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To meet like-minded people getting their startups off the ground. I came to the opening not knowing what it was but once I started speaking to people I realised it was exactly what I was looking for.
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What's next?
The Questions
Hub Melbourne Ethos and Vision Inquiry
A foreword...
1. What is Hub Melbourne to you?
2. What led you to join Hub Melbourne and have your expectations been met?
3. What do you like most about being part of the community?
4. What is your sense of the vision for Hub Melbourne?
5. What would like the Hub to aspire to be?
6. What are the key values, beliefs or questions that drive your own work?
7. What are the key values, beliefs or questions that you consider Hub Melbourne members share?
8. Would you have the time, capacity and interest to work more formally with Hub members on projects in the future?
Hub Melbourne (established March 2011) is an innovative and collaborative learning community and it felt important to strive to break new ground when we say what we are about. The thought of a static, top-down, vision/ mission/ values statement set in stone for all to comply with did not did not seem innovative, inspiring, and in many ways would go against the grain of who we really are. The values of our network have always been the sum of the values of our members. We are deliberately diverse and change is a given. When I asked @jwaterslynch to take a dynamic snapshot of Hub that would allow for our ethos to evolve as our community evolved, I had no idea that he would present it as a 'Prezi'. I consider his choice of canvas a masterstroke and as telling about Hub as the picture he paints:
Whilst I was consulted on the questions asked, I am not privy to who said what and this bubble of words are my only contribution. I thank all those that contribute to making Hub Melbourne what it is and what it can become.
This is OUR HUB as at August 2012 and ~650 members.
Happy collaborating,
Brad Krauskopf, Co-Founder, Hub Melbourne.
What is the Hub?
What do you like most about being part of the community?
What led you to join Hub Melbourne?
It's more like a hive than a hub.
Something that's hard to describe...
Startup Incubator
The kitchen. I love the green room and all the activities there. I love the views. Love the red cedar in the ceiling. I like the diversity. The whiteboards. The couches.
There's a good spirit of collaboration rather than competition.
Fresh eyes, insight into different values and work cultures, friendship, business relationships, synergy and serendipity.
A chance to work in a different environment.
A place where new ideas have an opportunity to spawn and be shared with others who can empower this.
The energy and buzz.
As a physical workspace it's more than met my expectations.
Moving down a road that you've never been before and connecting with people who have been there is really validating.
Location
I like the friendships that I've made with people
An open working area for startups and incubators - for collaboration.
The interactions and the ability to tune in or tune out. The access to diverse insights and opinions and skills.
To not work from home
Space
Being known. The cheers factor - everybody knows your name.
It's a place to come to work and to feel part of a community and work environment even if you work alone.
A place to meet and co-work with other 'switched-on' people
Proximity to the station (convenience), a stable place to work and some of the members.
Space
A hub of social entrepreneurs.
This is a neutral space for me - it offers me something where i can detach from other influences.
Community
There's a sense of belonging to something.
Culture and Social
Connections
Standard ordinary offerings fine. Ergonomic chair with good lighting. This is important.
Prestigious
Collaborative community
The social professional cross-over makes things more efficient.
For me the social interaction, running group, lunch, barbecue etc.
Location/accessibility. Cost - it's a good deal - and because I sold the idea that as a statewide peak body whose role is to work through networks to get stuff done
The longstanding relationships I've developed.
Finding like-minded people.
Hub Melbourne's amazing.
I really enjoy working in a diverse ecology. Even though there's a strong social enterprise and start up culture - i don't really fit into that - I value and thrive on the diversity of the membership.
The location and the space. There's a dynamic vibe in the workplace. I love the diversity of stuff that people are working on.
Location was the big one for us, and the other co-working spaces were very 'tech' orientated.
Feeling like someone cares that you turn up, this is different to working at home.
The diversity of the space, the earthiness of it. There's some very interesting people in here - that's definitely a big part of it.
When I talk to people I can see that they're looking if I have something to offer and if we could do something together.
I joined Hub Melbourne after attending an event there and really liking the vibe of the place. It's location is also idea for me being right across form SCS.
It's a really nice place to work from, convenient, great customer service and brilliant services.
I like having meetings here - there's lots of space, it's available. It reflects well on my own business.
Lonely working alone at home. Needing more peer support.
The social glue mentioned earlier is the key factor. It puts the "co" into "coworking". It's what distinguishes Hub from office suites, working at home or some of the other coworking sites which are just drop-in desks.
The diversity of people I've met, and the opportunity to learn from others as well as help others when I can.
The attraction of such eclectic group of people, 1+1=3, the evolving collective care for the planet, watching the community grow, being a part of something larger than yourself.
A physical space in the city which supports my working life and connections with other entrepreneurial, community minded people.
There's an ethos and culture within Hub Melbourne that captivates me. There's a level of diversity that you'll never get from the big-end of town. There's a real sense of community that is hard to find elsewhere - its not something that you can bottle, it grows organically like some of the greatest cities in the world.
