Future of Work: The Future of Workplaces

Article by Mary Sanchez. Flatland KC – September 15, 2021.

When Gerald Smith began discussing his plan for shared, flexible office space in Kansas City’s suburbs, his WeWork counterparts in New York balked. They considered the concept strictly an urban phenomenon. Smith pushed back. Plexpod, now with five locations across the Kansas City area, is the result. Shared desks, short-term leases for private offices, conference rooms and other amenities without the overhead of a traditional long-term office lease quickly attracted entrepreneurs. […]

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Video: Future of Work | Official Preview | PBS – August 27, 2021.

About This Series

“Future of Work” explores how today’s technological innovations will change our relationship to working in the future. The three-part broadcast series premiered on Kansas City PBS Sept. 1 at 9 p.m., with subsequent episodes on Sept. 8 and Sept. 15.

In addition, Flatland is publishing digital packages on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the workforce and workplaces that are appearing alongside the broadcast documentary. The Flatland series culminates with “Flatland: The Future of Work,” a single-topic local news program that premieres on KCPBS at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16.