Alex: Based on our research of independent workers, we summarize the reasons they like being independent as autonomy, freedom and flexibility. These are, obviously, very close to Dan Pink's operating system trio.
In our case autonomy means pretty much the same as Pink's version. The other two, freedom and flexibility, overlap quite a bit with Pink's mastery and purpose. Freedom is the ability to chose the type of work one does. Flexibility is the ability to choose when, where and how the work is done. Another similar tagline comes from the Encore.org people. They help mostly aging baby boomers find 2nd careers in social service. They talk about passion, purpose and paycheck as the reasons people pursue and enjoy socially oriented encore careers. The outlier is paycheck, but the reality is a lot of aging boomers need an income. It's pretty clear that people are happiest at work when they have job autonomy and a motivating purpose. What's unfortunate is how few jobs provide either, much less both. -- 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.
