According to recent report published in Harvard Business Review, people who are working in coworking office are found to be more productive or are thriving. Its been reported that cowork office make your employees more committed to your organization and bring their best ideas and innovations everyday to the office. According to the research conducted by Harvard Team , when diverse groups of freelancers, remote workers and independent professionals work together, idea generation is quicker.
So question is how coworking office is better then traditional office?
Reason #1 : There is less of internal politics.
In large traditional office, there is tough competition. There is race. It leads to internal politics. But in coworking work environment is friendly. Everyone is ready to help. This positive work environment leads to greater productivity.
Reason #2 : Coworking emulates “collaboration” as value.
Coworking nurtures collaboration. According to coworking manifesto, there are values which every coworker should respect:
collaboration over competition
community over agendas
participation over observation
doing over saying
friendship over formality
boldness over assurance
learning over expertise
people over personalities
value ecosystem” over value chain
Reason # 3: Coworking offers flexible timing.
As compare to traditional office which offers 9-5 shift, coworking is flexible. If somebody wants to work, then they can come at any time. Coworking are accessible and let you choose wherever you want to sit.People can decide whether to put in a long day when they have a deadline or want to show progress, or can decide to take a long break in the middle of the day to go to the gym.
Reason #4: Coworking gives emotional satisfaction.
As compare to traditional offices, where entrepreneur works alone, coworking provides support of community.Community gives you connections. You work with like minded people. People are ready to help each other.This helps budding entrepreneurs navigate through entrepreneurship journey.
Reason#5 :Problem Solving is easier.
With people from diverse background, problems can be solved quicker in coworking. With support, individual person is also growing.
Foreseeing, the advantages of coworking now many traditional offices have also started moving to same pattern.Surely, in next 5 years we are going to witness more collaborative work.
