Companies around the globe have work to do to improve worker satisfaction because only three in 10 employees say their workplace is psychologically safe and healthy, according to a new poll.
Whether it is due to stress, interpersonal conflict, frustration, lack of feedback or promotion, 27 percent of workers in 24 countries said they are not happy with the psychological aspects of their work environment, the survey by research company Ipsos for Reuters showed 
You’ve got the concept and a business plan; now you just need a place to take your ideas from pipe dream to profit. But the tiny desk wedged between your bed and closet isn’t cutting it, and the local coffee shop never has good Wi-Fi.
It's the hottest thing since hanging out at Starbucks -- only quieter. Co-working spaces have been opening up across the country since the mid 2000s.
Is a co-working space right for your business?
Here are some tips on how to make coworking a nicer experience for you and your suitemates. 
Design Collaborative LLC, a newly launched business in downtown Spokane, is leasing shared work space to solo-practicing professionals in the design and building industries.
The company opened its doors Sept. 1 and is located on the first and second floors of the historic three-story Globe Hotel building, at 204 N. Division. 
A new co-working space will hit NY soon with the recently bought space by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelve. Located on Varick Street, the 74, 000 square feet work space will add another site for WeWork. 
In the latest survey, 93% said their social circle had increased a lot, 86% said their business network had grown, and 76% reported an increase in productivity. 88% said their isolation had decreased. Co-Working IS NOT a startup. Hell, Co-Working IS TECHNICALLY NOT even a business. Co-Working is a movement, an ideology, a culture sprouted by the entrepreneurial spirit its founders and adopters (we?) all deeply share.
Co-working is, or should be, a breeding ground of community initiatives....
Remote work has boomed during the recession as job seekers look beyond traditional office-based gigs and companies embrace any opportunity to cut costs. That boom in nontraditional work has fed enthusiasm for coworking spaces. 
It's a place to take a seat and get things done, to bounce ideas off one another, and occasionally laugh together and get the brain ready for inspiration.
This is the coIN loft, at 300 W. 9th St. in Wilmington, a "co-working" shared workspace for entrepreneurs at the very beginning of their business process.
For $50, a member can visit five times in a month. If they want unlimited visits and the use of a desk, with Wi-Fi, it's $200 -- far less than renting office space... While numerous coworking spaces have launched all over the world, one in particular strikes a special tone in these circles: HubAustin. 
If you look carefully around the Union Square, Manhattan, location of newly launched coworking space Grind, there are references to the banalities of life as an office worker, unlamented artifacts of the corporation left behind. 
In the past two years, we've seen and featured coworking spaces popping up on the Silicon Prairie. The Foundry opened in October of 2009 in Des Moines.
Now, coworking comes to Sioux Falls, with Meso opening doors in September 
Coworking and Collborative Workspace (CoCo) is a business center that provides an alternative to working from home or meeting in coffee shops. Per membership, CoCo provides casual and flexible workspaces for corporate work groups, entrepreneurs and mobile workers; members can secure these workspaces on a temporary or permanent basis.
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Coworking spaces are collaborative workspaces, and interaction should be one of their main offerings.
How many events do they offer per month for it? And how do they link to each other, both within their own cities and across borders? How widely is Coworking visa being used?... 5 simple lessons corporate could / should learn from coworking" by Mutinerie, a coworking space in Paris (http://www.mutinerie.org). This slideshow was originally designed for the coworking europe conference 2011 
While there certainly is value in having another option for a place to do your work, the real value is in the interaction. Since there are different types of interaction, it opens up the doors to creating really cool outcomes for mobile business people.
Most coworkers are independent professionals that can work anywhere as long as there’s an internet connection. But at its core, coworking is all about community and a coworking community can be a second home for its members.
Here's how to start up your own community of coworkers even when the nearest coworking space is hundreds of miles away. We've covered the benefits of coworking—the practice of sharing an office with random strangers rather than working by yourself at home—before, but a new European survey shows that the concept might be better for you than previously thought. 
As a concept, coworking emerged in the late 1990s among the tech crowd. In the wake of dot-com bust, the idea sputtered and lost its footing. Then, around 2005, it was revived by software programmer Brad Neuberg, who popularized the basic model of coworking as we know it today where workers have the community of an office and the freedom and independence of a freelancer.
But over the last couple of years, coworking has evolved and matured.
Here we tackle and debunk five myths about coworking to show how much it has changed and is redefining how we work 
Simply joining a coworking space is obviously a necessary first step to joining the movement, but it’s not enough to get the maximum benefit out of participating, according to Genevieve DeGuzman, the co-author of a coworking guide. 
One consequence of the sluggish economy has been the rise of flexible workspaces. But will coworking fade when the jobs come back? 
The resurgence of the coworking space in the United States is upon us, according to a new report. 
by Esther Surden NY Convergence recently visited the co-working space Mission Fifty in Hoboken, N.J. Office manager Peta Moran gave us a tour of the recently opened facility aimed at providing a collaborative workspace for budding tech entrepreneurs. 
Montana's first co-working environment celebrated a grand reopening Wednesday night.
What space does Baltimore need to compete? What can we learn from regions that are ahead in rethinking space? What are we trying to achieve? So that we can discuss these issues, here is a primer on evolving concepts of space.
This week's column isn't intended to be exhaustive, complete or bereft of bias. There are three types of space being used by innovation communities: co-working facilities, incubators, and accelerators. |
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