Coworking: today and tomorrow
According
to the latest results published on Deskmag and disclosed at the Coworking Europe in Milan ,
the number of coworking spaces has increased this years by 36%. There are now
7.800 coworking spaces in the world and about half a million of coworkers.
The
conference was an opportunity to take stock of the situation of coworking today
and reflect on the directions it could take in the future.
One of the
topics touched was the influence of coworking not only on work, but also on
daily life. Coworking spaces are for exemple reshaping London by building a community open to
diversity and to discussion about communal questions. Furthermore, the phenomenon
of the co-living is gaining foothold. We can consider the case of Hotel Shani Wien in Vienna ,
an hotel with a coworking space, perfect for nomad freelancers.
During the
conference they discuss also about how coworking can help people who need the
most today. Two African work centers presented their idea: an initiative to
support refugees. Their plan is to build a space on the Greek island of Lesvos ,
where refugees, locals, internationals, investors and organizations can cowork to
find solutions.
About the
future of coworking, they focalized on the expansion of coworking in Africa : in July took place the first Coworking Africa Conference showing that the concept of work is chancing all around the world.
After this
interesting meeting the hope is that the coworking movement will not slow down to
increase and more and more people carry on joining this different and new
world.
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