to give you something fun you can…
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coLabber Spotlight: Daniel Jones
You know that guy with the arm tattoos who’s always hanging out at one of the hot desks by the training room? Yeah you do. Or, more accurately, you’ve seen…
Beating the December Slump: How to Fill Your Sales Pipeline & Stay Booked This Holiday Season
Raise your hand if this sounds familiar: “It’s Black Friday today! There’s no point in looking for new clients until the New Year.” It’s often tempting to think that December…
Working Remotely and Getting Stuff Done: Advanced Productivity Hacks for Location-Independent Professionals
When working remotely, the unstructured nature of your work environment can make it a struggle to get stuff done. Distractions like food, laundry, and television can throw your schedule…
coLab Bingo: The Fun Coworking Themed Game You Never Knew You Wanted
At coLab, we’re serious about work, but we’re also serious about fun. (How serious? It’s one of our five Core Values.) Having fun while you work is something we prize…
The Gig Economy Awakens: The Light and Dark Sides of Gig Work
The world of work is changing fast. Fortune 500 companies are now taking on more freelancers. People who once used to seek out full-time jobs are now using gig…
Getting Serious About Fun: Why You Need to Have Fun at Work
With apologies to The Amazing Race. Work: The thing we’re taught to dread. The thing we’re taught we have to escape from on vacations and weekends. The thing that…
“Remote Workers are Slackers” and Other Bogus Beliefs that Keep Old-School Companies Stuck in the Past
The economy is undergoing a massive change, with skilled professionals increasingly leaving salaried positions to instead go their own way by freelancing, working remotely, or building a new startup. And…
Eating Crow: How to Recover When You’ve Completely Dropped the Ball on a Client
Okay, so the worst thing that could happen just happened. The dog ate your annual report. The marketing campaign that was supposed to launch today has been ground…
Side Hustle to Only Hustle: How to Ditch Your ‘Clark Kent’ Job
So you’ve got this big, bold dream, a shiny new idea for a business that combines a valuable skill you just so happen to have with a passion that…