It's a place where anyone looking to share, innovate or collaborate can base themselves and build meaningful relationships with other people working in similar or complimentary spaces in Melbourne.
It's like having the best part of colleagues, but ones you choose rather than are forced together with. I like to be able to choose who to engage with and on what level.
A cooperative working space where entrepreneurial people can do work they couldn't otherwise get done.
Train station
To get out of home.
The best communities work well in an informal manner - i love the structured informality - the clubs, yammer, lots of face to face sessions here.
A safe-haven.
People in the space are generally happier, friendlier, more engaged and more articulate than most places you'll go, be that for work or pleasure. I'm lucky enough to have some pretty amazing friends with great talents and intellects, I'm drawn to such types; it's pleasing here at Hub that so many clever and creative people are in the mix. Although the diversity is not where it could be in terms of racial profiling - reflecting the multicultural nature of Melbourne, I think the great diversity and wisdom of the crowd is sensational, people from a variety of backgrounds and professions, across a reasonable age spread (I'm a big fan of intergenerational connections) really provides the community with so much wealth and wisdom.
An introduction to hundreds of great, inspiring people in Melbourne. Those networks themselves extend much further out...being aware that you're part of a community of changemakers.
The willingness to challenge the status quo - it's bordering on a manifesto, a vision to try something different.
I've been surprised at how fast the interaction has happened – to have people ask me about my work and my own opinion on what they're doing has been fantastic.
Tribe
Starting my own business and looking for a space to have an office with a similar ethos.
Safe space. Share anything.
Coworking
For me the social interaction, running group, lunch, barbecue etc.
Intergenerational
It's a place where I can base myself in Melbourne (because I live out of town). It's where I can meet people - by design or by serendipity.
A co-working community - a space where you can go and connect with other people but also get inspired. Conversations lead to opportunities...whether social or business opportunities.
It's my tribe. Good vibe, good space to share ideas, to do networking...and to work.
Helpful
An interesting space in which to watch the emergence of new thought and ways of working in the world.
Meeting new people and finding different takes on ideas that just astound me. To meet someone that's working on, illumination, what a great idea. I'm glad someone's doing that I can draw on that inspiration.
I have lived in this town all my life and know a lot of people in Melbourne - with a vibrant atmosphere like this the two attractors are find a stronger communal environment but also to stay connected with the younger generations (I'm turning 50 soon).
I like the people - the way people communicate and connect to each other is really good.
Constant serendipitous moments where you discover gems of information everyday that can change your life...this would never happen at home in many offices.
A co-working space with lots of different business in it.
I live two hours away in the country and it's an opportunity to have a city base and prestigious address.
Isolation at home led me to join.
A spot where you can work when you need to and reach out when you need to.
I say it's a coworking space different to shared office because of facilitated connection by hosts. Jan.
It's enabling me to be working by myself, for myself but surrounded by productive, like minded people.
Like-minded
The diversity of members who share similar unspoken vision and values for Hub.
Meeting other members and feeling connected to the scene in Melbourne.
I like the fact that generally I can get an answer - largely through the face to face relationships. These have been enables by thursday lunches, friday drinks and better business club.
It's a more eco-friendly office space it enables companies to share space and facilities.
Friendly and like-minded people to connect to but also the opportunity to connect for those that are from 'outside' of normal networks (for. eg. corporate and government). Its a place to test your ideas and build ideas, networks and knowledge.
A coworking space for social entrpreneurs - a place to connect with people and have a community of workers.
A second home / office.
Peeps
The energy and buzz.
The willingness of people to help out when someone asks for it.
Hosted
A membership community that exists to drive innovation through collaboration. There's a clubhouse where members get together to work and create, learning and events members could participate and infrastructure to connect members.
Evolution of consciousness and culture.
Home
A place to work that's not at home.
An empty house that's all set up – everything is here, dinning room, living room all we need is the people to come in and interact.
Brad
Openness
Moving down a road that you've never been before and connecting with people who have been there is really validating.
I like the social aspects - the shared lunches and the friendliness of people. Getting messages about things that are happening.
Sharing resources.
Jan does a great job of making people feel welcome.
A recent age article on coworking painted Hub as the 'social space' to work in as opposed to some of the other coworking offering.
This place has a real Gen Y feel but is open to older people.
When you're by yourself there's nothing to bounce off.
Fresh eyes, insight into different values and work cultures, friendship, business relationships, synergy and serendipity.
The sharing that goes on between people, a lot of my current conversations are through Yammer.
I like the host, the fact it's hosted.
It's an experiment in new business models involving space, thinking and the nature of interactions that happen.
There's a nice creative atmosphere. There's a sense of openness, open to new possibilities and new things. I think that's good.
Hub is - a co-working space but you realise there's more to it at first. Adoption goes in stages
Brad emailed me when he was back from Spain we mapped out various coworking spaces when I was working at Deloitte. I joined yammer about the time hub opened.
