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Financial Times : Which towns and cities will be post-pandemic winners?
Financial Times interview with Simon Kuper on cities post-COVID.
Thomas Jefferson University: Question and Innovate with Richard Florida
Richard Florida, PhD, came to Philadelphia for an up-close and personal look at how our city’s revival is reaching a tipping point, a “new urban crisis” brought on by success. Florida, one of the world’s leading scholars and observers of cities, is university professor at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management, a distinguished fellow at NYU, and founder of CityLab. He is author of the best sellers The Rise of the Creative Class and The New Urban Crisis. MIT Technology Review named him one of the world’s most influential thinkers.
Medium : Preparing our Schools for Reopening
As we begin to take our first tentative steps to re-open its economy, it is important that we begin now to plan for our kids’ eventual return to school — not just the K through 12 students, whose parents need to go back to work, but college students. Protecting the lives of each and every individual — students, faculty, support staff, and their loved ones at home — must remain our principle focus.
The city’s future depends on how it can best mobilize and marshal its assets to get back-up-and-running safely during this period. Even as the state and city are all out to mobilize to combat the virus, preparation for reopening and recovery must start now.
Fast Company : Pandemics have destroyed cities before. Could they do it again?
Charles Kenny, author of a forthcoming book on pandemics, is cautiously optimistic that cities will prevail in the era of COVID-19. Here, he talks to Richard Florida about how infectious diseases have shaped cities throughout history, how COVID-19 could impact urbanization, and why preparedness is everything.
Fast Company : Coronavirus is crushing the economy. Here’s how to bring it back to life
The lockdown will end before scientists develop a working vaccine. Here’s a four-point plan for how companies should adapt.
The Globe and Mail : COVID-19 has shut down our cities. Here’s how we bring them back to life
As the coronavirus surges across Canada, the immediate response has been social distancing to damp down its spread. But our cities can’t stay locked-down indefinitely. The economic costs, never mind the toll it takes on our society, culture, and mental health, are too devastating. Sooner or later, they will need to reopen.If we want to reopen safely and securely, we have to start preparing now. In addition to widespread testing, careful monitoring and more precisely targeted interventions, here is a short list of practical things we can start to do now to get our cities and economy back up and running safely and securely.
Miami Herald : Opinion: How retailers and other small businesses can survive coronavirus pandemic
This global pandemic is not to blame for a trend that was already in place — it has only accelerated it. While government stimulus and small business loans, financing and subsidies may provide some small businesses with a measure of relief, many won’t have the cash flow, the savings, or the time to wait. Rents, suppliers, and staffs have to be paid.So how can not just retailers, but restaurants, bars, galleries, book stores, hair and nail salons, florists, and fitness centers move quickly to mitigate their losses and stay afloat over the next difficult months?
Brookings : How our cities can reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic
A ten-point preparedness plan for our communities based on detailed tracking of the current pandemic and historical accounts of previous ones, presenting some key measures to prepare our cities, economy, and workers for the next phase of the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography - Economic Geography
There is no more important time to study economic geography. As a field, economic geography encompasses two things. It is both the way economic activity is organized across space, and an academic discipline that develops theory, ideas, and research to explain why economic activity is organized the way it is. For most of human history, economic activity sprung up around natural resourcesd farms around fertile soil, trading activities around natural ports, harbors or nodes between cities, and later factories and industrial activity around natural resources like water power, coal, petroleum, or iron ore. But economic activity today faces few suchconstraints.
The Economist: Uncovering tomorrow’s innovation hotspots
Uncovering tomorrow’s innovation hotspots: The cities striving for emerging technology leadership is an Economist Intelligence Unit report, sponsored by Pictet, that explores where interest, innovation and commercial activity around emerging technologies are active and growing at scale. Its primary aim is to identify cities that are in a position to challenge, in the future, the leadership of the world’s largest innovation hubs, widely regarded to be Silicon Valley, New York and London.
The Montage Laguna provided an apt backdrop for the day-long symposium, Diversity and the Creative Economy. The goal was razor focused: To discuss how inclusion and creativity can foster economic mobility and prosperity in Orange County, its stunning coastal landscape prominently displayed via 180-degree views from the luxury hotel.
Politico: Shift Power Back to the Local Level
The only way to fix American politics is to massively shift power from our dysfunctional federal government to our pragmatic cities, suburbs and local communities.
Richard Florida, the renowned urbanist who’s spent the past year studying Philadelphia as part of a yearlong fellowship sponsored by Drexel, Jefferson, and the University City Science Center, released his culminating report on Philly and its “new urban crisis” on Thursday evening. For Florida, whom we recently profiled, the report and the entire philosophy underpinning it represent a chance at redemption.See, Florida has been pilloried within his own field of late for having an elites-centric thought process that critics say helped propel rising income inequality and housing prices. And it turns out those are two of the same symptoms he’s now trying to cure in Philadelphia. Here are four takeaways from Florida’s 41-page report.
The Miami Times: Units needed:130,000
Despite the voices calling attention to the need for more affordable housing, only about 3% of the 2019-2020 Miami-Dade County budget is dedicated to solving the crisis.And a crisis it is.Researchers say 130,000 new housing units are needed; the county has plans for 10,000.
Toronto Life: Sidewalk Labs is the future of urban tech
A dozen or so years ago, I was recruited to Toronto to establish the Martin Prosperity Institute, a think tank focused on urban, regional and national competitiveness. My wife and I have grown to love this city we call home. But Toronto needs to compete with the best of the best, and that’s why I support Sidewalk Labs’ Quayside project.Toronto has made it into the ranks of global cities. It tends to place highly in rankings of quality of life. It has strong banks and a world-class real estate market. But despite the hype about high-tech in Toronto, we lag significantly behind the world’s leading cities.
For years, leaders struggling to broaden the economy of Miami and the rest of South Florida beyond low-paying service jobs have wrestled with a vexing dilemma: Have those efforts been hampered by a crippling brain drain?After diving into the question of whether we’re having trouble keeping our college grads or providing them with rewarding work, one of the nation’s leading experts suggests in a report released last week that the answer is both yes and no. But the news on balance is not great for the metro area comprising Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
This paper develops a theory of large corporate headquarters’ location in post-industrial capitalism. It posits that human capital has become the primary factor in the location decisions of large corporate headquarters. It argues that such operations will locate in skilled cities that are also larger and globally connected. These hypotheses are tested using data from the Fortune 500 between 1955 and 2017. Count models are estimated to test the relative importance of human capital, population size and airport connectivity, alongside taxation and other factors identified in the relevant literature. The findings are consistent with the hypotheses.
The Urbanist: Tackling Inequality
Miami is known as a global destination for hospitality, but it also has a reputation as a deeply unequal place. The greater Miami metro region has a poverty rate of 14.3%, among the highest in the country.1 While the region boasts high-profile foreign investment, its middle class continues to shrink and the local economy is dominated by low-paying service jobs. Miami’s communities of color are disproportionately affected by these dynamics: Latino and black Miamians are twice or 2.5 times as likely, respectively, to live in poverty as white residents are.
The Star: The border problem at Pearson airport
Canada prides itself on its reputation as an open, tolerant and caring place. Especially at our border, where the image of Justin Trudeau greeting refugees turned away from the United States was seen around the world. But, over the dozen years that we have lived in Toronto, we have regularly encountered problems when coming back home to Canada at Pearson Airport.
Media Planet: Richard Florida on Infrastructure, Competitiveness, and Economy
Richard Florida, one of the world’s leading urbanists, is the founder of the Creative Class Group, a researcher, professor, serving as university professor and Director of Cities at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto. Below, he explores the impact of infrastructure on economic competitiveness and productivity.
The Star: Is Sidewalk Labs’ Quayside project right for Toronto?
Urbanists and privacy experts across the city have raised important concerns about the Sidewalk Labs’ project on Toronto’s waterfront. But something important remains missing from the conversation. We are failing to consider what Sidewalk Labs can do for our economic future. This is a project that holds the promise of vaulting Toronto to world leadership in one of the most important fields of high-tech industry.
The Globe and Mail: Sidewalk Labs could make Toronto a world leader in urban tech
Sidewalk Labs released its long-awaited plan on Monday, providing a detailed look at what it has in store for the city’s waterfront. To date, the controversy over the project has revolved around critical issues of privacy and the nature of its waterfront development. But there is another dimension to the initiative, one that has been largely missing from the conversation: the role of Sidewalk Labs’ project in Toronto and Canada’s future high-tech development.
Biz Community: 7 tips to help you understand the creative class
Back in 2002, my husband, Professor Richard Florida, published the international best-seller The Rise of the Creative Class, an analysis of the forces that are reshaping our economy, our geography, the work we do, and our whole way of life. In it, he argued that just as our economy shifted from an agricultural basis to an industrial one in the late eighteenth century, we were entering a new epoch in which the most significant driver of economic growth is human creativity.
The Reading List: Rana Florida - Satisfying My Curiosity
Rana Florida is a CEO, Entrepreneur and best-selling business Author. As Chief Executive Officer of the Creative Class Group, Rana Florida manages new business development, marketing, consulting, research and global operations serving such diverse clients as BMW, Converse, IBM, Cirque du Soleil, Audi, Zappos, and Starwood Hotels – to name just a few. Rana has over two decades of experience in corporate strategy, communications and marketing, having executed marketing initiatives for the likes of Disney Live and Starbucks. She is well known as a writer on business and leadership, having written for Fast Company, Inc.com, and the Huffington Post. Rana Florida has also served as a guest business analyst on The Today Show and been featured in The New York Times, Vogue Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and more. Her one-on-one high profile interviews have covered notables – from President Bill Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama to Andre Agassi, and many more. Rana Florida has also been h
THE CONSUMER REDEFINED: THE CREATIVE CLASS.
We know that the type of traveller targeted by the LE collective is a unique breed: creative, rebellious and unpredictable. That’s why we’ve collaborated with the Creative Class® Group, a global think tank comprised of leading researchers, academics and strategists, to bring you exclusive research and insight that will enable you to understand their very modern mindset.
National Ballet of Canada: MAD HOT BALLET: Desert Dream
Human expression has fostered joy, community and understanding in societies across time and place, helping individuals to connect in meaningful ways. Arts and culture tap into this universal drive toward expression and enrich our lives immeasurably, whether by promoting a sense of wellbeing, sharing ideas, cultivating beauty or prompting self-reflection and imagination. Our cities and communities would be sterile without the arts and the creativity and emotion they impart. We feel that dance is an important part of ar ts and culture and a power ful form of human expression, one that enhances our quality of life and contributes to our individual and social growth.
Miami Herrald: The end of the office
The Miami metro — which spans Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties — aspires to become a hub for entrepreneurship and innovation, and it is making dramatic progress. According to research conducted by the Miami Urban Future Initiative, a joint effort of Florida International University’s College of Communication, Architecture and the Arts and the Creative Class Group, both venture capital investment and venture capital deals have increased more than threefold in the region since 2005.
Top Hat: How a Riot, a Rock Band and Rutgers Led to the Rise of Richard Florida
Childhood, interrupted. I was born in Newark. My dad worked at the Victory Optical factory making eyeglass frames, and we lived in the Italian district of Newark. My parents had a rental apartment overlooking Branch Brook Park. Later we moved close by to North Arlington, New Jersey, because of the Catholic school, Queen of Peace, where my brother and I went. It’s the suburb that’s featured in the opening credits of The Sopranos.
The Laguna Beach LGBTQ Heritage & Culture Alliance, along with Visionary Sponsor and real estate investment firm Laguna Beach Company, and Title Sponsor, Bank of America, today announced registration is open for Diversity and The Creative Economy, a symposium featuring international best-selling Author and Urbanist Richard Florida. The symposium will be held on Monday, April 29, 2019 at Montage Laguna Beach from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will provide a platform for community members, local business, civic, legislative, cultural and educational leaders to discuss how inclusion and creativity can foster economic mobility and prosperity for Orange County. A portion of the event’s proceeds will be donated to Laguna Beach Pride 365, Club Q Laguna at Laguna Beach Seniors and The Blaze Bernstein Memorial Fund.
NBC: Miami is 7th Least Affordable City in World: Report
A new report says Miami is the seventh least-affordable large metro area in the world.The recent report by urban researchers Richard Florida and Steven Pedigo says the Miami region's housing unaffordability crisis reinforces its high levels of inequality.
Miami's Community Newspapers: Miami Beach Chamber Pillar Trustee Board Sets Vision for 2020
On February 22, the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Pillar Trustee Board hosted their inaugural Goals conference where business leaders, city officials, residents and stakeholders discussed challenges and opportunities facing Miami Beach. More than 150 guests attended the event and heard remarks from City of Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber , Leading Urbanist Richard Florida and Marketing Strategist Bruce Turkel.
Superb Crew: An Interview With Rana Florida, Chief Executive Officer Of The Creative Class Group
Q: Rana, tell us more about your background. What were you doing before The Creative Class Group?A: My parents – first generation immigrants from Jordan – drilled the importance of education into me and my siblings. They wanted us all to become doctors or lawyers. I was not drawn to either profession, so I went to business school without a clue as to what I would end up doing. I just knew that I wanted to land a high-level corporate job and I did just that, in Washington, DC. I was super excited by my six-figure salary and bonuses but was not happy. I was stuck commuting in traffic all day, I had crazy bosses and I had no control over my time and schedule.
Daily News: Amazon needs New York
This is an opportunity for the mega-corporation to broker a new deal with the city and state
119 Corbo: Life & Style - Rana Florida
As a CEO, mother of two and frequent globetrotter, Rana Florida lives in the intersection of business, art, architecture, creativity and culture. But what of fashion, and where does it feature in her life? We needed to know, and so we met with the Creative Class Group CEO in the home she shares with her husband Richard, the international bestselling author, professor and urbanist. Their home is a perfect example of their design-led lifestyle, their vision executed by the ultra-creative firm Studio Pyramid and the interior designer Sasha Josipovicz.
America’s Urban-Rural Divide: Myths and Realities
The notion of a deep and enduring divide between thriving, affluent, progressive urban areas and declining, impoverished, conservative rural areas has become a central trope—if not the central trope—in American culture today. In May 2017, theWall Street Journal proclaimed, “Rural America Is the New Inner City”.1 Ever since Donald Trump was elected president, the narrative of urban revitalization and rural decline has only gained steam.But, in reality, this narrative fails to capture the full complexity of economic life in America. In fact, parts of rural America are thriving, even as other parts decline; just as parts of urban America continue to lose population and face economic decline as other parts comeback.
Miami Herald: Miami lost Amazon’s HQ2.
South Florida’s bid to attract Amazon’s HQ2 may have come up short when it came to landing the big prize. But in a panel discussion Tuesday, regional leaders said the bid process itself has galvanized the tri-county area to think and work more collaboratively.“This process showed an extraordinary level of regional cooperation, done in a record amount of time,” said urbanist Richard Florida, who led the discussion of the panel, “What Did We Learn From Our Amazon Adventure.”
Miami After HQ2: Why and How the Region Must Grow Its Own Amazons
With Amazon’s search for its second headquarters or “HQ2” finally over, it’s time for Greater Miami to get back to the business of building its own economy. The fact that Miami was selected as one of 20 finalists out of the 238 cities that applied to the original request for proposals reflects the tremendous strides the region has made in the economic development arena.
DataBird Business Journal: CEO of the Week: an interview with Rana Florida
As Chief Executive Officer of the Creative Class Group, Rana Florida manages new business development, marketing, consulting, research and global operations serving such diverse clients as BMW, Converse, IBM, Cirque du Soleil, Audi, Zappos, and Starwood Hotels – to name just a few.
Be The Next Her: Rana Florida, CEO, The Creative Class Group + Author of Upgrade
What is your morning routine?I usually get woken up with a karate chop blow to the face; sometimes coming at me from both directions by 1 and 2-year-old feet. I will then untangle my hair from a puppy or cat wrapped around my head for warmth before tiptoeing like a ninja out of bed at 6 am. I will then check and respond to a crazy amount of work emails, both from clients and my team. I’m OCD, so will make sure every bed is made in perfect military fashion, the house in order, and dog, cats, babies all fed and dressed. I’m trying to take 15 minutes each morning to learn to meditate and clear my head before starting the workday.
Vogue:The Cool Girl’s Guide to Toronto
Take ten million trees, 3.9 million people, 180 languages and dialects, the 7th largest stock exchange, the longest street in the world, and a renowned film festival. Throw in universal healthcare, the 8th largest LGBTQ2 pride parade, and the most rollicking Caribbean street festival anywhere, and you have Toronto. North America’s fourth largest city might also be its least understood and, with a broad mix of cultures, the hardest to classify. At times, the scene here can seem disparate, caught between affected grunge and unsettling flash, complete with a campy cadre of overdressed socialites. But then again, part of this metropolis’s beauty lies in its ability to make most anyone feel at home.
Occupational and Industrial Distribution in Peterborough
The idea behind this project to develop a matrix for Peterborough that shows which specific occupations are employed in which specific industries and then to compare the matrix for Peterborough with selected benchmark regions. If complete detailed employment data for all residents was available, such a matrix could be easily constructed. However, that is not that case. And while some sampled data is available, other more detailed information is limited to either industries or occupations.
Mortgage Broker News: Toronto condo shortage paving the way for worse affordability
The pace at which new condos are added to Toronto’s red-hot housing market is nowhere near enough to fulfil the needs of a veritable surge of renters and would-be buyers, according to a recent report by Altus Group Ltd.Since 2005, only around 60 purpose-built rental buildings have been erected in the market, offering a total of 11,620 new units over the 13-year period from then to the present.
Harvard Business Review: How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing
We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. ecosystems, such as Silicon Valley, Seattle, and New York. But as with so many aspects of American economic ingenuity, high-tech startups have now truly gone global. The past decade or so has seen the dramatic growth of startup ecosystems around the world, from Shanghai and Beijing, to Mumbai and Bangalore, to London, Berlin, Stockholm, Toronto and Tel Aviv. A number of U.S. cities continue to dominate the global landscape, including the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, and Los Angeles, but the rest of the world is gaining ground rapidly.
Superb Crew: Meet The Creative Class Group
Meet The Creative Class Group – A Data-Driven Advisory Services Firm Working With Cities, Regions And Organizations Around The World
Benzinga: Venture Café Philadelphia Kicks Off with Richard Florida as Featured Speaker
Venture Café Philadelphia will kick off its first Thursday night gathering on November 29 with prominent urban studies theorist, Richard Florida. The inaugural Venture Café Philadelphia Thursday gathering will take place from 3 – 8 p.m. at the newly opened 3675 Market Street where the University City Science Center is headquartered.Richard Florida is one of the world's leading urbanists. He is a researcher and professor, serving as University Professor and Director of Cities at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, a Distinguished Fellow at New York University's Schack Institute of Real Estate, and a Visiting Fellow at Florida International University.
Richard Florida interview with Inc. Russia.
Toronto Star : Toronto is a ‘city state’ and needs to start acting like it: Richard Florida
Toronto is a city on “the brink” of not fully realizing its potential and must think about a new model for growth if it wants to thrive and stand out as an example of a modern global metropolis, says urban studies expert Richard Florida. Speaking at Urban Land Institute Toronto’s symposium on Toronto urbanism, Florida, one of the world’s leading urban thinkers and a professor at the University of Toronto’s school of cities and Rotman School of Management, said Toronto is an incredible city but one that faces significant challenges including housing affordability, a “worsening class divide” and woeful traffic congestion.
The Star: A blueprint to help Mayor Tory get Toronto unstuck
Toronto Mayor John Tory’s resounding victory last month gave him an “historic mandate,” as he put it. He’ll need it, because the city he is leading is badly stuck, unable to address the deep challenges it faces. Indeed, the mayor must use his hard-won political capital to make headway on four key fronts.First and foremost is affordable housing. Tory has said he will make housing and housing affordability a priority of his second term, declaring that “we must do more to speed up the increase in supply of affordable housing.”
New York Daily News : Our real national divide: Local America vs. National America
It goes without saying: Ours is a divided nation. But the real boundary doesn’t run between Blue or Red states, liberal and conservative ideologies, or urban versus rural regions. No, the real divide in America is one of scale. Richard Florida and Mick Cornett belong to different political parties, and differ sharply on a number of policy views. But they share a core belief that our country’s future lies in Local America.
The Globe and Mail : Solving Canada’s startup dilemma
Canada, we increasingly hear, is becoming a global leader in high-tech innovation and entrepreneurship. Report after report has ranked Toronto, Waterloo and Vancouver among the world’s most up-and-coming tech hubs. Toronto placed fourth in a ranking of North American tech talent this past summer, behind only the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and Washington, and in 2017 its metro area added more tech jobs than those other three city-regions combined.
Detroit Is It : Chit Chat: With Urbanist Richard Florida
A City Focused Provocateur Who Thinks Global and Acts Local. For anyone interested in Detroit’s growth, we recommend diving into Florida’s work.We caught up with him in town for the thought provoking City Lab conference—the organization he co-founded and serves as Editor-at-Large for.
The Detroit News : Dan Gilbert discusses impact of private sector at CityLab Detroit
If city and civic leaders want an example of how instrumental the private sector can be in the transformation of a city, they can look at billionaire investor Dan Gilbert. Gilbert and his family of companies were highlighted during a Monday afternoon session for CityLab, a three-day conference at the GM Renaissance Center with participants from 156 cities across 27 countries. He sat down for a chat with Richard Florida, co-founder and editor at large of CityLab.com and senior editor of The Atlantic.
El Pais : ¿Puede ser la creatividad la base de la prosperidad en América Latina?
Can creativity be the basis of prosperity in Latin America? Richard Florida calls for a bet on Latin ingenuity to fight against inequality in the region.
Washington Post: The U.S. has lost its entrepreneurial advantage
lobalization strikes again. The latest target is entrepreneurship.For decades, promoting start-up firms through venture capital and other methods of business investment seemed a peculiarly American strength. It has nurtured countless tech firms, including titans such as Facebook, Google and Apple. Americans have been duly proud. It reinforced a sense of national exceptionalism, because other countries couldn’t easily duplicate it, if at all.
Startup North: Canada’s Startup Ecosystems Are Growing, But Still Lag the Global Leaders
The Cities Project at the Martin Prosperity Institute focuses on the role of cities as the key economic and social organizing unit of global capitalism. It explores both the opportunities and challenges facing cities as they take on this heightened new role.The Martin Prosperity Institute, housed at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, explores the requisite underpinnings of a democratic capitalist economy that generate prosperity that is both robustly growing and broadly experienced.
Martin Prosperity Institute: Startup North
Canada’s Startup Ecosystems Are Growing, But Still Lag the Global Leaders
endi: Tribuna Invitada, El potencial creativo de América Latina
En estos tiempos, la clave para el desarrollo económico de América Latina ya no solamente incluye sus materias primas y sus manufacturas, sino también un recurso ilimitado aunque ignorado por muchos: el inmenso potencial creativo de la región. La creatividad forma indiscutiblemente parte del ADN de las sociedades, ciudades y barrios latinoamericanos,
Wall Street Journal : Can the U.S. Keep Its High-Tech Edge?
While recent headlines have blared about the Trump administration’s multi-front trade war with Canadian dairy farmers, Chinese manufacturers and the European Union’s steel, aluminum and automotive industries, a much larger economic threat has gone virtually unnoticed. The high-tech startups that have provided the U.S. with a powerful edge in fields such as computers, software, mobile devices, biotech, the internet and an array of digital platforms now face rapidly increasing pressures from foreign competition. This looming crisis of American innovation could undermine the nation’s long-running global advantage in bringing to market the next new technology, the next new industry, the next big thing. It may well be the gravest challenge yet to America’s century-plus hold on global economic hegemony.
Observer: 2018’s Most Powerful People in Residential Real Estate
If a person’s home is their castle, then the 59 people we chose to profile for our 2018 Residential Real Estate Power List are the castle-builders, the castle-keepers, the castle-owners—in short, the most influential and powerful people currently shaping the U.S. residential real estate industry.
Media Planet: Q&A with Richard Florida
Richard Florida is an author, urbanist, and the current Director of Cities at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute. We spoke with him about how Canadian cities can evolve and prepare for the future through P3s.Mediaplanet: You founded the Creative Class Group which focuses on helping companies and regions achieve growth and prosperity. In your experience, what role can private partners play in
Long considered the gateway to Latin America, Miami takes steps to become a truly international city.
The Globe and Mail : How Toronto can curb gun violence
A shadow hangs over Toronto after Sunday’s shooting on the Danforth. The recent killing spree follows on the heels of a vehicle attack on Yonge Street this spring and a raft of shootings, including one with small children in the crossfire last month. The city’s international reputation as a multicultural success story seems at risk, as Torontonians fear they are succumbing to the twin threats of gun violence and terrorism vexing other global cities.
Le Monde : Richard Florida: "The urban crisis is the central crisis of capitalism"
Richard Florida is studying the evolution of cities. After their decline and then their gentrification, he notes that today the major international metropolises are inaccessible to those who work there. Read more in this French interview.
Irish Times : Ireland Needs To Nourish Its Creative Class
Richard Florida presents in Cork, Ireland on the future of cities.
Canada’s Advanced Industries: A Path to Prosperity
Canada is having a moment.In a world where talent is mobile and technology central, Canada stands out more than ever with its vibrant democracy, growing tech clusters, and unparalleled openness to the world’s migrants.Yet there is a problem: Despite the nation’s many strengths, Canada’s economy faces serious structural challenges, including from an aging population and slowing output growth. Even more important, the nation needs to ask urgently whether it possesses the right mix of industries performing at a high enough level to allow for new levels of prosperity.
Medium : Toronto’s Deadly Car Crisis
Torontonians like to sound off on Americans’ inability to deal with guns and gun deaths. But Toronto’ s inability to deal with the car creates its own killing fields. Today, more Torontonians die from being hit by cars than from being killed by guns. In 2016, nearly 2,000 pedestrians and 1,000 cyclists in the city were hit by cars. Of these, 43 resulted in fatalities.
Urban Land Magazine : Keeping Life Affordable in Asia’s Fast-Growing Cities
Growing cities such as Hong Kong are at the epicenter of what Richard Florida has dubbed “the new urban crisis,” with the city’s success sending house prices soaring out of reach of the average resident. The author and urbanist, who is director of cities at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, spoke at the 2018 ULI Asia Pacific Summit in Hong Kong.
Toronto Storeys : Power Couple Rana and Richard Florida Invite You Into Their Luxurious Home
The couple opened the doors to their Rosedale home to answer all our pressing questions about design, architecture … And how they juggle it all.
