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CO-WORKING VALUES

Openness

Regardless of the definition of “open” or “openness” , we must always fight for openness, for decisions to

be made that are more transparent, more expansive, more liberal, and more inclusive. This should be the

case for both moral and economic reasons.

Collaboration

Coworking spaces are great places to learn how to be a better collaborator. The founders of the best

coworking spaces tend to look to their members as collaborators more than customers… the members

who work together – not just with each other but with the space itself – tend to have the deepest bond

with the community.

Accessibility

One of the unique elements of coworking is that anybody who can work from anywhere can do it. You

don’t even need a special coworking space to do it. You can cowork in a living room, or a park, or even

somebody else’s office. But the key element here is self-selection.

Sustainability is about continuity, about keeping something going over time, about a “method of

harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged”