{"id":18157,"date":"2014-08-06T16:49:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T16:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/?p=18157"},"modified":"2015-07-30T00:31:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T00:31:25","slug":"coworking-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"In Support of Coworking Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine a working environment where all employees are mentally and emotionally invested and engaged in the product or service they are providing. Imagine a work environment where you as an employee have seamless access to all of the people and information you need to do your best work. Communication is free flowing. Collaboration is common, efficient and produces exponential results. These are the solutions our firm delivers to Fortune 1000 clients and, not coincidently, these are the same experiences we coworking believers require for our own work environments — in spaces like Launch Fishers<\/a> and Grind<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’10’ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

The term coworking<\/a> was first coined by Brad Neuberg in 2005 to describe his conception of a different way of working; a place where independent workers could come together, collaborate and reap the rewards of community, increased productivity and creativity. Since then these collaborative work environments have sprouted up most everywhere, from small towns in Indiana to midtown Manhattan. In fact, Aug 2 marked the start of Global Coworking Week<\/a> a weeklong event celebrating the very concept of coworking. Nowadays, there are coworking spaces set up all over the globe, even if countries such as Taiwan, where you can visit a 台北共同工作空間 <\/a>, or a Taipei coworking space, to carry out your business at.<\/p>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’10’ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

What makes these places work is both physical and impalpable. People enjoy (and are beginning to demand) vibrant, technology-enabled, design forward domiciles that afford them the perfect space<\/a> inclusive of an ecosystem of support, education and camaraderie required to survive today\u2019s challenging business environments. Enter the future of work.<\/p>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’10’ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

For our firm, spaces like Launch Fishers<\/a> and Grind<\/a> are an unfair advantage for us. We are in the business of helping companies more effectively communicate and collaborate, both internally and with their customers. It is important to us that we ourselves operate in an open, collaborative environment that fosters creativity and growth. The facilities, like-minded individuals, and growth advisors that make up a co-working ecosystem give us an unfair advantage over companies working within their own four walls.<\/p>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’5′ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.\u201d ~ James Cash Penney<\/h5><\/blockquote>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’5′ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

Working together with mutuality<\/a> empowers organizations to go further faster. It is a phenomenon that is taking place in coworking spaces across the world and one we should look to incorporate into every working environment. How can you create the unfair advantage being experienced by today\u2019s coworkers?<\/p>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’10’ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

3 Steps For Achieving An Unfair (Co)Work Advantage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Instill a culture of respect for others\u2019 expertise.<\/h3>\n

Mutuality matters. With respect comes intelligent knowledge seeking and sharing. Insist managers ask employee their opinions and provide then a tangible mechanism for getting immediate feedback and taking action on it. Technology enablers such as enterprise social network and social intranets are optimal, but a standing line item on every team meeting agenda can suffice. When this practice becomes part of your company\u2019s culture, everyone\u2019s time is well used and benefits are pushed rather than pulled.<\/p>\n

2. Surround yourself and your team with support staff and knowledge enablers.<\/h3>\n

Time is your biggest asset and knowledge your biggest competitive advantage. Eliminate non-core activities from your day. If what you are currently working on could be done by a support resource, stop what you are doing an instead use your time to put a process in place for assigning a task and being notified of the result. If you are spending significant time trying to resolve a complex problem yourself, take a break and figure out what person or persons could accelerate your learning and resolution. Protect your assets and hoard advantages by accomplishing more with we than me.<\/p>\n

3. Make social a part of business.<\/h3>\n

Re-write the famous Godfather movie line. It\u2019s personal, it\u2019s business. Make time to meet, then retreat and put to work the fruits of your comingling. Innovative start-ups like Gusto<\/a> make it regular practice to order in lunch and eat together everyday. Some coworking spaces like Grind<\/a> have a drink cart that begins circling the room every Friday at 4 pm. These informal gatherings often provide the seeds of wisdom cultivated and grown throughout the rest of the workday.<\/p>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’5′ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

\"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.\" ~ Aristotle Onassis<\/h5><\/blockquote>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’5′ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

Coworking is also cost effective and really the only model that makes sense for us. Our team is geographically dispersed. We have advisors in Indianapolis, New York City, Chicago and we travel to clients…having a traditional office space does not make sense. You can also find coworking spaces such as Bali Bustle coworking space<\/a> that are located all over the globe. Utilizing Launch Fishers, as well as Grind in New York and Chicago does.<\/p>\n

