Rana Florida conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, relationships, their careers and more. This week’s conversation is with Frank Toskan, the co-founder of MAC Cosmetics.
Rana Florida conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, relationships, their careers and more. This week’s conversation is with visionary architect and designer Peter Marino.
Crain’s talked with urbanist Richard Florida about some of the opportunities and challenges Chicago faces as it tries to remake its economy and shine more light on its technology companies.
America is famed for its principles of equality — but renowned researcher Richard Florida says conditions have shifted so much nowadays that “the fundamental fact about America is its gaping inequality.”
For the past year, Richard Florida and his Creative Class Group have partnered with UT Arlington to examine the region’s assets and challenges. The effort engaged representatives from the School of Architecture, the College of Education and Health Professions, and the School of Urban and Public Affairs, with input from major chambers of commerce, local elected officials, Vision North Texas, the North Texas Commission, and civic groups.
Richard Florida, professor at University of Toronto and NYU, and senior editor of The Atlantic, was in London when he caught up with Adam Leipzig for an interview. His book, The Rise of the Creative Class, transformed Leipzig’s thinking about how creative people work and affect society; the tenth anniversary edition, The Rise of the Creative Class – Revisited, goes even further and helps us understand how to focus our efforts in the coming decade.
Lee Fisher and Joe Cortright review top summer reads for urban leaders,including Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
In The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, Florida builds on his original case that creativity is now the “fundamental driver of our economy.” To prove it, he analyzed 350 metro areas using a series of creative metrics to rank the top cities in the nation. Boulder came No. 1 on the list followed by San Francisco and Boston.
While both presidential candidates are quick to accuse the other of stooping to class warfare, neither will admit how class-ridden America has become. It’s ironic because this widening class divide represents one of the nation’s gravest dangers.
Rana Florida conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, relationships, their careers and more. This week’s conversation is with tennis star, Andre Agassi.
Michael Hill interviews Richard Florida on the release of his latest book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
Rana Florida conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, relationships, their careers and more. This week’s conversation is with modern day super-activist, Jamie Drummond.
Britannica contributing editor Gregory McNamee caught up with Florida to ask a few questions about the new version of his book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, in which, having crunched the numbers on 300-plus U.S. metropolitan areas, he observes, “Human capital may reflect richer places, but it seems that the creative class makes a place more productive.”
Rana Florida takes a look at the positive in Detroit, from great universities and walkable neighborhoods, to cultural and natural amenities, the city and surrounding region have a lot to offer.
High-tech industries have flourished in the suburban office parks that are so ubiquitous in Silicon Valley, North Carolina’s Research Triangle and other “nerdistans.” But in recent years, high-tech has been taking a decidedly urban turn. Drawn by amenities and talent, tech firms are opting for cities.