Brief : Benchmarking Miami's Globalization
The following research brief from the Miami Urban Future Initiative provides a data-driven assessment of Miami’s status as a global metro, comparing its performance in recent years to all 53 of America’s large metros with populations of more than one million people.
Florida Trend : Miami Ranks First in the U.S. for Foreign Born Residents and International Cargo
Miami ranks first among large U.S. metros for the share of its residents who are immigrants (41 percent of the population), placing the metro ahead of San Jose, L.A., and San Francisco, according to a new research brief from the FIU + CCG | Miami Urban Future Initiative (MUFI). The report also finds that Miami ranks first among large U.S. metros according to the amount of merchandise goods, commodities, and cargo that it transported internationally in 2016 ($1.5 million tons).
PR Newswire : Miami Ranks First in the U.S. for Foreign Born Residents and International Cargo
Miami ranks first among large U.S. metros for the share of its residents who are immigrants (41% of the population), placing the metro ahead of San Jose, L.A., and San Francisco, according to a new research brief from the FIU + CCG | Miami Urban Future Initiative (MUFI). The report also finds that Miami ranks first among large U.S. metros according to the amount of merchandise goods, commodities, and cargo that it transported internationally in 2016 ($1.5 million tons).
The Globe and Mail : The economic price of electing Doug Ford
Ontario’s recent economic success is the product of longer-run investments in universities, arts and culture; advanced research in key fields like artificial intelligence; openness to immigrants; and a growing commitment to place-making and city-building. This economic advantage will be significantly diminished if Doug Ford becomes premier of Ontario. Comparisons are already being made between Mr. Ford and Mr. Trump, as well as between Mr. Trump and Mr. Ford’s late younger brother, Rob, the original North American populist. All three positioned themselves as advocates for the “little guy,” slashing taxes and cutting back government. Like Mr. Trump, Doug Ford has even hired actors for campaign events.
This article references the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports : Can Low-Wage Workers Find Better Jobs?authored by Richard Florida, Todd Gabe, and Jaison R. Abel. There is growing concern over rising economic inequality, the decline of the middle class, and a polarization of the U.S. workforce. This study examines the extent to which low-wage workers in the United States transition to better jobs, and explores the factors associated with uch a move up the job ladder.
Curbed : Miami’s growing tech scene tries to level up
Can Miami raise its profile as an innovation hub? Urbanist Richard Florida, currently a visiting fellow at the Florida International University-Miami Creative City Initiative, has said in the past that South Florida needs to make a greater effort to support the tech sector and envision itself as a hub for entrepreneurship.
BDP Magazine: Winners and Losers
De creatieve klasse heeft in veel opzichten de stad gered, alleen blijkt nu dat niet iedere stedeling deelt in het succes. Doorstijgende woonkosten gaapt een steeds diepere kloof tussen stadsbewoners. Daarom moeten we werk maken van inclusiefurbanisme, betoogt stedelijk geograaf Richard Florida.
The Detroit Free Press : Design industries are critical to Detroit's future but need nurturing
Back in 2002, urban guru Richard Florida published his influential book "The Rise of the Creative Class," which highlighted the importance of so-called "creatives" — artists, graphic designers, architects, and others — to the vitality of cities trying to overcome long-term decline. Florida's book helped set the agenda for many a city, including Detroit, where the CEO group Business Leaders for Michigan launched the Detroit Creative Corridor Center in 2010.
Brief : Benchmarking Miami's Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Miami metro—which spans Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties—is an aspiring hub for entrepreneurship and innovation. While Miami has long been a breeding ground for small businesses, the economic value of these businesses has historically trailed behind that of leading tech hubs like the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, Seattle, and Boston-Cambridge. But the tide appears to be turning in Miami’s favor.The following research brief from the Miami Urban Future Initiative provides a data-driven assessment of the economic growth and competitiveness of the Miami metro, comparing its performance in recent years to all 53 of America’s large metros with populations of more than one million people.
The Toronto Star : How airports drive economic growth
Airports have a stronger connection to regional growth than high-tech industry and about the same impact as high-skill talent, writes Richard Florida. “The key lies in the way that global hub airports connect global cities.”
PR Newswire : Miami Startups Receive $1.3 Billion in Venture Capital - 8th in the U.S.
Miami ranks eighth among large U.S. metros for the total amount of venture capital invested in its high-tech startups ($1.3 billion in 2016), according to a new research brief from the FIU + CCG | Miami Urban Future Initiative (MUFI). The brief also finds that Miami's high-tech companies each earned an average of $14.2 million in venture capital investment in 2016—the second-highest share among large metros.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports : Can Low-Wage Workers Find Better Jobs?
There is growing concern over rising economic inequality, the decline of the middle class, and a polarization of the U.S. workforce. This study authored by Richard Florida, Todd Gabe, and Jaison R. Abel, examines the extent to which low-wage workers in the United States transition to better jobs, and explores the factors associated with uch a move up the job ladder.
The University’s Janus Face: The Innovation-Inequality Nexus
The university is a key source of talent and a key driver of innovation and economic growth in a knowledge based economy. But, in performing these very economic functions it also contributes to economic and spatial inequality. Our research uses a variety of new data to examine this Janus-face of the university in innovation and inequality across US metro areas. We find evidence that the university plays a role in both regional innovation, boosting local patenting and startup companies, and in economic inequality, with higher rates of income and occupational segregation in metros with highly rated universities.
South Florida Business Journal : Miami ranks near the top for business growth, study says
Businesses in Miami are growing at one of the fastest rates in the country, according to a new study by the the Miami Urban Future Initiative.Among all large U.S. metros, Miami ranked eighth in annual business establishment growth between 2010 and 2015, at 2 percent – more than double the national average, the study said.
Toronto Star : Canada should be winning even more Olympic gold
With the help of his colleagues at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, Patrick Adler and Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida ranked Canada’s, and each nation’s Olympic medal performance relative to their population, size of their economy and number of athletes on their Olympic teams. So, how does Canada’s performance measure up on metrics like these?
In its latest research report, "Benchmarking Miami's Growth and Competitiveness," MUFI evaluates Miami's growth and competitiveness compared to 52 large U.S. metros with more than one million people.
Brief : Benchmarking Miami’s Growth and Competitiveness
This research brief provides a data-driven assessment of the economic growth and competitiveness of the Miami metro, comparing its performance in recent years to all 53 of America's large metros with population of more than one million people.
In February, MUFI held it's 2nd event hosted by ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean gathering a panel of researchers, real estate developers, and economic development agencies at the new Arts & Entertainment District—the latest neighborhood to emerge as a cultural destination for city residents—to address these persistent challenges and offer some solutions for driving more inclusive development by attracting a creative class.
Boston Review : Cities on a Hill
Runaway gentrification. Concentrated poverty. Racial and economic segregation. Cities in the United States today are struggling with some of their biggest challenges since the darkest days of the 1960s and 1970s, when “white flight,” deindustrialization, and crime were at their peaks. Together, these concerns add up to what I have dubbed the New Urban Crisis.
Interview with Bernard Michel, Chairman of Gecina French Real Estate Investment Trust. For Richard Florida, the real estate tech movement is a key part of the inclusive urban development and the future of work. But technology as « pharmakon », is also a reality that we need to consider in order to avoid falling into a dystopian scenario: the metropolisation vortex.
Miami Herald : Miami wants to be a creative hub. Here’s what might keep that from happening.
The report, Benchmarking Miami’s Talent Base, is the latest in a series of research briefs produced by the FIU-Creative Class joint venture. The multi-year initiative was underwritten by the Knight Foundation to help local business and civic leaders learn more about where Miami stands in comparison to other U.S. cities in fostering the sort of knowledge-driven occupations necessary to compete in the modern economy.
PR Newswire : Miami's Creative Workforce Ranks 11th Among Large U.S. Metros
FIU + CCG |MIAMI URBAN FUTURE INITIATIVE RESEARCH BRIEF: Benchmarking Miami's Talent Base. In its latest research report, "Benchmarking Miami's Talent Base," MUFI evaluates Miami's human capital assets compared to 52 large U.S. metros with more than one million people. Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the report specifically examines Miami's creative workforce, educational attainment levels, and share of students, faculty, and college and university graduates.
Change.org : Support a Non-Aggression Pact for Amazon's HQ2
Elected officials and community leaders nationwide and those of Amazon HQ2 finalist cities support a non-aggression pact for Amazon's HQ2 initiated by Richard Florida.
The Wall Street Journal : Mayors, Say No to Amazon
City leaders should pledge to compete on merits, not incentives.
getAbstract : The New Urban Crisis
getAbstract review of The New Urban Crisis.
Urban Solutions : Making Inclusion the Agenda
Urbanist Richard Florida popularised the idea that the creativity economy spurs urban regeneration with his 2002 book The Rise of the Creative Class. Fifteen years later, creative cities have revived but are plagued with inequality. He tells Dinesh Naidu about his new book, The New Urban Crisis, and how cities can spread the benefits for inclusive urbanism.
CNN : The disturbing part about Amazon's HQ2 competition
Amazon's short list of contenders for its much ballyhooed HQ2 reads like a who's who of the most economically vibrant and dynamic cities in North America. There's one part of Amazon's HQ2 competition that is deeply disturbing -- pitting city against city in a wasteful and economically unproductive bidding war for tax and other incentives. As one of the world's most valuable companies, Amazon does not need -- and should not be going after -- taxpayer dollars that could be better used on schools, parks, transit, housing or other much needed public goods.
Brief: Benchmarking Miami's Talent Base
Talent is a key driver of advanced economies. Highly educated and skilled individuals drive income, wages, and economic growth in cities and metros across the globe. As Miami aspires to the ranks of leading global cities, how does its talent base stack up? The following research brief from the Miami Urban Future Initiative provides a data-driven assessment of the Miami metro’s talent base, comparing its performance in recent years to all 53 of America’s large metros with populations of more than one million people.
Co.Design : 10 Must-Read Design Books To Get You Ready For 2018
The title of urbanism theorist Richard Florida’s latest book–The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class and What We Can Do About It–outlines the defining tensions in our cities today. In earlier writing, Florida defined many of the progressive notions about how the creative class could drive social and economic progress, but these notions have fallen short. In this book, he reckons with the failings and promise of his theories, and suggests course corrections to help cities become more equitable.
The Huffington Post : Miami's Urban Crisis
The FIU | Miami Urban Future Initiative hosted its inaugural event recently at Venture Café Miami. Joining Richard Florida in the conversation on Miami’s urban future were Tom Hudson (Vice President of News and Special Correspondent for The Sunshine Economy on WLRN) and Michael A. Finney (President and CEO of the Miami Dade Beacon Council).
The Wall Street Journal : A Retrofit for America's Dying Malls
Communities are finding innovative ways to transform their abandoned malls and big-box stores into more useful spaces.
Generali : The great cities of the future
Interview with Richard Florida about Smart cities, smart work and the future of urbanization.
Equity is a growing focus in South Florida, as communities try to address problems like high housing costs and a car-centered transportation system that excludes some public transit users.A new organization is hoping to spur even more conversations about how to resolve some of those problems.
The Hill Times : The Weekend Q&A: What are you reading these days?
In the spirit of the winter reading season, The Hill Times trotted down to the Hill to ask Parliamentarians what books they were plowing through, some of which may appear in our upcoming books special Dec. 18.
WLRN (Video): The Super City of Miami; The Hungry Blackman
South Florida offers a plethora of dining options from all nationalities catering to different tastes, whims and budgets. Many self-proclaimed “foodies,” lovers of food, take it upon themselves to write about their experiences traveling to different eateries around the Magic City and beyond.Miami blogger Starex Smith does just that, traveling and writing about his experiences as a hungry black man. In his blog, The Hungry Blackman, Smith mixes reviews, restaurant recommendations and profiles from the different establishments that he visits locally and in different states.
Theory and research on innovation and entrepreneurship focus on the firm as a unit of analysis. We argue that the city, or place and space, has emerged as a key organizing unit for both innovation and entrepreneurship. The city organizes the key inputs for the processes of innovation and entrepreneurship, by concentrating human capital, firms, knowledge, knowledge-based institutions and other key inputs. We advance this framework by exploring the geographic clustering of a key indicator of commercially-relevant innovation and entrepreneurship – venture capital investment in high-tech companies. We chart the geography of innovation both across and within cities, at both the metro level and the district or neighborhood level for all venture-capital backed startups and for startups in digital industries. Our findings indicate that such commercially relevant innovation is concentrated at two key geographic scales. At the macro-level, it is highly clustered and concentrated in a relatively
Miami faces growing challenges of inclusion and affordability. According to a new analysis by the FIU | Miami Urban Future Initiative, the Miami metropolitan area ranks sixth among large U.S. metros on the New Urban Crisis Index, a composite measure of economic inequality, economic segregation, and housing unaffordability.The Miami Urban Future Initiative is a joint effort between the Creative Class Group and Florida International University's College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts (CARTA), funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, to develop new research for building a stronger and more inclusive economy in Miami.
Miami faces growing challenges of inclusion and affordability. According to a new analysis by the FIU | Miami Urban Future Initiative, the Miami metropolitan area ranks sixth among large U.S. metros on the New Urban Crisis Index, a composite measure of economic inequality, economic segregation, and housing unaffordability.The Miami Urban Future Initiative is a joint effort between the Creative Class Group and Florida International University's College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts (CARTA), funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, to develop new research for building a stronger and more inclusive economy in Miami.
Impacts Magazine : Baby boomers want urban living
The buzz of urban living is pulling prosperous baby boomers back into global cities.
Report: Miami's New Urban Crisis
Greater Miami has experienced remarkable economic success in recent years. The metro area—which spans Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties—is now the eighth-largest in the United States, with around 6.1 million residents and economic output that exceeds that of many nations. As a symbol of Miami’s dramatic growth, its downtown has been stunningly transformed into a bustling area featuring new restaurants and hotels, an expanding cluster of startup companies, and a twenty-first century skyline of high-rise offices and condo towers.
Bloomberg View : Richard Florida Now Sees the Downside of Urban Revival
Interview with Noah Smith of Bloomberg View on his new book, The New Urban Crisis.
The New York Times : They’re Rich but Trying to Reach Beyond the Money Bubble
Economic inequality is a well-known issue in the United States and around the developed world. Not only has a gulf grown between the haves and the have-nots, but so has the gap between the haves and the have-mores.
This chapter examines the phenomenon of “winner-take-all urbanism” and “winner-take-all cities.” Large segments of the modern economy have been shown to conform to a “winner-take-all” pattern as superstar talent draws a disproportionate share of economic rewards (Rosen 1981; Adler 1985; Frank and Cook, 1996). But cities also conform to a winner-take-all pattern in which a small group of global “superstar cities” (Gyourko et al., 2013) account for a disproportionate share of talent, economic activity, innovation, and wealth (Florida, 2017). We track the distribution of several key factors to identify and describe this pattern of winner-take-all urbanism in global cities, comparing the distribution of economic activity or output, innovation (measured as venture capital-backed startups), and wealth (measured as the share of wealth held by billionaires) and compare them to the distribution of population. In particular, we look at the disproportionate share of economic activity, innovation,
Nearly 20 years ago, urban theorist Richard Florida identified a group of highly-skilled workers whose outsized contributions were driving economic change and development in cities around the globe. His book, “the Rise of the Creative Class” detailed the characteristics of this type of worker and more importantly how to nurture and attract them. Its core findings were adopted by mayors worldwide. The trends identified in Florida’s research contributed to the seismic shifts, growth and revitalization in downtowns large and small. Those changes have not been painless for all involved and have lead to what Florida, in his new book, calls the “New Urban Crisis.” So when Richard Florida asks What the Future, he wonders if developers are recognizing the new realities.
Forbes : Invest In Cities To Narrow The Inequality Gap
Fortunately, when it comes to cities, there is Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and author of The Rise of the Creative Class, which explained how a new generation of people was reviving ailing industrial centres. Now, he is explaining how that trend is, among other factors, helping to intensify the issues confronting many urban centres. The New Urban Crisis is subtitled "Gentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality and What We Can Do About It", and, while Florida's analysis of how we got here is unsurprisingly insightful, it is that last bit that is crucial.
Bloomberg : Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well
In a new book titled “The New Urban Crisis,” Florida reverses much of his earlier optimism about the potential of knowledge-hub cities. These metropolises, he contends, have now become engines of inequality and exclusion.
ICMA : Florida Focuses on the New Urban Crisis Taking Place in Many U.S. Cities
Richard Florida speaks at ICMA event Monday, October 23 and urges conference attendees to focus on inclusivity in their communities and devolution in their government.
Urban Land Magazine : Richard Florida Notes Unexpected Effects of the Creative Class’s Rise
As Florida explained in a talk at the 2017 ULI Fall Meeting in Los Angeles, he warned of “a growing divide between places that are winning and places that are failing to keep up.” That societal split is the subject of his latest book, The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It.
The Financial Times : The downside of the race to be Amazon’s second home
The bids to host Amazon’s much ballyhooed second headquarters are in from dozens of cities across the US and Canada. With its promise of 50,000-plus jobs and billions in investment, it has been hailed as one of the biggest urban development opportunities in recent memory. However, things are not working out exactly as the ecommerce group may have hoped. Resentment among city leaders is growing at what looks like a big, well-capitalised company taking advantage of cities and their taxpayers.
La Repubblica : Richard Florida: le città si (e ci) salveranno. Ecco come.
Interview with Richard Florida on his most recent book The New Urban Crisis with the Italian daily newspaper la Repubblica.
Nature : Comment: Where the streets are paved with ideas
Most of the world's research and entrepreneurship is concentrated in a few megacities.Innovation is geographically uneven. The world's 40 richest mega-regions — expansive conurbations such as the Boston–New York–Washington DC corridor, Greater London, or the passage that runs from Shanghai to Beijing — account for more than 85% of the world's patents, and 83% of the most-cited scientists. And yet, only 18% of the world's population lives in them.
Truly Modern Beauty Magazine : Rana Florida The Creative Champion
Interview with Rana Florida. As CEO of the Creative Class Group, Rana is one half of the visionary global advisory firm that has transformed how we define and encourage prosperous and healthy cities and communities.
High Tech Companies, Inequality, and Inclusive Prosperity
Dynamic entrepreneurial companies have long been the drivers of America’s economic growth, from the first industrial revolution in New England to Andrew Carnegie and the rise of Pittsburgh’s steel industry, from Henry Ford and the automotive industry in Detroit to the startup revolution in Silicon Valley. But, in recent years, high-tech firms and the talented people who work for them have come under fire for driving up housing prices and contributing to growing inequality—especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, where mounting protests have targeted both techies and tech companies.
Financial Times: Richard Florida on geographic inequality (Video)
Urban studies theorist Richard Florida joins Aimee Keane to discuss his latest book, "The New Urban Crisis".
CityMetric: The Adventure of Richard Florida and the New Urban Crisis (Video)
This week, I'm talking to one of the stars of the cities world. Richard Florida is a professor of urban studies at the University of Toronto, as well as the co-founder and editor-at-large of CityMetric's esteemed American rival, CityLab.
British Land Blog : Q&A with Richard Florida
Interview for the British Land Blog during his recent events in London for LSE Cities and Centre for London.
LSE Podcast: The New Urban Crisis with Richard Florida (Video)
Speaker(s): Professor Richard Florida | In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline.
America has long had a lock on leading-edge technologies, dating back to semiconductors, personal computers, biotechnology, mobile devices, and social media. A big part of this stems from the fact that America has been able to attract the global talent that was critical to those industries, from Scottish born Andrew Carnegie in steel to the Hungarian born Andrew Grove in semiconductors and many in between and after.But now, for the first time, that edge may be waning. Donald Trump’s unexpected and unsettling rise to the Presidency of the United States has fueled speculation that America may squander its long-held advantage in attracting the world’s top tech talent.1 Trump’s troubling moves to restrict immigration, the early travel ban targeted at Muslim countries, and his administration’s proposals to limit the entry of high-tech talent send a clear signal that America is no longer open to foreign talent.
Interview with Richard Florida on his new book, The New Urban Crisis along with a discussion on Edmonton.
NZZ : Wir werden die United Cities of America sein!
International Swiss NZZ interview with Richard Florida on the New Urban Crisis. English translation included.
The Globe and Mail : The Trump effect: It’s Canada’s moment to win the global race for talent
Google's Sidewalk Labs subsidiary has apparently chosen the Toronto waterfront as the place it will create a veritable city of the future, developing and prototyping new technology-enabled ways of working, living and getting around. And Toronto is placed at or near the top of many short lists for Amazon's new second headquarters, over which more than 50 communities across North America are competing.Why have Toronto, and Canada more broadly, suddenly become so attractive to major U.S. tech companies? The election of Donald Trump may be the veritable tipping point, but Canada's ability to compete for top global talent has been growing for a while.
Planitzen : The 100 Most Influential Urbanists
Richard Florida named one of the most influential urbanists of our time alongside Jane Jacobs and Frank Lloyd Wright.
ABC RN: The new urban crisis (video)
Richard Florida is one of the most influential thinkers about cities in the postwar world. For almost two decades he championed the creative classes - artists, tech and knowledge workers and entrepreneurs - who he said would revolutionise our cities and stimulate economic growth.Today he has changed his mind.
This chapter examines the phenomenon of “winner-take-all urbanism” and “winner-take-all cities.” Large segments of the modern economy have been shown to conform to a “winner-take-all” pattern as superstar talent draws a disproportionate share of economic rewards.
Politico : Trump Is Making Canada Great Again
While America closes its borders, its northern neighbor is poaching some of the best tech talent in the world.
Forbes : Is The American Urban Revival Over?
Florida has become quite concerned that the winners of the urban revival over the last 15-20 years — cities like New York, San Francisco, Boston and Washington — have become victims of their own success as they've become high-priced meccas specifically tailored to the needs and wishes of the creative class.
Crains New York Business : How to grow New York and other cities—while reducing inequality
As the world’s most economically powerful financial center and a budding hub for high-tech industry, New York City has grown increasingly segregated and unequal—particularly in areas surrounding new development. Now more than ever, the city has become a contested ground for space, spurring a local backlash among community members who can no longer afford to live where they are. With the current presidential administration and Republican majority on Capitol Hill unlikely to lend their support, New York must now turn to its local leaders, communities, and anchor institutions—universities, medical centers, real estate developers and large corporations—to mitigate this new urban crisis.
Toronto Star : Toronto’s car-first policies create a war on the people
Toronto is a great city with many amazing things going for it. It’s time we make our streets safer for our people, especially the elderly and children who are at the highest risk.
New Statesman : The New Urban Crisis charts the problem with “winner-takes-all” superstar cities
Like the issues Richard Florida identifies In his latest book The New Urban Crisis, his solutions are many, varied and intimidating.
KUOW: (VIDEO) Seattle is in the eye of the housing affordability storm
The rising cost of housing in America's most desirable "creative" cities troubles Richard Florida, urbanist thinker and author. In those cities, the cost of housing is affordable only to the creative class themselves. The rest of the working population — those in service industry or manufacturing — struggle to keep up with rising housing prices.
The Huffington Post : City Leaders Cower to Pressure to Remove a Stop Sign - Residents in a Fury
n July 2017, in response to a formal request from the North Rosedale Residents’ Association, the city of Toronto placed two new stop signs at the intersections of Glen Road and Roxborough Drive and Glen Road and Binscarth Road. A month after the signs were installed, the residents’ association requested that they be taken down.
This report takes a deep dive into America’s Service Class. The Service Class includes 65 million workers who toil in precarious, low-skill, low-pay jobs in fields like Food Preparation and Service, Retail Trade, Personal Care, and Clerical and Administrative positions.Our research outlines the dramatic growth of the Service Class, documents the low wages paid to Service Class workers, and charts the large share of women and minorities that make up Service Class workers.
Toronto Star: Building six million good jobs in Canada
Today, more than six million Canadians — 40 per cent of Canada’s workers — toil in low-paying routine service jobs, preparing and serving our food, waiting on us in stores and retail shops, doing office work, and providing a wide range of personal and health care service, from cutting our hair and giving us massages, to taking care of our kids and aging parents.
More than any other global city, London defines the New Urban Crisis. Here are three pillars of a new agenda for more inclusive prosperity.
Last June, Aetna announced that it was moving its headquarters from Hartford, Conn., where it has been located since 1853, to the Meatpacking District in New York City. New York, Aetna’s CEO Mark Bertolini told The New York Times, offers “the ecosystem of having people in the knowledge economy, working in a town they want to be living in, and we want to attract those folks, and we want to have them on our team. It’s very hard to recruit people like that to Hartford.”
NewCo Shift: Can Business and New Federalism Save Our Cities?
Richard Florida is an academic, author, and leading voice on all things urban studies. His Rise of the Creative Class, first published in 2002, predicted a resurgence in city centers due to a new class of creative “knowledge workers.” His insights helped to catalyze scores of major city redevelopment efforts. Hailed as a far-reaching seer for predicting the tech and arts-driven boom in American cities, Florida’s work has recently been called into question for the unexpected consequences of urban renewal, in particular gentrification and its attendant income inequality, which has pushed lower income and diverse populations from cities throughout the United States.
The revival of great urban centres including New York, Los Angeles and London has caused unprecedented inequality and has led to the populism of Donald Trump, according to Richard Florida."I think this is the central crisis of capitalism," Florida said in a video interview last week.
Houston Chronical: Florida, Rose: Post-Harvey, the city must reset its development trajectory
There is little doubt that the Greater Houston area will rebound and rebuild after Harvey. This has long been one of the world's fastest-growing and most vibrant regions, with a population fast approaching 7 million and projected to pass 11 million by 2050. With an economic output of nearly $500 billion, Houston's economy would place it among the 25 wealthiest nations in the world. It's a center of high-tech energy production and medical research.
Houston Chronical: Florida, Rose: Post-Harvey, the city must reset its development trajectory
There is little doubt that the Greater Houston area will rebound and rebuild after Harvey. This has long been one of the world's fastest-growing and most vibrant regions, with a population fast approaching 7 million and projected to pass 11 million by 2050. With an economic output of nearly $500 billion, Houston's economy would place it among the 25 wealthiest nations in the world. It's a center of high-tech energy production and medical research.
Insight: Building 65 Million Jobs
Capitalism is in the throes of a massive transformation from an industrial-based system to a knowledge-based economic model. As this shift occurs, the class structure of modern society is also changing. Today, society is made up of three main classes or types of workers: the declining blue-collar Working Class, the rising Creative Class of knowledge workers, professionals, and artists, and the even larger Service Class, which is the focus of the Martin Prosperity Institute’s report: Building 65 Millions Jobs: The Geography of Low-Paid Service Class Jobs and How to Begin to Upgrade Them.
