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May 6, 2022

WeCrashed, WeWork and the lesson for the future of work

Watching WeCrashed gave me the chills. But what lesson can WeWork teach us as we craft the future of work?


Christoph Fahle

4 min read

WeCrashed

Watching Jared Leto as Adam Neumann in “WeCrashed” walk through an empty warehouse explaining how people would build their futures in a new type of office called a “coworking space” gave me the chills. 

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