My relationships with Brad, Ehon and Jan are all really great.
My boss George had a membership, suggested I join came to a Thursday session with brad and was just blown away by the fact that this place exists.
Something about the aesethics of this space makes me work and do things in a particular way.
There's some really awesome people as part of it. There's some amazing ideas. Sometimes the subject matter is a little bit narrow, but the ideas, thinking, openness is great.
I heard what brad had to say and and was convinced by what i saw over his shoulder.
A place to meet and co-work with other 'switched-on' people.
I was impressed by Brad’s energy and vision. Seemed to me that this vision was of something designed the way the workplace should be.
We were going to set up a Hub in Perth. I met Brad to find out more about it and I agree it's about the next stage of the complexity of freelancing.
Serendipity
A gathering place/platform for collaboration.
Events
A seething pit of good stuff.
I met Brad a couple of years ago and thought he seemed a bit nuts talking about this Hub thing. He was however highly energetic. And I try to move towards positive energy so for me the place was always an attraction. My expectations have been met and for me The Hub becomes better for every day.
But it's really about the people, the serendipity, the innovation the collaboration, the friendships and the like minded people.
Collaboration
Web search looking for co-working. Clincher - enormous potential of the connections, the concept of being enmeshed, the synchronicity of things, that I'm working with chaos complexity theory. Brad used the word synchronicity.
Brad Krauskopf's vision at the Google un-conference
Like minded people
Unknown
I like that there are events - sometimes I go for the shared experience with members rather than the content.
by design...
Meeting Brad.
Hosted
Events
My partners' friend is a founding member of donkey wheel, and when I came in and spoke to brad I realised this was a space I could work in, feed off and hopefully contribute to.
The vibe, the connections, the events.
Kind of like eliot and ET...incidental and purposeful connections can be found.
A space that facilitates serendipitous encounters and connections
You really never know what's going to happen until you walk in the door. Some people can't deal with that very well but it always leads to awesome possibilities.
A place where people from all walks of life come together to work in the same space, attend events and share their lives together. We make the world more expansive and effective by working and sharing together.
The fact that the organisation was hosted was a key reason.
Interactions
The access to events and feeling like this is partially our space that I can hire and use.
One defining aspect of Hub is it's engagement with larger organisations.
It's a place where I can base myself in Melbourne (because I live out of town). It's where I can meet people - by design or by serendipity.
Also a place to hook into different courses and events of common interest.
A learning network that drives innovation through collaboration.
The Hub attracts socially minded people who want to start a business rather than business entrepreneurs that want to move into a social (environmental) space.
Not knowing what comes next, the possibilities is only limited by our imagination.
The Hub team works hard to actively promote connections and collaboration through all the formal and informal events.
Pozible benefits a lot from the Hub in terms of connections, target audience and co-promotion value.
It's one thing creating music in your bedroom by yourself and another thing jamming with other people.
Networks
Is a place where I can go to for expansive conversations and events. I can meet like-minded individuals and at these same time I am interacting with a diverse set of opinions, skills, backgrounds and expertise.
I'm glad to be part of the experiment, knowing it will change over the years.
Global
The Hub being innovative reflects really well on our brand - we need to be seen as innovative and the hub reflects this. Younger generation different from the old school corporates.
A membership community that exists to drive innovation through collaboration. There's a clubhouse where members get together to work and create, learning and events members could participate and infrastructure to connect members.
Working on their own stuff but sharing space and maybe a mindset.
You can't envisage how your day is going to pan out.
Starting within and utilising the talent within the network offers an opportunity to profile all sorts of niches and gives us an opportunity to get to know each other.
I like the Hub being global - it's something that really attracts me even though I don't use this component much.
To meet people, to get a sense of what else goes on.
A place of energies where as an artist I can feed on people's belief systems, life changing energy – innovation, creativity and wanting to make a difference. As opposed to me being only with other visual artists, you don't get the same dynamic when there are real people doing what they believe in, rather than just artistic people focusing on their own work.
I talk to everyone I know about Hub Melbourne, I start with coworking but when I mention the global possibilities it's a real tipping point for them.
Once you are poured in and you get to breath you cant help but be the best you can be.
I love seeing the development of particular enterprises. I life the fact that there are NGOs here, and it makes their operations affordable and sustainable.
What would you like Hub Melbourne to aspire to be?
What is your sense of the vision for Hub Melbourne?
Don't force it just let it evolve naturally
No different to what it ready is. just more of it- and sustainable.
Engage with business and larger organisations
In some ways if it ain't broke don't fix it, but there needs conscious attention to subtle changes - i see that happening here with changes to the furniture and other changes every few weeks.
I know Brad wants to move towards a shared ownership model. I think that's good and will bring a solidity to projects that come and will draw more members. Purpose for perpetuity.
A world where new ways of doing business are part of everyday execution
I'm happy to go with the flow.