This report takes a deep dive into America’s Service Class. The Service Class includes 65 million workers who toil in precarious, low-skill, low-pay jobs in fields like Food Preparation and Service, Retail Trade, Personal Care, and Clerical and Administrative positions.Our research outlines the dramatic growth of the Service Class, documents the low wages paid to Service Class workers, and charts the large share of women and minorities that make up Service Class workers.
This report takes a deep dive into America’s Service Class. The Service Class includes 65 million workers who toil in precarious, low-skill, low-pay jobs in fields like Food Preparation and Service, Retail Trade, Personal Care, and Clerical and Administrative positions. Our research outlines the dramatic growth of the Service Class, documents the low wages paid to Service Class workers, and charts the large share of women and minorities that make up Service Class workers.
The New York Times : The Urban Revival Is Over
For all the concern about the gentrification, rising housing prices and the growing gap between the rich and poor in our leading cities, an even bigger threat lies on the horizon: The urban revival that swept across America over the past decade or two may be in danger. As it turns out, the much-ballyhooed new age of the city might be giving way to a great urban stall-out.
The Berkshire Eagle: Leonard Quart: Letter From New York|:Maintaining equality while reviving cities
NEW YORK — In his 2002 book "The Rise of the Creative Class," Richard Florida argued that in order to save themselves from post-industrial ruin, cities needed to attract the best young talent in computer programming, finance, media and the arts. Some cities followed his prescription and made themselves more vibrant by creating more walkable, pedestrian-friendly streets, caf and restaurant areas that acted as lively gathering places, refurbished parks, and art and music scenes. Those cities became magnets for what Florida called the "creative class," but the consequences as Florida soon discovered were complex and not all of them worth cheering.
ReInvent (VIDEO): The City is the New Arena for Class Conflict
Just a few years ago, many urban planners and theorists described the next-generation of cities as hopeful harbingers of a new world filled with less consumption and increased opportunity, a remarkable combination of efficiency, sustainability, and scale. After a decades-long slide sparked by the urban riots in the 1960s, cities were on the comeback trail. Or so we thought.
ReInvent: Cities, Once Beacons of a Progressive Future, Now Face A Class Crisis
Just a few years ago, many urban planners and theorists described the next-generation of cities as hopeful harbingers of a new world filled with less consumption and increased opportunity, a remarkable combination of efficiency, sustainability, and scale. After a decades-long slide sparked by the urban riots in the 1960s, cities were on the comeback trail. Or so we thought.
Job Growth in Canadian and U.S. Metros
This report examines job growth across Canada and the United States. It uses data from Emsi data for the period 2001–2016 for the 222 metros that had more than 100,000 jobs in 2016. This includes 203 U.S., 91 percent of the total, and 19 Canadian metros, 9 percent of them. We also look at job change for the more recent 2012–2016 post-economic crisis and recovery period. (Emsi compiles its labor market analytics from U.S. and Canadian government sources).
Martin Prosperity Institute: Job Growth in Canadian and U.S. Metros
This report examines job growth across Canada and the United States. It uses data from Emsi data for the period 2001–2016 for the 222 metros that had more than 100,000 jobs in 2016. This includes 203 U.S., 91 percent of the total, and 19 Canadian metros, 9 percent of them. We also look at job change for the more recent 2012–2016 post-economic crisis and recovery period. (Emsi compiles its labor market analytics from U.S. and Canadian government sources).
Fortune: The Wealth Gap in the U.S. Is Worse Than In Russia or Iran
According to New York Times columnist David Brooks, socioeconomic segregation is ruining America."Housing and construction rules that keep the poor and less educated away from places with good schools and good job opportunities...have a devastating effect on economic growth nationwide," Brooks wrote in a much-derided July 11 column. (Derided not for the sentiment outlined above so much as the evidence, which involved Italian cold cuts as a restrictive cultural signifier for the American upper middle class.)
RNZ: (Video)Gentrification and the new urban crisis
Fifteen years ago Richard Florida, one of the world's leading urbanists, urged city leaders to make urban areas more attractive to the creative class; college-educated millennials, entrepreneurs and artists.In his book, The Rise of the Creative Class, he argued that these people would help revitalize blighted urban areas and help under resourced communities.
Innovation, Skill, and Economic Segregation
Our research examines the role of innovation and skill on the level economic segregation across U.S. metro areas. On the one hand, economic and urban theory suggest that more innovative and skilled metros are likely to have higher levels of economic segregation. But on the other hand, theory also suggests that more segregated metros are likely to become less innovative over time. We examine the connection between innovation and economic segregation this via OLS regressions informed by a Principal Component Analysis to distill key variables related to innovation, knowledge and skills, while controlling for other key variables notably population size. Our findings are mixed. While we find evidence of an association between the level of innovation and skill and the level of economic segregation in 2010, we find little evidence of an association between the level of innovation and skill across metros and the growth of economic segregation between 2000 and 2010.
ReInvent (VIDEO) : “Urbanism for All”—Achieving a More Inclusive Prosperity through Cities
Richard Florida, City Lab Co-Founder and editor at large, sees the contemporary American city as a battleground for class conflict, and believes that the solution is more urbanism—specifically, what Florida terms “urbanism for all.” Florida’s recently published book, The New Urban Crisis, reexamines many of the ideas laid out in his bestselling 2002 book, The Rise of the Creative Class. According to Florida, the old urban crisis was based around the city center.
ReInvent: “Urbanism for All”—Achieving a More Inclusive Prosperity through Cities
Richard Florida, City Lab Co-Founder and editor at large, sees the contemporary American city as a battleground for class conflict, and believes that the solution is more urbanism—specifically, what Florida terms “urbanism for all.” Florida’s recently published book, The New Urban Crisis, reexamines many of the ideas laid out in his bestselling 2002 book, The Rise of the Creative Class. According to Florida, the old urban crisis was based around the city center.
American Prospect: The Pittsburgh Conundrum
orty years after the decline of the steel industry, Pittsburgh has emerged from the ashes of deindustrialization to become the new Emerald City. Its formidable skyline gleams with homegrown names—PPG, UPMC, and PNC. Touted as the “most livable city” by the likes of The Economist and Forbes, its highly literate and educated workforce has contributed to a robust and diverse local economy known as a center for technology, health care, and bio-science. It is a leader in startup businesses. Uber and Ford’s announcement in 2016 that they would base development of their self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, rather than in Silicon Valley, is a telling example of the power of high-tech image and low costs.
Project Syndicate: Why Do Cities Become Unaffordable?
NEW HAVEN – Inequality is usually measured by comparing incomes across households within a country. But there is also a different kind of inequality: in the affordability of homes across cities. The impact of this form of inequality is no less worrying.
Inside Higher Ed: The Rural University and Richard Florida’s ‘New Urban Crisis’
The first interpretation is that Florida responding to his critics that the secret to urban prosperity is to focus on attracting creative class employees and employers. The book is something of a mea culpa that Florida overestimated the ability of cultural amenities to drive urban success, and underestimated how the growth of urban knowledge economies can serve to drive economic inequality.
Harvard Business Review: What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like
Inclusive prosperity is the idea that the opportunity and benefits of economic growth should be widely shared by all segments of society. Most cities fall well short of that ideal. While urban areas continue to afford new opportunities to employees and businesses from all walks of life, they are increasingly split between wealthy, high-skill knowledge workers and low-paid service workers.
Harvard Business Review: What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like
Inclusive prosperity is the idea that the opportunity and benefits of economic growth should be widely shared by all segments of society. Most cities fall well short of that ideal. While urban areas continue to afford new opportunities to employees and businesses from all walks of life, they are increasingly split between wealthy, high-skill knowledge workers and low-paid service workers.
Harvard Business Review: What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like
Inclusive prosperity is the idea that the opportunity and benefits of economic growth should be widely shared by all segments of society. Most cities fall well short of that ideal. While urban areas continue to afford new opportunities to employees and businesses from all walks of life, they are increasingly split between wealthy, high-skill knowledge workers and low-paid service workers.
Harvard Business Review: What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like
Inclusive prosperity is the idea that the opportunity and benefits of economic growth should be widely shared by all segments of society. Most cities fall well short of that ideal. While urban areas continue to afford new opportunities to employees and businesses from all walks of life, they are increasingly split between wealthy, high-skill knowledge workers and low-paid service workers.
Does the looming special counsel investigation into potential collusion between Donald Trump's campaign and the Kremlin presage a less-than-four-year incumbency for this President? One can always hope. Certainly, resignation, impeachment or a 25th Amendment solution seem much more likely today than they did a year ago, when the very idea of a Trump presidency strained credulity.
Does the looming special counsel investigation into potential collusion between Donald Trump's campaign and the Kremlin presage a less-than-four-year incumbency for this President? One can always hope. Certainly, resignation, impeachment or a 25th Amendment solution seem much more likely today than they did a year ago, when the very idea of a Trump presidency strained credulity.
theNativeSociety: "Best Leadership Books" List
Author, thought-leader and researcher: Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading urbanists. He is a researcher and professor, serving as University Professor and Director of Cities at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto
In the first chapter, Richard Florida explains that peaks and valleys are part of the lifecycle of any society as "obsolete and dysfunctional systems and practices" collapse, replaced by "the seeds of innovation and invention, of creativity and entrepreneurship." The First Great Reset occurred in the 1870s, the Second in the 1930s, and a Third is now developing. "The promise of the current Reset is the opportunity for a life made better not by ownership of real estate, appliances, cars, and all manner of material goods, but of greater flexibility and lower levels of debt, of more time with family and friends, greater promise of personal development, and access to more and better experiences. All organisms and all systems experience the cycles of life, death, and rebirth."
Futurism: Here’s How the Tech Industry Could Solve The “Urban Crisis” It Created
Professor Richard Florida has studied the geography of the tech industry for decades and sees a crisis in "winner-take-all" urbanism happening in tech-friendly cities. The tech industry can fix this problem, though, with several key strategies.
The Chicago Forum on Global Cities: (video) The Urban Crisis
What policy priorities are needed for global cities to drive more sustainable and inclusive prosperity? How does today’s technology revolution affect how cities build a strong, enduring, middle class? How are cities providing access to the skills and training needed for city youth to fill the jobs of tomorrow? Can global cities grow a thriving creative class without a new urban crisis perpetuating small areas of affluence aside much larger areas of disadvantage?
KQED: Google Eyes San Jose for Campus for 20,000 Employees
Last week, the San Jose City Council voted to start negotiations with Google to sell the company 23 acres of city owned land near the Diridon Caltrain Station. The purchase is part of Google’s plan to build a massive transit oriented village that would include six to eight million square feet of office and retail space and bring up to 20,000 Google employees to the city. Community activists are concerned about pressures the development may exert on wages and housing prices and the overall impact it may have on San Jose’s culture. In this hour, we’ll learn about Google’s possible San Jose campus and we want to hear from you — if your town is home to a large company — what are the benefits and drawbacks?
New York Times: Why America’s Great Cities Are Becoming More Economically Segregated
Richard Florida became famous among people who think about cities 15 years ago with “The Rise of the Creative Class.” He predicted that postindustrial cities would succeed by focusing on the three Ts: technology, talent and tolerance. People in the “creative class” benefit from density, he said, and would move to places where laws are kind to tech entrepreneurs, where museums provide an evening out and where gay people are comfortable. Indeed, New York recovered its private-sector jobs nearly four years faster than the nation after the Great Recession.
WBUR: (Video) Can Startups Share Their Big City Success?
The unaffordable urban paradise. Richard Florida says that startups are now tearing cities apart.
Politico: A Declaration of Urban Independence
On Monday, November 7, 2016, I made what I thought were the final edits to the manuscript of my latest book, The New Urban Crisis, and sent it off to my publisher. The next day, my wife and I invited our American friends to come to our house in Toronto to celebrate what we were all but certain would be Hillary Clinton’s election. We pulled out all the stops. We hung up red, white and blue bunting, and dressed our baby and our puppy to match. My wife’s sisters supplied us with life-sized cutouts of Clinton and Donald Trump, which they had literally “muled” over the border from the Detroit suburbs. At 6 p.m., when the polls began to close, we turned on the TV to watch the early returns. By 8:30, the party had come to a crashing stop. I spent the rest of the night glued to Twitter; I hardly even noticed when the last of our guests departed.
Politico: A Declaration of Urban Independence
On Monday, November 7, 2016, I made what I thought were the final edits to the manuscript of my latest book, The New Urban Crisis, and sent it off to my publisher. The next day, my wife and I invited our American friends to come to our house in Toronto to celebrate what we were all but certain would be Hillary Clinton’s election. We pulled out all the stops. We hung up red, white and blue bunting, and dressed our baby and our puppy to match. My wife’s sisters supplied us with life-sized cutouts of Clinton and Donald Trump, which they had literally “muled” over the border from the Detroit suburbs. At 6 p.m., when the polls began to close, we turned on the TV to watch the early returns. By 8:30, the party had come to a crashing stop. I spent the rest of the night glued to Twitter; I hardly even noticed when the last of our guests departed.
MIT Technology Review: The Unaffordable Urban Paradise
Tech startups helped turn a handful of metro areas into megastars. Now they’re tearing those cities apart.
MSNBC: The New Urban Crisis Accelerated Inequality in Metro Cities
Richard Florida, urban studies professor at the University of Toronto and author of "The New Urban Crisis” joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle to discuss how cities are increasing inequality and how pockets of concentrated wealth and poverty are squeezing out the middle class.
The Place Master: The Triumph of The Creative Class
Observations by Andrew M Manshel about what makes great Downtowns and Public Spaces.The website of PLACE MASTER PROJECTS providing practical advisory services for the implementation of downtown revitalization and the operation of public spaces.
Bloomberg: (Video) Author Florida Sees Crisis of Success Coming to Canada[http:]
In an interview with Bloomberg TV Canada’s Amanda Lang, author and professor Richard Florida speaks about the evolution of the urban revival and the super crisis of success that’s coming to Canada with Donald Trump as President of the U.S. (Source: Bloomberg)
Evonomics: Richard Florida: It’s Not (Just) the Working Class. It’s the Service Class.
The Service Class, not the Working Class, is the key to the Democrats’ future. Members of the blue-collar Working Class are largely white men, working in declining industries like manufacturing, as well as construction, transportation, and other manual trades. Members of the Service Class work in rapidly growing industries like food service, clerical and office work, retail stores, hospitality, personal assistance, and the caring industries. The Service Class has more than double the members of the Working Class – 65 million versus 30 million members, and is made up disproportionately of women and members of ethnic and racial minorities.
The Tennessean: Small group of citizens can change the world and Nashville
On a recent Saturday morning 30 Nashville residents spent two hours participating in a book discussion on how to solve the city's growth challenges.
Urban Milwaukee: The Good and Bad of Urbanism
Richard Florida became synonymous with urbanism a decade-and-a-half ago when he wrote a largely upbeat book, “Rise of the Creative Class,” about the renaissance taking place in major cities across the globe.In his latest literary work, Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and a global research professor at New York University, has taken a more sobering look at some of the challenges facing urbanism.
Harvard Business Review: Are the Super-Rich Really Ruining the World’s Great Cities?
Every time I have visited London over the past several years, I invariably hear the same story from my taxi driver. As we drive past Hyde Park on the way to or from the airport, he will say, “You see that building?” nodding towards a modern glass tower next to the Mandarin Oriental hotel. “Some of the apartments cost £50 million or more. And no one lives there—it’s always dark.”
Financial Times: Why we must mind the urban gap
There is no pleasing some people. During the 1960s and 1970s, the wealthy fled the west’s big cities to escape crime and urban blight. In the US it was known as “white flight”. Cities such as New York and London were in headlong fiscal decline.
Tennessee Politics: (Video) Richard Florida on wages, taxes and empowering locals
This is an addendum to a previously published broadcast recorded on May 19, 2017. I explored with University of Toronto Professor and Richard Florida some of his proposed solutions he outlines in his latest book "The New Urban Crisis." These include how to transform low wage service work into middle-class family-supporting work and how to update the tax code to make it less regressive and more fair. Dr. Florida also shared his blunt observations on how to empower local communities and address the divide in America between urban, rural and suburban communities.
CPAC: (Video)Perspective with Alison Smith: The Power of Cities on the Global Stage
Alison speaks to urban theorist and author Richard Florida about importance of cities globally and the importance of dealing with deepening inequalities within them.Rodrigo Tavares, author of “Paradiplomacy – Cities and States as Global Players”, speaks about the role cities and other sub-national governments can play in the area of foreign affairs.
Tennessee Politics: (Video) Conversation with urbanist Richard Florida
University of Toronto Professor Richard Florida spoke with USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee's David Plazas and Lipscomb University's Kristine LaLonde about his latest book "The New Urban Crisis." We explored whether Nashville is in an urban crisis and what to do about it.
Kvartti: The rise of the creative class urban crisis
The US City of developer Richard Florida woke fifteen years ago cities around the world to detect the "creative class" in terms of the opportunities provided by economic success. In his latest work pessimistic Florida to declare the message of the new urban crisis that concerns the inner urban segregation. An interesting question is which indicators this crisis can be accessed and find solutions.
Radio National: (Video)Economic clusters: how they work and what they're good for
Governments around the world are trying to create business clusters to grow their economies.We all know about Silicon Valley, Hollywood and even the Barossa Valley, but there are lesser known hubs as well, such as Schwenningen on the edge of the Black Forest that produces a huge percentage of the world's surgical instruments.
PBS News Hour: Is the ‘creative class’ saving our cities, or making them impossible to live in?
Richard Florida may be the most widely read author on the subject of cities these days, and probably has been since the turn of the millennium. He first became known for cheerleading the idea that if cities attracted what he called “the creative class” — professionals in the arts, in the media, in tech — they would prosper. And so they did — with a vengeance.
PBS NewsHour:(Video) Has urban revival caused a crisis of success All changes saved.
In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to anticipate this back-to-the-city movement in his groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, demonstrates how the same forces that power the growth of the world's superstar cities also generate their vexing challenges: gentrification, unaffordability, segregation, and inequality.
Urban Milwaukee: Professor, author Florida goes ‘On the Issues’ to discuss challenges facing cities
In 2002, Florida’s best-selling book, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” focused on a demographic shift happening around the world — an urban revival sparked by young, creative, tech-savvy professionals. Now, 15 years later, Florida has written a far more sobering book, “The New Urban Crisis.” It explores a darker side of the urban renaissance, something he calls “winner-take-all urbanism.” Florida sees deepening inequality in our cities, growing segregation and poverty, and the disappearance of the middle class. Florida will discuss his new book, the dimensions of the challenge facing not only cities but suburbs, and what can be done about it.
The Unassuming Economist:The Quest for Inclusive Cities
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody”—this is a quote that appears before the introduction section of Richard Florida’s new book. Florida is concerned that cities are failing from been inclusive. The benefits of cities are not reaching everyone.
Global New: (Video)Fixing Big City Problems: An Interview With Richard Florida
Fri, Jun 2: Toronto continues to grow as a city, but our middle class is shrinking. How do we fix big city problems? Farah Nasser caught up with Richard Florida, one of the world’s foremost experts in urban livability.
Union Market: The New Urban Crisis Richard Florida talked about his book(Video)
The New Urban Crisis Richard Florida talked about his book The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It, in which he examines the challenges cities are facing today.
Union Market: The New Urban Crisis Richard Florida talked about his book(Video)
The New Urban Crisis Richard Florida talked about his book The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It, in which he examines the challenges cities are facing today.
Atlanta Incubator Gears Up For 2nd Class Of Women Entrepreneurs
In 2016, the city of Atlanta launched the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative, a program providing 15 women business owners free office space and resources to grow their businesses.
WURD Radio: (Video)Information Is The Best Medicine 5.27.17 - Dr. Richard Florida
Dr. Richard Florida, author of "The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It", and University Professor and Director of Cities at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto joined the program to discuss the correlation between gentrification and health inequities.
CTV: (video)There could a new urban crisis plaguing cities across Canada
Calgary Herald: White: Richard Florida could take a page from Calgary's urban songbook
When Richard Florida, the 21st century urban studies guru, speaks, lots of people listen. Ears really perked up when Florida admitted, “I got it wrong that the creative class could magically restore our cities, become a new middle class like my father’s and were going to live happily forever after. I could not have anticipated among all this urban growth and revival there was a dark side to the urban creative revolution, a very deep dark side.” (Houston Chronicle, Oct 24, 2016).
Montecristo Magazine: Richard Florida - How to Thrive
Richard Florida admits that his career trajectory as an urban theorist owes as much to luck as it does to smarts. The author of the best-selling and widely influential The Rise of the Creative Class says, “I’d actually published three books beforehand, but nobody talks about those. My publisher thought that this ‘creative class’ idea might catch on in some way, and as it turns out, newspaper and magazine editors thought so, too.”
Washington Post: How blighted urban areas transform into trendy, gentrified communities
For more than a decade, the transformation of blighted urban areas into glistening global beacons for trendy coffee shops and well-heeled whites has commanded national headlines. Rarely do the articles reveal the behind-the-scenes machinations that result in the systematic displacement of tens of thousands of often black and brown poor, working- and middle-class people who vanish, seemingly overnight, followed by their churches, cultural institutions, beauty salons and other haunts.
Richard Florida on TVO - Cities in Crisis (video)
Sky-high housing prices. Rising inequality. Segregation. Gentrification. The back-to-the-city movement that has revitalized urban areas and driven growth also has a dark side, according to Richard Florida. He joins The Agenda to discuss his book, "The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class - and What We Can Do About It.
BizWest: Coming to grips with Boulder’s existential opportunity
There has been a buzz in the past few weeks regarding a new book by the urban-studies theorist Richard Florida, the “New Urban Crisis.” Remember, Mr. Florida? He’s the one who extolled places such as Boston and Austin as the hope for America’s economy. In his previous seminal work, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” Florida had this to say about Boulder: “Boulder has reached this beautiful sweet spot, where it has many advantages of a university town — tech and talent and openness — but without many of the costs and traffic and congestion that may disadvantage incumbent centers of innovation.”
CTV: (video)There could a new urban crisis plaguing cities across Canada
The young, the educated and the affluent are moving back to big cities across Canada, and reversing decades of urban decline.While this might not seem like a big deal, Richard Florida author of The New Urban Crisis, explains why this trend is actually causing problems.
News Sentinel: EDITORIAL: The dark side of catering to the creative class
A little more than 14 years ago, government planners and enthusiastic citizens listened eagerly to a presentation by Carnegie Mellon University professor Richard Florida, whose ideas on the “creative class” they were sure would help transform this city.
Business Insider: (video) How to choose the best place to live for your career
Richard Florida is the author of "The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It." Here, the urbanist explains how to choose the best place to live for your career. Whether you're fresh out of college or you've just had your first child, Florida has an idea of where you should be looking to live. Following is a transcript of the video.
Value Walk: How Our Reignited Love Affair With Cities Created An Urban Crisis
(Audio Link : ./../richard_florida/multimedia_showcase#wharton_ Americans seem to be curbing their love affair with the suburbs as millennials move to major metropolitan areas for the excitement and amenities of city living. But this shift is creating challenges of its own — increasingly unaffordable housing, rising inequality and strains on aging infrastructure, among other consequences. Author Richard Florida, a professor at the University of Toronto, calls it The New Urban Crisis, which is also the title of his book. He discussed his findings on the Knowledge@Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel 111.
Martin Prosperity Institute: (video) Richard Florida presents ‘The New Urban Crisis’
Efecto Naím: (VIDEO) The new urban crisis: Moisés Naím interviews Richard Florida
Artsy: Richard Florida on Why the Most Creative Cities Are the Most Unequal
Richard Florida is famous for popularizing the theory that creativity helps spur urban development: Artists and other bohemian types make places fun and attractive, and knowledge workers cluster in open-minded, tolerant communities with culture and the amenities that generally come with it. These advantages can compound over time, creating super-cities like New York, London, and Los Angeles, where rents are high but productivity and incomes are even higher.
Vox: The author of Rise of the Creative Class is grappling with its dark side
No one has done more to promote the return of educated professionals to cities than Richard Florida. In his 2002 classic The Rise of the Creative Class, Florida argued that “creative class” professionals like engineers, artists, architects, and college professors held the key to revitalizing America’s cities. He encouraged cities to cater to the tastes of these creative professionals by developing walkable urban neighborhoods well-served by transit and with ample amenities.
Ten years ago, author Richard Florida coined the term "creative class" to refer to the young, talented and affluent people who he believed would revive North American cities and lead them to grow and prosper.
The Wall Street Journal: Gentrification and Its Discontents
In today’s San Francisco there is hardly any room for the middle class. Soon-to-be tech millionaires leave the city each morning on the Google Bus, headed to company headquarters in Silicon Valley, while the homeless and the permanently poor watch them pass. The Bay Area is home to more than 71 billionaires (second in the world only to the New York metro area) while about 14,000
“Today’s urban rentiers have more to gain from increasing the scarcity of usable land than from maximizing its productive and economically beneficial uses,” writes Florida, also noting that over a 50-year period, over half of New York City’s economic output was consumed by artificially high housing costs, to the benefit of what Adam Smith might have called “indolent” landlords (themselves often corporations, REITs and other wealth funds).
Huffington Post: Creating Solutions to the New Urban Crisis
Decades ago, one of the biggest challenges facing cities was the loss of residents brought on by the devastating effects of deindustrialization. As urban residents began flocking to the suburbs in the 1960s and 1970s, cities were confronted with rising levels of poverty, crime, and housing decay. While many of these issues still linger, our modern urban crisis is more extensive and encompassing than its predecessor. As cities continue to benefit from the return of wealthy, talented residents, they now face a number of challenges borne out of their very success. Where cities once benefited from sturdy middle-class neighborhoods, today’s urban areas are up against a disappearing middle class, as well as rampant gentrification and economic and racial segregation.
Huffington Post: Creating Solutions to the New Urban Crisis
Decades ago, one of the biggest challenges facing cities was the loss of residents brought on by the devastating effects of deindustrialization. As urban residents began flocking to the suburbs in the 1960s and 1970s, cities were confronted with rising levels of poverty, crime, and housing decay. While many of these issues still linger, our modern urban crisis is more extensive and encompassing than its predecessor. As cities continue to benefit from the return of wealthy, talented residents, they now face a number of challenges borne out of their very success. Where cities once benefited from sturdy middle-class neighborhoods, today’s urban areas are up against a disappearing middle class, as well as rampant gentrification and economic and racial segregation.
