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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: FP7 » CoWorking Houses as Creative Hubs

version: 1 / created: 2010-08-09
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Originally submitted by: Vanessa Watkins
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 8 - Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Blue Sky Research on emerging issues and other research economies

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

Use the following format: Project Acronym (Project Reference No.). Use commas if more than one project is associated to this Wild Card, for example: ALFA-BIRD (213266), SAFAR (213374), LAPCAT-II (211485)
Source: INFU (225229) - http://www.innovation-futures.org/

Signal's headline

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CoWorking Houses as Creative Hubs

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
More and more of the so-called knowledge workers from the creative class join so called CoWorking houses. CoWorking houses offer an easy, flexible and budget workspace (LAN and coffee flat rate included). They combine workspace (productive and functional) with a creativity hub (social, energetic, creative). By this, people from a broad spectrum of disciplines meet and can collaborate with each other. Many CoWorking houses explicitly promote great openness - people shall share knowledge and ideas. People, who in times of the “old” corporate offices probably would have never met can now come together and innovate.

Keywords

innovation, creativity, working patterns, workspace, freelancers

Signal's first apperance

2005-now

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 Change in current innovation patterns new/emerging
 		neutral
 		now-2015

Under what assumption the Weak Signal might evolve.

Mostly urban locations preferred by the creative class become increasingly important as innovation networking takes place there. Cities compete over the “innovation nomades” (or also creative project workers”) because companies see their presence as an important location advantage and base their headquarters accordingly.

Importance

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Level 2: important for a particular world region Urban Regions

Key driving forces of this signal

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Driver 1 Driver 2
Social Especially freelancers try to escape social isolation in their homes or single offices and long for exchange with other peoples.
Technological/Scientific Modern IT provides the enabling technologies for the further flexibilisation (in time and location) of work.
Economic Work becomes more flexible. Value creation increasingly takes place in temporary projects, independently, at different locations, at different moments in time and without fixed salary positions, leading to an increasing number of freelancers professionals.
Political Politicians facilitate the emergence of the creative class, as they hope to increase economic welfare

Potential stakeholders' actions

short-term actions
(now-2015) 		longer-term
(after 2015)
Policy actors (at the international, European and national levels) Reform employment laws: “Old-fashioned” employment laws may hinder people from joining CoWorking Houses or inventing in this environment

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Economic prosperity/dynamics
Globalization vs. localization
Urban and rural dynamics

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Research infrastructures
Regional development
Research for the benefit of small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Pan-European strategies influencing the signal

please justify:
particularly relevant
Improving researchers mobility and career development by, for example, realising a single labour market for researchers.
Facilitating and promoting knowledge sharing and transfer

Research-friendly strategies potentially improving understanding of the signal

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please justify:
particularly relevant
Strengthening the actors in the research-friendly ecology
(i.e. Research funding organisations, universities, businesses, Research and Technology Organisations, Researchers and Citizens)