Why coworking & coliving fail (& how to build real community)

About this event

Join us for an interactive workshop and interview where we will critically examine the true sustainability of coworking, coliving, and the digital nomad community model. We will be joined by Dragana Tomić Pilipović, Founder of the Centre for Socially Responsible Entrepreneurship (CDOP). After a 25-year career in corporate HR and organizational development, Dragana shifted her focus to rural community building. She successfully founded Rural HUB in Vrmdža—a space that genuinely integrates work, learning, and networking with the natural and local resources of the community. What We Will Explore: - The Urban to Rural Shift: Why professionals are abandoning major cities and what transient hubs like Chiang Mai must learn from this global migration. - The Coliving Collapse: An honest look at why coworking and coliving spaces are failing to retain members and shutting down. - Removing "Common Sense" from Sustainability: Why standard corporate metrics fail when applied to human ecosystems, and how to rethink sustainable development. - Building Authentic Infrastructure: Lessons from Dragana’s firsthand experience building the Rural HUB and Mreža Jezgro, moving beyond transient networking into meaningful, experiential connection.