Resumen de Should your company embrace coworking?

Gretchen Spreitzer, Lyndon Garrett, Peter Bacevice

• Some people try working out of a home office but end up feeling too lonely. Others experiment with coffee shops or hotel lobbies but find too many distractions. Now many people are turning toward coworking spaces shared open office facilities where they hope to find the right balance of community and autonomy. Traditional companies are adopting certain aspects of coworking as part of their overall workplace strategies. Three trends in particular stand out. 1. Companies see sharing space as a way to tap into new ideas. 2. Employees value the flexibility and autonomy of coworking. 3. Coworking can reduce real estate costs and provide employees with more workspace options. One of the key benefits cited by people using coworking spaces is the opportunity for serendipitous encounters with people from outside their own team or organization. A survey the authors conducted found that the most common reasons people seek out coworking space have to do with belonging to a community. Flexible space design is a prerequisite of many coworking spaces, since the spaces are intended to align with the various work styles of the individuals using them.