Loving it. Be more of the same.
More Space
Maybe it could be more connected with other businesses - NAB could promote their connection with Hub for example
You've got to be assured that the microcosmos isn't getting ahead of itself. If everyone is talking hip new languages, it can alienate people.
I think they're doing it now, naturally it will build to something greater and I'm not sure quite what that will be - it seems to be a process that's quite organic.
More diversity in space - maybe the second floor. A place people could go sleep, exercise, music etc. A space as cool as google offices for example. More innovation and diversity of space and more differentiation from the other coworking spaces in Melbourne.
As a designer and a startup company I would love to have my own branding in the space. As we take on more people it might be difficult to stay in the Hub but we would love to stay connected
Crowdfunding possibilities - could create a virtual space that hub members could work on problems for companies, for government etc..
Coworking
I've always seen that it's destined for greatness - so many great people in a start up phase, as they find success the future will be brighter...Hub Melbourne is an environment that makes you feel asking for help is ok.
It's vague. Innovation through collaboration but I don't know what that means. Is it happening?
Leaving it an open question is useful.
Second floor
Difficult to know because there's not a lot of talk about that...or a lot of things. Would like more information about concept and philosophy.
What it really needs is to break out of the confines of the space and spill out into the wider context.
Aiming to connect more and more diversity. It's doing a good job, but this can improve. There are some good corporate links but why not 100 more.
I'm not sure that it needs to say anything more.
There could be hub satellites around the city.
A consulting-learning offering. Changing paradigms in education...to take peer to peer learning to the mainstream. Use the talents of the community.
I think its purpose is strong - a space for co-working and collaboration.
I would like to see it spawn new spaces, new places for this community to grow because we will outgrow this space.
No idea.
Mainstream
Unsure
The purpose is the future of work - coworking spaces are just obvious.
I would like Hub to reach out to the business communities that we've all come out of to infuse collaborative ideas into those workspaces. Then they see what's happening and see how people can be independent but work together to get things done.
And also the largest tenant of DWH, I'm thinking that vacant level 2 could do with the Hub touch and of course the most important thing of all...one of Melbourne's best hangouts complete with ROOFTOP GARDEN :)
Satellites
Open
It supports the ecosystem for a model of business that will probably be the standard in the future.
What's missing for me. There's still a gap between seeing faces and understanding where people are situated.
Sustainable...might be wishful thinking. I don't know - I have clarity around what some of the members are doing but not Hub itself.
I don't know and I'm a bit worried about it.
It's grown so quickly that people are starting to rub against each other...there's potential for conflict.
Not quite sure.
I don't think there is one yet is there? I guess we're going to figure this out over the next few weeks.
A brand new world of work, especially for innovators and startups. This includes social innovation but not just limited to this - for creatives and business too.
The hub has been great so far but now can go for greater depth of membership experience.
Coworking spaces are the physical embodiment of the principles of social network technology.
To challenge existing notions of work spaces and influence progressive change in the way people work.
Not sure. I think it's about the growth of (spiral dynamics) green businesses.
Once a start up grows to about 5 it becomes expensive to be here. It would be a pity if the 'success stories' disengaged after they grow.
I'm not sure what hub Melbourne is trying to create, sometimes I see activity that looks tactical but I'm not sure what the long term strategy.
Don't know. The ability to be able to tap in and tap out of highly charged innovative networks.
The purpose is the future of work - coworking spaces are just obvious.
Culture of hosting moves from core team to members
A sustainable future. It is however not clear to me what the definition of sustainable is for the Hub community.
To lead in time based work places and collaborative work environments - to be an institution in the innovative start up world in Melbourne.
Positively impact the wider system
The governance structure (decision making processes) is a little unclear to me.
One where we're actively connected to a work based community of similar shared values.
Modeling what the world should be
Collaborative
I think it could play more of a role in the big picture issues - what does Australia need, what does Melbourne need.
Difficult to know because there's not a lot of talk about that...or a lot of things. Would like more information about concept and philosophy.
A place that inspires our broader society on a range of levels; a place that demonstrates that if you have a dream and are willing to work for it anything is possible; a place that acts as an incubator for some of our future leaders; and a place that has a ripple effect throughout the world.
A situation where members become defaults hosts. The space is hosted by the community rather than the core team - the natural reaction to someone new is to provide meaningful connections.
Engage in big picture issues
Stay Fresh
As we move forward into the 21st Century there is an acknowledgment that how we live, work and play will change dramatically. How that will change and what that will look like is very uncertain. Hub Melbourne can become an innovator that leads the way for industry and society on a range of levels.
Responding to the bigger picture rather than just supporting local ideas.
The hardest thing about this environment is keeping fresh.
I think the idea in theory is to allow a broad enough mix of people to share a space and collaborate.
It's about self hosting, running things yourself, growing together in a way that the community wants so that the landlord can move on to other things.
1+1=4
The meeting place for people who want to connect and share and make a difference in the work that they're doing.