Huffington Post: Creating Solutions to the New Urban Crisis
Decades ago, one of the biggest challenges facing cities was the loss of residents brought on by the devastating effects of deindustrialization. As urban residents began flocking to the suburbs in the 1960s and 1970s, cities were confronted with rising levels of poverty, crime, and housing decay. While many of these issues still linger, our modern urban crisis is more extensive and encompassing than its predecessor. As cities continue to benefit from the return of wealthy, talented residents, they now face a number of challenges borne out of their very success. Where cities once benefited from sturdy middle-class neighborhoods, today’s urban areas are up against a disappearing middle class, as well as rampant gentrification and economic and racial segregation.
Lesson #2: Superstar citiesToronto is tied with Stockholm for 10th on the list of superstar cities compiled by the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, where Florida is Director of Cities (New York, London and Tokyo are the top three). These cities benefit from the clustering effect of individual talent, firms and industries (especially tech).
Curbed: Richard Florida's ‘The New Urban Crisis’ looks at where cities went wrong
When Richard Florida coined the term “creative class” in 2002, he painted a very clear picture for urban revitalization. His book The Rise Of The Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community And Everyday Life, almost reads like a textbook for mayors. All cities had to do was lure a few artists into live-work lofts in an old warehouse district, maybe convince a startup—they weren’t even called startups then, were they?—to set up shop in a post-industrial neighborhood. Voila! Florida’s prescription for city success.
Forbes: The Evolution Of The Creative Class
When I was in college and first became politically aware, so to speak, was in the '80s when Ronald Reagan was president. Many people from that era remember that perhaps the principal economic theory driving his election in 1980 was the theory of supply side economcs, or that lower barriers on
Keeping cities affordable for allAuthor Richard Florida talks about ‘The New Urban Crisis’
Huffington Post (video): The New Urban Crisis: A Discussion at Union Market (Washington, D.C.)
Lesson #1: What is the “new urban crisis”?The University of Toronto’s urban theorist Richard Florida is best known to many for his 2002 book The Rise of the Creative Class, which predicted future economic growth as the result of creativity and innovation rather than raw materials and industrial models of the past.
Smithsonian Magazine: Does Creativity Breed Inequality in Cities?
In 2002, Richard Florida became America’s best known urbanist with the publication of his book, The Rise of the Creative Class. In it, Florida posited that the “creative class,” a group which included artists, scientists and engineers, as well as educated knowledge sector professionals such as lawyers and finance workers, was the main driver of cultural and economic flourishing in America’s cities. The theory was enticing to many urban planners and municipal politicians, and cities across the country aimed to follow Florida’s advice on becoming “creative cities.”
It’s been 15 consequential years since urban evangelist Richard Florida first helped popularize and propel the U.S. urban renaissance with his gospel of the creative class. It held that the tech-consumed, enterprising hip young people flocking back to cities were the nation’s new economic driver, and that luring more of them to every burgh was the key to broad prosperity.Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/in-depth/article147246494.html#storylink=cpy
Politiken: The New Urban Crisis
Danish newspaper Politiken on 'The New Urban Crisi'
Urban theorist Richard Florida’s 2002 book, “The Rise of the Creative Class” has been both prescient and prescriptive for many city centers in America.Florida’s book predicted that a class of young, educated millennials who are employed in mostly creative fields would flood deserted urban cores looking for inexpensive housing, thereby changing the fortunes of these neighborhoods.
Wired: Tech Made Cities Too Expensive. Here’s How to Fix It
IN 2013 PROTESTS broke out in Oakland, California, directed against the private buses that shuttle tech workers from pricey homes in the city’s gentrifying areas to jobs in Silicon Valley. “You live your comfortable lives,” read a flyer that protesters handed out to passengers, “surrounded by poverty, homelessness, and death, seemingly oblivious to everything around you, lost in the big bucks and success.”
Wired: Tech Made Cities Too Expensive. Here’s How to Fix It
IN 2013 PROTESTS broke out in Oakland, California, directed against the private buses that shuttle tech workers from pricey homes in the city’s gentrifying areas to jobs in Silicon Valley. “You live your comfortable lives,” read a flyer that protesters handed out to passengers, “surrounded by poverty, homelessness, and death, seemingly oblivious to everything around you, lost in the big bucks and success.”
M Live: Ann Arbor must prepare for 'new urban crisis,' author says
The United States is seeing a new crisis in terms of the middle class, and Ann Arbor is more at-risk than some communities, according to a University of Toronto professor and author.
Detroit Free Press: Author Richard Florida now says 'creative class' not enough for cities
Back in 2002, urban theorist Richard Florida set the agenda for numerous cities with his book “The Rise of the Creative Class."The book made the case that educated millennials in fields such as software design, technology, art and education were the future of cities. They would enhance prosperity and bring the middle class back into urban cores in districts such as Detroit's Midtown and downtown.
The Globe and Mail: Lost in housing hysteria, middle-class neighbourhoods have gone extinct
In recent years, the young, educated and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet, all is not well. The very same forces that power the growth of our great cities have generated a crisis of gentrification, rising inequality and increasingly unaffordable urban housing.
The Globe and Mail: Lost in housing hysteria, middle-class neighbourhoods have gone extinct
In recent years, the young, educated and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet, all is not well. The very same forces that power the growth of our great cities have generated a crisis of gentrification, rising inequality and increasingly unaffordable urban housing.
The Week: 6 books for understanding how cities work
Urbanist Richard Florida is the author of The Rise of the Creative Class, the book that taught cities to focus on attracting people in the creative professions. Below, he shares his favorite books on urban capitalism, innovation, and inequality:
The New Tropic: Richard Florida said innovation would save Miami. But now it’s dividing us.
From his office in the Miami Beach Urban Studios, urbanist Richard Florida wrote hundreds of drafts of his latest book “The New Urban Crisis.” It’s an idea that was born in a deleted post-script of Florida’s previous book, “Rise of the Creative Class.”
The Seattle Times: Jon Talton / Columnist ‘Creative class’ rises, creating new maladies
Richard Florida, whose influential ‘Rise of the Creative Class’ pegged cities’ future to their success in cultivating that group, says a new urban crisis is spreading as a few metros win almost all the marbles. But something deeper than city-level policies is at work, too.
Winnipeg Free Press: Books Crisis in reverse
In The New Urban Crisis Richard Florida, an American University professor and current director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, compellingly and convincingly defines the problems facing today’s cities and their suburban counterparts.
Keystone Crossroads: Richard Florida imagines a new urban future
For over 30 years, urbanist and author Richard Florida has observed the life of cities, and has come up with solutions on how to make them work. In his new book, The New Urban Crisis, Florida argues that cities will have to turn to themselves to help themselves and to make them more inclusive for all.
Urban Toronto: Richard Florida: Toronto Coming of Age Amidst New Urban Crisis
In 2017, the cacophony of Toronto's urban discourse—and urban realities—makes understanding the city a daunting prospect. The skyrocketing rents, record waitlists for affordable housing, growing economic disparities, and inadequate transit, are being met with staggering development and densification, growing economic status, and a waxing global cachet that's rivalled by few cities. Our city leads the world in livability and human development indices, while simultaneously facing an affordability crisis that threatens to make good urban housing the sole purview of the rich.
EDENS partnered with the Urban Land Institute, the Economic Innovation Group and CityLab to bring together nearly four hundred D.C. thought leaders and community advocates. "Discussing inclusive prosperity in an open forum helps us come together and appreciate our communities' rich diversity," EDENS CEO Jodie W. McLean said. "EDENS' purpose has always been about enriching community, and engaging with community leaders, urbanists, neighborhood activists and businesses. It is essential in DC and throughout the country that we all work together to create opportunities for all."
Urban Land Institute: ‘Union Market Talks’ Event Brings Together City and Business Leaders
On April 11, Senior Resident Fellow Tom Murphy, former Mayor of Pittsburgh, participated in an event called Union Market Talks at Union Market’s Dock 5. The Talk was an opportunity to talk about inclusive prosperity in an open forum, and included a presentation from Richard Florida to celebrate the launch of his new book, The New Urban Crisis.
Columbus remains a beacon in the Rust Belt, known nationally for its fast-growing population and robust economy. But a researcher who studies urban disparity says the city also stands at a dangerous crossroads, one that threatens to choke off the path to a middle-class livelihood.
In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well. The very the same forces that power the growth of our great cities have generated a New Urban Crisis of gentrification, rising inequality, and increasingly unaffordable urban housing.The New Urban Crisis is different from the older urban crisis of the 1960s and 1970s. That previous crisis was defined by the economic abandonment of cities and their loss of economic function. This New Urban Crisis is more all encompassing than its predecessor, hitting at both growing and declining cities as well as urban and suburban centres.
Knowledge@Wharton: (Audio) How Our Reignited Love Affair with Cities Created an Urban Crisis
Americans seem to be curbing their love affair with the suburbs as millennials move to major metropolitan areas for the excitement and amenities of city living. But this shift is creating challenges of its own — increasingly unaffordable housing, rising inequality and strains on aging infrastructure, among other consequences. Author Richard Florida, a professor at the University of Toronto, calls it The New Urban Crisis, which is also the title of his book. He discussed his findings on the Knowledge@Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel 111.
Since publishing the best-selling book “The Rise of the Creative Class” in 2002, Florida has used his considerable speaking and writing heft to push mayors, urban planners and company executives to cater to tech-savvy young professionals.
Whether you’re a would-be Philanthropist/Social-Entrepreneur or have spent decades being one. You could be worse-off than to read the short biographies of those who’ve been through the journey before.
800 CEO Read: the title as it reads on the attached.
I was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1957, back when it was a thriving city, bustling with iconicdepartment stores, morning and evening newspapers, libraries and museums, a busy downtown,
The American Prospect: Gritty Urban Chic and the Politics of Backlash
Critic Richard Florida predicted the urban resurgence—what surprised him was the reaction of the displaced.
In recent years, Indianapolis has enjoyed a remarkable boom in high-tech industry, adding technology jobs at a rate faster than Silicon Valley, amid a broader upswing in innovation-based employment.
Technotopia Podcast: The New Urban Crisis
Richard Florida is a professor and writer and his latest book, The New Urban Crisis, looks at the way cities can expand and grow with technology and innovation. You can pick up his book now.
Los Angeles Times: L.A. and New York are expensive, but they're not about to become creative deserts
“If the 1 percent stifles New York’s creative talent, I’m out of here,” musician David Byrne threatened several years ago. New York City’s incredible economic success, he wrote, would be its cultural undoing. “Most of Manhattan and many parts of Brooklyn are virtual walled communities, pleasure domes for the rich,” he continued. “Middle-class people can barely afford to live here anymore, so forget about emerging artists, musicians, actors, dancers, writers, journalists and small business people. Bit by bit, the resources that keep the city vibrant are being eliminated.”
Plan Philly: A New Urban Future with Richard Florida
Richard Florida is feeling reflective. He became the equivalent of an urban planning rock star with the publication of his book The Rise of the Creative Class 15 years ago. In the intervening years, the book’s thesis—attract young creative professionals and your city will flourish—seems to have proven both portentous and problematic.
The Atlantic: Why America’s Richest Cities Keep Getting Richer
They are not just the places where the most ambitious and talented people want to be—they are where such people feel they need to be.
The Hamilton Spectator: Combating the winner-takes-all ‘New Urban Crisis’
When we moved to Toronto from Washington, D.C. about a decade ago, my wife and I were shocked by the cost of housing. Since we arrived, Toronto's housing prices have risen by more than 200 per cent. In the past year alone, prices have increased by 34 per cent.
NPR Morning Edition: Author Richard Florida On 'The New Urban Crisis'
Steve Inskeep talks to author Richard Florida — who has made a career studying cities, both culturally and economically. Florida's new book is called The New Urban Crisis.
Toronto Life: Q&A: Urbanist Richard Florida, on rising home prices and Donald Trump
With Jane Jacobs gone, there aren’t too many celebrity urban-studies theorists left in the world—but Richard Florida is one. From his perch at the University of Toronto, where he has run the Martin Prosperity Institute since moving to Canada from the U.S. in 2007, he has promulgated his theories about the way so-called “creative class” workers (high-earning types whose jobs require them to be inventive, or to draw on deep reserves of knowledge) drive prosperity in the urban areas they populate.
The Daily Beast: To Reunite America, Liberate Cities to Govern Themselves [creativeclass.com]
Even setting the dysfunction of our national government, the fact is that no top-down, one-size-fits-all set of policies can address the very different conditions that prevail among communities.
Toronto Star: Combating the winner-take-all ‘New Urban Crisis’
Richard Florida outlines the steps that must be taken to if Toronto and other superstar cities are to make cities more livable and equitable for the middle and lower classes.
Het Parool: The City as a Problem, the City as a Solution
Interview with Michiel Couzy, senior editor of Het Parool, the main newspaper in Amsterdam on The New Urban Crisis.
Bloomberg: Urban Inequality Is a Crisis, But Don't Blame Techies for It
As technology companies and the techies who work for them have headed to cities, they have increasingly been blamed for the deepening problems of housing affordability and urban inequality.
NY Daily News: The new urban crisis is upon us: Success squeezing out the middle class
I was born in Newark in 1957, and witnessed the riots that tipped that city into its long-running decline. As a college student in the 1970s, when New York City was still teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, I observed the first tender shoots of revival that were visible in SoHo, Tribeca and other parts of lower Manhattan, as artists began to colonize its abandoned industrial spaces.
CityLab: The Roots of the New Urban Crisis
In an excerpt from his new book, Richard Florida warns of “the central crisis of our times”—the growing cleavage between superstar cities and those left behind.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 'The New Urban Crisis': Richard Florida updates his influential thesis
Richard Florida has extended his series that began with publication of “The Rise of the Creative Class” in 2002. Pittsburgh is far from unfamiliar with the author. Some may be shocked to realize it has been 12 years since the former Carnegie Mellon University professor departed. He is currently based at the University of Toronto. He has repeatedly referenced his home for two decades, and Pittsburgh continues to impact Mr. Florida’s views on all things city.
The Globe and Mail: Richard Florida's The New Urban Crisis, reviewed: A change of tune[]
One evening in the summer of 2013, Richard Florida sat down in the lounge of a SoHo hotel to talk to his New York publisher about writing a new book.
NPR: Author Richard Florida On 'The New Urban Crisis'
Steve Inskeep talks to author Richard Florida — who has made a career studying cities, both culturally and economically. Florida's new book is called The New Urban Crisis.
Miami has been on a roll. It is attracting people at a rapid clip, it is a center of arts, culture and design, and its entrepreneurial ecosystem is growing. Today the region is at a critical inflection point. How can it grow further? How can it deepen its startup ecology? How can it ensure that its growth is inclusive, and that all Miamians can share in a new era of more inclusive prosperity?
Miami has been on a roll. It is attracting people at a rapid clip, it is a center of arts, culture and design, and its entrepreneurial ecosystem is growing. Today the region is at a critical inflection point. How can it grow further? How can it deepen its startup ecology? How can it ensure that its growth is inclusive, and that all Miamians can share in a new era of more inclusive prosperity?
The Province: Richard Florida: Vancouver’s new urban crisis
The urban revival of the past decade has been nothing short of remarkable. Young, affluent, highly educated people have flowed back to downtown cores in cities like London, New York, San Francisco and Vancouver. Good jobs, better restaurants, higher tax revenues and even high-tech startups have followed.
Miami Herald: Greater Miami’s high-skilled workforce is fueled largely by immigrant talent, too
Anton Diego, born in Moscow but raised in Havana and Spain, runs EveryMundo, a Miami-based marketing-technology company serving the travel and hospitality industry. The EveryMundo team mirrors their leader’s international roots and company name. Of the company’s 57 full-time Miami employees, 37 were born outside the United States.Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article141157088.html#storylink=cpy
Urban Land Institute: ULI Trustees Discuss Inclusivity as a Key Component of Prosperity
The pressing need for inclusivity to be part of urban revitalization was a key topic at ULI’s recent Mid-Winter meeting in Washington, D.C., attended by the Institute’s global trustees, with former ULI visiting fellow Richard Florida and ULI trustee Edward Glaeser leading a discussion on the future of cities.
Study Breaks: THE RISE AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE CREATIVE CLASS
HomeCultureThe Rise and Uncertainty of the Creative ClassTHE RISE AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE CREATIVE CLASSDEVIN ROSS, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYFEBRUARY 15, 2017FacebookTwitterThe Next Industrial RevolutionIn an increasingly mechanized world, creativity has become the new capital. But, according to social scientists, the economy may not yet be ready for the coming paradigm shift. By Devin Ross, Middle Tennessee State UniversityIn every industry, technology has revolutionized the way we do business.It has not only fundamentally changed the way products are made, sold and distributed, but also how companies compete, how they are managed and how they interact with their customers. Perhaps the industries most affected by these changes are those engaged in creating content, or “the creative industries.” These include all industries related to fields such as advertising, architecture, design, fashion, film music, publishing, television and I.T.
Study Breaks: THE RISE AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE CREATIVE CLASS
HomeCultureThe Rise and Uncertainty of the Creative ClassTHE RISE AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE CREATIVE CLASSDEVIN ROSS, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYFEBRUARY 15, 2017FacebookTwitterThe Next Industrial RevolutionIn an increasingly mechanized world, creativity has become the new capital. But, according to social scientists, the economy may not yet be ready for the coming paradigm shift. By Devin Ross, Middle Tennessee State UniversityIn every industry, technology has revolutionized the way we do business.It has not only fundamentally changed the way products are made, sold and distributed, but also how companies compete, how they are managed and how they interact with their customers. Perhaps the industries most affected by these changes are those engaged in creating content, or “the creative industries.” These include all industries related to fields such as advertising, architecture, design, fashion, film music, publishing, television and I.T.
Insight Insight: The Rise of the Urban Creative Class in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is currently at the center of a significant economic transformation. The region, which spans Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, is undergoing rapid growth and urbanization. By 2030, the region’s urban population will swell by an estimated 100 million people, growing from 280 million today to 373 million people.The Rise of the Urban Creative Class in Southeast Asia, a new Martin Prosperity report by Richard Florida and Melanie Fasche, examines the intersection of urbanization and the rise of the new middle class, or urban creative class, in Southeast Asia.
The Rise of the Urban Creative Class in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is at the center of a significant economic transformation. The region, which spans Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, is undergoing rapid growth and urbanization. By 2030, Southeast Asia’s urban population will swell by an estimated 100 million people, growing from 280 million people today to 373 million people.
The Huffington Post : The Gift of Giving - Help Aleppo
Holiday season or not, snippets of the devastation in Syria flash across our TVs. It’s way too complicated to wrap our minds around and far too tragic to watch, so some of us continue to shop and make plans for our celebrations and try to ignore them.
The Huffington Post : Trump Got You Down? Check Out My Bubble — Toronto
With Trump in office, Canada will become more and more attractive to global talent.
Art Institutions: Initiators and Reflectors of Neighbourhood Change
Arts institutions, such as prominent, established museums and galleries, complement the inherent heterogeneity and the definitive dynamic mix of urbanity.1 As civic anchors, they are institutional entities that occupy sizeable amounts of land,2 real estate and social capital.3 Anchor institutions have an interdependent relationship with the communities they’re located in, interacting in various capacities such as service providers, workforce developers and community infrastructure builders. Anchor institutions drive shared value for both the institution and the neighbourhood.4 As destination landmarks that denote world-class status, these institutions are magnets for high profile investment, creating pockets of increased real estate values across the city.
Medium : The Most Disruptive Transformation in History
We are undergoing several nested transformations at once that are causing incredible disruptions of the economic, social, and political order.
Business Wire : Influential Thought Leader Richard Florida to Keynote Ann Arbor SPARK Annual Meeting
Ann Arbor SPARK will host Richard Florida, one of the world's leading public intellectuals on economic competitiveness, demographic trends, and cultural and technological innovation, as the keynote speaker at its annual meeting. Ann Arbor SPARK’s annual meeting, the region’s premier gathering of business and community leaders, will be held on April 24, 2017, at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Urban Toronto : Dark Age Ahead: Understanding Jane Jacobs in the Trump Era
A group of prominent Toronto scholars analyzed Jacobs' ongoing impact a century after her birth. Hosted by the University of Toronto's Innis College, the panel featured U of T's Erica Allen Kim, Paul Hess, Michael Piper, Patricia O'Campo, and Richard Florida. Moderated by Urban Studies Chair Shauna Brail, the discussion looked at Jacobs' contributions—and their limitations in the 21st century context—from a multidisciplinary and intersectional range of of perspectives.
Kansas City, with its much improved downtown and still evolving suburbs, is a logical conversation starter on urban and suburban issues.Richard Florida and Joel Kotkin hold a discussion at the Kansas City Area Development Council’s annual meeting to discuss.
The Huffington Post : Waiting in Line is Bad Business
Long lines for service send customers a message that a company doesn’t care.Don’t companies see the fallout of such bad business practices? Many customers end up cancelling their service or switching companies due to a lengthy wait. Yet more customers say their frustrations have caused them to take action of some sort.
National Real Estate Investor : Six Things You Should Know About Future City Development
Urban life has changed quite a lot since the onset of the Great Recession in 2008. The new “creative class,” comprising technology workers, scientists, architects, artists and writers, has been migrating from the suburbs to “superstar cities” including San Francisco, Boston and New York, according to Richard Florida, global research professor at the New York University School of Professional Studies. Florida headlined the Urban Lab panel organized by the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate on Oct. 13.
Quartz : A world-famous urbanist says New York is becoming a “gated suburb”
“Gated suburb” isn’t exactly what springs to mind when you think of New York and its hectic avenues, blinding lights, and incredible diversity. But Richard Florida says the Big Apple is “tipping” in the direction of becoming one.
Central Penn Business Journal : Urban guru Richard Florida: Harrisburg not a war zone
Far from being a war zone as Donald Trump recently described it, Harrisburg has a substantial creative class and the resources to overcome years of deindustrialization, nationally renowned urban studies expert Richard Florida said.
North Shore News : Closing the wage gap key to community, urbanist says
Creating a livable community and closing the gap between the “elite creative class” and the “sinking service class” were key themes presented by internationally recognized urbanist Richard Florida. Florida’s presentation wrapped up a speaker series that brought three distinguished urbanists to West Vancouver as part of the Cypress Village planning process. The event was sponsored by British Pacific Properties and Hollyburn Family Services Society.
OurWindsor.ca : Richard Florida & Greg Spencer: The future of the knowledge economy is local
The best growth strategy for Ontario is to deepen the innovation and knowledge component of all industries, not just newer ones.
The Huffington Post : Free Range Kids
Author of Free-Range Kids, Lenore Skenazy thinks that many helicopter parents are less scared about what might happen to their kids if they leave them unsupervised than they are about the shaming and harassment that they might be letting themselves in for.
The Geography of the Global Super Rich
Over the past decade or so, there has been increasing concern over rising inequality and the growth of the 1 percent of super-rich people who sit atop the global economy. While studies have charted the super-rich by industry and nation, there is very little research on their location by city or metro area. Our research uses detailed data from Forbes (2015) on the world’s billionaires to test a series of hypotheses about the location of the super-rich across the world’s cities and metro areas. We find that the super-rich are concentrated in a small number of metros around the world and that their location is primarily related to the size of metros: Large metros offer more people bigger markets, more diversified industries and more opportunity that help produce and attract billionaires. The location of the super-rich is more modestly associated with living standards (measured as economic output per capita) and less so with the presence of finance and tech industries, and city competitive
Toronto Star : What kind of city produces Olympians?
Toronto may be the nation’s largest metro and the main driver of its economy, but it barely punches its own weight when it comes to the members of Canada’s Olympic team. The real standouts of this Olympic Games are smaller metros like Kingston, London, Windsor, and Guelph, which are home to far greater concentrations of Olympians than one might expect given their size.
Toronto Star : How well is Canada really doing in the Rio Games?
In total medal count, Canada is faring fairly well. But by other, more meaningful measures not so much.With the help of colleagues at the University of Toronto Martin Prosperity Institute Charlotta Mellander and Patrick Adler, Richard Florida ranked each nation’s overall medal performance by their population, size of their economy, and the number of athletes on their Olympic teams.
Previous research has identified the clustering of high-tech industries, entrepreneurial startups, and venture capital across metropolitan areas. Using new detailed zip code data on venture capital investment and startup activity, this research tests two hypotheses informed by urban theory regarding the geography startup activity and venture capital investment: (1) that venture capital investment and startup activity will be concentrated in much tighter neighborhood-level micro-clusters and (2) that venture capital investment and startup activity will gravitate to denser, mixed used, transit served locations. We find considerable evidence for both. Venture capital investment and startup activity is concentrated in a relatively small number of neighborhood-level micro-clusters in the United States, the majority of which are located in dense urban neighborhoods where significantly larger than average numbers of commuters walk, bike, or use transit to get to work. This is especially the c
Ontario, like many jurisdictions, is currently facing major economic upheaval due to rapid advances in technologies, increasing open borders, and shifting work practices. It is a time of significant anxiety but at the same time there is a sense of possibility. The way forward has been made abundantly clear, in order to succeed in the 21st century economy places must develop vibrant ‘knowledge economies’ underpinned by creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Turning the rhetoric into reality is the stumbling block for policy makers. Exactly how these things are achieved presents a series of difficult choices, which if not taken wisely, can prove to be costly mistakes. In the context of finite public resources the pressures to make efficient decisions with taxpayer dollars is ever increasing. When it comes to economic development strategy the term ‘picking winners’, meaning choosing to support and invest in certain industries and firms over others, is often derided. Yet, government
The Huffington Post : Toronto Has One Of The World's Largest ‘Super-Rich Wealth Gaps': Study
Researchers have been saying for years Toronto is seeing an increase in inequality and a segmenting of its population by wealth, but a new study from the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute puts this into some perspective.
MPI : The Geography of the Global Super-Rich
Recent years have seen increasing apprehension over rising inequality and the growth of the so-called “1 percent.” For all the concern expressed about the rise of the global super-rich, there is very little empirical research related to them, especially regarding their location across the cities and metro areas. Our research uses detailed data from Forbes on the more than 1,800 billionaires across the globe to examine the location of the super-rich across the world’s cities and metro areas.
The Place Brand Observer : Interview: Richard Florida on Creative Cities and Economic Development
City brands and the making, management and communication of a city’s strongest assets in the eyes of potential residents, visitors, investors and students, has been a key occupation of economic development professionals all over the world. In this interview, Richard Florida explains why the Creative Classes are so important in achieving city strength and a competitive position.
