Dr Richard Florida, the Cultural Innovation keynote speaker at EBN Congress, answers some questions ahead of his address at the Congress on May 30. (First appeared in Ulster Business magazine.
Richard and Rana Florida host GO WILD, an evening celebrating Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works.
Richard and Rana Florida host GO WILD, an evening celebrating Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works.
Everyone loves tacos! From food trucks to gourmet eateries, this Mexican street snack is all the rage. So why not turn a traditional backyard BBQ into a fun and favourful authentic Mexican grill?
Long the epitome of a humane, prosperous, diverse, caring city, Toronto has at long last captured the world’s attention – but not in the way that anyone would want. Mayor Rob Ford’s latest scandal has drawn headlines in the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vanity Fair, making him the butt of jokes on talk shows like Real Time with Bill Maher, and even on the sports network ESPN.
You don’t have to be a Marxist to wonder if capitalism has run its course. Though the stock market is soaring the economic recovery is jobless, millions remain un- or underemployed, and the economies of the world are mired in slow growth. At the same time, the gap between the rich and the poor is wider that it’s been in more than a century.Before we can treat capitalism’s symptoms, we have to understand its disease. We are in the midst of the greatest, most thorough economic transformation in all of history.
As summer nights approach, many of us look forward to entertaining in our backyards. Whether it is a celebration, a dinner party or an intimate gathering of friends, it’s paramount that guests feel relaxed and welcome. One way to do this is to theme your evening.
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America’s most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. One of Canada’s most notable art deco homes is featured in part 2 of the home of Kate and David Daniels of Toronto.
HGTV : Creative Spaces: Kate & David Daniels and One of Canada’s Most Notable Art Deco Homes, Part I
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America’s most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. One of Canada’s most notable art deco homes is featured in part 1 of the home of Kate and David Daniels of Toronto.
To get a leg up on the competition, here are ten job hunting tips for college graduates to ensure a successful career launch.
The May 3 Denver South Economic Development Partnership luncheon drew Gov. John Hickenlooper to introduce the speaker and attracted an enthusiastic, capacity crowd to the DTC Hyatt Regency ballroom. The governor came to provide the Colorado context for the event’s featured speaker, Dr. Richard Florida.
Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Jérôme Sans and Richard and Rana Florida host an event at ABC Kitchen in NY.
Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Jérôme Sans and Richard and Rana Florida hosted an event to celebrate Art Basel and welcome Turkish artists Yasemin Baydar and Birol Demir, also known as :mentalKLINIK, as the newest members of the LM100 family, selected by Sans, Le Méridien’s cultural curator.
Richard and Rana Florida have a swish party pad, a sense of whimsy and interesting friends. But their best dinner-party trick may be keeping their cool in chaos.
Rana Florida’s tips on how to throw a great election night party for the 2012 U.S. Presidential race.
Drew Green, CEO and founder of SHOP.CA, is proud to welcome Rana Florida to SHOP.CA’s Board of Advisors. Florida is the CEO of the Creative Class Group, an advisory services firm that provides strategy, research, and consulting to businesses, communities and governments worldwide.
Rana Florida interviews Robert Hammond, co-founder of the non-profit Friends of the High Line with its goals at first to save the elevated railway, then to transform it into a vibrant public space in NY.
Considering the importance of immigration reform and the high emotions roused by the Boston bombing, it’s important to look at what we actually know about the connections (or the lack thereof) between immigration, crime and American cities.
Toronto has not always had good press – not least from Canadians themselves.
But even the locals have to admit that the place they love to loathe is having a moment. Mark Jones reports on how the city is being rebuilt,and meets key figures including Richard Florida in this renaissance.