For a decade, the answer to hybrid work was a coworking space. Open plan, hot desks, a kombucha tap, a faintly performative "community" of strangers on Slack with each other. It worked. Sort of.
The café advantage
Cafés are everywhere. They're already in the neighbourhoods your team lives in. They don't require a £400-a-month membership per person. And - crucially - they're built around hospitality.
The best ones are quiet enough to think, busy enough to feel inhabited, and the staff already know how to make you welcome.
