Re: [Coworking] Re: Let's fix the stupid job crisis ourselves

2013-11-13 Thread Jerome Chang
I totally agree we should facilitate as best as we can. But sometimes even if you bring a horse to water, you can't make the horse drink. The best we can do is point the way and provide him tools. Our best tool is to make in-person introductions. We can of course manage for ourselves what thos

[Coworking] Throw at me coworking problems to be solved by Design Thinking teams

2013-11-13 Thread vienitchka
Cheers Coworking Mates !!! I run three interdisciplinary teams of students whose task is to prototype solutions for a globally recognized problem. Each team is made up of art, information and cognitivist students. Hence, this friday I'm supposed to give them a problem to work on for the next fi

[Coworking] Coworking Handbook: the practical guide for coworking space managers

2013-11-13 Thread Stefania Scognamiglio
Dear colleagues from the Coworking World, Ramon Suarez, Betacowork Coworking founder and manager, has just launched a crowdfunding campaign for his new book: *The Coworking Handbook* http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/coworking-handbook-the-practical-guide-for-coworking-space-managers> . This is

[Coworking] Re: Let's fix the stupid job crisis ourselves

2013-11-13 Thread vienitchka
Cheers Tony, Indeed, European situation is not that different. Today I had a freshman coworker who lost his job two months ago. He came in by accident never before hearing of coworking at all. After three hours he was leaving with his job done and two new deals he got from another coworker who

[Coworking] Re: Workplace Innovations (including Coworking) for a New World of Work Explored in New Book

2013-11-13 Thread Felix Schürholz
Congratulations Genevieve!!! This is what I wrote on my blog: The book “The Fifth Age of Work: How Companies Can Redesign Work to Become More Innovative in a Cloud Economy” by Andrew M. Jones is out now. Thanks to an advance co

Re: [Coworking] The Fifth Age of Work by Andrew M. Jones - upcoming book on corporate coworking and more

2013-11-13 Thread Felix Schürholz
Hi, this is what I posted on CoWorking News: The book “The Fifth Age of Work: How Companies Can Redesign Work to Become More Innovative in a Cloud Economy” by Andrew M. Jones is out now. Thanks to an advance copy provided by Ge