WeWork is still working. | Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

How do you make a business out of sharing office space when no one is going to the office?

Last year, WeWork failed to become a public company after a high-profile implosion full of intrigue, excess, and downright foolishness. Miraculously, one year and one pandemic later, the coworking company is not only still kicking, but it stands to ride post-Covid office trends to profitability and an IPO — if it can hold on long enough.

A company that rents out trendy shared and private office space, WeWork has made a number of critical changes that have helped it hold on while facing a pandemic that kept people home and away from offices. Some of the most important changes, however, happened before the coronavirus took hold.

Last year, the company ditched its founder, Adam Neumann,