"I'd tend to think it happens more frequently in bigger communities vs. small ones."
I wouldn't be so sure of that. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Matt Farley <[email protected]> wrote: > For sure. Definitely not saying the outcome has a direct relation to the > size of a space, but I'd tend to think it happens more frequently in bigger > communities vs. small ones. > That said - it can certainly happen in any coworking community if the > voices of the coworkers aren't being heard, or shared for that matter. > On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:30:17 PM UTC-7, Alex Hillman wrote: >> >> There can be a correlation between size and this effect, but I caution you >> from mistaking correlation for causation. >> >> In particular, note this bit from the member's email: >> >> I went to a couple other coworking spaces just to see if maybe there >>> weren’t other options. They called themselves coworking but what they >>> really were was co-officing. They were lifeless. Underimagined. Not a shred >>> of a sense of a vibe of who they were. >>> >> >> >>> I asked a co-founder to tell how they would describe their space as if it >>> was a person – Would they be curious? Irreveverant? Respectful? Genuine? >>> Playful? Quiet? Conservative? Experimental? He just looked at me funny and >>> started telling me on to what kind of wifi connection they had. >> >> >> To me, that's not related to scale. That's simply the lack of >> intentionality, purpose and frankly, humanity that worries me about shifts >> from coworking as a "movement" to coworking as an "industry". >> >> I can speak from two perspectives about the size/scale issue: one of >> course is Indy Hall, which has grown from 1800 sq ft with 20 members to >> ~10,000 sq feet and hundreds of members without sacrificing quality. Not >> without challenges, of course, but we've grown stronger by actually dealing >> with them. >> >> The other is from the countless examples of spaces and communities that >> I've personally visited and experienced. I've seen success and failure in >> every quadrant of the size/quality matrix. >> >> Size can be a virtue or a vice, depending on how you choose to use it. >> >> -Alex >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Matt Farley >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Thanks for sharing Alex. >>> >>> Do you think occurrences like this happen as bi-product of space size? As >>> communities continue to grow and move past self-sustaining and into >>> profibility, do they end up sacrificing individual relationships with >>> people for the sake of systematizing? Does this happen in smaller >>> communities too? >>> >>> I'm curious. >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:14:40 AM UTC-7, Alex Hillman wrote: >>>> >>>> As much as I appreciate the connectedness that we have in this >>>> community, one thing that I think is horribly missing from the global >>>> conversation about coworking is a deeper conversation with the communities >>>> of people who aren't owners, operators, and enthusiasts. >>>> >>>> I've gotten the sense that unless it's for praise, most coworking space >>>> members aren't comfortable speaking up as a part of this global community. >>>> >>>> I think that's a shame. Here's a glimpse of what we might hear if they >>>> did: >>>> >>>> https://medium.com/better-**humans/c9d8c69f4592<https://medium.com/better-humans/c9d8c69f4592> >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> /ah >>>> indyhall.org >>>> coworking in philadelphia >>>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
