introduction to coworking - jelly #1 brno 24-11-2010
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JELLY #1 BRNO NOV 24 2010 TWITTER: #THEWORKSCZ #COWORKING
EXIT
Workers are leaving the office (or not going…)
>By Choice Freelancers>By Opportunity Telecommuters>By ‘Luck’ The Laid-Off
TREND
The Future of Work
>Companies hiring more and more on a contract basis>Companies scaling down offices (and office space) >Incentives for startups and entrepreneurship>Swarms in need of a ‘hive’
Working from Home
>Pyjamas>Freedom>No travel>Responsibility>Manage your time>No water cooler gossips
PYJAMAS FAIL
FAIL
Working from Home>Isolation / Lack of Social Contacts>On-line ‘contact’ ≠ IRL contact>Distractions & Privacy>Work-life balance>Productivity / Motivation / Creativity>Privacy>No water cooler gossips
ALONE…. (BUT NOT QUITE)
THE THIRD PLACE
“Third places exist on neutral ground and serve to level their guests to a condition of social equality. …. conversation is the primary activity and the major vehicle for the display and appreciation of human personality and individuality.”
Not HOME, Not @ WORK
Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, And Other Hangouts At The Heart Of A Community by Ray Oldenburg
WORK?
>No community>No continuity>Not a working context>Expensive and bad coffee
WORKING @ THE THIRD PLACE
COWORKING PILLARS
Coworking
>Coined in 1999>First used for a community and ‘space’ in 2005>Spreading globally fast>Has no agenda !
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
CZECH REPUBLIC
www.theworks.cz
www.coffice.cz
www.bcwc.czOthers…
And a number of them struggling.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE LAG
CULTURAL BARRIERS
>Reserved>Formal>Privacy>Not emotional>Not very flexible>Trust ?
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
TRY FIRST
>Accessible and Casual>Experience the benefits>Do not impose>Community first !>Jellies>Presentations / Workshops>Serendipity
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
THE WORKS
>Educate and Evangelize Coworking>Online and IRL community of international independent workers, entrepreneurs and startups>Mixed professions >Casual and Irregular Coworking Events (Jellies)>Online environment to share skills, knowledge, best practices
JELLY
BENEFITS of JELLY
>WORK!>Meet the Community IRL>Bounce ideas around>Discover opportunities for collaboration>Share resources and service providers
>finance/tax/legal, Consulting, Funding, etc.
FUTURUM
>Build the community on TheWorks>More Jellies>Presentations / Events / Workshops>Explore joint projects>Explore incubation type of services>Consider Space -> co-created
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER
>Co-created ‘Clubhouse’ for the community>‘Third Place’ with a working context>Large dynamic and diverse community
>Lazy bums that drink coffee>Hotdeskers>Micro-companies / Startups>Established businesses>A ‘Smart Crowd’
>And finally and last… all the obvious facilities….
> Café> Hotdesking> Meeting rooms> Events> Startup Space> Business Center
And most important
PEOPLE
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