MEET THE ‘LOMADS’: THEY’RE LOCAL, FLEXIBLE, AND THEY’RE COMING TO A COWORKING SPACE NEAR YOU

 

For many, when they hear the term nomadic worker, they think of digital nomads.  

This isn’t surprising. 

The number of digital nomads actually saw an increase of 50% to 10.9 million digital nomads in the US alone from 2019 to 2020. 

However, it is important to look wider to a growing group of people that don’t necessarily consider themselves to be a new nomadic or travelling group. 

The ‘lomads’ or local nomads. 

Organizations today can choose to be fully remote, hybrid, or on-site.  

For many, the hybrid approach, “with both remote and on-site (work being) part of the same solution to optimize employers’ workforce needs”, is becoming the most common.  

As a result, many organizations have changed or are changing how they lease, manage and consume workspaces and real estate. 

Common questions today include:  

• Do we need the same amount of office space?
• How long do we need this workspace?
• Why do we need to be in the office?
• Where should our office(s) be located?
• What are new employees looking for?
• What will help us keep our employees longer?

The list goes on and on.  

What does this have to do with a lomad? 

Lomads are a group of people that have the option to work across multiple locations around a city or region without a fixed desk or office. Much like a traveler, they book space as needed when, where, and how they need to work that day, week, etc.  

This goes in direct contrast to the traditional role of every person commuting into an office to sit at the same spot each week. 

Outside of the most obvious difference of having one potential office versus many, the bigger difference is that workspaces for this group are becoming much more on demand instead of fixed. 

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