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21st Century Work Life and leading remote teams


Brought to you by Virtual not Distant, the 21st Century Work Life podcast looks at leading remote teams, online collaboration and working in distributed organisations.

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Feb 15, 2018

Have coworking spaces lost their initial purpose? Maya and Pilar discuss three recent articles about co-working: the diverse types of co-working spaces available, the move of corporations into the co-working space and whether blockchain might well bring back the original spirit of co-working.

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We love co-working spaces because they allow people to choose to work in spaces that inspire them.

To drive the conversation, Maya and Pilar have focused on three articles:


Part 1

https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/coworking-spaces/ 

We talk about the different type of coworking spaces, how some of them mirror what you would expect what you go into a corporate office.

Now we can find a place to work in that suits us. We can even belong to a coworking space that matches our values/personality, while working for an organisation where we don’t feel so attached to their physical space.

There are even now women only coworkind spaces…
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-wing-allbright-women-coworking-spaces


Part 2

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/307085

Big businesses are taking over some co-working spaces for their own employees. So should we still be calling them “co-working” spaces?

IBM has taken over a space for 600 of their employees, vs Microsoft that has provided co-working passes to some of their sales force.

Mingling of employees with entrepreneurs: is it about checking out the competition? And are we in danger of new businesses getting mentored into the traditional way of doing business?

Part 3


How are Cryptocurrencies Changing Coworking?

 http://newworker.co/mag/how-are-cryptocurrencies-changing-coworking/


Maya explains what how blockchain works.

Is blockchain the way in which technology can reignite the original spirit of co-working?

Other episodes in the 21st Century Work Life podcast on co-working:

Episode 83 The Spirit of Co-working with Alex Hillman

Episode 30 Co-working at Impact Hub

Episode 158 (to be released on 22 February 2018) Building Community in Co-Working Spaces with Bernie Mitchell