The History of Coworking As presented from the perspective of Tony Bacigalupo.
Follow him on twitter @tonybgoode. Download this presentation at indiecities.org/coworking.
How to approach this?
Three perspectives: Big history, recent history, and future history.
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Big history, ! Recent history, ! Future history.!
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Independent and
scattered
Starting to
reconvene
New, networked systems
Throughout history, mankind has been finding ways to
Gather with intention out of mutual self-interest.
It is in our nature.
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Traditional Full-time
Employment
Independent and
scattered
Starting to
reconvene
New, networked systems
Coworking has the potential to change the world’s (largely pretty rotten) relationship with work forever.
As more and more of these communities form and mature, they evolve into increasingly sophisticated support systems for this new workforce. They shift the role work plays in our lives. At least…
They can if they want to.
While the emergence of coworking communities is a natural phenomenon, the extent to which they support this new
workforce is something that’s yet to be determined.
As coworking becomes increasingly identified with the workspace rental business model it is often predicated on, the need grows for these spaces to engage in meaningful
conversation around how they can be the best possible vehicles for facilitating this shift.
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