Pauline likes being close to the action. She is happiest when there is something to figure out, improve or build, and she tends to get involved in the details as much as the bigger picture.

She cares about how a place feels when you walk through the door, but also about whether it actually works once you are there. The welcome, the coffee, the way a team works together, whether someone knows who to ask for help, these small things matter to her. She did a TEDx Talk about it, you can watch it here.

After years of working with coworking and flexible workspace operators in different parts of the world, she has learned that there is no single formula for a good space. It is usually about paying attention, listening to people and being willing to change things when they are not working.

At Commune, she gets to do exactly that: work with a team she cares about, keep learning from the people who walk through the door, and help shape the place as it grows.

Puthika is the kind of person who makes it easy to feel welcome. Warm, thoughtful and genuinely interested in people, he has a way of making conversations feel easy and giving people the space to be themselves.

At Commune, he looks after partnerships, events and connections across Siem Reap. His path here has taken him through education, research, hospitality and community work, including several years working with schools, universities, NGOs and social groups on projects around education, inclusion, gender equality and well-being.

There’s also a creative side to Puthika that is very much his own. He is a singer and songwriter, writing and performing his own music under his own name. You can find his songs on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

Music gives him another way to tell stories and share a little more of himself. It’s a nice reflection of the person you’ll find at Commune: thoughtful, open and always happy to have a conversation.