Space Creators
I have had this thought floating around in my head for a while, and I have had several conversations about it (pretty much my quality control mechanism for blog posting).
I have been thinking about Space Creators and the role they play in (1) connecting people, (2) inspiring people and (3) empowering people.
So, what exactly is a space creator?
A person who creates space. Literally.
About 6 months or so ago I had the great pleasure of meeting Sam Bell, who has very quickly become a good friend of mind. Coupled with her ability to genuinely see greatness within us all, Sam is a space creator. She creates space for discussions to take place, and for ideas to flourish. She does this through creating space in time (i.e. making the time to have a conversation, read an email, engage online etc) and physically creating spaces when she organises events and conferences etc. #amazing
Kate Kendall is a space creator. Every Friday morning she creates a space called Social Melbourne where passionate and inspirational Melburnians get together for breakfast to share ideas and thoughts.
Steve Hopkins, Pat Allan & Melina Chan are space creators, they create a space for idea sharing and conversations via their un-conference style event Trampoline.
Ross Hill, founder of The Hive, is a space creator. He creates space for young entrepreneurs to network.
Maxim Shklyar and Pieter Peach, who run Melbourne jelly, and Nathan Scott, founder of Inspire9 are all space creators, they create workspaces for consultants, freelancers or whoever i.e. people who often work by themselves that feel like working in a more sociable environment with people working on their own cool projects.
Consider TED as a space creator.
In our world there is an increasing need for space creators. We are crowded and busy and without space we don’t get our ideas out or have an opportunity to develop our thoughts and without space many of us wouldn’t have the confidence to convert our ideas and thoughts into actions.
So I say, respect to all of these space creators and to the many others that are out there. Keep creating space; it’s where all great ideas and innovation start.
