I've said it before in this thread but I'll say it again: If you haven't already, consider reading http://www.amazon.com/The-Starfish-Spider-Unstoppable-Organizations/dp/1591841437
Especially to succeed globally, where culture and language varies so widely, there are many legs to the starfish but a decentralized neural network that allows for any one leg to be damaged or fractured and the starfish is able to regenerate. As Leif said, it's a layer of resilience on top of the growth. It's a model at use in coworking spaces, and it makes sense for our version of "coworking associations" to learn from. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia building a community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Anni Roolf wrote: > But networked! > > > I agree with you, Manuel. Global must be decentralized. Anni > > > > Am 02.10.2012 13:02, schrieb manuel zea - coworkingspain.es > > (http://coworkingspain.es): > > > I just take a look globalworkspace.org (http://globalworkspace.org). > > > It looks nice, but there is not any location listed in europe. > > > I think we should make our own global association with coworking > > > philosophy and that means that the association has to be born from > > > the differents coworkings countries community. > > > Not just USA > > > I think a great step to make it possible, its starting talking with > > > those who are reference in their own countries and make this > > > association possible with all this people. > > > > > > El lunes, 30 de julio de 2012 17:33:31 UTC+2, Toni Hogan escribió: > > > > > > Has anyone ever heard of this organization? If so, do tell... > > > > > > -- > > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
