Community and connectivity nurturing productivity?

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Amina, Rachelle, and Peter are young urban professionals active in graphic design, in digital marketing, and in remote consulting. When Executive makes their acquaintance, they have stationed themselves at a long office table in the foyer of a co-working space at the Beirut Digital District (BDD). In this quasi-public space, they are working, each on their own account, a few meters away from two containers (construction site type) that are holding further “hot desks,” short-rental desks in one of the BDD’s dedicated co-working areas. Hot desks are non-individually assigned work spaces which, in the case of BDD, are at the disposal of the office space provider’s registered subscribers, such as freelancers and micro-entrepreneurs, on a first-come first-served basis. Not a place where you settle down with your favorite potted plant, coffee mug, or other personal keepsake, but an instantaneous environment for individual creativity. “I am a graphic designer and work