The Geography of the Global Super-Rich
Recent years have seen increasing apprehension over rising inequality and the growth of the so-called “1 percent.” For all the concern expressed about the rise of the global super-rich, there is very little empirical research related to them, especially regarding their location across the cities and metro areas. Our research uses detailed data from Forbes on the more than 1,800 billionaires across the globe to examine the location of the super-rich across the world’s cities and metro areas.
Insight: The Geography of the Super-Rich
There has been increasing concern over rising inequality and the growth of “the 1 percent” of super-rich people who sit atop the global economy.i Although the world’s 1,826 billionaires make up just 0.00003 percent of the global population, with a combined wealth of more than $7 trillion in 2015, they wield incredible purchasing power. Yet very little empirical research on them and the fortunes exists.The Geography of the Global Super-Rich, a new Martin Prosperity Institute study by Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Isabel Ritchie, seeks to change that. Using detailed data from Forbes on the world’s billionaires, the report examines to examine the geography of the super-rich across cities and metro areas.ii
The City as Innovation Machine
This paper seeks to put cities and regions at the very center of the processes of innovation and entrepreneurship. To do so, we marry the insights of Jane Jacobs and more urban and regional thinking and research on the role of the city and the region to the literature on innovation and entrepreneurship going back to Joseph Schumpeter. Theory and research on innovation and entrepreneurship and their geography privileges the firm, industry clusters and/or the individual and poses the city as a container for them. Jacobs famously theorized that it is the city that is the key organizing unit for innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. Marrying Jacobs’ insights on cities to those of Schumpeter on innovation, we argue that innovation and entrepreneurship do not simply take in place in cities but in fact require them.
The Huffington Post : From An Industrial Past To A Bold Future — Creative Placemaking
Rana Florida interview with Jörn Weisbrodt, the artistic director of Toronto’s Luminato Festival.
The Huffington Post : New Research Report Suggests The Future Of Miami Is Bright
A joint project between FIU and my team at the Creative Class Group, and the first product of the FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative, Miami’s Great Inflection: Toward Shared Prosperity as a Creative and Inclusive Global City, was presented at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Goals Conference on June 16.
The New Tropic : Miami’s changing. Where do you fit in?
Florida thinks Miami is at a turning point. His study — which you can read here or in the recaps by WLRN, Miami Herald, and the Miami New Times — lays out 10 opportunities to put it on the right track.
Morning Post Exchange : Miami is on the Rise
Miami and Miami Beach, once a refuge for retirees and those looking for fun and sun is on the rise as a great economic powerhouse, according to a new report from Florida International University and the Creative Class Group, "Miami's Great Inflection: Toward Shared Prosperity as a Creative and Inclusive Global City."
South Florida Business Journal : Study outlines challenges facing the South Florida economy
South Florida’s gilded path to economic prosperity is paved with advantages, but an equal number of obstacles lie ahead. That's the conclusion Florida International University and the Creative Class Group, a consulting firm, arrived at following a multi-year economic study.
Miami New Times : Miami's Ten Biggest Economic Challenges (Simplified)
Richard Florida, the nation's most famous urban studies scholar, and the FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative came out today with a major in-depth and incisive report on the state of Miami and what we must do to truly become a global city.
Urban Land Institute Magazine : The Ongoing Challenge of Attracting and Retaining Creative Class
Noted urbanist and author Richard Florida opened the recent 2016 ULI Florida Summit in Miami by reminding the audience that the creative class and the industries in which it works are the single most important economic drivers in the 21st-century economy. Economic development at the local and state levels can no longer be about enticing companies through special tax breaks or incentives, but about being irresistible to creative, talented people and building neighborhoods where they can simultaneously live, work, dine, drink, play, and experience a high level of interaction with each other. The creative types will be the ones to lure the companies in—or, better yet, start companies of their own, in Florida’s view.
Florida Trend : Miami's path toward shared prosperity as a creative and inclusive global city
The future of Miami is bright --it's a city on the rise, says a new report by FIU and the Creative Class Group.
FIU and the Creative Class Group Release New Report about Miami's Future as a Creative and Global City.
Miami Herald : Traffic woes, income gap threaten Miami’s emergence as global city
Florida and his Creative Class Group have authored a study on the current state of the economy with Florida International University, which will be released during Thursday’s morning session of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2016 Goals Conference, the organization’s annual two-day planning retreat being held at the Hilton Downtown Miami.
Miami Herald : Initiative aims to make Greater Miami an even greater city
Opinion Editorial by FIU President Mark Rosenberg and CCG Founder, Richard Florida. To get a clearer understanding of the Miami region’s opportunities and challenges, Florida International University and the Creative Class Group launched the FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative. The first major report of that project, released today, enumerates the region’s challenges and opportunities, while identifying several key areas that will help ensure a broader shared prosperity for Greater Miami.
Rise of the Urban Startup Neighborhood: Mapping Micro-Clusters of Venture Capital-Based Startups
Venture capital is the fuel that powers high-tech innovation and entrepreneurial startup companies. Previous research has been hampered by a lack of data, or more specifically, by the availability of only highly aggregated data at the state or metro level. This study overcomes this hurdle by using more detailed zip code-level data to identify microclusters of venture capital investment and startup activity at the neighborhood level.
Insight: Venture Capital Goes Urban
Venture capital has long powered new and innovative startup companies. For most of its history, venture capital investment has flowed to startups in suburban office parks. However, our research finds that venture capital investment and startup activity is experiencing a considerable reorientation toward urban areas.This is just one of the key findings of Venture Capital Goes Urban, a new Martin Prosperity Institute study by Richard Florida and Karen M. King. The report uses detailed data from Thomson Reuters to identify which venture capital investments flow to urban and suburban neighborhoods. We further explore the location of venture capital investment and startup activity by the way people commute to work — looking at the share of workers who walk, bike, or use transit compared to those who drive their own cars to work.
Venture capital has long been the kind of finance that powers new and innovative startup companies. For most of its modern history, venture capital investment has flowed to startups located in suburban office parks. Using new and more detailed data at the zip code-level, our research finds a considerable shift in venture capital investment and startup activity toward urban areas.Previous research on venture capital investment and startup activity has been hampered by a lack of data at the neighborhood level. Our research uses more granular data from Thomson Reuters to identify venture capital investments that flow to urban versus suburban neighborhoods based on zip codes. We further explore the location of venture capital investment and startup activity by the way people commute to work — looking at the share of workers who walk, bike, or use transit versus those who drive their own cars to work.
On the first day of the educational project Made In Kazan the listeners expert classes made Richard Florida - economist, urbanist, author of the theory of the creative class, the professor of the School of Management named Joseph Rothman at the University of Toronto. "Indus" publishes a summary of his lectures.
LE Miami : Say Hello to the Creative Class
When it came to shortlisting applications for LE Miami, THE REBELS, to decide what the creative class really want we drafted in help fromthe real thing: meet our 2016 judges and bona fide members of thecreative class – who better to identify those rebellious brands at thecutting edge of contemporary travel?
The University of Toronto : Professor Richard Florida, University Professors 2016
Professor Richard Florida,University Professors 2016Rotman School of Management.Research Interests: Cities, innovation and urban economic development.
The University of Toronto : Honouring our 2016 Universtiy Professors
Richard Florida named University Professor. The University of Toronto owes much of its reputation and stature to the quality of its eminent professors. The University recognizes unusual scholarly achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field of knowledge through the designation of University Professor. The number of such appointments does not generally exceed two per cent of the tenured faculty. Its very exclusivity stands to underline the highly prestigious nature of the University Professor designation.
Kazan became the first Russian city to host a meeting of the exotic at present UCLG Executive Bureau. A correspondent of Realnoe Vremya visited the official opening of the meeting and found out what impressed foreign guests most of all in Kazan, why the already 'powerful' organization requires to strengthen its influence on the world stage and why cities are that important places for a successful development of the world economy.
The Huffington Post : City Talk with Catie Marron
A former investment banker, the chairman of the board of directors of Friends of the High Line, a trustee of the New York Public Library, the editor of the acclaimed book City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts, and a contributing editor to Vogue, Catie Marron has just added a new book to her very crowded list of accomplishments: City Squares: Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World.
Richard Florida interview on the important role mayors play in building prosperous cities. He argued that the role of the mayor is critically misunderstood and underdeveloped, and that increasing the capacity of Canada’s local leaders is one of the most important social, political and economic imperatives of our time.
Common Edge : Richard Florida on the Enduring Legacy of Jane Jacobs
Richard Florida, on the occasion of the Jane Jacobs centennial, talks about Jacobs’ enduring legacy, her role in helping shape his work, the state of cities today, and his current projects.
Centre for Cities : London’s next mayor must address the capital’s ‘new urban crisis’
Whoever wins the mayoral election will need more devolved powers to deal with the “plutocratization” of London.
Insight: Venture Capital’s Leading Industrial Clusters
Venture capital financing fuels innovation and entrepreneurial startup companies, giving rise to the great gales of creative destruction that create new industries and redefine existing ones. Yet, across the top industries in the United States, venture capital investment is highly concentrated — the top five industries alone receive $25 billion, more than three-quarters of total venture investment. It is also concentrated in a relatively small number of geographic clusters.These are some of the key findings of Venture Capital’s Leading Industrial Clusters, a new Martin Prosperity Institute study by Richard Florida and Karen M. King. The report uses detailed data from Thomson Reuters to identify the leading metros and neighborhoods or zip codes where venture capital investment and startup activity is clustered across five leading industries.
Venture capital financing fuels breakthrough innovations and entrepreneurial startup companies. From Intel and Apple to Google and Twitter, venture capital-backed companies give rise to the great gales of creative destruction that create entire new industries and redefine existing ones.This report uses detailed data from Thomson Reuters to examine geographic clusters of venture capital investment and startup activity across five leading industries: software, biotechnology, media and entertainment, medical devices and equipment, and information technology services. It identifies the leading metros for venture capital investment as well as the leading neighborhoods or zip codes where such investment is clustered.
The Huffington Post : Seven Entrepreneurs Share Their Most Valuable Lessons
The risks of being an entrepreneur are all too real. From cash flow issues and product differentiation to scaling the business—8 out of 10 start-ups fail within 18 months. I asked a group of new entrepreneurs the same questions about their challenges and lessons learned, and here’s what they shared.
Insight: Spiky Venture Capital
Venture capital investment helps to fuel innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth. But its geography remains extremely concentrated and spiky in just a few key regions across the United States.A new Martin Prosperity Institute study on Spiky Venture Capital: The Geography of Venture Capital Investment by Metro and Zip Code by Richard Florida and Karen King uses detailed data from Thomson Reuters to identify and map the leading centers for venture capital activity across the United States.
Spiky Venture Capital: The Geography of Venture Capital Investment by Metro and Zip Code
Venture capital investment drives both innovation and high-tech companies, but it remains exclusive to just a handful of regions in the United States.This report uses detailed data from Thomson Reuters to examine the geography of venture capital investment in the United States.
The Huffington Post : A Vote for Hillary Is a Vote for Hope -- New Hampshire Voters Miss the Mark
Hillary Clinton wasn't just defeated by Bernie Sanders yesterday -- she was defeated by women. Sanders received 53 percent of the female vote overall to Clinton's 46 percent, according to ABC News' exit polling. 69 percent of Democratic women voters under 45 backed Sanders and 82 percent of Democratic women voters under 30 did.
Forbes : How Emerging Entrepreneurial Hubs Are Becoming America's New Boomtowns
Richard Florida, the director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and a professor of global research at New York University, writes in “The Rise of Global Startup Cities,” that while venture capital has “gone global” by spreading to places like China and India, the dominant centers remain US cities that combine density, great universities, and an open-minded culture to attract the best talent.
Miami Herald : What’s behind innovation? It’s the people
Excerpts from Andres Oppenheimer’s new book, ‘Innovate or Die'. Book gives advice on how to think in innovative ways and references Richard Florida's work and teachings.
The Boston Globe : Congress could ensure tax money is put to better use
Perhaps it’s finally time for Congress to step in and stop the incentive arms race among states by invoking its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce. In the meantime, GE could always do the right thing and give taxpayers back their money. For a company that wants to be seen as both cutting edge and a good corporate citizen, such a move would set an important precedent.
Once the province of American tech hubs like California’s Silicon Valley, venture capital has gone global. This report uses detailed data from Thomson Reuters to chart the world’s leading centers for venture capital investment.
Insight: Rise of the Global Startup City
Once the province of American tech hubs like California’s Silicon Valley, venture capital has gone global. Global venture capital investment amounted to $42 billion dollars in 2012, spread across more than 150 cities and metro regions around the world. The United States accounts for nearly 70 percent (68.6 percent) of total global venture capital, followed by Asia (14.4 percent), and Europe (13.5 percent).But venture capital investment is concentrated and clustered in a relatively small number of cities and metros worldwide. The top 10 metros account for approximately 52 percent of global venture investment, the top 20 metros account for almost two-thirds, and the top 50 more than 90 percent.
PENN Institute for Urban Research : Expert Voices 2016: Urban Policy and the Presidential Election
With all eyes focused on the presidential race, now is the time to discuss the great challenges that our nation faces. The candidates have a unique opportunity to address the issues that affect the lives of their fellow Americans, but what are those issues and how should they think about them? What major urban policy issues should the candidates address? They posed this question to our Penn IUR Faculty Fellows and Scholars.
Tampa Bay Times : Where are they now? Ten who put their mark on Tampa Bay economy
Richard Florida named one of ten who put their mark on Tampa Bay's business economy.
Miami Herald : Greater Miami Chamber summit: Economic outlook positive, cautious
Richard Florida speaks at Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s South Florida Economic Summit.
The Economist/Barclays Little Book of Wonders : Interview Richard Florida
Are successful cities built on their creative workers? Urban theorist Richard Florida talks to Caroline Kinneberg
Once the province of American tech hubs like California’s Silicon Valley, venture capital has gone global. This report by Richard Florida and Karen King uses detailed datafrom Thomson Reuters to chart the world’s leading centers for venture capital investment.
The Huffington Post : Challenges to the Creative City (VIDEO)
Thousands of people descended on Miami during the first week of December, 2015, to experience Art Basel Miami. On Thursday, December 3, hundreds attended a packed discussion on creativity and city building at the FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios. The global forum, CREATE: Miami, was hosted by Florida International University and Visiting Scholar and urbanist Richard Florida, and it brought together a veritable constellation of luminaries in art, architecture, design, fashion, and music.
Luxe Beat Magazine : Creative Entertaining
Rana Florida's Creative Entertaining featured in Luxe Beat Magazine.
The Guardian : The sickness at the heart of modern cities is clear. But what's the cure?
The prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes is rising alarmingly in cities across the world. But the social factors driving this epidemic are complex and need our urgent attention, writes Richard Florida
This research examines the new divides and changing structure of the modern city and metropolis. Ever since the classic Chicago School models of urban form, the metropolis has been conceived as divided by affluent suburbs surrounding a less advantaged core. More recently, the concept of a great inversion has been advanced to capture the return of more advantaged groups to the urban center and the outward shift of poverty and disadvantage to the suburbs. To gain insight into the actual changes in urban and metropolitan form, we map the locations of three major classes — the growing ranks of knowledge workers and professionals who make up the creative class, the declining blue collar working class and the rapidly rising low-wage class of service workers in routine jobs like food preparation, and clerical work — across a dozen of America’s largest metro areas and their core cities. We find a new pattern of class division and urban form that we refer to as the patchwork metropolis, where c
The Huffington Post : The Creative Class Gather at Art Basel Miami Beach
With the backdrop of Art Basel, Florida International University and the Creative Class Group will host an exclusive forum with international cultural icons about how to keep artists and creators in the heart of our cities, on Thursday, December 3rd from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Miami Beach Urban Studios.
The Huffington Post : Politics Take Center Stage at Art Basel Miami Beach
On December 2-former Miami mayor Manny Diaz, Richard and Rana Florida will host a fundraiser for Governor O'Malley's presidential campaign.
The Record : Region needs to prepare for crisis of success, says urban expert Florida
Waterloo Region needs to start planning now for the negative impacts of an urban renaissance driven by an expanding technology sector, says renowned urban thinker and writer Richard Florida.
Fast Company : 20 Moments From The Past 20 Years That Moved The Whole World Forward
From 1995 to 2015, Fast Company looks back at the people, products, and ideas that have transformed business and culture.
The Huffington Post : Presidential Candidates on Supporting Women in the Workforce
Rana Florida on supporting women in the workforce and what the current crop of presidential candidates have to say about the crisis of women in the workforce--and the productivity gap that their low participation is causing.
Entrepreneurial startup companies are the drivers of innovation in the new knowledge economy. Fueling their rise is investment from venture capital firms. Nearly two billion dollars in venture capital was invested in Canada in 2013. Across the world, Canada ranks fifth in global venture capital, behind the United States, China, India, and the United Kingdom, with less than five percent (4.7 percent) of total global venture capital activity.
Startup City Canada: The Geography of Venture Capital and Startup Activity in Canada
Venture capital is the fuel that powers the entrepreneurial startup companies that drive innovation, define new industries, and disrupt existing ones. While venture capital financed companies used to cluster in suburban tech enclaves like Silicon Valley, venture capital investment and startup activity are taking on an increasingly urban orientation.
Toronto Star : Canada’s cities need a venture capital revolution
Canada continues to lag far behind the U.S. and other leading nations in startups and venture capital — but it doesn’t need to be that way.
Startup City Canada examines venture capital activity in Canada, identifying its leading cities and metros and mapping its urban orientation in the county’s three largest venture capital hubs: Toronto, Vancouver,and Montréal. This report is part of a larger, ongoing research project tracking the urban geography of venture capital and start-up activity.
Richard Florida ranked among the most influential business thinkers in the world on a list known as the “Oscars of management thinking”.
Toronto Star : Toronto gurus win big at ‘Oscars of management thinking’
Richard Florida among three University of Toronto professors and business leaders placed in the top 15 in a recent ranking of the world’s 50 most influential management thinkers.
The Thinkers50 : The Thinkers50 Ranking 2015
The Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers is published every two years and is the essential guide to which thinkers and which ideas matter now. Richard Florida ranked 14 of 50 top global thinkers.
The Globe and Mail : It’s time for a ‘ministry of cities’
To demonstrate its commitment to all these interwoven urban issues, it’s time for the government to create a new body – a “ministry of cities,” which would spearhead these interwoven initiatives while signalling to the world that this country is ready to lead the ongoing century of cities.
The Collative Pro Blog : Collative Spotlight – Rana Florida – Author and Entrepreneur
Collative Spotlight interview with best selling author and entrepreneur Rana Florida.
Urban Toronto : Richard Florida Diagnoses A New Urban Crisis at ULI Symposium
Taking the stage to deliver a keynote address at the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) inaugural Toronto Symposium, renowned urbanist Richard Florida wasted no time in proclaiming his admiration for Toronto, celebrating his adopted city as a global leader in urban renewal and the arresting of urban sprawl. Yet, for all of Florida's enthusiasm about Toronto, the speech diagnosed a cresting urban crisis, proving to be an alarming call to action rather than a celebration of the city's accomplishments.
Deep Body : Upgrade – Taking Your Work And Life From Ordinary To Extraordinary
In her recent book Upgrade, Florida tackles the future of our careers and how individuals can utilize their experience and expertise, leading them to a fulfilled, confident and involved future.
The Collative Pro Blog : Book Review – Upgrade by Rana Florida
This week we are bringing you something different, and that is a book review. Here at Collative Pro, reading is something that we do every day and we want to share some reviews on the books we read. Hopefully they can be as helpful to you as they have been to us. So lets kick off with the first book review – Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary By Rana Florida.
Insight: Canada’s Urban Competitiveness Agenda
Canada sits at an economic crossroads. Historically, the national economy was largely defined by its ability to extract and export natural resources. The country’s recent slide into recession, thanks to lagging world oil prices, is a stark reminder that busts accompany the booms associated with the nation’s dependence on natural endowments. Yet, for the past decade or so, Canada’s leadership has created a narrative that its resource-rich west is the primary source of long-run prosperity for the country.
Small in population but vast in physical endowments, Canada’s fortunes have long been tied to its natural resources.1 The country’s recent slide into recession, thanks to lagging world oil prices, is a stark reminder of the busts that come with the booms created by the nation’s dependence on its natural endowments.2 A well-known malady of resource-rich nations is the so-called “resource curse,” where the short-term wealth derived from resources inhibits the development of other, more long-running and sustainable sources of wealth-creation and economic development.3 And of course, resource-based economies are perpetually at the mercy of external economic-forces, exposing them to shocks that can quickly turn a boom into a bust. For the past decade or so, Canada’s leadership has created a narrative that its resource-rich west is the primary source of long-run prosperity for the country.
The Globe and Mail : By ignoring the knowledge economy, Canada is taking a step backward
Newly released, our study, Canada’s Urban Competitive Agenda: Completing The Transition From Resources To A Knowledge Economy, shows that the Canadian economy is built on two distinct models with two distinct geographies. Natural resources drive the West, while knowledge and creativity propel development in the East.
The Global Creativity Index 2015
This report presents the 2015 edition of the Global Creativity Index, or GCI. The GCI is a broad-based measure for advanced economic growth and sustainable prosperity based on the 3Ts of economic developmenttalent, technology, and tolerance. It rates and ranks 139 nations worldwide on each of these dimensions and on our overall measure of creativity and prosperity.
The Huffington Post : Every Problem Has a Creative Solution (VIDEO)
At the DX Intersection event, The Design Exchange celebrates an individual or partnership that exemplifies creativity, outstanding talent, and innovative vision. Rana Florida interviews this year's DXI awardees interior designers, George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg
The Huffington Post : Ten Ways to Go From Good to Great
Recently asked how to differentiate good from great, Rana Florida in learning from the greats, identifies her top ten ways to go from good to great.
Toronto Life : The Best (And Worst) Places to Live
A ranking of Toronto’s 140 neighborhoods—a definitive document that separates the great from the good, the average from the awful. We teamed up with the urbanists, economists, sociologists and information scientists at the Martin Prosperity Institute, a think tank at U of T’s Rotman School of Management. They crunched every stat they could drum up: census data, community health profiles, the Fraser Institute’s school report cards, the Toronto Police Service crime figures and independent studies.
Toronto Star : We are neglecting our cities at our peril
Cities are the fundamental drivers of entrepreneurial innovation and economic growth. So why does Ottawa insist on ignoring them?
Best Neighbourhoods: Methodology
In September, 2015 Toronto Life released their October issue including a ranking of Toronto’s best neighbourhoods. The Martin Prosperity Institute contributed to this article by collecting and compiling the data behind this ranking, as well as defining the methodology for scoring and ranking Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods. Data was acquired from a number of sources including the City of Toronto, Statistics Canada, the Fraser Institute, the Toronto Police Service, and the Centre for Research on Inner City Health.
The Legacy Project interview with Richard Florida.
The Globe and Mail : Why Toronto should say No to the Olympics
Study after study has shown that the Olympics cost cities substantially more than they bring in, and can drain local economies and government finances for years.
The Legacy Project : #498 | Rana Florida Interview | CEO, Author, Editor & Cultural Curator
The Legacy Project interview with Rana Florida.
The Huffington Post : Five Industries Ripe for Disruption
The bigger an industry grows, the more need for disruption it seems. Fast and nimble, flexible and innovative, don't work in bureaucracies that are bogged down with rigid processes and procedures, and where the customer always seems to come last. I can think of any number of industries that are ripe for disruption. Here are five of the softest and juiciest targets.
This paper examines references to race and ethnicity in 791 campaign flyers, brochures, door hangers, and direct mail pieces that 227 candidates for city council distributed during the 2014 Toronto and 2015 Chicago municipal elections. The findings pinpoint electoral campaigning as a major source of ethno-racial meaning. Candidates engaged race and ethnicity in five ways. They invoked ethno-racial stratification or cultural symbols and practices, cited endorsements from ethno-racial leaders and organizations, used heritage languages, and visually represented members of ethno- racial groups. The use of these references in Chicago and Toronto was consistent with the cities’ reputations, and the paper illuminates how these reputations are produced and reproduced. Black and Latino candidates in Chicago primarily mobilized perceptions of exclusion, discrimination, and conflict to promise political leadership in fighting these injustices. In Toronto, candidates of all backgrounds portrayed i
Crain's : The keys to keeping NYC competitive
The city's growth will require innovation, creativity and investment to be sustainable.
NYU : New York City: The Great Reset
NYU Study Uncovers the Keys to Keeping NYC Competitive: Innovation, Creativity & Investment
St. Catherine's Standard : SIEGEL: Hey Niagara, diverse communities do better
In 2009, Brock University’s Niagara Community Observatory produced a policy brief that pointed out the main reason Niagara had a low proportion of young people was because we are not attracting our share of young people from other areas.
The Globe and Mail : Still lacking technology and talent, Canada’s tolerance offers creative edge
Canada ranks fourth in the world in a new ranking of the world’s most creative and economically competitive countries. The survey, put together by my research team at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, places Canada behind only first-place Australia, the United States and New Zealand. This is the third version of these rankings we’ve done, and Canada is up from its seventh-place finish in 2011.
NYU Furman Center : We Need a New National Urban Policy
Beyond the interventions that Sampson describes, we need an urban policy that is attuned to this new reality—and that can help to change it. What we need is a new growth model that is as ambitious and as far-reaching as our post-World War II commitment was to creating a middle class. We need to re-knit the safety net and ensure that everyone has access to good, family-supporting jobs that are the equivalents of my father’s factory job.
The Huffington Post : Watch CREATE: Detroit's Inaugural Ideas Fest on City Building
Over 300 people turned out at the College for Creative Studies to participate in CREATE: Detroit, the inaugural ideas fest on place making and cities, led by world-renowned urbanist and professor Richard Florida and sponsored by Rock Ventures.
Insight: The 2015 Global Creativity Index
Capitalism is in the midst of an epochal transformation from its previous industrial model to a new one based on creativity and knowledge. In place of the natural resources and large-scale industries that powered the growth of industrial capitalism, the growth of creative capitalism turns on knowledge, innovation, and talent. Growth and prosperity turn on a new model we term the 3Ts of economic development — talent, technology,and tolerance.
