Coworking: The ultimate evidence of brilliance, team spirit, and creativity powered under one roof The coworking industry has touched global shores in recent years with a myriad of coworking spaces opening up throughout the world. The benefits offered by these shared office spaces are immense and the “play along as a community� touch is certainly a crowd puller. Another reason why businesses are flocking to these niche workspaces is the ease of networking offered at these collaborative hubs.
So far the coworking culture has been successful in bringing together companies from varied industries to give them a landing ground that supports innovative ideation and conceptualization. Another reason why organizations of all scales are running towards these coworking spaces is ample business opportunities provided within the house where people with similar interests get together and work for long hours sitting under one roof. The measure of each other’s potential helps form associations, paving the way for quickly forming ideas that turn into associations. The creative environment witnessed at these spaces is something that the millennial workforce yearns for in this era of workforce innovation. The most likely market of these coworking spaces are start-ups eager to combine with large enterprises to discover new roads of growth. The benefit is mutual where the larger organizations benefit from the zeal and productivity of the young labor.
Garima Arora, a Human Resource Manager defines her coworking experience as “invigorating”. Read on to know what else she has to say about the trend that has the millennial workspace on a loop. “Having worked from a coworking office for a year now, I can say that it has been one of the best work experience of my life after 5 years of being in the profession. The work environment is completely different from what I experienced in my previous job with a London based MNC. The firm had its own office in the NCR and although it was a lovely place to work from, the air sometimes reeked of monotony and boredom. The same people reporting for the same job every day rarely left any room for new conversations or associations. There was a ‘routine’ to the entire workflow that bothered me to the level that sometimes even a casual greeting to a fellow personnel felt like a task waiting to be completed. That’s one of the downsides of working from a conventional office. People working in the same profession reporting to their specific roles every day, dressed in their mundane formals (our company had a strict dress code), exchanging the formal pleasantries. It was like life was running on a clockwise pattern, the work was the focal point and the office space was the dial where the same people revolved to finish off the same tasks. All that changed when I switched to another organization a year ago. Thankfully they operated from a beautiful coworking space located in the heart of the city. The biggest change I noticed in myself after working from this space is how my productivity enhanced. I did the same job, possessed the same skill-set and yet my productive hours increased multifold. The best part is the pool of creativity that hits you first thing when you enter through the doors of the office. People with varied interests, different skill-sets and different jobs hustling under one roof. The highenergy atmosphere piques your interest and keeps you motivated to be the best at your job. In my personal experience, the coworking thing has worked wonders especially for my professional circle and my business network has grown substantially. There are regular events hosted at our coworking center on different subjects and themes. Being a professional working ten hours a day, your social life tends to slow-down. Coworking has turned out to be the perfect alternative to weekend get-together offering the perfect space for work and leisure. Also, just after two months of working out of a coworking space, our company landed a huge opportunity for expansion with clients who worked on the same floor as ours. That speaks volumes of the power of this trend and space. Brilliant minds come together under one roof to work on some of the most creative ideas I have witnessed. To sum it all up, coworking is a hub of unlimited possibilities. It’s like a cost-effective pandora’s box where every day opens the gates to a world of unlimited opportunities and possibilities.”
Coworking has turned into a global movement with time and the tide is rising every day. The way it has come to impact the lives of corporates and entrepreneurs is exemplary. From increased levels of employee happiness to enhanced levels of productivity, coworking is doing it all. The trend is here to say and bound to grow. The best way to figure out the fuss about it is to experience it yourself.