You often hear that the shared workspace is the next big trend and probably the future of office culture. But have you wondered why is this trend buzzing and why businesses are lapping it up to the world over. Common sense would tell you that this makes a lot of business sense. But the question is how and for what period.
Wider Perspective
A shared workspace inevitably means that you are meeting a large number of people, seeing a wide range of concepts unfolding and coming face to face with several different types of insights. If you are observant and open to learning, all of this can help provide crucial input for your business and lend you a brand new perspective on how to further your business prospects. Your next big idea can often be the unified impact of interaction with innovators across genres and taking meaningful insight from co-workers sharing the space. This does not just broaden your horizon, but also helps you to accept wider perspectives a lot more easily.
Sense of Community Feeling
The ecosystem of a shared workspace is unique. You have a complex network of concepts, ideas, businesses and most importantly people working together towards individual and team success continuously. This does not just open up your perspective, in many ways, it also nurtures fellow feeling and a sense of belonging towards a greater community. There is a sense of satisfaction in what you are achieving and your office work stops being a 9-5 core. The community insight also makes you look forward to your workdays and you learn to start accommodating and adjusting to your fellow co-workers’ needs and necessities as best as possible in a harmonious way.
Encourages Lateral & Out Of Box Thinking
As entrepreneurial trends and initiatives are taking centre-stage, the need to try out new ideas or out of the box concepts are becoming more of a necessity. The shared workspace helps hone employees’ perspectives in a meaningful way in this context. People get inspired by their fellow workers and often that motivates them to step out of their comfort zone and even try out radical concepts with confidence.
Cost-Effective Arrangement
Last but not the least important of reasons, it is a highly cost-effective arrangement. For entrepreneurs preparing for soft launch or big business houses balancing overhead office expenses and staff, salary is a constant source of worry. The shared workspace mitigates at least some part of it and significantly reduces the amount required to maintain individual offices.
Final thoughts on a shared workspace
Therefore, it will not be wrong to say that the shared workspace might well be considered as the biggest disruptor in the office area. The open-concept spaces encourage free-thinking, and in many ways, enhances employee productivity. Most importantly, given the fragile economic situation globally, it gives the much needed economic support to jump-start new concepts. Also, the sense of community feeling encourages workers as well as employers to maintain a healthy, productive and peaceful working space.