The Global Creativity Index 2015
This report presents the 2015 edition of the Global Creativity Index, or GCI. The GCI is a broad-based measure for advanced economic growth and sustainable prosperity based on the 3Ts of economic development — talent, technology, and tolerance. It rates and ranks 139 nations worldwide on each of these dimensions and on our overall measure of creativity and prosperity.Overall Ranking: Australia takes the number one ranking on the GCI, supplanting Sweden, which took top spot in the previous 2004 and 2011 editions. The United States is second (maintaining its previous ranking). New Zealand is third, Canada fourth (up three spots from its previous ranking), with Denmark and Finland tied for fifth. The rest of the top ten includes Sweden in seventh, Iceland eighth, Singapore ninth, and the Netherlands tenth.
MPI : Creativity, Clusters and the Competitive Advantage of Cities
The article marries Michael Porter’s industrial cluster theory of traded and local clusters to Richard Florida’s occupational approach of creative and routine workers to gain a better understanding of the process of economic development. By combining these two approaches, four major industrial - occupational categories are identified.
Michipreneur : Founder of Audible to Speak at CREATE: Detroit June 30th
This month a new idea festival for city buildings and urbanists will take place in Detroit. The inaugural CREATE: Detroit will feature several key speakers sharing best practices and ideas for how to build creative and more inclusive cities.
Carta Medellin : Medellin en un Planeta Citadino
Press release from the Mayor's Office in Medellin, Colombia.
Interview with Richard Florida after the Design Terminal event in Budapest.
The Huffington Post : Lessons From Other Cities at Detroit's Global City Forum
What lessons can we learn from Detroit's and other cities' struggles to remake themselves? That is the question that will be at the heart of CREATE: Detroit, the first of what will become an annual ideas fest. Hosted by the renowned urbanist Richard Florida and the Creative Class Group in partnership with Rock Ventures, Shinola, M1/DTW, and Planterra, the program will bring together city builders, city leaders, place makers and urbanists from across North America to share their insights and best practices for building and rebuilding more creative and inclusive cities.
Toronto Star : Gardiner stands between Toronto and a better future: Richard Florida
Keeping the Gardiner East up is a false solution for Toronto’s worsening traffic woes. Tearing it down, meanwhile, would create a world of opportunity.Taking down the Gardiner East is the most fiscally prudent and economically viable option available to the city, writes Richard Florida.
Crain's : City builders to gather for Create: Detroit ideas festival
Leading city builders and urbanists from around the world will gather in Detroit later this month to share ideas and best practices for how to build creative, inclusive cities. Create: Detroit, hosted by urban studies theorist Richard Florida, the director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, as well as Creative Class Group and presenting sponsor Detroit-based Rock Ventures LLC, is billed as an ideas festival.
Uniplan : Read : Richard Florida: The Creative City
In 2002, the American economist and sociologist Richard Florida published the book “The Rise of the Creative Class”, which became a bestseller. Florida made a close connection between the future development of cities and the development of the “creative class”: Cities will flourish if they are able to attract these rising stars of the 21st century and persuade them to be long-term residents.
Rock Ventures and Creative Class Group Partner to Bring CREATE: Detroit to Motown. As the city is rising and reurbanizing, Detroit will host the inaugural CREATE:Detroit, an ideas festival featuring leading city builders and urbanists from across the globe,to share best practices and ideas for how to build creative and more inclusive cities, on Tuesday, June 30 from 2:00-6:30 p.m. at the College for Creative Studies.
dbusiness : Inaugural CREATE: Detroit Festival to be held in Midtown in June
Detroit will host the inaugural CREATE: Detroit festival in June, an event intended to bring together city builders and municipal planning experts from around the nation to share best practices on how to build inclusive and creative urban districts.
The Huffington Post : A World-Class Global City-Building Forum: The First-Ever in Detroit
At the first annual Create: Detroit, by the Creative Class Group and sponsored by Rock Ventures, he will moderate panels with city-leaders, city-builders, place-makers, urbanists, and urban journalists from across North America, who will share what they've learned from their own ventures and observations in Miami, San Francisco, Toronto, New York, Las Vegas, and of course Detroit.
Beyond Luxury Media : 2015 Judes Panel
LE Miami, The Rebels 2015 brought to you by Travel+Leisure and the Miami Beach Edition. This year's shortlist will be drawn up by a group of creative class influencers, brought together by chairwoman, Rana Florida.
Beyond Luxury Media : The Creative Class Has Risen
The CEO and founder of The Creative Class Group, Rana and Richard Florida, on the ongoing evolution of the creative consumer; rebellious leadership; and the future of travel.
The September : Rana Florida Part 2 Books and Writing
Rana Florida discusses her latest book Upgrade.
Plan Estratégico de Burgos : Entrevista con el nº1 mundial en geografía urbana
Spanish interview with Richard Florida on the Great Reset and the development of cities.
Rana Florida profile. This globe-trotting innovator has many titles – CEO, Author, Editor, Cultural Curator – but one clear message: embrace risk and you will succeed.
Tourism is a major human activity in the modern age with significant impacts in many countries. Almost 1 billion people travel each year to a foreign destination and experience life in another place. Those who see tourists have a variety of feelings regarding the merits and problems associated with having strangers in their midst. Tourism is an important feature of life in many places in Mexico and a critical element in the economy of the country…
Constrained pathways to a creative urban economy
Creative occupations are now widely seen as a basis for urban economic prosperity. Yet the transitional pathways from a city’s current economy to a more creative economy are often difficult to discern or to navigate. Here we use a network perspective of occupational interdependencies to address questions of urban transitions to a creative economy. This perspective allows us to assess alternative pathways and to compare cities with regard to their progress along these pathways. We find that U.S. urban areas follow a general trajectory towards a creative economy that requires them to increasingly specialize, not only in creative occupations, but also in non-creative ones – presumably because certain non-creative occupations complement the tasks performed by related creative occupations. This secondary phenomenon creates a pull towards non-creative occupations that becomes ever stronger as a city moves more towards a creative economy. Thus, cities transitioning to more creative economies
SKIFT : How Startup Creative Communities Impact Urban Travel
SKIFT speaks with Florida after the Start Up City Miami event to hear how this urban disruption in downtown cores is impacting cities as tourism destinations, and how tourism bureaus can potentially shift their narrative to support them better.
In the 1990s, in the early days of the internet, the common prediction was that cities would become obsolete. New technologies would unshackle us from traditional work locations, allowing us to ‘telecommute’ from wherever we pleased. Twenty years later, not only are our largest cities generating the most and best new jobs, they are concentrated in very specific neighbourhoods depending on the industry.
Deloitte Magazine : Creativity for the new economy
For professor and journalist Richard Florida, the most restless people in the planet are building a new world. In this new world, excessive consumption and unrestrained use of natural resources are replaced by continual innovation. In this exclusive interview to Mundo Corporativo, he explains why creativity, innovation, and human development are crucial to keep thriving in the economy of the future.
Catalyst : A Creative Economy for the 21st Century
Catalyst asks Richard to share his insights on the ‘multiplier’ effect of the creative class and why local public officials should leverage arts and culture as policy tools for fostering unique and thriving communities from the ground up.
This month’s Hotlist introduction comes from Richard Florida, international bestselling author, professor and urbanist who amongst many other pursuits founded the Creative Class Group. He is an all-round global think tank genius.”Jenny Halpern Prince
Fast Company : 10 Ways To Run Your Startup Like The Smartest Presidential Campaign
Future presidents and CEOs are more alike than you'd think. Use these leadership secrets from contenders for the biggest startup of all, America.
Medellin Magazine : Nuestra Neuva Medellin
Medellin Magazine cover story on Richard and Rana Florida.
In Japan, there are many academics that point to the lack of further economic frontiers, and how advanced economies are no longer able to grow the real economy. Japan's Liberty Magazine interviews Richard Florida on his views of the econonomic impact of creativity, the "creative class", and what kind of education is needed to harness the power of creativity.
Segregated City: The Geography of Economic Segregation in America’s Metros
Americans have become increasingly sorted over the past couple of decades by income, education, and class. A large body of research has focused on the dual migrations of more affluent and skilled people and the less advantaged across the United States. Increasingly, Americans are sorting not just between cities and metro areas, but within them as well.
Insight: Canada’s Segregated Cities
Cities and metro areas around the world are experiencing an uptick in economic inequality and Canada is not immune. Yet the country’s three largest metros remain substantially less divided than their U.S. counterparts.Economic segregation—the separation of advantaged and disadvantage groups into separate enclaves—compounds this inequality, creating different levels of access to educational and economic resources for groups at the top, middle, and bottom of the economic ladder.
Rich or poor, the promise of social mobility always lay at the heart of the American Dream. But over the past two decades, many Americans have watched that dream slowly fade as the country becomes increasingly sorted by income, education, and class.Segregated City, a new Martin Prosperity Institute study by Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander, tracks the extent of economic segregation (the degree to which neighborhoods are made up of people of the same economic level) across America’s metropolitan areas. While most previous studies of economic segregation have focused exclusively on income, this study develops detailed measures of income, educational, and occupational segregation, which are then combined in an index of Overall Economic Segregation.Overall Economic Segregation
The Globe and Mail : Expert advice on building the city of the 21st century
The Globe and Mail has asked prominent urbanists, architects and scholars to tell us what things Canada’s mayors should be considering: the tools, policies and ideals that will build the city of the 21st century.
The Brooklyn Quarterly : Improving Cities: A Digital Roundtable
To explore what paths cities should forge in their 21st-century endeavors, The Brooklyn Quarterly‘s staffers and editors polled prominent experts on urban renewal, whose backgrounds range from public office to journalism to academia. We asked them: what one thing can change cities for the better in one generation? Their responses may foretell the future for many American cities.
The Huffington Post : Want World Peace? Focus on Two Simple Things.
Rana Florida believes that world peace can be achieved through two simple things; education and opportunity.
Fast Company : Unconventional Ideas For Using Empty Office Buildings
So much energy and space goes to waste after quitting time. 10 unconventional ideas for putting your office's off hours to use.
FIU and the Creative Class Group (CCG) founded by Richard Florida have joined forces to launch the FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative a project to harness creative and entrepreneurial forces that can help accelerate greater Miami’s transformation into a creative economy. The FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative will engage political business and cultural leaders faculty students alumni and the greater community in a dialogue on how creativity culture and design can drive a regional economy.
South Florida Business Journal : FIU and Richard Florida launch initiative to boost art, design jobs
Florida International University will work with bestselling author Richard Florida to research and start a discussion to help boost Miami jobs in art, design and other creative fields.
The New York Times : Is Life Better in America’s Red States?
In this op-ed Richard Florida examines the significant economic division between conservative “red states” and liberal “blue states.”
The Huffington Post : Holiday Out of Office Message
So from now until January 5, Please Do Not Disturb!
Fast Company : What Your Employees Really Want For The Holidays
Skip the gift cards. What your employees really want from you is to stress less.
Fundetec : Revista Para El Desarrollo De La Sociedad De La Informacion En Espana
Richard Florida Interview with Spanish digital magazine about technology and innovation, FUNDETEC.
Creative Living : Chasing originality, powering growth
An ever-growing group ofAmericans is proving vital toour society. Its members areeducated, employed in a varietyof industries, and engaged in alifestyle that values individuality,originality, and participation.They're steadfast in theirgoals, resolute in their attitudesand ideals, and just plain happywith the paths they've decidedto follow-so much so thatthey are reshaping commerceand communities.They are the "Creative Class".
Forbes : How The Suburbs Highlight The Divide Between America's Haves And Have-Nots
America’s great divide is not between poor cities and affluent suburbs; its great metropolitan areas are patchworks of concentrated advantage and concentrated disadvantage that stretch across both. Some of its suburbs are thriving; others are in a steep decline. In this new, fractured and divvied metropolitan geography, the traditional juxtaposition between “urban” and suburban” has lost much of its meaning.
Up in the Air: The Role of Airports for Regional Economic Development
Our research examines the role of airports in regional development. Specifically, we examine two things: (1) the factors associated with whether or not a metro will have an airport, and (2) the effect of airport activities on regional economic development. Based on multiple regression analysis for U.S. metros, our research generates four key findings. First, airports are more likely to be located in larger metros with higher shares of cultural workers and warmer winters. Second, airports add significantly to regional development measured as economic output per capita. Third, the effect of airports on regional development occurs through two channels—their capacity to move both people and cargo, with the former being somewhat more important. Fourth, the impact of airports on regional development varies with their size and scale.
The Huffington Post : Tech Giants' Freeze-Your-Eggs Policy Is Not Enough
The world's most innovative and creative organizations should be dreaming up new ways to establish a better work-life balance for all their employees. Instead of holding out a carrot on a stick for would-be mothers, they should be establishing best practices to keep them engaged, productive, and excited about work while they raise their families.
CATO Institute : An Urban Agenda for Economic Growth
America’s future can be even better than its past. But the key to getting there — to reigniting innovation, spurring long run prosperity and rebuilding our sagging middle class — lies in strengthening and empowering our system of cities, our greatest asset of all.
Toronto Star : Toronto is a divided city. Here's how to repair it
As the election night map reminds us, Toronto remains a deeply divided city.Acknowledging these problems is a step in the right direction, but it will take more than words to remedy these deep divides. Richard Florida weighs in.
The Huffington Post : Lessons from Kidpreneurs on Launching a Global Business
About 500,000 new U.S. companies are launched every month with over 11 million entrepreneurs. But how many are successful under the age of 10? Well, you've heard the saying "It's never too late." but for this trio of kidpreneurs, "It's never too early!"
Horizons : Floridas on Miami, Florida
During your Caribbean Cruise, you may dream of living in paradise, of packing it all up and escaping to the islands. While that's a great fantasy, the reality of trying to make a living makes it less attractive. But there's always Miami. No, really, Miami. It's a great place to live. Just ask Richard and Rana Florida, the power couple behind the Creative Class Group.
The Huffington Post : Great Ideas Are Worthless Without Strong Execution
Most people think a Great Idea -- a breakthrough discovery, a killer app -- will make them wealthy beyond their dreams. But successful entrepreneurs know that Great Ideas are a dime a dozen. True success lies in the execution. Given the choice between a great idea and a limited execution team or a mediocre idea and a brilliant execution team, most great business leaders would choose the latter.
Audi Urban Future Initiative Interview
In the interview with the Audi Urban Future Initiative Richard Florida talks about the future of cities and cars and outlines his ideal mobility scenario.
The Globe and Mail : How Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal became cities split by class
Just as our cities and urban centers are reviving, their growing class divisions threaten their further development in new and even more vexing ways.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ : Intelligenter und nachhaltiger planen
Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, Real Estate Days interview with Richard Florida on how can cities position themselves successfully?
HGTV : 5 Steps for a Halloween Party in a Pinch
HGTV.ca hostess extraordinaire Rana Florida shows you how to pull off a Halloween party practically overnight.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Spooktacularly Sophisticated
The end of October is a beautiful time of year, when the air is crisp and the foliage is at its spectacular peak. I can't think of a better time to gather with friends around a roaring fire.
Fast Company : Why You Should Brag About Your Failures
The notion of failing forward is key to success. From every failure lessons are learned, things are tweaked and fine-tuned.
The Tyee : Creative but Poor? Yep, the 'Creative Class' Has Its Class Divide
Renowned urbanist Richard Florida sat down with The Tyee's Geoff Dembicki for a conversation about whether 'creatives' are driving the new economy or falling behind.
CBC News : Vancouver needs more density says urban theorist Richard Florida
Vancouver is growing more divided as blue collar workers are priced out of the urban core, says author
Jacobin Magazine : The Creativity Bubble
Richard Florida chats about KarlKautsky, Karl Marx, and other urbancreative types.
Fast Company : The Case For On-Site Day Care
Working mothers (and fathers) are making significant contributions to the U.S. economy and the companies that employ them, but they are doing so without the support that they need. Flex-time and other pro-family policies are not simply a “nice” thing that businesses can do for their employees. They make business sense too, as they reduce employee turnover.
Next City : Looking Beyond the Maps of Richard Florida’s “The Divided City”
The Martin Prosperity Institute, urban guru Richard Florida’s think tank, released a report full of maps offering a new lens to look at cities through. “The Divided City and the Shape of the New Metropolis” uses census data to highlight residential neighborhoods in U.S. by class.
San Francisco Chronicle : S.F.’s dilemma: boom is pushing out those who make it desirable
San Francisco is one of the most innovative and creative places on the planet. But the very forces that are making San Francisco boom are also dividing it.
The Washington Post : Mapped: How the ‘creative class’ is dividing U.S. cities
A new analysis from Richard Florida on how the creative class is dividing cities.
The Divided City : And the Shape of the New Metropolis
A new report released today by Richard Florida and the Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI) at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, finds America's cities and metro areas to be strikingly divided by class. The report, released to the City Lab Conference of Mayors and City Leaders in Los Angeles, maps the stark class divisions within 12 of America's largest cities and metro areas. Americans, it finds, are not only separated by income and race, but by socio-economic class.
The Huffington Post : The Politics of Fashion | The Fashion of Politics (VIDEO)
Fashion and politics may be strange bedfellows, but they definitely go together. Rana Florida interviews Shauna Levy, the President of the Design Exchange and Frank Toskan, co-founder of MAC Cosmetics and talks about the Design Exchange annual party.
The Tyee : 'Innovation' Is Everywhere, But What Does It Mean?
Two of its leading prophets, Richard Florida and Ray Kurzweil, to give their definition at the Simon Frser University, Vancouver Oct. 22 event.
TwinCities.com : Richard Florida: Want to deplete your tax base? Play the incentives game
The reality is that incentives play little if any role in companies' location decisions, which are based on more fundamental factors like labor costs, the quality of the workforce, proximity to markets and access to suppliers.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Cozy Autumn Dinners
As summer slipped away this week, the air is crisp and the leaves are falling, it's the perfect time of year to entertain at home with friends over some hearty and delicious comfort foods.Entertaining doesn't have to be timely, expensive or fancy. Here are 10 tips to keep it simple yet sophisticated this season. And watch Creative Entertaining: Dinner at the Farm for more suggestions.
Knight Foundation Knight Blog : Richard Florida on driving success in cities
Knight Cities Challenge offers applicants a chance to share in $5 million by focusing on the question: "What’s your best idea to make cities more successful?” The contest will test the most innovative ideas in talent, opportunity and engagement in one or more of 26 Knight Foundation communities. Richard Florida writes about talent as a driver of city success.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette : Stop the corporate extortion
‘Job creators’ wring tax breaks from states at the expense of everyone else.
The Huffington Post : How to Run Your Business Like a Rock Star
Bands and startups have a lot in common. Sleepless nights, fueled on caffeine and adrenaline, they both have a lot at stake and chances are they've sacrificed a lot to get to where they are. Success in a hyper competitive marketplace relies on a number of strategic factors. Here are 15 simple tips to ensure your startup is a number one hit.
Class is an inescapable presence in America, one that influences almost every aspect of our lives—from our education and employment to our income, our politics, and even our health. Class increasingly divides America’s cities and metros as well.
The Clever Life : Upgrade on the Go : Rana Florida Shares 8 Things That Make Her Smarter
Rana wants to upgrade you. As CEO of The Creative Class Group and author of the best-seller “Upgrade, Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary“, Rana Florida knows how to pump originality into the every day. She’s upgraded business development, marketing and global operations for the likes of BMW, Converse and Johnson & Johnson. Today she shares 8 things that make her smarter, from jet-setting iPhone apps to her favorite wireless gadgets.
LA Times : Want to deplete your tax base? Give 'job creators' what they want
Virtually all of the published research on the subject shows that most economic development incentives are a senseless waste of taxpayer money. My own analysis found no connection between incentive dollars spent per capita and such measures of economic success as wages, incomes, human capital levels or unemployment.It's time to put an end to incentive madness once and for all.
Fashion Magazine : Rana Florida
As CEO of the consulting firm Creative Class Group and author, Rana Florida thinks outside the business attire box.
The Huffington Post : How to Scale Your Business, Make a Profit and Do Good (VIDEO)
Starting with just $150,000 in venture capital and a $50,000 line of credit, Warby Parker has emerged as a fashion giant, selling over a million pairs of designer eyeglasses. More than that, it's made the world a better place, donating an equal number of eyeglasses to needy people in the developing world while maintaining a net zero carbon footprint -- and earning a substantial profit for its investors. I sat down with co-founders Neil Blumenthal and David Gilboa in their New York headquarters and talked to them about start-ups, risk-taking, collaboration, creativity, and entrepreneurialism.
Insight: Canada’s Divided Cities
Class is more than a socio-economic construct; its divides are inscribed on the geography of cities and metro areas.Just as the rise of the knowledge economy has created a job market that is split between high wage knowledge jobs and lower wage service jobs, middle class neighborhoods have been hollowed out as the geography of cities and metropolitan areas has become increasingly divided between rich and poor neighborhoods. Recent research shows that Canada’s major metro areas, notably Toronto and Vancouver, have fallen victim to these urban class divides.
The Huffington Post : The Drum Beat of Success (VIDEO with Sheila E.)
Rana Florida's video interview with Musical legend Sheila E.
The Divided City and the Shape of the New Metropolis
Class is an inescapable presence in America, one that influences almost every aspect of our lives—from our education and employment to our income, our politics, and even our health.Class is also inscribed on our very geography.
The Huffington Post : 10 Steps to Getting a Raise
If you are afraid to ask for a raise, you are not alone. Most people, no matter how self-confident they are, feel quite anxious about this issue. But good work should be rewarded and most companies know that great talent is hard to come by and turn over costs are expensive. If you're doing an outstanding job, your bosses will do what it takes to keep you. All that you need is a plan. Here's one you can carry out in ten easy steps.
The Huffington Post : The Creative Class with Legendary Music Producer, Bob Ezrin
The Creative Class video series celebrates innovative creators across disciplines. This week features Bob Ezrin, one of the most commercially successful producers of all time. He's worked with many of the world's most important contemporary artists including: Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, U2, Peter Gabriel, Deep Purple, KISS, Jay-Z, Julian Lennon, Nine Inch Nails, Taylor Swift, K'naan, will.i.am, Elton John, Lou Reed, Rod Stewart and many others.
The Huffington Post : Taking it to the Streets - Walking Meetings Are All The Rage
We all need to change our mindset and get up off our behinds. Whether your office is in a suburban industrial park, an urban skyscraper, or in your own home, it's slowly but surely killing you. Be sure to schedule your next meeting as a walking one.
Sage Journals Economic Development Quarterly : Most-Read Articles during July 2014
Richard Florida's The Creative Class and Economic Development most read article during July 2014.
The Huffington Post : Essential Rules to Being a House Guest
August is the most popular month for summer vacations, and if you are lucky, you have some friends who will invite you to visit them at their beach house, their mountain cabin, or their lakeside get-away. Before you accept their invitation, please make sure you've mastered these simple rules for house-guest etiquette, especially if you want to increase your chances of being invited again next year.
The Huffington Post : The Creative Class with Paddle8: Tips for Launching a Successful Startup
In just three short years Paddle8 an innovative marketplace infusing technology and art has held hundreds auctions with over $100MM in bidding activity and raising over $25MM for charities. This Creative Class video features CEO and Cofounder Aditya Julka about what it takes to launch a successful startup.
The Wall Street Journal, Market Watch : A shorter workweek may make you a better worker
Working a shorter week would likely make most people feel happier and even more productive, experts say. But research suggests it may also help boost employment rates.
TDN Tendencias de Negocio : Richard Florida “ La Creatividad Dirige El Crecimiento Economico
Interview with TDN Tendencias de Negocio, Spanish magazine for CEOs.
Next City : Richard Florida’s New NYU Course Aims to Put a Blue Collar on the Creative Class
A discussion at New York University titled “Onramps of Opportunity: Building a Creative + Inclusive New York,” the preeminent voice of the knowledge economy, Richard Florida, tackled this disconnect with an announcement of a new certificate course, the Initiative for Creativity and Innovation in Cities at the NYU School of Professional Studies.
Capital : Invoking Jacobs, Stringer and Florida talk urban innovation
City comptroller Scott Stringer and urban thought leader Richard Florida gave back-to-back speeches on the future of New York City. The pair spoke at Onramps of Opportunity: Building a Creative + Inclusive New York, an event co-sponsored by Stringer's office and N.Y.U.'s School of Professional Studies Initiative for Creativity and Innovation in Cities.
The Transition Network : Career Pathways: Summer Reading: Plan Your Next Strategy
In 2013 a number of books were published regarding the latest thinking in career strategies. Annabelle Reitman selected a variety of resources that can be helpful whether you are considering a career move/shift, in the midst of a career transition, or thinking of retirement.
Economic Development Quarterly : The Creative Class and Economic Development
The Rise of the Creative Class, which was originally published in 2002, has generated widespread conversation and debate and has had a considerable impact on economic development policy and practice. This essay briefly recaps the key tenants of the creative class theory of economic development, discusses the key issues in the debate over it, and assesses its impacts on economic development policy.
Essential Books To Change Your Life Book Reviews by Chris Crispy Garrah
Upgrade book review by Chris Crispy Garrah.
A Luxury Travel Blog : Interview with Rana Florida, CEO of the Creative Class Group
Paul Johnson interviews Upgrade author, Rana Florida.
The Huffington Post : The Creative Class With Peter Marino
This Creative Class show features Peter Marino, an internationally acclaimed architect working in commercial, cultural and residential architecture helping to redefine the modern luxury world.
NY Daily News : How to create good new NYC jobs for all
Since the worst of the recession, New York City has gained back the jobs it lost and then some, surpassing its all-time high of over 4 million private-sector jobs by more than 5%. This is a resurgence to be sure, but it is a disappointingly uneven one.In short, the road to opportunity remains closed for far too many New Yorkers.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Game, Set, Match!
The world's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament, Wimbledon kicked off this week gathering the world's all stars. While 15,000 spectators will gather in Center Court at the All England Club almost 400 million people around the world are expected to tune from home. So whether you're cheering for last year's reigning British champ or this year's French Open winner, what better time to don your tennis whites and host a viewing party for friends and family?
Why Invest in Design? Insights from Industry Leaders
Design is playing an increasingly vital role in innovation, competitiveness and the determination of economic value. However, assessing the impact of design or isolating the design factor can be a challenge for a number of reasons. Design is an enabling discipline, and designers working with professionals from other disciplines add value to the process and to the end result. Design is also a crucial factor in many activities that successful organizations do well, from innovation and new product development, to operations and human resource management, to communications and branding. And like most serious organizational strategies, design is not a quick fix. It requires investment over time and commitment from organizational leaders in order to deliver significant returns.
