There are exciting recent developments in location-independent work that make it possible, and relatively easy, to travel the world while you work without giving up things like a membership at a coworking space or even the community of people you normally work with. That’s what this talk is about.
So how is that future? It’s not. When I say future, I really mean now.
I start with practical examples of what’s out there. Simple (coworking space listing services) to more complete packages (a year with the same community).
Next I'll consider some of the broader changes in work lifestyle that help explain the sudden growth in these programs.
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2016 05-24-future of location independent work
1. Will Bennis
Locus Workspace
24 May 2016
The future of location-
independent work:
Shared offices--and office mates--that
travel the world with you
2. Coworking space
LISTING SERVICES
The coworking wiki (http://wiki.coworking.org)
Nomad List (nomadlist.com)
ShareDesk (www.sharedesk.net)
workfrom (workfrom.co)
LiQUIDSPACE (liquidspace.com)
Desks Near Me (desksnear.me)
DESK*WORKS (desk.works)
Etc.
3. SHARED MEMBERSHIPS
across coworking spaces
The Coworking Visa
List (wiki.coworking.org)
Map (www.coworkingvisamap.com)
Copass (copass.org)
League of Extraordinary Coworking Spaces
(lexc.org)
Coworking Without Borders
(coworkingwithoutborders.com)
CoWAG (cowag.co)
ROAM (roam.co)
Etc.
4. Coworking & CO-LIVING
(1 month unless otherwise stated)
Coworking Camp (coworking.camp)
DNX Camp (www.dnxcamp.com)
nomadicHUB (nomadichub.com)
Cowork Paradise (www.coworkparadise.com) in
Bali
The Entrepreneur House
(theentrepreneurhouse.com)
Hacker Paradise (www.hackerparadise.org) – 2 –
12 weeks
Coboat (www.coboat.org) – 1 week or longer
There is much more (e.g…)
5. Coworking & co-living
More than 1 month
World Workation (worldworkation.com)
3 months, 3 countries
The Remote Experience
(www.theremoteexperience.com)
4 months, 4 countries, 30 people
Cowork The World
(www.coworktheworld.com/tours)
Remote Year (www.remoteyear.com)
12 months, 12 locations, 75 people
My Wander Year
(http://www.mywanderyear.com/)
7. 3 big changes in work lifestyle
Dramatic (global) increase in location-
independent work
The rise of coworking
Dramatic increase in digital nomadism
9. United States
MBO Partners 2015 report:
17.8 million full-time independent workers in the US.
30.2 million full- & part-time
Projected to increase by 27% by 2020 (compared to
5.4% for workforce as a whole)
10. Survey at Global Leadership Summit,
London
34% of business leaders said more than ½
company’s full-time workforce would be working
remotely by 2020.
25% said more than ¾ would not work in a
traditional office
11. European Forum of Independent
Professionals
More than 45% increase between 2004 & 2013 in
independent professionals in EU27
Fastest growing group in EU labor market
18. Some answers
The obvious: Technology:
More than 9 in 10 agree, “technology is making it
easier to work wherever you want” (oDesk survey).
Company profits
“In New York, office space per employee costs on
average $14,800 annually” (Marketwatch.com, May
2015).
Costs of employment vs. hiring freelancers
Employee satisfaction & productivity
Increasing individualism around the globe
Increasing need for social connectedness
20. Brad Neuberg, Aug. 9, 2005:
First public use of the term coworking
“Traditionally, society forces us to choose between
working at home for ourselves or working at an office for
a company. If we work at a traditional 9 to 5 company
job, we get community and structure, but lose freedom
and the ability to control our own lives. If we work for
ourselves at home, we gain independence but suffer
loneliness and bad habits from not being surrounded by
a work community.
Coworking is a solution to this problem. In coworking,
independent writers, programmers, and creators come
together in community a few days a week. Coworking
provides the "office of a traditional corporate job, but in
a very unique way.”
Editor's Notes
There are exciting recent developments in location-independent work that make it possible, and relatively easy, to travel the world while you work without giving up things like a membership at a coworking space or even the community of people you normally work with. That’s what this talk is about.
[a little humor] So how is that future? It’s not. When I say future, I really mean now.
I’ll start with practical examples of what’s out there. Simple (coworking space listing services) to more complete packagese (a year with the same community).