What coworking is teaching us about the new economy

The New EconomyThe New Economy

Tony Bacigalupo • tony@nwc.co • @tonybgoodeTony Bacigalupo • tony@nwc.co • @tonybgoodeTony Bacigalupo • tony@nwc.co • @tonybgoodeTony Bacigalupo • tony@nwc.co • @tonybgoode

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Coworking spaces:

Local support network for the new workforce

5 major trends

from Industrial Production to Creative Output

“The only way forward is to make all jobs creative

jobs, infusing service work, manufacturing work, farming,

and every other form of human endeavor with creativity

and human potential.”

Richard Florida, “Rise of the Creative Class”

from Owning to Sharing

“Now, a new era of sharing-based businesses is beginning. Businesses as

big as Netflix or Zipcar, and as small as a guy who rents Christmas trees, have

figured out there is gold in giving people convenient access to shared goods.”

Lisa Gansky, “The Mesh: Why the future of business is sharing”

from Financial Profit to True Prosperity

Business says: “I’ll offer you a product or service, in exchange for your currency. You will have more.”

Betterness says: “Through the act of exchange, I’ll ignite your human

potential. You will be and become better—fitter, smarter, closer, wiser, tougher, humbler, truer, wealthier in terms that

add up to a life meaningfully well lived.”

Umair Haque, “Betterness: Economics for Humans“

from Suburbanismto New Urbanism

“Fighting congestion is not about convenience; it is a fight to ensure that the city can fulfill its most basic function

of bringing people together.”

Edward L. Glaeser, “Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and

Happier”

from Employed to Independent

The independent workforce:

1 billion

Deskwanted 2013 survey

1 billion

with a ‘b ’

1 billion

with a ‘b ’

Where do you fit in?

People do things a certain way "because that's the way to get them done" instead

of "because we believe them right."

Compromise, going along with others, the spirit of committees and all that it

implies-- in metropolitan areas, these characteristics have been made to

appear adult, mature, well-adjusted.

But euphemisms do little to disguise the fact that people who do things because that's the way to get along with others,

instead of doing what they believe in, do it because it avoids coming to terms with

their own self, and standing on it, and confronting others with it.

It is easy to defend this weakness of character on the grounds of expediency.

But however many excuses are made for it, in the end weakness of character destroys a person; no one weak in

character can love himself.

The self-hate that it creates is not a condition in which a person

can become whole.

By contrast:

The person who becomes whole states his own nature, visibly and outwardly, loud and clear, for everyone to see.

He is not afraid of his own self; he stands up for what he is; he is himself, proud of himself, recognizing his shortcomings, trying to change them, but still proud

of himself and glad to be himself.

- Christopher Alexander, “A Pattern Language”

State your own nature, visibly and outwardly, loud and clear,

for everyone to see.

Be not afraid of your own self. Stand up for what you are.

Be yourself, proud of yourself.

Recognize your shortcomings.Try to change them.

But remain proud of yourselfAnd glad to be yourself.

What coworking is teaching us about the new economy

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