Hi Chris, Seems to be that open-space working is not yet seen a a valuable way of working and collaborating.
Working at being BMW during the uprise of the new plant in Leipzig, we pretty much worked in the co-working way until the plant was in operation fully. Since then the notion for sticking to one own's turf resurfaced (not so much physically, as the building is a huge one-single-co-working-space housing 750 people in the main building). So there seems a normal tendancy to stay on your own (even if it means your closed small group). Why is that so? Wouldn't it bring much more valuable interaction through open co-working (especially across different fields)? Thinking about setting up an innovative co-working-place in the City of Dresden (well known for its heritage - not so much about the innovative fields of nano-, bio- and chip-industry) and it is already well under way: LockSchuppen (http://www.twitter.com/LockSchuppen) Right now the resonance is still quite low as we are in the early stages and action has to be taken, even if there is not yet the big money to see right away. We are focusing on using technology (that is already widely at use) in order to make the collaborative work way more possible giving people the choice to come either to a physical place or participate via the internet) It is all based on trust and openess and built around a wiki where the relevant information is put online and visible to the public. To find out more join the Facbook-Group on LockSchuppen: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73285988115 Looking forward to hearing from your experiences with new concepts of co- working. Best regards Ralf --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
