Awfis's Amit Ramani: Leading from the front
The founder and CEO of Awfis Space Solutions on how he navigated a crisis that upended the coworking space model, and growing the business
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We were all paranoid when the lockdown was announced,” says Amit Ramani, founder and CEO of Awfis Space Solutions, a co-working space. What if people never returned to work was a question that bothered Ramani when the first lockdown was imposed in March 2020.
Apart from these managerial decisions, Ramani says the decision to engage employees in a way that business pivots came from them has been his most successful attempt at fighting the crisis. From tying up with existing office spaces to be managed and run by Awfis to setting up an online shop to sell work-from-home essentials such as desks, chairs or electronics were ideas that came from the team.
Experts say this model is here to stay. “Flex spaces have found themselves at the centre of occupiers’ hybrid work arena as organisations re-evaluate and reimagine a flexible and an agile world of work. Operators investing in elevating user experience will emerge as key differentiators in this highly competitive segment,” says Ramesh Nair, CEO, India, and MD, market development, Asia, at Colliers, a real estate consultancy.
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January 19, 22 12:04:11 PM IST