Work Trends: First Telecommuting, Now Coworking
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 09:19AM Years ago, while working in a corporate setting, I hoped that telecommuting would finally be allowed in my department. In my last corporate job, telecommuting was commonplace. I enjoyed the flexibility of being able to work from home about 30% of the time. I always believed that I could get more work done in my home office.
Now that most of my work hours are the spent in my home office, I am looking into a new trend emerging called coworking. As I understand it, coworking is shared office space for work-at-home professionals or solopreneurs. Currently, when I need a change of scenery, my favorite place to work is Panera Bread. While I love the atmosphere there, it is still a bit of an isolating experience. After all, while I try to produce like a machine, I am not one. I am relational and need to share creative energies and human interaction from time to time.
A little over a year ago, Alex Hillman wrote an informative post about this emerging trend. The two places that I am going to check out in Dallas are CoHabitat and Company Dallas.
I'll let you know what I think after I visit. For now, back to work...
Reader Comments (1)
This sounds great! With the busyness of our lives, we need as much flexibility as we can get. Keep me posted on new work trends.