18 Blanck St

Worksocial was created by Dan Macready, a local business owner searching for a way to enjoy more balance between his work and his beautiful family. No stranger to round-the-clock working, Dan sought out a solution to allow him to be as available as possible for both, and Worksocial was born.“I actually dreamt up the idea of Worksocial while I was on yet another long commute to work a few years ago” said Mr Macready. “I was wasting so much time just commuting to and from work. I was out of the house before the kids woke up and often didn’t get home until long after they went to bed.”Dan left his city-based job to work for himself at home, which solved the problem of not seeing the family but gave rise to a whole new set of issues;“The isolation of working for myself was just extreme. We had some great staff working with me from our home, but I had nowhere professional to take clients, and I was at the mercy of the spare bedroom or the local coffee shop for my office - neither of which were exactly inspiring either!’Once the idea of a coworking office space took hold, Dan realised it had other benefits too: “One of the ways in which Worksocial is different to a lot of other coworking spaces is that we only allow complementary business types in there.” said Dan “This means each business can really benefit from the other members, instead of competing with them. It’s a mini community, an ecosystem in its own right.”The most important thing for Dan, founder of this innovative space, is to make a positive and lasting impact for families and businesses, stretching all the way from Brisbane right down to the southern Gold Coast. This pilot project hopes to be the first of many similar centres, each with facilities such as meeting rooms also available for hire by the public, networking and development opportunities for local business owners and freelancers, and events for the whole family to enjoy..