The coworking wiki describes coworking as a “…cafe-like community/collaboration space for developers, writers and independents.” Initially a Bay Area community concept built around open source programmers, coworking has become a global work-culture movement within the past year and a half. Citizen Space, a pioneer coworking space/community in San Francisco, lists 5 core values that underlie their philosophy of coworking, values to which we subscribe as well:
- Collaboration
- Openness
- Community
- Accessibility
- Sustainability
Our writing
Meat-Butter and Jelly Sandwiches: A Co-working Manifesto
Dense with information but primitive in presentation. We managed to write this without a single hyperlink. Do we even get the Web?
Process vs. Results
At the core of coworking we see a group of people who’s core values are based on results rather than process. Since business is/should be about results, we see this as kind of important.
Coworking as Catalyst
Why take on process? Process is good, right? Yes, but many times process becomes nothing more than a tool used to preserve the established order of things. Coworking represents a challenge to that calcified order because it takes the people out of the situation.
The Punch Out Cafe
A conceptual piece that asks the reader to consider a future in which a traditional company takes the idea of working together-apart to the extreme and builds a nearly completely virtual company.
Space + Trust = Innovation
A close look at two important factors in innovation (which is in turn one of Druker’s factors in value).
Coworking’s Core Values
We would love to see sustainability and community become core values in the business world.
The Future: Launching Now!
Early impressions after a few trips into the field.
Coworking / Watching for the Tipping Point
No point, really. Other than making the point that there has to be a tipping point at some point. Or this is just a fad.
All of our Coworking articles.
Resources
The Coworking Community Blog
Discussion by and about the coworking community at large.
The Coworking Wiki
Links to coworking spaces, existing and planned.
Coworking on Wikipedia
Obligatory link to Wikipedia. Lots of links to articles in the popular press.
Coworking bookmarks on del.icio.us.
If it’s not here, it’s probably not worth reading ;-)
