Anyone who has been involved in the coworking movement will be aware that the most important value for success is the community that is created, grows and collaborates within the space. On other occasions I have talked about my personal experience as a coworker or the different ways you can interact or collaborate.
A united and active community ends up generating its own relationships, activities, etc., which are usually promoted by space managers, especially at the beginning.
During recent years, I have been lucky enough to be in contact with loads of space managers through our work on Nexudus Spaces, attending conferences, or editing ZonaCoworking, the leading Spanish publication about coworking. This has allowed me to find out more about their day-to-day goings-on.
Although everyone has their own opinion, there are some characteristics that make a space manager a good community catalyst, which are:
Every manager or group of managers undoubtedly has their own personality, which in most cases is reflected in the space. One of the most common challenges that managers are faced with when the space expands is effectively transferring the "know-how" without losing what makes the experience in the space something special for the coworkers.
We would love to know your experience. What do you think about these points? What are the main difficulties you face on a daily basis? How do you get around them?
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