Forbes Russia : Recommended Reading
Rana Florida's best-seller Upgrade is recommended reading in Forbes Russia.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Grilling the Perfect Steak
Steak on the outdoor grill: It's the iconic summer meal, and doing it to perfection is an art that every man must master. This video shows him how. Old myths are shattered as he learns how to ensure a seared outside--with perfect grill marks--and a tender and juicy inside. From choosing the right cut to letting the meat rest, Creative Entertaining makes it easy to get this classic dish just right.
The Huffington Post : Going Green With Catie Marron
Rana Florida's interview with Catie Marron.
Prologue Lifestyle : Rana Florida on Upgrading Your Work and Life
Interview with Prologues' Elham AyoubZadeh and Rana Florida about her new book Upgrade.
The Huffington Post : An Urban Agenda at the United Nations
Richard Florida addressed the United Nations at the United Nations Economic and Social Council recently. Watch the conversation on sustainable urbanization.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Cooking with Kids
Running out of ideas for keeping your kids occupied this summer? This video shows you how to set up a cooking play date that lets kids do the creating while you stealthily impart lessons on nutrition, working together, safety in the kitchen, even how to adapt a recipe. Cooking with kids is not only the best kind of teachable moment for all sorts of life-lessons; it's also more fun than any adult deserves to have.
Revista Lideres : Lecturas Recomendadas
Recommended reading in Revista Lideres, Ecuador's leading newspaper on business and economics.
The Huffington Post : Top 10 Travel Tips for Entrepreneurs
Whether it's to meet suppliers or vendors, to analyze the customer base, assess the competition, or attend forums and events, entrepreneurs know that in order to succeed, they must travel. But when too much work, too many client presentations, and too many other needs all demand your attention at once, the added stress of dealing with the minutiae of travel logistics can hinder that very success. Here are my top 10 travel tips.
Rana Florida's latest book Upgrade, review in Ecuador's Revista Lideres.
The Huffington Post : A Message to the City Builders of Tomorrow
Richard Florida had the honor of returning to his undergraduate alma mater, Rutgers University, to address the newly minted graduates of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, who will be some of the leaders of this epochal undertaking. He shared a few of his stories about Rutgers with them, and about the importance of finding your passion and forging your own course through life. He'd like to share them with you as well.
The Huffington Post : Get Rich in Time
Time is more important than money and possessions. It's the one thing you can never get back and something you can't buy, barter, or borrow. Once it's gone, it's gone for good. Those who succeed protect their time fiercely and selfishly.
Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Commencement Speech
Richard Florida gives the commencement speech at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers.
NY Daily News : Tech returns to its NYC roots
The talent that fled to suburban nerdistans is returning to the cities.
YouInc : Seat 3A: Rana Florida, CEO, Creative Class Group
Entrepreneurs are natural-born travelers and Seat 3A takes you along for the globe-trotting ride, delivering travel tips, insights and candid photos from self-made men and women.
The Huffington Post : It's Fiesta Time!
Today is the fifth of May and that means Cinco de Mayo gatherings are in full swing. The day, to commemorate the freedom and democracy during the beginning of the American Civil War is now observed as a celebration of Mexican culture and hertigage. No other theme is more vibrant and festive. Transform any space into a Mexican sala de fiesta. Here are some creative tips to host your own Cinco de Mayo fete.
CityScape Magazine : High Tech Miami
Opportunity for real estate’s early adopters: Cityscape looks at how hightech entrepreneurship is likely to spur a wave of luxury residential andcommercial development in Florida’s popular beach destination.
Phoenix Focus : Five ways to kill your career success
Who needs enemies when you’ve got yourself? If it ever seems impossible to achieve a professional goal that should be well within your grasp—whether it’s a plum assignment, promotion or the corner office—you may be committing career self-sabotage without even realizing it. For every blown deadline or botched job interview, it’s easy to be unaware that you’re hitting the self-destruct button.Here are five common ways we sabotage our careers—and how you can finally get out of your own way.
Royal Carribean's Horizons : Start-Up City
The entrepreneurial economy: creative innovation as a by-product of an urban ecosystem.
From Border Barriers to Bi-National Promise
We set out to understand theeconomic and social/cultural challenges posed by excessive borderfriction between the U.S. and Mexico, to reframe the narrative about the border, demonstratinghow it can be utilized to promote economic and cultural development,and to offer a set of concrete recommendations for improvements,among them.
The Huffington Post : 5 Things Entrepreneurs Need From Their Cities
Every city hopes to attract the next Facebook, Google, Instagram or Twitter. To lure such entrepreneurial startups, they follow the same route that city leaders of their grandparents' generation did -- cutting taxes, easing regulations, and in general trying to create a business-friendly climate. But what are entrepreneurs really looking for in a city?
The Huffington Post : Simple Solutions to Serious Problems
It is a mindset--nimble, adaptive, and outside-the-universe--that has transformed an entire city, shifting Medellin, Colombia's status from the 'World's Most Dangerous City' to the 'World's Most Innovative City.'
My Best Address Book : Toronto by Rana Florida
Rana is the author of the best-seller Upgrade, Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary. Discover now her best addresses in Toronto.
Business Management : At Zappos, it’s all fun and business
Excerpt adapted from Rana Florida's book Upgrade on Tony Hsieh at Zappos.
This paper examines the geographic variation in wage inequality and income inequality across US metros. The findings indicate that the two are quite different. Wage inequality is closely associated with skills, human capital,technology and metro size, in line with the literature, but these factors are only weakly associated with income inequality. Furthermore, wage inequality explains only 15% of income inequality across metros. Income inequality is more closely associatedwith unionization, race and poverty. No relationship is found between income inequality and average incomes and only a modest relationship between it and the percentage of high-income households.
The Huffington Post : First Lady Michelle Obama Gets Down and Dirty on Leadership
Rana Florida interviews First Lady Michelle Obama to ask her some important questions about leadership, collaboration and the balancing act of family, work and life. Her answers and insights reinforce her determination to get the job done.
The Huffington Post : Top Tips for Start-ups From Successful Entrepreneurs
The second annual Start-Up City: Miami event, sponsored by The Atlantic, The Atlantic Cities, the Knight Foundation and the Creative Class Group convened venture capitalists, leading thinkers, and start-up founders yesterday to discuss entrepreneurialism and to share tips and expertise on successful startups.
Startup City: The Urban Shift in Venture Capital and High Technology
High tech startups are taking an urban turn. Manhattan and Brooklyn, downtown San Francisco, and Santa Monica are all becoming tech hubs. This is a new development. While large urban centers have historically been sources of venture capital, the high tech startups they funded were mainly, if not exclusively, located in suburban campuses in California’s Silicon Valley, Boston’s Route 128 corridor, the Research Triangle of North Carolina, and in the suburbs of Austin and Seattle. But high tech development, startup activity, and venture investment have recently begun to shift to urban centers and also to close-in, mixed-use, transit-oriented walkable suburbs. This report, which is based on unique data from the National Venture Capital Association, Thompson Reuters and Dow Jones, examines this emergent urban shift in high tech startup activity and venture capital investment.
MPI : Startup City: The Urban Shift in Venture Capital and High Technology
High tech startups are taking an urban turn. This is a new development. While large urban centers have historically been sources of venture capital, the high tech startups they funded were mainly, if not exclusively, located in suburban campuses in California’s Silicon Valley, Boston’s Route 128 corridor, the Research Triangle of North Carolina, and in the suburbs of Austin and Seattle. But high tech development, startup activity, and venture investment have recently begun to shift to urban centers and also to close-in, mixed-use, transit-oriented walkable suburbs. This report, which is based on unique data from the National Venture Capital Association, Thompson Reuters and Dow Jones, examines this emergent urban shift in high tech startup activity and venture capital investment.
Richard Florida, spoke at Populus 2014 Friday at the State Theatre in Downtown Kalamazoo. Populus is a one-day event focused on helping change policy making and decision making in communities.
The Business Times : Creative cities in a spiky world
Rapidly growing Asia will be better served by a system of cities – not adominant city, but many competitive cities.
Miami Herald : Q&A with Richard Florida on Miami's tech hub movement, upcoming Start-Up City: Miami
Back for a second year, Start-Up City: Miami, presented by The Atlantic and The Atlantic Cities, will explore the national urban tech revolution and its impact on South Florida. The Miami Herald spoke with Florida last year about his views on building a tech hub here, and they decided to find out how he thinks Miami is doing now. They also wanted to get the lowdown on Start-Up City (Version 2.0).
Leap Into the Lake : Book Review: Upgrade
Eva Doyle's review of Rana Florida's latest book, Upgrade.
Rana Florida's recent book, Upgrade, brings perspective to the growth hack fix. Upgrade suggests that if technology entrepreneurs don’t change the way they view growth and success, a “growth hack” can only have so much impact.
The Huffington Post : Miami, The Start-Up City
Miami needs to invest in developing its talent, keeping its talent and attracting new talent. It needs to be a place to spur new inventions, discoveries and ideas. And it is in that spirt in which we launched, Start-Up City: Miami in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Atlantic Cities and the Creative Class Group.
The Globe and Mail : Richard Florida’s 10 rules for a city’s ‘quality of place’
The Globe and Mail asks Richard Florida to pinpoint the most crucial principles for building a better city.
The Mega-Regions of North America
Cities have always been the natural economic units of the world. But over the past several decades, clusters of cities and city regions have grown outward and into each other, forming mega-regions. More than just a collection of cities or one giant city, a mega-region is greater than the sum of its parts.
Business Today : Book Review : 'Upgrade'
Consultant Rana Florida shows you how to live the first-best life you want, stop living in a state of "managed dissatisfaction" and "upgrade" your life by doing what you love.
The Huffington Post : Made In Detroit
Detroit's fall from grace--from its ruins porn to its obesity rankings, from its crime rate to its bankruptcy--has all been exposed in the lurid glare of publicity. But I am constantly defending the Motor City. No campaign has captured the spirit and soul of the everyday people who live and work in the city --until, that is, the Detroit-based watch, bicycle, and leather goods manufacturing company Shinola choose the legendary photographer Bruce Weber to capture the essence of the city for it's newest campaign.
Denver Business Journal : Richard Florida pegs Denver as part of 'urban revolution'
Denver is a perfect example of how the post-Great Recession economy works through an "urban revolution" that brings creative people close together, taking advantage of economies of scale, bestselling author Richard Florida recently said at the Rocky Mountain City Summit in Denver.
The Huffington Post : Girl Up!
March 8th marks International Women's Day, a time to celebrate the tremendous gains that women have achieved, whether in access to reproductive health care and education or in their increasing visibility in the executive suites of corporations and at the top levels of governments. But it's also a day to acknowledge how much still needs to be done.
The Huffington Post : What's the Fat Problem With Girls?
e should all be advocating for a healthy lifestyle, with a good diet and sufficient exercise. Obesity is a serious health issue that should not be celebrated or accepted. It is not okay to teach young woman to be comfortable with a lifestyle that can lead to the second leading cause of preventable death in the US today.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Host an Oscar Party
In this latest Creative Entertaining, you can find some easy tips to make your own Oscar celebration a winner.
Your Year of Transformation.com : Upgrade!
Review of Rana Florida's latest book Upgrade by Power Coach, Kim DuBrul.
The Huffington Post : MBAs are for Managers, Not Entrepreneurs
The MBA used to be a pre-requisite for a corporate job, a ticket to a high salary, more or less for life. But our economy has shifted; corporate loyalty has waned and those once coveted jobs, are both harder to come by and far less secure. The MBA remains more or less the same but a new kind of MBA is required to prepare students for these new volatile, uncertain economic currents. The emphasis needs to be less on getting a job and more on creating jobs for yourself and others.
Forbes : Richard Florida: Economic Trends All Entrepreneurs Should Follow
In the following interview, Florida talks about the latest workplace and economic trends affecting business owners and employees, the impact of technology and automation, why we need a new social compact and gives his best career advice.
The Huffington Post : All the Single Ladies: 10 Great Tips for a Red Hot Valentine's Day
This Creative Entertaining video suggests some different ways you can show some love, whether you're single, married, or dating this Red Hot Valentine's Day.
The Globe and Mail : Urban workers need more pay
The Ontario government was right to raise its minimum wage, and to introduce legislation that would peg future increases to inflation. But the new legislation should also take into account the significant differences in costs of living across the province. It should include provisions to index the minimum wage on a geographic basis.
Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute : The global thought leaders 2013
Who are the thought leaders shaping today's discourse on the future of society and the economy? Whose ideas are defining and changing our lives? GDI has measured the influence of the world's most important thinkers and presents the "Global Thought Leader Map".
The Huffington Post : Host a Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Party
This latest Creative Entertaining video suggests some fun ideas to add to the fun of the 2014 Winter Olympic games.
Business Update : Review of Upgrade
Live the first-best life you want, stop living in a state of "managed dissatisfaction" and "upgrade" your life by doing what you love.
Kaleidoscope City: Reflections on Planning and London : A Divided City in a Divided World
London has emerged from nearly a century of British decline to take its place at the very apex of global capitalism cannot be denied. In an era in which cities have become the principle organizing units of the global economy, London stands head andshoulders above all but a handful of its urban peers.3 New investments have turned East London’s Tech City into a centre of start-up and venture capital activity. Talent has the most expensive places on the planet to live.
CBC News : Rethinking the home ownership dream
Buying a home today may not be the life-long investment it has been in the past.
The Huffington Post : Host a Winning Super Bowl Party
In this latest Creative Entertaining video, here are a few suggested ways to throw your own Super Bowl party at home.
The Huffington Post : Host An Award Winning Grammy Party
As thousands of industry execs and hundreds of headliners gather at the Staples Center in Los Angeles this Sunday evening for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, over 26 million of us will be tuning in. What better time to host a viewing party for friends and family? In this latest Creative Entertaining video, here are some simple tips to make this star studded affair shine at home.
Demos Quarterly : Europe in the creative age, revisited
The rise of the ‘creative class’ as the motor of economic growth means that countries which promote technology, talent and tolerance will do best. Will this lead to higher inequality? Not necessarily argues Richard Florida.
Class Career Girl : Upgrade Your Work From Ordinary to Extraordinary with Rana Florida
Anna Runyan of Classy Career Girl interviews Rana Florida, the author of Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary.
The Huffington Post : Art in the Jungle
The Institute for Human Activities is a research project that is located on a tributary of the Congo River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo hoping to create an international arts center and call attention to and study the gap that exists between the benefits that art production confers on the places where it is created and on the big global cities.
360 Magazine : Spotlight, a brief on movers and shakers
The best seller Upgrade gathers the best practices from CEO's,business executives, entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and creative leaders.
The Huffington Post : It's Time to Get Rid of all Bosses
Zappos, the Internet shoe retailer is eliminating job titles, replacing their traditional corporate bureaucracy with a holocracy, an organization that revolves around the work that needs to be done rather than the people who do it. The goal of team members and colleagues is to add value, skills and expertise. Managers can and should enable and even unleash their people, but they cannot control them.
Business Learning Solutions : Optimise your life!
In her book ‘Upgrade’ the author Rana Florida puts forward seven key principles for leading a successful life.
The Huffington Post : 10 Ways We Can Shape Up Together in the New Year
In this New Year, we need to change our diets and the ways we think about and consume food. But to get there, it has to be a community effort. Here are 10 ways we can all work together to create a fitter, healthier society.
Elle Canada : Sketch Out Your Career
Rana Florida, in her book Upgrade, if you can't communicate your vision for your life through words, draw a picture. Draw your house, draw your office, draw who you'd like to be working or living with.
Skift : How Le Méridien Hotels Pivoted to Attract the Global Creative Class
The eight-part film series called “Unlock Art,” developed by London’s Tate Museum in collaboration with Le Méridien Hotels explains the historical and commercial precedents for contemporary art’s development with a whimsical, plain-speak delivery, offering a surprisingly in depth yet easily digestible overview of modern art.
getAbstract recommends Rana Florida's Upgrade and her insights to those seeking to make positive life choices.
Barcelona Metropolis : Barcelona can offer everyone a creative environment
“For a place to harness creativity, it must be open to the creativity of all. Not just techies or the creative class, but everyone,” argues Richard Florida. For the author of The Rise of the Creative Class, openness is a key factor in a city’s economic growth.
Toronto Star : Bring on the jets at the island airport:Richard Florida
Richard Florida discusses how the benefits of having and expanding Toronto’s island airport far exceed the costs.
Business Traveller : Books You Should Read
Business Traveller suggests Rana's Florida's Upgrade as one of its books you should read.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Dress Up Your Holidays
Hosting a holiday gathering doesn't have to be about gourmet food and razzle-dazzle decorations. Sometimes simpler is more stylish -- and it's the most in keeping with the spirit of the season. Here are a few ideas and suggestions to help you host the perfect holiday gathering.
South China Morning Post : Freedom of expression key in Hong Kong's race to the top: US scholar
Richard Florida recently spoke at the Business of Design Week 2013 event in Hong Kong hosted by the Hong Kong Design Centre. He says allowing people the right to be themselves will improve Hong Kong's economy.
So Much More: The Economic Impact of the Toronto Public Library on the City of Toronto
The results of Toronto Public Library’s economic impact study clearly demonstrate that Toronto Public Library delivers a strong Return on Investment, through the delivery of library services that enhance Toronto’s competitiveness and prosperity and contribute to a better quality of life for all. This study is the first Canadian public library study to measure in concrete economic terms the Return on Investment for library service.
Rana Florida's UPGRADE Named a Hardcover Best Seller by the Tattered Cover.
New York Times : 'Federations of Neighborhoods'
For most of history, people lived in the same locations from birth until death; their lives revolved around their large extended families. Nowadays, Americans are much less likely to stay put for life – just as it’s less likely that they will have one job for life. In Jane Jacobs’s words, they are “federations of neighborhoods,” where virtually everyone, no matter their age, ethnicity, religion, level of education, sexual orientation or income, can find a niche where they feel welcome and comfortable.
The Huffington Post : Don't Think Outside the Box; Think Outside the Universe
More than half of all startups fail within five years. And it is a well-known fact that failure is constant in entrepreneurship. The fashion business is highly competitive; so how do women's clothing designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong of the fashion label Greta Constantine ensure success? "Think global but always act like a startup." Their company got off the ground in 2006 and can be found in far-flung locales such as Dubai, Paris, London, Moscow and Madrid.
McKinsey & Company : Building the creative economy: An interview with Richard Florida
The academic and author explains how creative companies and the venture capital that drives them are increasingly flowing to cities, and what that means for economic and societal development.
Metropolis Magazine : The Year in Review
What are the most important buildings, products, or events of 2013 that have ramifications for the future?
Certified General Accountants Magazine : Must Read
Rana Florida's Upgrade a Must Read.
Vietnam News : Upgrade Taking Your Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary
Many people compromise their standards and settle for a life of second-best. In her new book Upgrade, consultant Rana Florida shows you how to live the first-best life you want, stop living ina state of “managed dissatisfaction” and “upgrade” your life by doing what you love.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Gobble Gobble
The traditional of Thanksgiving dinner has been celebrated since 1863. The annual feast may be fun for the guests, who get to kick back and watch the game on TV, but for the host who is preparing the turkey, the stuffing, and all the fixings, the day can seem like an endless chore. But even though the idea of planning, designing, buying, cooking, and serving may seem overwhelming, it doesn't have to be.
The Huffington Post : Buy Experiences, Not Stuff This Holiday Season
The frenzy of the shopping season kicks off this week, with up to 140 million people shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend from Thursday through Sunday, according to Forbes.No matter how much or how little you're planning to spend this year, I'm urging you to buy experiences rather than things. As I wrote in my book, Upgrade, most of us have more possessions than we need or want anyway.
The Winnipeg Free Press : Think Tank How to Build a Creative City
Talent, technology and tolerance are the key ingredients in a creative city.
Bal Harbour Magazine : Rana Florida's Creative Class
Rana Florida in her book Upgrade shows readers how we all have choices to make in our everyday lives, and how we can transform our experience by envisioning the future we want and going after it.
Place Makers : Richard Florida on Technology, Talent, and Tolerance
Richard Florida recently spoke for the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce.Technology, talent and tolerance are essential to fostering creative cultures. When we talk about the creative class, we aren’t talking about some rarified, exclusive group of people. Every human is creative. Creative cultures stoke that fire.
The Huffington Post : Visitors Guide to Miami Beyond Art Basel
When visitors have taken in all the art they, what else is there to do in Miami Beach during Art Basel? Here are Rana Florida's favorites.
Dream Believe Write : Review of Upgrade by Rana Florida
In this groundbreaking book Upgrade, Rana Florida, drawing on her years of experience working in collaboration with top global companies, offers readers the tools they need to achieve unimagined success in work and in life.
The Huffington Post : 10 Ways to Upgrade Holiday Travel
Air travel can be a nightmare under the best of circumstances and the busiest travel day of the year is just weeks away. Here are 10 simple things that they can do now to make our journeys a little more comfortable and sane.
Politico Magazine : Welcome To Blueburbia
America’s landscape has changed in fundamental ways, with powerful implications for its politics.
Deepbody Magazine : Book Review
Latest review of Rana Florida's new book, Upgrade in Deepbody Magazine. Florida tackles the future of our careers and expertise, leading them to a fulfilled, confident and involved future.
Thinkers 50 : Thinkers50 Scanning, ranking and sharing the best management ideas in the world
Richard Florida named one of Thinkers50 top thinkers.
The Globe and Mail : Toronto’s problem has grown beyond its mayor
Rob Ford will soon be gone. But even more important than who replaces him will be how soon and how thoroughly we can remake the office of the mayor. Canada’s strictly regulated banks have shown the world that government has a key role to play in the new economy. With a new city charter and a growth model for the 21st century, Toronto can set a new standard for municipal governance.
Urban Toronto : Richard Florida looks for Intelligent Action to Address Challenges
Urban Toronto highlights talk by Richard Florida, given before an audience of city builders and luminaries in Desautels Hall at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. The lecture, one of a series presented by the School of Public Policy & Governance in partnership with the Martin Prosperity Institute was entitled Big City, Big Ideas: Why Creativity is the New Economy.
Microsoft Dynamics : Upgrade your work & life to extraordinary
Ken Thoreson reviews Rana Florida's latest book, Upgrade. "This is a good motivational read with tips and quotes that can change the way you live your life and Upgrade your life to the Extraordinary!"
Rana Florida's new book, Upgrade, talks about taking your work and life from ordinary to extraordinary.
Washington Monthly : The Living-in-the-Basement Generation
According to new research by the Social Science Research Council’s Measure of America project, for our nation’s 5.8 million “disconnected youth”—the one in seven Americans between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four who are neither working nor enrolled in school. This cohort, whose numbers were stable for a decade, surged by 800,000 after the Great Recession and includes not only children from poor and minority families but significant numbers of white, middle-class youth as well.
She Knows Parenting : Make room for a new kind of working mom
Interview with Rana Florida. In her new book Upgrade, she discusses why the work force needs to change to accommodate accomplished and determined mothers who merely need flexibility and understanding in order to live the kind of life they want while raising a family and still working. Too much to ask? Impossible to have it all? Not necessarily.
The Huffington Post : Women Divided
While there's no doubt that some women are on the rise, the majority of us are still struggling to be valued professionally, financially, politically, and culturally, around the world and here at home. Whether it's our fault or not, it's time to ban together, stand up or take the driver's seat and fix this.
Praxis Strategic : Are you steering or in steerage?
Upgrade: Taking your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary by Rana Florida McGraw-Hill 2013 review and author interview by Donald Officer and Kelly Okamura.
David Hershkovits of Paper Magazine interviews Rana Florida on her new book, Upgrade.
The Globe and Mail : Finding your passion, after hours
Rana Florida's book, Upgrade rises above the somewhat-predictable list of seven key principles, thanks to her inquiring mind, diverse background, interviews with fascinating people, solid research, and honest, practical approach.
It’s time for an upgrade. In Rana Florida’s latest book, she outlines what she considers to be the new imperative- integration of business and personal life strategies to improve the quality of our lives. In a recent interview with Rana, she shared her motivation for writing this book and the inspiration and insights drawn from the leaders she interviewed.
The Wall Street Journal : As Creative Class Flocks to Cities, Corporations Follow
Cities are playing a greater role than expected in corporate innovation. Even as technology has enabled a more mobile workforce to find more bucolic settings, the workers most responsible for this kind of development are choosing to live and work in densely populated places such as New York and San Francisco.
New York Women in Communications : Twitter Chat Series - Habits of Successful Women
Join us for our next Twitter chat Tuesday, October 8 from 8-9 PM EST with Rana Florida, CEO, Creative Class Group, @RanaFlorida. This week's topic will be Habits of Successful Women.
Urban Land Magazine : The Urban Tech Revolution
Tech startups—and the venture capital on which they thrive—are breaking out of their suburban mold.
Energetic City : Industry needs to tap into workers’ creative energy: Dr. Richard Florida
Day two of the 2013 B.C. Energy Conference in Fort St. John wrapped up Wednesday night with a banquet and keynote address by Doctor Richard Florida, a professor and best-selling author. Florida told the crowd of industry leaders and politicians about what he calls the “Creative Class”, and stressed the importance of tapping into the inner creativity of workers.
Inc. : How to Harness the Power of We
As entrepreneurs we are used to being our own one-stop-shop. Successful leaders know their own strengths and accept their weaknesses. Finding the right partners or teammates early on who can compliment your skills maximizes results and can often differentiate a successful business from a doomed one.
Detroiter Magazine : Turning a Corner
Last February, best-selling author and renowned “urbanist” Dr. Richard Florida took the stage at the 2013 Detroit Policy Conference, providing his analysis of Detroit’s continued comeback at MotorCity Casino Hotel. At the event, Florida stressed the importance of tackling urban development with an entrepreneurial spirit and remarked on how impressive the amount of progress made in Detroit has been.About five months after his keynote speech, Detroit filed for bankruptcy, kicking off a nationwide discussion about the state of the city. The Detroiter caught up with Florida to discuss how bankruptcy has impacted his views of the Motor City.
Bal Harbour Magazine : In Good Company
In her new book Upgrade, Rana Florida shares lessons from the Creative Class Group on living the life extraordinary.
Artefact : Rana Florida: Creativity, Innovation, and the Future of Work
Rana Florida is the CEO of the Creative Class Group, an advisory firm that works with premier organizations on building economic competitiveness, cultural and technological innovation. Florida is also one of the leading thinkers on trends that are shaping the future of work and recently published Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary, in which she explores what makes innovative thinkers, creative leaders and CEOs successful.
Mother Nature Network : Let's redefine career success, says Rana Florida
The CEO of Creative Class Group shares a few principles that can mean the difference between settling for an ordinary career and living an extraordinary life.
