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In the past office-sharing was chosen by
those seeking a low-cost option. Now the concept is changing and is
seen as helping startups and independent entrepreneurs to foster
innovation.
With
592 teleworking centres offering this type of service located
throughout France, office-sharing and other types of co-working spaces
seem to be on the rise in this country. Office-sharing services, which
were initially designed as a low-cost solution for independent workers
and small or medium-sized companies, are based on the principle that
renting empty office space from larger companies through the mediation
of office-sharing agencies, such as Bureaux à Partager, Buro'nomade and Bureau Mobile
in France, provides self-employed professionals and small businesses
with an economically viable physical space. It is however also
interesting to see that this ‘cohabitation’ phenomenon, typically
involving major corporations letting out their spare floor-space to
startups and independent entrepreneurs, might also serve to encourage a
process of open innovation and collaboration.
Office-sharing responds to a specific need…
This is the view of Clément Alteresco,
founder of Paris-based Bureaux à Partager (‘Offices to Share’). He
points out that “this type of service promotes synergies between staff
from different companies. An employee will share and exchange ideas with
his/her neighbours who have different skillsets, and this is a key
success factor in office-sharing.” Jean-Christophe Uhl,
founder of Bureau Mobile, a co-working space in Strasbourg, underlines
that sharing an office suits the needs of entrepreneurs in several
respects. “Our clients are really looking to optimise in all possible
areas, because meeting new people can stimulate the creative process and
improve the quality of life in the workplace,” he explains. But,
stresses Délia Querbouet, co-founder of Buro'nomade, whom L’Atelier met recently at the Impact²
event held on 11 April in Paris, the advantages of office-sharing go
much further than that. “Sharing premises and teleworking centres helps
to meet two fundamental goals – an environmental goal and a social
goal,” she argues.
…but might also help solve wider issues
She points out that “in addition to helping creativity emerge, and
building social links within a working space, office-sharing also
responds to the issue of getting around in a congested urban
environment, as it helps reduce commuter flows.” Jean-Christophe Uhl
agrees, commenting: “we shouldn’t forget that we’re living in a period
of crisis where even a very short journey has an impact on one’s
purchasing power and thus puts restrictions on the number of possible
journeys you can make.” Beyond the lifestyle quality factor however, the
dominant issue is creating a sense of community. This is what
initiatives such as La Cordée,
in Lyon, and La Mutinerie, in Paris are striving to highlight.
“Office-sharing will become an even more fascinating phenomenon in the
future,” predicts Clément Alteresco, explaining: “Major companies that
open up their premises to others will have to deal with various
problems, including for example seeing their company culture challenged
and question marks over the security of their premises.”
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