IndyHall 201: Communities of Trust
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We’re back with another IndyHall 201 video. This time, we’re talking about the importance of establishing trust as an important community value in your coworking space.
A few weeks back, I gave a professional development seminar at the Comcast Interactive Media group, and this topic came up indirectly. The question was asked, “what makes a coworking space such a hotbed of innovation?” While the diversity of talent is certainly one of the aspects, even diversity provides little value without a network of trusted between the talent that works together.
Proximity helps too, but the most important thing you can do is lead by example. More on that topic coming up soon.
In the mean time, enjoy our video on building communities of trust!
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Heh Alex- Great video. And I enjoyed the comments above. Reminded me of some of @valdiskrebs’ writings on social networks. Key to a strong network is:
1. Physical Proximity (which you mention above)
2. Similarity of Interest and (importantly)
3. Difference of Interest — it seems that innovation seems to come about most when you are around people who have ideas from yours– so that you are forced to struggle with contradictions/paradoxes/ etc.
So the power of Indy Hall, I would submit, is based on a trusted network based upon both similarities and (perhaps more importantly) difference.
my two cents. @harveymilk
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