Hey all, as the struggle for definition of coworking continues, I brought
this up to Alex H. over drinks last night in Philly and he jokingly said
defining coworking is like defining a restaurant, how do you define
something that has so many forms?
Immediately we looked up the definition of
Thanks for that reply Alex. With that included here's the whole list
Calls itself a coworking space.
Has a fully dedicated space for coworking (not just a few hours or a
cafeteria shared with patrons).
Has an active community of members, not just clients.
Has a facilitator dedicated to
I think the open/closed part might be summarized as:
Open decision-making: sets explicit, transparent, public limits on who
can be a member and how they can participate; does not have implicit or
hidden rules or processes for determining or excluding potential members.
That still leaves some
I like the list as well as Alex's add on open membership decision-making.
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Based on your responses I've got this:
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Calls itself a coworking space.
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Has a fully dedicated space for coworking (not just a few hours or a
cafeteria shared with patrons).
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Has an active community of members, not just clients.
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Has a facilitator dedicated to
Jon, I do as you do. They are members of a community and at the same time
they are clients. They pay for a service, not only for belonging.
Ramon Suarez
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GSM:
I think a general definition of coworking is entirely possible
I chose poorly the word general, sorry. I meant something else, to be
discussed when I find the right words.
Incidently, I have just proposed a definition on the hyphenization thread.
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Let's hear it for you definition Randy!
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Let's hear it for you definition Randy!
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Re: clients vs. members.
I would definitely agree on the philosophical distinction.
Essentially,it's trying to tease out whether the space exists to build a
community (members) or to earn a margin on real estate (clients). This
is an important dichotomy, but it's also strictly false as we
The space totally irrelevant. Members that never show up, even. Pure sense
of belonging. Fascinating, indeed. But not coworking.
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I totally agree with Alex L. about Open not being a requirement. We have chosen
the path of being dedicated to the creative business and I think our members
appreciate being a part of a community where everyone can find some synergistic
benefits. Importantly, we consider the creative business
Alex: For the purposes of our coworking definition open means the
coworking facility will consider anyone within their target segment as a
member, make it easy for anyone within that segment to apply and has a
membership process such that anyone within the target segment could
potentially be
... the rapid hybridization of coworking means things are changing very
fast - making any definition questionable in terms of accuracy.
That's why threads like this are so useful.
(Steve)
Very useful indeed, for analysing the things in and around coworking. One
important such thing
I think a general definition of coworking is entirely possible-- it's getting
into *specifics* that twists people around. ;)
Randy
On September 15, 2014 at 4:10 PM Marius Amado-Alves amado.al...@gmail.com
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... the rapid hybridization of coworking means things
I recently asked the members of Les Satellites What makes a good coworking
space ?. I received different answers, none of them put the space as a
criteria.
I've realized that members are the best to define what coworking is and
what coworking is not, even though they only know a few
That would be a good start. Seems to me that a survey across a broader spectrum
that includes people not in your space. Otherwise it would be like surveying
patrons in a burger joint what makes a restaurant, which they might say
fries!, but if in a sushi restaurant, fresh fish!
Basically, your
Steve, what do you mean by open vs closed? Is an application form with
fill out your info and maybe we'll let you work here if we think you're a good
fit based on our criteria which we can't/don't publicly disclose closed? I
would hope so.
I think this whole thread is fascinating.
Jeannine,
Great discussion and I really like the restaurant analogy. We use the
following criteria to identify a space as a coworking space:
- self-identifies as providing coworking space or uses language close to
this.
- offers a range of membership options such as daily, weekly, monthly,
etc.
Glad you mentioned Ray’s recent posts. This one was truly fantastic, full of
gold.
Re #3: I think that a crucial point is not only *how *coworkers are
treated, but also *what* they are called. If they're called *clients,*
*renters* or something similar, then this is a strong indication that we
have an office space of a slightly different format: flexoffice, business
center,
Count on Ramon for a great discussion. :-)
It is also true that many things vary from country to country. If you
arrive inthe Netherlands with a message that we love each other it is going
to come over in not exactly the same way as it does in the Bay Area. Or in
Canada. Not at all to knock
In my opinion a coworking space -- being a community of coworkers -- always
calls and treats its coworkers members.
I like this one a lot!!
-Alex
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Thanks to all for your insightful answers :)
Thanks for the link Alex, it is really interesting. They have a very simple
definition: *The rule was for all participants to check in a location that
promotes itself online as “coworking,”*
I've gonne the other way around: the definition of
To Alex's map point we've had a lot of success with helping people see our
building in relation to other as seen here
http://coherecommunity.com/find-us
And then maps of the interior of each space
here http://coherecommunity.com/the-space/cohere-oldtown
and there
Food is love, everywhere. :-)
Again on the differences: I cannot call my coworkers members. Bec ause in
Dutch the word members (leden) implies a kind of organization called a
vereniging (club) and also implies a particular kind of governance (that
the members vote on policy and control the
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