Desk Drop-Ins – Why Flexible Office Space Is Ideal For The On-The-Go Businessman
It is eight o’clock and you are just making it out of the house. If you have small children, you have one in one arm and the other trailing loosely behind you. You have just enough time to stop and get a latte before you have to meet a client, who you hope will be late as well. By the time you arrive at your office, your coworking assistant informs you the copier is broken, and so you and her speed walk to the nearest UPS store to make it back just as you see your client with his underlings sitting in the conference room.
Thankfully, the office secretary makes coffee and brings pastries to tide them over until you get your stuff together.
The rest of your day runs on this same tempo, and by day’s end, you are begging for a break. You have no time for administrative work, and you barely get past your own projects.
A day like this is the reason for adopting the coworking space model. For busy professionals, in this case very busy, the coworking model is fit for the businessman (or woman) on-the-go.
Let’s take a closer look at all the ways in which the coworking model can help the busy professional.
Refuge At The Hot Desk
The hot desk is your one-stop shop when it comes to workspace. Most hot desks provide valuable, quiet workspace with the appropriate amenities, but it also goes one step further in providing your business with a platform for networking with others in the space.
With so many different industries within proximity, the business of connecting with others and finding information becomes so much easier and convenient.
In essence, the hot desk has taken the legwork out of networking and accessing resources.
Support From The Community
The community that makes up the coworking space is one that can also be base of support for a professional on-the-go.
In addition to providing valuable workspace, the community managers can bring resources into the space to alleviate the stress of having to make contacts, look for mentors, or some of the other networking activities that are a natural part business.
Finally, the coworking space is a platform where professionals can establish connections through community events like conferences, workshops, and meetups.
Really great coworking spaces make an effort to make community a priority because this aspect of working builds collaboration within the community.
Access To Other Platforms
The coworking space provides your business with access to other business relationships, namely mentors and collaborative relationships.
Because the space is composed of so many different types of industries, you can develop mentoring relationships with people from all walks of the business community, and again, tap into the potential of humans as a resource for information.
Conversely, you can find yourself being the person mentoring a young professional for a season if time permits.
The coworking space, however, can cut to the chase when it comes to developing the types of relationships that foster collaboration.
The collaboration, in essence, can be the platform that gives your business the visibility to take it to a new level.
On top of promoting your own venture, you are learning from other industries, and more importantly, you are promoting your venture.
Stop And Smell The Collaboration
In an increasingly fast-paced business environment, too busy is not busy enough. However, the coworking space presents even the busiest of professionals a workspace alternative that can also accomplish much of the social functions of business.
Furthermore, by reducing the amount of time spent on completing the same tasks outside of the space, you can actually walk into your office and have time to not only stop and smell the roses but also smell the coffee brewing as well.
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