A nest. People aren't just taking they're giving back to the community.
Keep evolving
The message is don't depend on us.
Trust
A place that engages with the City of Melbourne Community and uses its skills, talents and knowledge of its network to influence change at at a community and policy level
What I'd like it to aspire to be is to continue to be fresh, which is a massive undertaking.
I'd really like to learn a bit more about what people are doing. When I started I knew everyone, as it's grown that's become harder.
Community with a deep sense of trust
Facilitating serendipitous innovations
That we should be able to make a big impact on social projects - that someone identifies potentials.
I think it already has in place what it needs to have for the future and this is embedded within the Hub culture: flexibility, there is no other word for it.
A place that contributes to its community - not just its members but its geographic community. By contributes I mean interacts and engages with, so it becomes a bit more publicly accessible.
A place that's contributing to positive social change in its communities
Keeping it fresh and dynamic – which is really hard when your organisation is growing very quickly. They have really good people in the staff, Jan focuses on being mindful, Ehon brings youth, energy and technical knowledge...Leslie and Brian are awesome.
Areas of future awesomeness...
A great achievement would be finding a way to harness the Hub talent pool to initiate something of lasting benefit not just for members, but for the community, whether at the global, national, local or even neighbourhood level. Exactly what that may be I don't know yet.
My sense is that Hub Melbourne is nailing it! But I could see it expand into much more. Conferences, workshops, Hub Clubs, etc.
Regenerate
The next stage for Hub Melbourne getting some clarity around these issues. Who is driving the innovation through collaboration?
A model for a self-organising system
An epicentre for connectivity and collaboration in Melbourne; the go-to location to innovative projects and initiatives
Areas of current awesomeness...
Create a strong secure base for entrepreneurs to create change in the world.
I would like it to be a model for good things to come out of chaos. A model for a self-organising system. We're a long way from that and I'm not entirely sure it's possible.
The big three values currently trending in our community...
Some questions we share...
Consulting
The pursuit of knowledge and improvement, society and culture not just about economic growth.
The world is going through huge changes and hub demonstrates useful, positive, innovative ways of engaging with these changes.
Overarching
Consultancy
a network that can solve any problem
Learning
Global connections
I hope to see the day when teams of Hub members can form consortiums to bid for major projects, whether in the government, corporate or community space.
Diverse
Building trust relationships within the community of unbelievable talents to solve wicked problems and explore awesome opportunities
A dynamic peer to peer learning space.
Profile Melbourne
An innovation hub that has hosted globally recognised achievements
I think it should be able to present itself to the world as having an offer - not just for people who want to work here but for people who want to tap in as a resource. In other words - 'if you want to get something done go to Hub Melbourne'
Flexible
Peer to Peer (P2P)
The connected workplace of tomorrow in which anything can be considered, through an open architecture, encouraging trust and sharing.
global network – 'a fragment of what Melbourne's doing in a global sense' creative, change, digital, work.
Support, enable, challenge or inspire
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A consulting-learning offering. Changing paradigms in education...to take peer to peer learning to the mainstream. Use the talents of the community.
A trusted community where members come together to solve some of the world's most pressing problems, and also discover new opportunities for the future.
Talent
Enabling ideas
A great achievement would be finding a way to harness the Hub talent pool to initiate something of lasting benefit not just for members, but for the community, whether at the global, national, local or even neighbourhood level. Exactly what that may be I don't know yet.
Members' to change their projects and behaviour
Globally connected - so the value proposition for us becomes we have offices all over the world.
An over-arching consultancy that pitched for work and shared the resourcing amongst the members.
It needs to be more challenging to itself and its members.
A community that provides a vehicle, tools and resources for people to create change where every they are.
It needs to challenges the members/businesses on how they think they're going to be effective in achieving their goals.
Members tap global network
That Hub enables the members to influence each other and their clients. So Hub embodies a responsible work place (social and environmental).
Start up projects, teams businesses. It's where you foster things rather than complete. Start up projects, teams businesses. It's where you foster things rather than complete.
If you're not a member, please get in touch at http://hubmelbourne.com/contact
The worst thing you can do if you're an activist (or want to change the world) is pretend that others don't have a role in this.
Enabling more engagement for new ideas to be implemented and realised.
A world where people know (not believe) that anything is possible.
I think it could play a role in stretching initiatives that are here - to me there's no bottom line for what type of organisations are here - how they might be more holistic, particularly ecological impact and sustainability.
Connection, fostering creativity and innovation. A place where ideas can thrive.
What are the key values, beliefs
or questions that drive your own work?
What are the key values, beliefs
or questions that you consider Hub Melbourne members share?
Would you have the time, capacity and interest to work more formally with Hub members on projects in the future?
Willingness to collaborate
Sharing, knowledge share.
Collaboration
Community
Human potential and development
Collaboration
Sustainability, collaboration, integrity.
Open
Care about the physical space.
