Loosecubes: the future of workplaces?

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- Loosecubes: the future of workplaces?
- 14/02/2012
- Sandra Mardin


Co-working makes traditional workplaces more fluid Loose Cubes, Inc. (2012) ©

Scope
Sharing office space – or ‘co-working’ – with other independent professionals is a familiar concept to many freelancers. Beyond just being places to work, co-working spaces are built around the idea of community and sustainability. Loosecubes is a New-York based online database of co-working spaces which hopes to take the trend mainstream.

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Industry	Behaviour Social networking
Location	Global
Keywords	Life as an Enterprise Collaborative Living Serendipity Neo-tribalism Public & Private Accelerated Learning Workplaces Office Employment Freelance

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