Connected Working

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lot of (older) people are familiar with the idea of going to a building every day and sit at their own desk for 8 hours or so. This is called YOUR workplace. With some personal stuff to make the working environment more cheerful, and a little more personal (bearable?)

New initiatives are introduced, where you can work at independent locations which do not have any relation with your employer or assignment. Commercial workspaces with free coffee and Wi-Fi. Where the business model is either to rent out meeting spaces (Seats2meet) or based on a small fee (Spaces, HNK, WeWork etc.)

Another concept is that of sharing existing workspaces. Here they looked at the success of Airbnb’s concept and transformed it into the business space area. Renting out existing company workspaces which are presently not used by their own company employees. So why not renting this out to foreign business nomads? Asking a little fee to cover some basic costs, and perhaps it will introduce some interesting leads.

Next there seems to happen another trend where retailers open up their stores to remote workers. A little corner in the back of their store with some tables, chairs and free Wi-Fi. All according to their interior style, and brand extension is doing its work. New traffic is coming in, people start to look around in the store, and unexpected conversations are happening.

Another development is to work at home with some friends. Having the coffee and cookies on the table. Where you can have an interesting discussion, perhaps a more personal conversation and get (honest) feedback about your working-life from people you appreciate.

….. has left the building!
But still the social component is fixed to the building where you are working in. Why not introduce an app that connects not only with people in the same building, but also with other workers in the building next or opposite the street, or in your neighborhood? Where you login to the Connected Working App and see who is working where, which knowledge is closely available, and make a spontaneous meetup or appointment?  

Koffie iemand? / Coffee someone?

author: Hans van de Rakt is Happy Business Coach with the passion to formulate a growth strategy which makes you happy!

 

 

2 COMMENTS

  1. Hi Hans,

    Thanks for the overview of trends. It’s very nice to see that your article confirms that what we are working on. The S2M concept is used by corporates as the Makro and Achmea etc., at the moment we start our 2nd phase of S2M for Locals (at peoples houses indeed).
    And for you nice to know is that we already have an application like that. We call it the Serendipity Machine. When checking in at a S2M location an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm is matching you to people you should meet, based on their knowledge and your needs.
    If you would like to know more about it you can email me of course :)

  2. Hi Hans!

    Already familiar with the Serendipity Machine?
    It’s matching you to relevant people within the Seats2meet ecosystem. So even when you’re not on a specific location you can still be in contact and be connected to all the knowledge available.

    And did you hear about Seats2meet for Locals?
    It gives everyone the opportunity to share their abundance at home to connect, meet and collaborate with others. → locals.seats2meet.com

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