How Entrepreneurs Can Get The Most Out Of A Co-Working Space

By Deborah Sweeney, MYCORPORATION, August 4, 2011

Watch this space- it could become your next coworking commune. And it’s being built exactly with that purpose in mind.

A couple months ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece on creating the perfect office. The perfect office was less focused on perfection and more on how to open up a space to inspire an imaginative environment that increased productivity at the workplace. Four design firms were challenged to create this kind of environment, preferably for the midlevel executive. Sort of like the Project Runway for the corporate world. True to form, the designers made it work- finding that certain elements of the office were kicked to the curb (filing cabinets, plaques on walls, gigantic desks) and others were reintroduced and heavily used to create a modern and engaging atmosphere (glass walls that slide open and shut, wireless technology capabilities, virtual fishbowls).

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How the Office Is Evolving

By Eric Kintz Aug. 5, 2011

The traditional office space is in the midst of its most dramatic shift since it was rocked by the creation of the cubicle more than 40 years ago. Driven by new communication technologies, the globalization of supply chains and an increased emphasis on real estate cost reduction, we've seen a massive change in the way people work. The "New Office" is an airport lounge on a tablet, a midnight video call on the kitchen counter, a shared table at the office or a collaboration pod for ad hoc meetings. These new workspaces create fresh

challenges for IT departments and technological demands from today's workforce - from new productivity tools to broader communication and collaboration solutions.

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BEST PLACES TO WORK: How to get there?

Setting your goals? Thinking you would like to see your business on the next list of BEST PLACES TO WORK? There are several benefits that accompany this honor, besides the extra visibility.  

Here are just a few:

• Improved productivity, which yields an improved bottom line
• Improved employee morale, which means less absenteeism and turnover
• Greater ability to recruit and retain good employees
• Prospects like to be associated with "winners"

So now the question is...How do we get there????