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’10’ up=” down=”]<\/p>\n

Does your business take advantage of coworking spaces? Share with us in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine a working environment where all employees are mentally and emotionally invested and engaged in the product or service they are providing. Imagine a work environment where you as an employee have seamless access to all of the people and information you need to do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,346,59],"tags":[344,405,404,355],"class_list":["post-18157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaboration","category-communication","category-social-business","tag-andy-jankowski","tag-collaboration","tag-communication","tag-social-business-2"],"yoast_head":"\nIn Support of Coworking Spaces<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Working together with mutuality empowers organizations to go further faster. It is a phenomenon that is taking place in coworking spaces across the world\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Support of Coworking Spaces\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Working together with mutuality empowers organizations to go further faster. It is a phenomenon that is taking place in coworking spaces across the world\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Enterprise Strategies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EnterpriseStrategies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-06T16:49:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-07-30T00:31:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"805\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"604\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Jankowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AndyJankowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@workingevolved\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Jankowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/\",\"name\":\"In Support of Coworking Spaces\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-06T16:49:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-07-30T00:31:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5cc50b0a461fb29e9839942d29fc0268\"},\"description\":\"Working together with mutuality empowers organizations to go further faster. It is a phenomenon that is taking place in coworking spaces across the world\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg\",\"width\":805,\"height\":604},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In Support of Coworking Spaces\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/\",\"name\":\"Enterprise Strategies\",\"description\":\"Delivering the Future of Work\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5cc50b0a461fb29e9839942d29fc0268\",\"name\":\"Andy Jankowski\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/978ad146c4e273d94fd290e33faf0c95?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/978ad146c4e273d94fd290e33faf0c95?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andy Jankowski\"},\"description\":\"Why read this blog? Never before has it been as important to provide employees an optimal digital work environment. And never before has it been so confusing to do so. As a Chief Human Resource Officer you want to provide inviting, efficient and fulfilling employee experiences. As a Chief Technology Officer you want technology that is extensible and provides flexibility for business changes. As a Chief Communication Officer you need channels that break through digital noise and enable effective and efficient bi-directional communication with employees. As Chief Financial Officer you want a comprehensive solution and commercial model that comes at a low financial impact and ultimately pays for itself. And as employees we want to be able to do our jobs in a frictionless, effective manner with tools that have the same style and ease of use that we have become accustomed to in our personal lives. The good news is that enterprise technologies, social constructs and many work cultures have evolved to the point where all of this is possible. The challenge is evaluating the seemingly endless technology and process options to make this a reality for any one company. This blog is my attempt to share what I have learned working with Global 2000 companies over the last 26 years to solve various instantiations of these same challenges. I do not have all of the answers, and I fully suspect that through the process of researching, talking to others and writing, I will likely learn as much as anyone who reads these posts. At the very least, by the time I retire, maybe I will have documented enough knowledge and insight to have helped someone, somewhere.\",\"sameAs\":[\"andyjankowski\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndyJankowski\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In Support of Coworking Spaces","description":"Working together with mutuality empowers organizations to go further faster. It is a phenomenon that is taking place in coworking spaces across the world","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In Support of Coworking Spaces","og_description":"Working together with mutuality empowers organizations to go further faster. It is a phenomenon that is taking place in coworking spaces across the world","og_url":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/","og_site_name":"Enterprise Strategies","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EnterpriseStrategies","article_published_time":"2014-08-06T16:49:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-07-30T00:31:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":805,"height":604,"url":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andy Jankowski","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AndyJankowski","twitter_site":"@workingevolved","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Jankowski","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/","url":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/","name":"In Support of Coworking Spaces","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg","datePublished":"2014-08-06T16:49:36+00:00","dateModified":"2015-07-30T00:31:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5cc50b0a461fb29e9839942d29fc0268"},"description":"Working together with mutuality empowers organizations to go further faster. It is a phenomenon that is taking place in coworking spaces across the world","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/supportcoworking.jpg","width":805,"height":604},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2014\/08\/06\/coworking-spaces\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In Support of Coworking Spaces"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/","name":"Enterprise Strategies","description":"Delivering the Future of Work","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5cc50b0a461fb29e9839942d29fc0268","name":"Andy Jankowski","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/978ad146c4e273d94fd290e33faf0c95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/978ad146c4e273d94fd290e33faf0c95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andy Jankowski"},"description":"Why read this blog? Never before has it been as important to provide employees an optimal digital work environment. And never before has it been so confusing to do so. As a Chief Human Resource Officer you want to provide inviting, efficient and fulfilling employee experiences. As a Chief Technology Officer you want technology that is extensible and provides flexibility for business changes. As a Chief Communication Officer you need channels that break through digital noise and enable effective and efficient bi-directional communication with employees. As Chief Financial Officer you want a comprehensive solution and commercial model that comes at a low financial impact and ultimately pays for itself. And as employees we want to be able to do our jobs in a frictionless, effective manner with tools that have the same style and ease of use that we have become accustomed to in our personal lives. The good news is that enterprise technologies, social constructs and many work cultures have evolved to the point where all of this is possible. The challenge is evaluating the seemingly endless technology and process options to make this a reality for any one company. This blog is my attempt to share what I have learned working with Global 2000 companies over the last 26 years to solve various instantiations of these same challenges. I do not have all of the answers, and I fully suspect that through the process of researching, talking to others and writing, I will likely learn as much as anyone who reads these posts. At the very least, by the time I retire, maybe I will have documented enough knowledge and insight to have helped someone, somewhere.","sameAs":["andyjankowski","https:\/\/x.com\/AndyJankowski"],"url":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18157"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19870,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157\/revisions\/19870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}