Collaborative
Open and Creative
Building capacity and resilience
Being open and approachable.
There's always a better way and it doesn't have to be the way it is.
Openness, flexibility, curiosity
Changing the world - making it a better place. In a whole variety of ways.
They want to make the world a better place.
Appears that coming together over food. Respect. Growing something.
Relationships.
Openness
Authenticity
Be a jack of all trades a master of at least one
Cohesion.
Giving and sharing.
Ideas
This allows me to live the dream.
Community
The social element is very strong - developing a business around a way of giving back. Sometimes there can be a heaviness about this, but I love that Hub keeps a lightness, a freedom about this...if it's too heavy I start questioning things, even if the words are about saving the world or giving back. I think Hub has a good balance here.
I think they all share the want, desire or drive (maybe a natural inclination) to include others.
A belief in collaborative ways of working. There are quite a lot of members that are working for social good, others I'm not so sure about or I don't know about.
Socially responsible
I value sharing resources that allow me to perform at higher potential. I value the lightness. The cloud that provides access rather than ownership. This allows me to be lighter and more agile.
Holistic.
Working on things that don't exist yet - creating new programs/organisations.
Openness
Creativity
Capacity-building: facilitate the growth and learning of individuals and groups
Healthy/realistic development at whatever stage people are at
I love the idea of changing people's behaviour through technology.
Collaboration.
Creative
Collaboration
Creativity & Innovation
I have a design background so I love stuff that looks great and is highly functional.
Learning
Maybe 'How can we make things better?'
Community
Flexibility
Courage
A strong sense of what can be achieved through an open, considerate and collaborative approach that can change the world and the way that we work in it.
Compassion, conscious, innovative, caring, unconventional thinking and talking about doing through collaboration and innovation.
Yes
Yes.
Bringing humanness and play back into meetings
Fun
Creativity, imagination and innovation.
How can we not revolutionize, but evolutionize the education system
Yes
Creativity
Fun
Creativity & Innovation
Positivity, what if?
Ideas
Compassion.
Giving back - social entrepreneurship.
How can we enable people to find their passions and align their work with their passions.
Creating space for people to explore their learning edges
Aspiring to do good and working together.
Honesty
I love that there are consultants and bubbleoligists here...
Creativity
Enjoy myself in the process
Fun
My own personal way of working is about drawing the best out of people and providing them with a meaningful place to live, work and contribute.
Fun and playfulness
Do something new/different everyday
Am I doing today better than I did yesterday?
Collaboration
To create a new way of doing and being in business.
What contribution can we make to my community and society? What role can I play in that?
How can we create more happiness? What role can I play in that?
People looking for like-minded people, but not sure what that means.
Yes - in any way shape form possible.
Inquiry, questioning. Diversity - (but not across all areas, for example extroverts versus introverts).
Innovation.
Experimentation.
That everyone has the answers to whatever problems they face within them.
I like to play at a certain edge. I don't have patience for resistance to change.
Connection.
Innovation through collaboration. People enjoy what they do - more so than any other work place and believe in what they do.
Providing opportunities for self empowerment of human potential.
Of course ....if i have the time and inclination ( depending on the project). I would be happy to help Hub members.
Curiosity.
Being open and approachable
I get things back from the act of giving. I've recently been helping out Pozible with contacts in film and media...for me it's a great pleasure.
And that human beings are all learners.
Community
Equality
Humour
Yes – it's happening.
It's like a coffee shop where people actually speak to one another.
Environmental Sustainability
Social Justice
Creativity
Collaboration and responsibility.
Yes for sure!
Care about community.
I've spent most of my life helping people who ask for things and I'm happy to help people who ask for things.
Open listening
And creative.
Connection; social responsibility; environmental responsibility; whole body approach to life and work; importance of social interactions; diversity of people and ideas
Yes – my capacity as a coach.
Open to new people, ideas, technology,
business models.
Yes
Shared responsibility, generosity, trust, sustainability
A new kind of working space that we all benefit from.
Also having crazy, bat-shit ideas thrown around to make a better world.
That's the glue that keeps this place together (as contrasted with york butter factory where a zero sum game mentality).
Yes - most people here don't have a clue how to run a business and I would like to assist people who are very good at what they do. This isn't enough to have a successful business, I would like to help people with this.
Openness (to new things).
Yes - what does formal mean in this context?
Definitely have time and interest.
Responsibility
The things that impressed me most when I first came to Hub is that Ehon's job existed - that someone was dedicated to helping people connect and collaborate.
YES!
Inquiry and curiosity
Very similar in terms of innovation
I believe in the power of community - that's the reason why we ended up here.
Yeah - very interested in whatever's being developed.
There should be a system - at the moment there are a lot of project ideas. I would like to see project log/ideas/evaluation system that is physically visible. Maybe the whiteboard in the green room could be used for this and the ambassadors could be part of the selection committee. There needs to be feedback and transparency in this. "
Utopian
Maybe that's just a result of getting to know more people throughout the Hub network. "
service beyond self
Endless curiosity.
