[OSList] the serendipity machine

[Harrison Owen]

Under the heading of “nothing new under the sun” – This “new” Dutch
invention sounds almost exactly like a similar facility/organization which a
bunch of Swedes did in the 90’s in Stockholm. Worked then, should work now.

 

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[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of gerardo de
luzenberger
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:04 AM
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Subject: [OSList] the serendipity machine

 

I'm just back from the netherlands, where I have visited an interesting
company - it's called seats2meet. They set up a network of business centers
that offer physical coworking, office and meeting spaces. They describe
their business model as a serendipity machine in a booklet you can download
here http://theserendipitymachine.com/

What is amazing is that they host freely coworkers (including wifi, coffee
and food). IN exchange they ask them to share their knowledges and skills
with others. They do this using a software platform they call "the third"
space. 

 

Even if they never quoted open space their approach is really tuned with it.
And I think that Open Space can be also considered to some extent as a
serendipity machine, a "third" space that opens to unexpected conversations
and knowledge exchange.

all the best from Milan

ge

  



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