A year and a half ago, we made the decision to try a new desk arrangement: All of our desks are set up in clusters of 3 or 4. We asked all of our full time members to pick new desks, but the suggestion was that they kept every cluster mixed: at least one full time, or at least one flexible desk.
The reason for this arrangement was to decrease the chance of someone sitting alone at a cluster of desks. That's a really poor way to start off a day that's meant to be interactive and social. We saw immediate results, and have replicated that in our new office. We've got a few clusters that are more densely populated by full time people than I'd like, but it's all self-moderating so I expect that to shake out next time we do a desk rearrangement. Similarly, we recently tried an experiment with a team of 3. One of the team members was an existing IndyHall member, while the other 2 were short term project teammates. They rented one of our conference rooms as a "war room" for a 3 month project. Steven, the existing member, continued to step outside of that pseudo-office and interact with the community, but the simple existence of a door kept the other two primarily at their desks except to visit the restroom or the kitchen. My plan is to re-attempt this with a new team, and quite simply: remove the door from the room and see what happens! -Alex -Alex -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [email protected] helpful: www.unstick.me visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Leann <[email protected]> wrote: > > This place is incredible! Oh that I lived in Dresden! > > I'm a big believer that the quality of physical space has everything > to do with how work gets done and how people interact—or don't. People > act differently in different environments. Space can set the stage for > creativity and collaboration, or it can put us all into boxes. > > I'd love to see more discussion and sharing of visuals around this > topic of what breathes life into a space! > > Leann Petersen > would-be catalyst from Oakland, CA > > On Sep 6, 1:51 am, RalfLippold <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just to give you all a glimpse why I started > > the conversation in the first place: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifecosmos/tags/lockschuppen/ > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralflippold/sets/72157619992459522/ > > > > ..... and it is really hard to get the action going, as the building > > is owned by German Railway and architects are often scared > > of by the city's heritage restoration restriction. > > > > BTW I am working for the Denkmalschutzamt (City Heritage Restoration). > > > > I am happy about advice on how to approach such big bodies like > > German Railway or similar. How to get them interested to support > > a CoWorking space on their premises with benefit for them as well? > > > > Thanks again and best regards > > > > Ralf > > > > ....follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
