That's exactly why I favor a flexible seating in a coworking space. When I went to a space where "residents" worked here and flexible guests sat somewhere else, I was disappointed. The residents work more or less in an office community; me as a guest coworker would interact with people that know less about the space then the residents. But hey, I would get a lot more inspiration as any residents.
In the very sense of a flexible coworking space the identified results of the study in a company setting do not apply to coworking: In an office you rarely are able to decide *where* you do your work, and who maybe spreads out "toxic" vibrations in your neighborhood. But in a coworking space with flexible desks I can choose a different workplace any time without giving explanations. The work we do in a company might be competitive, in a coworking space we act collaborative. On the other hand as a coworking host I should be able to sense some "toxic" behaviors (which I did working in the enterprise setting) and work pro-actively on this. Try to get to the point why sb keeps sending out negative impulses, what makes him/her unhappy. Supporting the search for strategies to change what bothers him/her. Be positive and supportive, because as the study pointed out: positive stimulations have a huge effect, too :) > I think in a decade we will see more studies about relationships in coworking space environments – and I look very positively forward to the upcoming results. Don't you? Doris -- 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/d/optout.
