BARCAMP VIENNA MAY 29/30 2010 TWITTER: #THEWORKSCZ #COWORKING www.theworks.cz Dave Ruzius COWORKING; WHAT, WHAT NOT AND GETTING STARTED
Sep 14, 2014
BARCAMP VIENNA MAY 29/30 2010 TWITTER: #THEWORKSCZ #COWORKING
www.theworks.cz Dave Ruzius
COWORKING; WHAT, WHAT NOT AND GETTING STARTED
EXIT
Workers are leaving the office (or not even going there…)
>By Choice Freelancers>By Opportunity Telecommuters>By ‘Luck’ The Laid-Off
TREND
Accelerating Trend
>Companies hiring more and more on a contract basis>Companies scaling down offices (and office space) >Governments are creating incentives for startups and independent workers
Working from Home
>Pyjama>Freedom>No travel>Responsibility>Manage your time>No gossips
PYJAMAS FAIL
FAIL
ALONE…. (BUT NOT QUITE)
ALONE ?
Working from Home
>Distraction>Productivity>Creativity>Social Contacts>Work / Life Balance>No gossips
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.”
NEED FOR 3 PLACES;HOME, WORK,THIRD PLACE
Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, And Other Hangouts At The Heart Of A Community by Ray Oldenburg
WORK?
>Limited interaction / contact
>No continuity
>Not a working context
>Expensive Coffee
WORKING @ THE THIRD PLACE
COWORKING
Coined in 1999
First used for a community and ‘space’ in 2005
Spreading globally
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
COWORKING
COWORKING WORLDWIDE
CZECH REPUBLIC (& SK)
Theworks
Coffice
Creators
Locus
HUB ?
Brno Coworking Center
Jihlava
Bratislava
VIENNA
VIENNA
NO HIGHER GOAL
NOT AN OFFICE
COWORKING IS A THING YOU DO, NOT A PLACE YOU GO TO !
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
FIND PEOPLE, NOT REAL ESTATE !
NO HIGHER GOAL
NO HIGHER GOALS
COWORKING MAY HOWEVER LEAD TO “SERENDEPITY” (accidental discoveries)
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
NO HIGHER GOAL
NO POLITICAL MOVEMENT
NO POLITICAL MOVEMENT
COWORKING MAY HOWEVER LEAD TO “SERENDEPITY” (accidental discoveries)
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
Diversity of opinionEach person should have private information even if it's just an eccentric interpretation of the known facts.
IndependencePeople's opinions aren't determined by the opinions of those around them.
DecentralizationPeople are able to specialize and draw on local knowledge.
AggregationSome mechanism exists for turning private judgments into a collective decision.
WISE CROWDS
CULTURAL CHALLENGES
>Reserved>Formal>Privacy>Not emotional>Not very flexible
>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability
CULTURE
>Educate and Evangelize the Coworking Concept>Online and IRL community of international independent workers, entrepreneurs and startups>Mixed professions (wise crowd?)>Casual and Irregular Coworking Events (Jellies)>Online environment to share skills, knowledge, best practices
CULTURAL CHALLENGES
THEWORKS
BENEFITS
>WORK!>Evangelise Coworking>Meet the Community IRL>Bounce ideas around>Discover opportunities for collaboration>Share resources and service providers
>finance/tax/legal, Consulting, Funding, etc.
JELLY
JELLY
WWW.THEWORKS.CZ
>Runs on NING
>Private “Facebook”
>Profiles, Events, Private Project Spaces (Huddle), File Share, Blogs, Forum, Q&A, Marketplace
STUFF
FUTURUM
>Build the community on TheWorks
>More Jellies
>Presentations / Events / Workshops
>WorkCamps ;)
>SPACE?
>Collective Projects
>Explore Incubator Type of Services
FUTURE
GETTING STARTED
>READ •Google Group, Coworking Wiki, TheWorks
>COMMUNITY FIRST !>EVANGELISE>JELLY!
WEBEXPO
www.webexpotour.net
www.webexpo.net
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