Openness - you can't collaborate without openness.
The thing i love the most and the thing that I think we all share is a strong sense of community.
You never learn anything without asking a question
Yes - where I think I can make a contribution.
Issues of social justice, fairness, collectivity, sharing.
There's an appreciation of community - that's what i get from the Thursday lunches.
Deep Inquiry
Innovation and a bit of fun.
I think members share a sense of possible and aspiration to do things differently, more collaboratively and in a way that gives them meaning (amongst other things). In the details of how this plays out, I imagine people still also have a lot of differences in what this means to them personally.
The conventional approach is what's in it for me, but here it's about what's in it for the community.
Make positive change in this world
Curiosity about how things (and the world) works
Pragmatic and Entrepreneurial
It's not about open office space so much as an open heart.
Being proud of the Hub and the value it offers.
Yes, and have done so.
I have engaged members to do work for me, and have also been engaged by other members for their own projects. I am interested to offer my services to others.
Investigation
Social inquiry
Very much so. To get out of hub you've got to give.
Yes - I would like the Hub to create a system to identify ideas, assess the potential of those ideas and make these ideas happen.
Belief in the hope of the human spirit.
Interest yes.
A better future
Curiosity
Naturellement :)
Many of the above - initially I would have said there was less of a focus on sustainability, but this has changed significantly in the last few months.
Self awareness
Strategic implementation towards specific KPIs
I've been lucky to meet people that attract and filter good souls.
Entrepreneurial
Integrity and reality
It's possible to make things real through any process and nothing is too hard.
We would be very keen to engage with that...one idea I loved at Hub Amsterdam was a clinic, a list of skills. Maybe Hub Melbourne could do a better skill mapping, sharing and a clinic.
economically, socially and environmentally
Giving up/recognising what ever you think is unique or special to yourself - paying forward.
Yes - my life's mission has been looking for good souls.
Depends
Outcomes
I'm passionate about tech startup companies.
In many ways businesses have driven people. I believe in people driving businesses. So you intentionally craft your business to achieve what you want in your life. I want my kids to look at business because they see that people do good, have kick arse lives and earn good money. This connects with the people, planet and profit idea.
I want to make a difference. When i get to the end of the journey I'll hope to explain what that means.
Everything we do has economic, environmental and social outcomes that are all positive.
As a designer I try and apply a whole-of-problem approach when engaging clients. What are you doing/would you like to do and how can we do it better in terms of performance and communication? Are you trying to help make the world a better place or simply supplying more of the same? Will you adopt more environmentally/ethically sound methods in your means of production/supply chain/service offering? It's a solutions based approach where we look to an idealised outcome and then work backwards in an attempt to join the dots from the here and now to the future in the most effective manner.
I would be keen to work with hub Melbourne members on commercial projects.
Making a difference
The biggest one is that if you're going to change the world you need to include business. Real business. People in the private sector are so powerful that we need to include them in building solutions otherwise they will fight against it.
Possibly. Depends in what capacity.
Where am I best placed to create the biggest impact in the world and in communities
Systemic: work that addresses the system as a whole
I think one difference might be accountability that's missing with Hub members
Hub projects or any projects?
I don't know.
Diversity
True prosperity for a global community
I'm already working with Hub members it appears to me that this is an area that takes a long time for promise to be realised. I've been here nearly 2 years, in that time I've developed excellent relationships but I certainly haven't easily found collaborators. It's only quite recently that opportunity has come my way.
How can we help entrepreneurs to pass from the idea to the finished product.
Question - Why do we continue to do things that harm our environment and put our existence at risk?
To leave my world and community in the best possible state I can imagine so that whatever comes after can be the best they can be.
In principle yes and we do. We'd be happy to offer skill shares or offer advice to members. There's a limit as to how much we can give voluntarily.
That living sustainably is at the core of all things that make up our planet and therefore every action I take I strive to be an example to myself and others. I believe that in order to create change and inspire better ways of thinking and doing requires working together to generate the momentum required to facilitate our aspirations for the world at a micro and macro level.
Creating a more just and sustainable world. A world where everyone feels connected and empowered to make change.
Sustainability
Autonomous
Entrepreneurial
Social Justice
I want to be making a difference in people's lives. I want to provide them with something that respects their intelligence and shows that I value their time.
Depends on details of projects.
Work-life balance
Environmental Sustainability.
How do we positively build on what exists today?
Can you say more about this.
Basically, we help business make money without screwing people and the planet in the process. We think it’s about being good right down to your bones.
Belief - The value of the natural environment and how it contributes to a happy and healthy society.
Creating a better future for Australia, where the cultures and world views of the first Australians have an equal influence on the future of our society alongside the post-invasion cultures.
Giver's gain
What sort of projects?
Autonomy
Holistic
Justice - for aboriginal people.
