The clue is in the name. Both are spaces. One offers coworking (i.e. access to a community); one offers only an office.
But, don’t coworking spaces offer offices too?
Yes, they offer a desk, or small office to rent on much less onorous terms than a typical office lease.
- But, renting a desk or office at a business centre, or directly from a landlord does not provide you with a sense of community that a coworking space offers.
- At a business centre, you’re not going to go knock on the door of the person renting the space beside you and ask them to quickly brainstorm with you over a new product you’re intending to launch. Or, ask them where they can get a good business coach.
- Whereas, working alongside other professionals in a coworking space, this type of interaction is actively and consciously fostered, encouraged, facilitated. Coworking community managers look for likely connections, we are fostering serendipidity, we are providing a backdrop in which such interactions are probable, not accidental.
- Anyway, if you’re doing the coffee round or sharing physical space, you’re guaranteed to get to know much more about each other, and each others’ businesses than you would otherwise. You will already have been part of the community, in advance of the actual space being set up, and so, will have gotten to know people already. Joint projects, referrals and mutually beneficially business and personal friendships are happily inevitable.
Are you trying to replace traditional workplaces and business centres?
No. We are simply providing an alternative. If these type of unplanned opportunities appeal to you, get in touch to find out more about our packages.
Community Curator at WabiSabi
Dawn is a coworking enthusiast and keen to share news and developments about coworking communities and spaces in Northern Ireland with other business mavericks. She can be bribed with an artisan caramel square and an Earl Grey.
She is also a Partner at Sensei.ie, the parent business of the WabiSabi project, and Managing Editor at Aletheia.Travel.
She is also a Partner at Sensei.ie, the parent business of the WabiSabi project, and Managing Editor at Aletheia.Travel.
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