Oh, yeah. Graduate research is already ALLLLLL over this stuff, and from more fields of study than I could have ever imagined.
In fact, one of our core team members joined to get "under the hood point of view" for her anthropology PhD research after studying us and the greater coworking community for a few years now. We'll be helping to share a lot of her work once its complete! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mar 11, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Tom Brandt <twbra...@gmail.com> wrote: > To Alex's point about business schools starting notice of coworking, a PhD > student from the Michigan business school became a member of Workantile > expressly to research coworking. Besides us, he has visited Seed in Toledo > and hopes to visit Indyhall and several other coworking communities. > > I will be fascinated to see the results of his research. > > -- > twb > @twbrandt > > On Mar 11, 2013 7:10 PM, "Alex Hillman" <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also: hyperbole = pageviews. > > There are a LOT of coworking spaces, and a LOT of startups. In any pool, > you're bound to find some people who went in with uninformed expectations and > left with a sour taste. One of the upsides to there being so much more usage > is the ease of finding a broader range of reviews. But making business > decisions based on what the press reports is often unwise, unless the press > is your customer. > > To Gavin's point (objection > indifference, which I tend to agree with) the > cheerleading of coworking's virtues without discussion around it's challenges > and shortcomings (hyperbolic or not) is one of the gaps that needs closing in > our industry. > > Business schools are just starting to take notice of coworking and figuring > out where we fit into how they educate their students, which is exciting! But > until we've shown that we're fallible - until there are both colossal success > and colossal fuckups - we're not going to be where we need to be in terms of > educating the world about how we're contributing to, let alone leading, the > shift in work. > > -Alex > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Gavin Yip <se.mf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Skid, >> >> It depends on whether you see that as a glass half empty or half full. It >> just means operators have more chance to step up their game. It also serves >> very well for people like me who is prospecting the right set-up for a space >> that I can run. >> >> Objection brings opportunities - it is far better than being indifference. >> >> Regards, >> >> Gavin >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Skid Vis <skid...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Wow, such a negative article. It reads like it was sponsored by Regus. :P >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/5XIBK7RFoFA/unsubscribe?hl=en-US. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