Sustainable: outcomes which will continue to flourish
I passionately believe in business - I think NGOs can sometimes be blinded by their passion or lack rigor.
I'm happy to work for free if there is an end. But I'm not sure what the end is here.
Entrepreneurialism
I love the freedom that being part of a community that is so open to anything allows.
Time and capacity would depend..
freedom, expression
Making the world a better place to live and work in. My own contribution is to develop technologies that will change things for the better.
Holistic and principles based practice.
Grounded
Thought-leading
Interested in complex and formal gigs that pay.
Diverse.
Important: work that is important to our community and society
We are trying to change the lives of 1.8 billion people on the planet through a for profit business.
Synergistic value
Possibly
Historically when I've given my services away, they're the people that least appreciate it.
Holistic
Triple Bottom line.
Is it good for people?
Is it good for the environment?
Is it creating the world i want to live in?
Is it financially sustainable?
People enjoy, believe in and feel good about what they do.
Freedom
The key word is community. The way I interpret that...it's about self management, totally autonomous as a collective.
Responsible with their time.
If there's a value exchange and I believe in the vision.
For free or for a fee?
People are more active citizens', compassionate, thinking about things a little more than the average person and prepared to follow through.
Drive.
Some people think that large organisations are the devil (the problem). I don't, lare is just large and they can have a large impact. Some things can only be done with that scale.
Where it aligned with our core organisational objectives yes, but we can't afford to take on too much as an organisation for sustainability reasons.
A passion for a more sustainable society. Need to respect and understand our role within a broader ecology. My practice is about engaging the creative sector in that challenge and thinking imaginatively in cross-disciplinary sense across boundaries
Environmental sustainability. Creating change within all Australian organisations.
Community and Collaboration
Pragmatic
Courage.
Changing people's behaviour with technology and cutting edge thinking.
No
I'm passionate about alleviating energy poverty. Even the poorest people in the world shouldn't be stuck with second grade outcomes and no choice.
Mobility.
Some people are practical about their dream, and some are just in their dream.
I think that feeling of freedom to be who you truly are is strong.
I think many hub members think we need to build new businesses rather than helping the existing businesses change.
At the moment no because Pozible is so busy I can't take extra work on, but I'm happy to share in more informal ways through workshops, deep dinners etc.
A sense of freedom, a different way of thinking and doing business,supporting and working together to strengthen each others missions or purpose for being.
Self actualised
How best can it (member's project) be done. Always looking for the best, quality of execution and tangible outcomes etc.
How do we do things that improve other's experience
Inclusiveness and generosity
Probably not.
People are prepared to challenge convention.
People are self-directed and self motivated.
Diversity
More people are taking risks than other workplaces
I need access to a crowd, I assume I have access to the internet and can bounce a question off a mass social network.
My current commitment to better business hub club is enough for now.
Co-generation: engage in relationships and activities that are generative for all parties involved
That change can be made, the value of people as core to developing enterprise and making change.
How can we enable collaboration
Authentic engagement and self-expression.
Collaboration and community
Agency
How can diverse groups of people benefit from each other's difference to create more democratic participation.
This is hard to answer as I am but one member and cannot speak truly for the community on their individual beliefs and motivations. Not all people here aspire to the same lofty ideals as all of us, some just come to do some work, normal work that doesn't much do anything for awareness, community building or subverting the dominant paradigm. Some of them I hazard a guess don't even understand much of what that is. People come from differing perspectives, some do more than all of us, there are differing business models and personalities, different backgrounds and levels of education and awareness. One thing I can offer is that most people are open minded enough to not need their own "space" or work in a stuffy corporate office, anchored to some boring 9-5 type job. Beyond that though, are people really as conscious of environmental "sustainability" as I am? Probably not. Do I walk as straight as others working to free refugees from detention or vegans in general or those who don't need to self medicate with alcohol and other things..? Probably not either. I leave the judgement to others!
That every human spirit is sacred and equal
Collaborative ways of working - we've been able to use this space to encourage other organisations that we work with to better collaboratively (SSE, SEEDS for example) Changemakers connect.
Realistic
This place keeps my feet on the ground and keeps me inspired.
Connecting people and ideas
Challenge and take on your fears
Sharing knowledge, empathy, generosity and trust
Good group process.
I think this is where it's dangerous to make any assumptions. I actually don't know, we've never defined them
I think the misalignment with my values is around the role of business in achieving this.
All ideas are valid
Sharing, engaging with confident and open coworkers.
Four key values
Autonomous
Generative
Learning
Open:
Entrepreneurial:
Entrepreneurial
Open
We value being open to new ideas, people technology and business models.
We value entrepreneurship, feasibility, viability, follow-through and the capacity to get things done.
We value personal choices, self-direction and the freedom for authentic self-expression.
We value community, social capital, responsibility and a holistic approach to life and work.
Generative
Learning
Autonomous:
Collaborative:
Collaborative
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