Mission Update: x+why’s 2021-2022 Impact Report

Our mission at x+why is to change the way the world works, for good. To be the place for Better Business.

Fundamentally to this, we must always be held accountable for our mission, we want to share the highs and lows with you as we go.

Packed with chats, stats, poetry, purpose and honesty, we’re thrilled to be publishing our latest Impact Report, or as we’re calling it, our ‘Mission Update’. Spanning across 2021-2022, this report is brimming with the story of a huge period of growth for x+why and our members.

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Work on progress

There’s no time to lose hope. We last reported on our impact in the fateful month of March ‘20, at which point we don’t think any of us imagined what lay in store for the following 2 years. Through adversity comes strength and we’re incredibly proud of the progress happening within the x+why community. We don’t just create workspace for the sake of it, we create space that supports the needs of the most forward thinking business.

Imperfect action but impactful learnings and progress is key to sustainable growth. Our friend Ben helped us out on the fantastic illustrations which bring the report’s findings to life. One of Ben’s illustrations is an x+why Rubik’s cube, it makes for a good analogy - a multi-layered, multi-coloured challenge is in our hands. Patience and persistence pays off. Even if you might take wrong turns or not everything matches up at first... each click is progress, each square deserves attention and the end result is worth it.

Finding Foundry

One of the case studies in the report focuses on our first ever Birmingham site, Foundry, which launched back in May of 2022. As our first venture outside of London, this was a huge moment. 6 Brindley Place, an abandoned WeWork, became ‘Foundry’, referencing Birmingham’s incredible history as a centre for trade and entrepreneurship. Three floors were totally re-purposed in a very driven sustainable fit out. The energy and drive that exudes from Foundry these days is amazing, the credentials of the site are well worth having a look at in the report.

Team effort

The results of this report, whilst they may reflect a unique chapter of our journey, are very much worth celebrating as testament to the hard work our team and community put in. The report has come together thanks to a few very dedicated and driven individuals in the team.

Our Community Manager at People's Mission Hall, Laura, was instrumental in bringing together this report. She really did count up every plant, every dog, every instrument the x+why team play. Here's what Laura had to say:

"Working on the impact report has helped open my eyes to how every single person in the business contributes towards our mission. I think it's incredible to highlight our people, partners and goals for the future of work!"

And we asked our co-founder and CCO, Phil, to also say a few words on what this process has meant too:

“It’s great to stop, report and celebrate once in a while. And we’re super proud that this report includes news on our B Corp Certification, publishing our first book, deepening our relationship and support of our incredible members, how we are innovating within our sector and more……It reminds us of both how far we have come, and motivates us to continue striving in partnership with our incredible community to Change the Way the World Works for Good.”

Join us in the fast lane

This year is set to be a big one. For those keen to see where we’re going next, there’s some very exciting reveals in this report. New cities, more ideas, better business. We couldn’t be more excited to be working with our amazing community to be a real force for impact. It’s a collaborative process and above all we want to thank everyone who has been part of this journey so far and those we’ll venture with in future too.

We’ll be talking a little more about what this Impact Report means, as well as previewing more of what’s to come in our re-ignited why’s words newsletter. Sign up below to keep in the loop with us.

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