I agree w/ Alex here and applaud his insight to dig deeper into the more fundamental issue. Oren, have you introduced this new guy to his neighbors? Has he gone to coffee w/ you and/or others? Lunch? Was there any kind of orientation?
JEROME CHANG Mid-Wilshire 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036 ph: (323) 330-9505 Downtown 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013 ph: (213) 550-2235 On Feb 17, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > That's kinda what I suspected. The phone issue is just a proxy for a bigger > problem. > > With that said, it's only been a week and this stuff takes time. > > People don't care about the things they share - physical space and equipment, > as well as soundspace - unless they care about the people they share them > with. This is a two-way street, though. Your existing "well integrated" > members don't know him any better than he knows them. > > In all cases, people who know each other have a far better chance of sharing > expectations of each other, too. > > So it's your job to open that up. He might not be as "easy" as others, but I > wouldn't write him off yet either. His concern for his stuff/space is just a > reaction that most people are programmed to have when they feel "threatened". > Nobody likes having things done to them, so asking him to move "because he's > disturbing others" quickly creates that sense of "why is this happening to > me?" > > I'd look for some sort of project/event/effort that will benefit more than > just him, but something he's interested in contributing to. Help him and > other members connect through that effort, and see how things change. It > might take more than one of these "facilitations" before you notice a change, > but I can say from experience that I've seen just as many tough personalities > cracked by this process than I have people who ultimately went the other way > and self-selected themselves out. > > -Alex > > > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:34 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex, he's new (been here about a week) and to be perfectly honest is not > integrating that well. > > He'll talk to people during breaks in the kitchen, but I don't think he's > made a big effort to make friends or be helpful to anyone. Most of the time > just talks about a new diet he's on with his wife. He said that the reason he > joined was he couldn't be productive at home. He asked about a private > office, but balked at the price. > > When I mentioned to him the issue of bothering another member, he seemed more > concerned about his monitor setup than inconveniencing someone. > > > > > On Monday, February 17, 2014 4:38:12 PM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: > How does this member interact with other people? How well does he know the > people he's bothering? > > -Alex > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 5:31 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi there everyone, > > I know this is a topic that's come up again and again and been handled many > different ways, but I'm curious how to handle this socially moreso than from > any other dimension. > > Members have to take phone calls. This is a fact of life. Most people just > find a quiet corner or take up the conference room for a call whenever they > need. This was a pretty self-regulating problem. > > Until recently when a member signed up that seems to be on the phone all day > long in the main coworking area. Other members are complaining specifically > about this one member because he's ruining their ability to focus. He refuses > to take up in one of the side rooms or corners because they don't have a > table big enough to fit his computer and monitor and he doesn't seem too keen > on moving his stuff around either. > > I've never asked a member to leave the community and I'd hate to do it > because of a workstyle issue, but I don't see a way around this. > > Any ideas? > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. 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