The Globe and Mail : Rana Florida’s five tips for success: ‘Failure is just the beginning’
The CEO of the Creative Class Group consulting firm has spent the past few years soliciting advice from visionaries across the board – PhDs and pop stars, CEOs and celebrity chefs. The accumulated wisdom appears in her new self-help book Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary. Here, Rana Florida shares some of her favourite strategies for success.
To know PR maven Ann Layton is to love her, so when she asks for your support on something, you reply with a resounding yes!
National Post : City Life Down East & Upgrade
Upgrade, a manifesto for better living.
The Atlantic : What Is the World's Most Economically Powerful City?
To kick off The Atlantic's new special report on the past and future of the world's global capitals, we begin with a survey of the surveys to answer that universal question: What city rules them all?
Fast Company : Without Wozniak, Would Jobs Have Been The Same?
Jobs had Wozniak. Gates had Allen. Lennon had McCartney. Successful creative enterprises typically have two leaders: a visionary and a strategist who can execute. Creativity is a team-based process. It requires collaboration.
Business News Daily : Redefining Career Success Starts With Passion
Rana Florida — CEO of Creative Class Group and author of the Huffington Post column "Your Startup Life" — believes that there's a more meaningful way to define success, both at work and in every other aspect of life. True success, as she sees it, is all about balancing productivity with passion and having a good time while you're at it.
The Huffington Post : How to Market Your Book
Most people believe that writing is the hardest part; once their book is published, they think, it will fly off the shelves. The reality is that they will be lucky if their book even gets any shelf life. The most important lesson that an author can learn is that the work doesn't stop after you've turned in the manuscript. That's when the hardest work begins. If you want your book to be bought and read by the widest possible audience, you have to start marketing it long before its publication date. Here are some simple tips on marketing that every author should take to heart.
The Tennessean : Why today's economic transformation may be the largest in our country's history
Our economy is going through the greatest transformation in our history — even bigger than during the Industrial Revolution, according to researcher and author Richard Florida at The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce event.
The Tennessean : Nashville's economic growth among fastest in U.S.
Renowned researcher and urban expert Richard Florida said the Nashville region had one of the nation’s fastest-growing economies during the Great Reset, his term for the economic tumult of the past five years.
Shindig Events : The Essential Secrets to Upgrade Your Work and Life
McGraw-Hill Professional Business Insider Work Smarter Webinar Series features Rana Florida and her new book, Upgrade.
National Post : Blue-chip tips
Rana Florida holds court on how to take charge of your life with Extraordinary book.
Is there anything more enticing than a promise to make your regular old life extraordinary? It was this premise that inspired Rana Florida to write her latest book, and the reason why a very swishy crowd gathered to celebrate the launch of Upgrade on Tuesday night. Held at the home of Suzanne and Mark Cohon, the party attracted a mix of Toronto’s most stylish and most social. It was certainly a who’s who of the city’s creative set—a group more likely to be featured as an Upgrade case study than those in need of the book’s advice.
A-Speakers : Interview with Richard Florida
A Speakers interviews Richard Florida on the creative class and his speaking.
The Atlantic : The Boom Towns and Ghost Towns of the New Economy
New York, Houston, Washington, D.C.—plus college towns and the energy belt—are all up, while much of the Sun Belt is (still) down. Mapping the winners and losers since the crash.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Hot Arabian Nights
The last day of summer is just a few days away and there's no better time to gather friends and family for the final backyard soirée of the season. It's your party--there are no hard and fast rules. Pick a theme to set the tone for the food, décor and music. These party throwers chose the regions of Marrakesh and Morocco for inspiration.
National Post : Shinan: Friendly advice from Rana Florida
Rana Florida at Canadian book launch party in Toronto for her new book, Upgrade.
The Huffington Post : What Did You Fail at Today?
Adapted from Rana Florida's new book, Upgrade. We need to create a new definition of failure. Truly successful people embrace failure as part of the learning process, as an opportunity to grow, reflect, reinvent, and ultimately to push forward.
The Huffington Post : Lead by Serving
Adapted from Rana Florida's book, Upgrade. Leaders who inspire, mentor, and teach -- rather than dictate and order -- will have more productive, more engaged and more loyal teams.
Richard Florida believes central Scotland has what it takes to be one of the world's 40 or so mega-regions. It's got the population density, income generation, skills, universities and creativity. What it also needs is a modern, fast rail network. The 20th century city sprawled with the motorcar, so further expansion will require high-speed trains.
The New York Times : Cities Are the Fonts of Creativity
Creativity is at once our most precious resource and our most inexhaustible one. As anyone who has ever spent any time with children knows, every single human being is born creative; every human being is innately endowed with the ability to combine and recombine data, perceptions, materials and ideas, and devise new ways of thinking and doing. Cities are the true fonts of creativity.
The Utica Phoenix : Exclusive Interview with Richard Florida
The Utica Phoenix newspaper has obtained an exclusive personal interview with Richard Florida, the world’s leading urbanist.
Rana Flroida's interview with Agatonem Kozińskim about her new book, Upgrade.
Noelle Walsh reviews Rana Florida's book Upgrade.
The Utica Observer-Dispatch : Speaker on region’s future: ‘The best days are ahead of you’
Richard Florida speaks for the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties in Utica, NY.
800 CEO Read : 7 Principles to Upgrade Your Work and Life - Rana Florida
Creative Manifesto from 800 CEO Read on Rana Florida's new book, Upgrade.
The Utica Observer-Dispatch : Urban theorist expected to focus on change during Utica visit
Talent. Technology. Talent. Those are the “three T’s” that Richard Florida, an internationally known urban theorist, says will vault a community toward positive change. Local leaders believe Utica already possesses those T’s, but they need a catalyst.
Success Magazine : Reading List: Upgrade
Upgrade, 4 out of 5 star rating from Success Magazine. For this book, Rana Florida, CEO of the Creative Class Group and a columnist for The Huffington Post, interviewed impressive friends, acquaintances and colleagues, including Daniel Pink, author of To Sell Is Human; Zaha Hadid, an architect and one of Forbes magazine’s World’s 100 Most Powerful Women; John Noseworthy, M.D., CEO of the Mayo Clinic; chef Mario Batali; and singer Nelly Furtado.
The Huffington Post : Kill the Breakfast Meeting
It's time to kill the breakfast meeting.The notion of a 7 or 8 a.m. breakfast meeting is unnatural, exhausting, stressful and completely unnecessary.
The Globe and Mail : EDITOR’S PICKS FROM REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS
Best pratices from business executives.In her new book, Upgrade, Rana Florida aims to provide readers with the tools to achieve success in work and life. It gathers best practices from CEOs and other business executives, as well as entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers and creative leaders. This excerpt is from the chapter titled The Power of We.
Eleanor London Cote Saint-Luc Public Library : Hot New Books
Through interviews with many leading figures, not just CEOs and business executives but entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and creative leaders, Rana Florida’s research concludes that there are seven key principles to achieving your business and life goals.
Management Book : The work-gospel according Rana Florida
In workaholic America seems to grow in popularity topic: how do you find the right balance between work and private life? In her new book, Upgrade Rana Florida comes with a more practical approach based on the philosophies of, among others, tennis legend Andre Agassi, shoes designer Tory Burch, investor Mark Cuban, management and author Daniel H. Pink.
The Globe and Mail : Rana Florida: Workplaces need diversity to drive innovation
In her new book, Upgrade, Rana Florida aims to provide readers with the tools to achieve success in work and life. It gathers best practices from CEOs and other business executives, as well as entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers and creative leaders.
10,000 ft : Interview with Rana Florida
Rana Florida, CEO of the Creative Class Group and one of the key thinkers on the future of work, has just launched her first book, Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary. After interviewing some of the world’s most innovative thinkers, creative leaders and CEOs - such as Tim Brown, Dan Pink and Zaha Hadid - Florida’s research concluded that there are 7 key principles that make these people so successful.
Upgrade book review by school counselor BJ Bowden.
New York Women's Business & Leadership Book Club
Book of the Month for September: "Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary" by Rana Florida
Le Travelist : Jet Setter Rana Florida
Le Travelist talks to Rana Florida this week as she unveils her new book, Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary.
It’s a well understood expression in business: Stagnation is regression; businesses either advance or fall behind. Creativity does not just give businesses the competitive edge, according to Rana Florida author of Upgrade and CEO of the Creative Class Group (CCG), it is the competitive edge.
Re:Porter Magazine : Creative Force
Rana Florida, CEO of the Creative Class Group and author of Upgrade, on the innovations and strategies that make her company top of its class in Porter Airline's in flight Reporter Magazine.
The Huffington Post : Risky Business Is Good Business
Excerpt from Rana Florida's new book, Upgrade on risk taking. For most people, assessing and accepting risk takes a severe emotional toll; it causes fear and confusion and it can lead to stress and fatigue. Life is already risky, many of us think -- why 'rock the boat?' But most successful leaders, thinkers and innovators understand that new opportunities and rewards come only after taking risks.
Pittsburgh Quarterly : Visions of Pittsburgh's future
Twenty-five years ago, Pittsburgh hosted the Remaking Cities Conference, an international gathering of architects, visionaries and dignitaries, including England's Prince Charles, the honorary co-host and keynote speaker. This year, Oct. 15-–18, 2013, Carnegie Mellon University will host the Remaking Cities Congress, with 300 invited urbanists and thought leaders who will again focus on the post-industrial city in North America and Europe. In that context, they have asked 10 thought leaders to assess the Pittsburgh region's strengths and weaknesses and to consider what they would like to see in the Pittsburgh of the future. The package begins with a foreword from noted urbanist Richard Florida.
Objekt Magazine : Miami Beach with Biscayne Bay View
The brief was to track down a unique condominium in Miami Beach,beside the water and preferably near Lincoln Road.Rana Florida,HuffingtonPost contributor and author of Upgrade,Taking YourWork andLife from Ordinary to Extraordinary, and her husband called in NewYorkarchitectural designer Chris Benfield to assist them in their search.They were looking for a spacious, light home in Miami with a largeterrace and sufficient room for their emerging art collection.They found it, a modern, light condominium in a walkable urbanneighborhood with a spectacular view of Biscayne Bay.
Reading List by Margaret Jaworski, this book will motivate you to get an Upgrade.
Faena Sphere : Agents of Change
Richard Florida, journalist, founder of creative group, author and global leader in urbanism, has brought a breath of fresh air to the field of urban renovation, especially after the collapse of the global housing bubble. Florida has been a prominent figure in the economic sphere since 1990, when he wrote his first book exploring the technological boom of Silicon Valley. His theories are characterized by his ability to recognize something many intellectuals had ignored: cultural diversity stimulates the economy.
Disruptive Women in Healthcare : August 2013 Man of the Month: Richard Florida
Disruptive Women recently sat down with our August 2013 Man of the Month, Richard Florida, Professor, University of Toronto & NYU and Senior Editor and The Atlantic Cities, the world’s leading media site devoted to cities and urban affairs, to chat about what to expect in town near you.
Brika Blog : Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary
In this groundbreaking new book, Upgrade, Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary, Rana Florida shares their formula, giving you the tools to achieve unimagined success in work and life.
Brika Blog : What We Love : Brika Tastemakers : Rana Florida
Rana Florida Rana is the author of Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary. She also writes the Creative Spaces series for HGTV and the Huffington Post, where she highlights public and private spaces that epitomize creativity, innovation, design and new ways of thinking.
In her new book, Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary, Florida outlines her seven principles for achieving life and business goals. One of those seven principles is collaboration, which she describes as “understanding that every leader had to engage and inspire a team.”
Brika Blog : Q+A with Author Rana Florida
Brika blog interviews Rana Florida on her soon to be released book, Upgrade.
The Huffington Post : How to Throw Your Own Black-and-White Party
Fashion icons Kimberly Newport Mimran, President, Pink Tartan, and Joe Mimran, Creative Director, Joe Fresh, offer simple tips on how to throw a stylish black and white backyard soiree.
McGraw Hills Business Blog : Upgrade
Rana Florida's Upgrade featured on McGraw Hill's Business Blog.
NYU Global Research Professor Richard Florida, one of the world’s leading authorities on economic competitiveness, cultural and technological innovation, and demographic trends, was recently named among the “World’s Most Influential Thinkers” by a study published in the MIT Technology Review that ranked today’s most influential thought leaders.
NY Daily News : Rich man, poor man, angry man
Florida: With 8 million New Yorkers increasingly divided between haves and have-nots, the next mayor must ward off destructive class warfare.
USA Book News : Covering What's Hot, New & Noteworthy in the World of Books
Upgrade by Rana Florida USA Best Books Award Winner
Viewed by many as the world’s leading urban theorist, Richard Florida was in Ireland this summer, and told Ann O’Dea that tolerance was a key ingredient in any creative economy.
Soundview Executive Book Summaries : Top Business Books Just Hitting the Bookstores
Upgrade featured among 'Top Business Books Just Hitting the Bookstores'.
HGTV : Throw A Picnic-Themed Burger Bash
Entertaining expert Rana Florida threw the perfect end of summer party. Learn how to create the look!
Recapo : Kathie Lee & Hoda: Rana Florida’s Upgrade & When to Let Friends Go
Psychologist Dale Atkins and Rana Florida, author of Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary, came on the Today Show to talk with Kathie Lee and Hoda about letting go of friends.
Toronto Life : See, Hear, Read
Review of Rana Florida's new book Upgrade in Toronto Life.
Fast Company : The 25-Hour Work Week, And Other Radical Ideas For Better Employee Productivity
“I don’t care when you work, how you work, or where you work." In an excerpt from her upcoming book, author Rana Florida explores unconventional ideas for letting employees be their best selves.
NPR News : Are We Ready For A Massive Aging Population?
TELL ME MORE from NPR News interview with Richard Florida on the future of aging in America. By the year 2050, one in five Americans will be over the age of 65. That's according to the U.S. Census. And when we talk about getting older, most of us think about, what? Saving for retirement, Medicare, Social Security.
MIT Technology Review : World’s Most Influential Thinkers Revealed
A new network analysis reveals the thinkers who most influence the rest of us and suggests ways to join this elite list
The Today Show : 'Upgrade': Learn to have fun, work hard and give back more effectively
Rana Florida on The Today Show talking about her book "Upgrade: Taking Your Life and Work from Ordinary to Extraordinary," in which she provides step-by-step tips on how to enhance your life, maximize your productivity and achieve your goals.
LDRLB : Top Professors on Twitter
LDRLB shares its 2013 top 50 professors on twitter, broken into lists around leadership, innovation, and strategy, as well as five at-large professors.
The Huffington Post : President Bill Clinton: Don't Worry About Yesterday, Embrace Tomorrow
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 President Bill Clinton.
Small Business Computing : How to Upgrade Your Business
Is your business just doing OK? Has your job become routine and ordinary?If you answered yes, then you're ready for an upgrade, according to Rana Florida, CEO of consulting firm Creative Class Group. "A lot of us are living through a state of managed dissatisfaction," she laments. Naturally, that's no way to achieve success.
Women 2.0 : Mothers in the Workplace: Not Enough Has Changed Since Mad Men Days
It’s amazing that some offices have pingpong tables and pet friendly policies, but have done so little to support working mothers, writes the CEO of Creative Class Group, Rana Florida.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: How to Throw a Burger Bash
It's summertime and everyone wants to be outside enjoying the warm weather. What's easier than gathering friends and family for a backyard BBQ? From Memorial Day to Labor Day, grilling is a hallowed summer tradition.
The Huffington Post : Transform Your Outdoor Space
Summer is all about getting outdoors. Whether it is lounging around reading a good book, being active, or grilling, your outdoor space can be the perfect place to relax, have fun or entertain. With a little imagination, a touch of creativity, and some muscle an ordinary backyard space can be transformed into a magical oasis.
The New York Times : Mobility Is Prevented by a Class and Skill Divide
As high-paying manufacturing work has declined over the past couple of decades, America’s economy has literally split in two. The large and rapidly growing mass of low-wage, low-skill service jobs in fields like food preparation, retail sales and personal care are much the same across the country and these workers have become largely stuck in place.
Pittsburgh –The “Base Case” Turns the Corner
Richard Florida calls Pittsburgh his “base case” for the transition of a formerly industrial city to the creative economy.
The Huffington Post : 7 Tips That Will Guarantee Your Vacation Request Is Approved
Don't disappoint your family or friends by getting stuck in the office. Here are some tips to ensure you get to take your vacation on your schedule.
HGTV : Creative Entertaining: Greek Isle Dinner Party
Throw a dreamy dinner party inspired by the sunny islands of Greece. Learn how to create the look!
The Huffington Post : Creative Cooking: The Hot Flavors of Greece -- Opa! (PHOTOS)
Outdoor cooking and entertaining is all about getting people together, and who does that better than the Greeks? Rustic Greek food is simple, fresh, tasty and made for sharing. You can transform any backyard into a Greek Isle by serving up this splendid Mediterranean cuisine.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Light the Night on Fire -- Opa! (PHOTOS)
Whisk your guests off on a magical journey to the Greek Islands right in your own backyard. For décor, use colors that evoke the pristine waters of the Aegean Sea, deep blue with a splash of turquoise, the landscape dotted with white cubed architecture, and the fresh sea air.
The Huffington Post : It's Time for Leaders to Lead
An astounding 70 percent of employees are not engaged or inspired by their work. Clearly management bears a large part of the blame. In my upcoming book Upgrade (McGraw-Hill, September, 2013), I write about business's leadership crisis. The traditional top-down approach, in which the boss sits at the top of the pyramid and orders the underlings to work harder, is no longer flying.
The Huffington Post : What I Would Change About Mayors in Canada
Leading up to Canada Day, the Huffington Post blog team asked prominent Canadians what they would change about one aspect of its country.
The Huffington Post : Creative Cooking: A New England Style Clam Bake (VIDEO/PHOTOS)
The coasts of the six New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are well known for their summertime clam bakes. But you don't need an east coast beach to enjoy one. All you need is fresh seafood, a bunch of friends, and a great big pot to put on the grill.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Clam Bake in Style! (VIDEO/PHOTOS)
You don't need a beach or a fire pit to host a New England style clam bake, just a BBQ grill and a large pot. What easier way is there to entertain at home than to throw a big pile of lobsters, potatoes, chicken, andouille sausage, little neck clams, cherry stone clams, shrimp, and corn on the cob on the grill?
Richard's interview in the knowledge section of Seoul's leading business paper,Maeil. It is an in deprh and inspiring story sharing Richard's insights into how to help cities nurture creative environment, including brain circulation.
GoLocal Worcester : Rob Horowitz: The Ultimate City: Bohemians, Gays & Jobs
Today’s highly mobile knowledge workers–the key to economic growth in a global economy where the talent and skills of the workforce is a prime difference-maker–choose where to live more for the qualities communities offer than for specific job-related reasons.
HGTV : Creative Entertaining: Throw a Beach Blast
Bring the beach to your own backyard with a seaside theme party that's oh so chic for summer. Learn how to create the look!
HGTV : Creative Entertaining: A Backyard Pizza Party
HGTV.ca's hostess extraordinaire, Rana Florida, throws a cool, casual pizza party for family and friends.
The Huffington Post : Say Cheese! #Selfies as the New Marketing Campaign
With smartphones, people can snap a #Selfie and share it with their network of friends or followers in an instant. With Facebook, Instagram, PicMonkey, Twitpic, TumblrPic and Pic Stitch everyone can be their own photographer, artistic director, and graphic designer, choosing the desired filter and crop, adding text, icons, and Emojicons. Everyone is curating their own content.
The Huffington Post : Creative Cooking: Make Your Own Pizza Party
Why go out for pizza when you can simply turn your backyard bbq grill into a wood burning oven to get the perfect pie?
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Mysterious Venetian Nights (VIDEO/PHOTOS)
Why go out for pizza when you can convert your BBQ grill into a wood burning pizza oven for an entertaining and delicious 'make your own pizza party' right at home?
HGTV : Throw a Beach-Inspired Party with Hosting Tips from a Pro
Summer is right around the corner, and we all know what that means: soon it will be time to fire up our backyard, deck, and poolside BBQs. There’s no better way to entertain friends and family on a warm summer night than with tasty food hot off the grill. Here are some hosting tips from Rana. Design and creativity are everywhere, so why not incorporate both into your entertaining?
The Huffington Post : Creative Cooking: Beach Bliss Grill
From the Amalfi Coast and French Riveria to the California and New England coasts, there are beaches for every taste and style. Summer is almost here, so why not entertain your friends and family with a beach blast, laid back and casual yet with just the right touch of chic? It doesn't matter how far inland you are--with enough design and creativity, you can be anywhere your imagination takes you.
The Huffington Post : Creative Entertaining: Beach Blast
There's no better way to entertain friends and family on a warm summer night than with tasty food hot off the grill.Design and creativity are everywhere, so why not incorporate both into your entertaining? With a bit of imagination and these simple tips, anyone can pull it off.
The Globe and Mail : Beyond the Rob Ford embarrassment is a broken Toronto
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.
The Toronto Star : Richard Florida: Saving capitalism from itself
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.
The Huffington Post : 10 Job Hunting Tips for College Grads
To get a leg up on the competition, here are ten job hunting tips for college graduates to ensure a successful career launch.
The Villager : Technology, talent, tolerance are keys to economic engine
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.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: How the High Line Came to Be
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.
Noribic.com : Q&A with EBN Congress speaker Dr Richard Florida
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.
British Airways High Life Magazine : Canada Spry
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.
NY Daily News : Thank immigrants for safe cities
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.
TIME : Watch It Live: The 2013 Creativity Conference
Richard Florida speaks at The Creativity Conference in Washington, D.C. in a panel on Invention, Innovation, Competitiveness – Creative Industries and the New American Economy alongside President Bill Clinton.
The Huffington Post : Upgrade 'Take Your Kids to Work Day'
Thirty-seven million Americans at 3.5 million workplaces will participate in the 20-year tradition of Take Your Kids to Work Day this Thursday. The goal of the day is not to transform the workplace into a circus or a playground, but to get children interested in what the workplace really is.
The Huffington Post : The Faces of Shame
On Wednesday, April 17, just 48 hours after the terrible events in Boston, the Senate failed to pass the Manchin-Toomey amendment to the Senate's gun control bill, which mandated background checks on firearm purchases via the Internet and gun shows.
National Geographic Traveler : Toronto's Urban Cool
Richard Florida heralds successful cities as those that attract and keep a creative citizenry. Toronto is a perfectmanifestation of his “Three T’s” index of good city building: technology,tolerance, and talent. Author Katrina Onstad takes a closer look at how the Three T’s of Toronto play out on thestreets, so invites five local “creative class” guides to show her theneighborhoods they love.
The Huffington Post : Casinos Are City-Ruiners
The debate over a casino in downtown Toronto is coming to a head. When all is said and done, gambling is one of the most regressive ways to generate public revenue and one of the least productive uses of money imaginable.
NUVO Newsweekly : Indy lacks tolerance
The book, The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure and Everyday Life, has placed the recruitment and retention of the so-called "creative class," at the forefront of city planning.
The Financial Times : Detroit shows way to beat inner city blues
The nascent turnround in Detroit offers a model from which other cities can learn, writes Richard Florida
WIRED : Richard Florida: 'The crash boosted innovation'
Richard Florida is the day's last speaker at the London Conference, an annual gathering of influencers to debate the city's challenges and opportunities, in November 2012. The author of The Rise of the Creative Class has been cited -- by such diverse figures as David Cameron and Bono -- as an expert on how cities must evolve.
The Huffington Post : You Start-Up Life : 10 Simple Ways to Upgrade Your Workforce
Many employers spend millions of dollars to upgrade their technology and software but skimp when it comes to providing their employees with formal skills development, apprenticeships, on-the-job learning, ongoing education, and other programs. They're making a big mistake.
The Chronicle of Higher Education : Robots Aren't the Problem: It's Us
The dustbin of history is littered with dire predictions about the effects of technology. They frequently come to the fore in periods in which economies and societies are in the throes of sweeping transformation—like today.The key to a broadly shared prosperity lies in new social and economic arrangements that more fully engage, not ignore and waste, the creative talents of all of our people.
The Huffington Post : Upgrade Your Spring Parties: 10 Expert Tips for Entertaining (PHOTOS)
In honor of the first day of spring, Rana Florida has gathered some key tips on how you can upgrade your springtime festivities. Whether entertaining a small group of friends at home or planning a major event, these simple style, design and culinary insights offer just what you need to make any occasion that much more special.
Omaha World-Herald : Midlands Voices: Omaha’s quality of living appeals to ‘Creative Class’
Omaha’s quality of living appeals to what Richard Florida calls the ‘Creative Class’.
Pagosa Daily Post : Every Town has Something to Offer
A look at the key for cities and communities figuring out what they do best as part of the bigger system of metros and mega-regions in their part of the world.
The Huffington Post : Instagram Struts Down the Runway
Paris Fashion Week is in its final leg. From high-heeled boots to glittery eyes, from utility belts to studded leather cone-bra shirts, the world's best designs have been strutting down the catwalks in the Tuileries Garden. The styles all vary but one star has been shining bright through it all, and that is Instagram.
The Toronto Star : The deadly mixture of guns and class in Toronto
Mapping Toronto’s gun deaths reveals the same convergence of poverty and violence we associate with U.S. cities
Urban Land Magazine : Comeback City, Divided City
Downtown is back, but urban divides remain.
M Live : 'Creative Class' author Richard Florida: Region should stop blaming Detroit
Richard Florida, author of "The Rise of the Creative Class" discussed the city's Downtown-area growth and urged regional transit development in a speech at the Detroit Policy Conference.
The Huffington Post : Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has Lost the Plot
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's recent decree abolishing telecommuting is a gigantic step backward at an important time for women.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life with the Woman Who Remade New York
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 Amanda Burden.
The Windsor Star : Schmidt City: Get up off your asses!
While governments try triggering growth through stimulus spending and/or tax cutting, Florida said what’s going to get us out of the current economic “crisis” are cities “restructuring the way we live and work.” He calls it a “geographic fix,” in which the highly mobile creative types are drawn to the urban areas they love by the types of amenities offered, by public and park gathering spaces and by a community’s walkability.
The Miami Herald : Start-Up City: Miami panelists discuss building tech hub
A day-long forum, Start-Up City: Miami led by Richard Florida explored ways to build an innovation hub in South Florida.
Business Insider : There's No Way Manufacturing Can Save America
While there is much to applaud about the recent revival of American industry, manufacturing is simply insufficient to help revive lagging industrial regions or power the job creation the nation so badly needs.
WLRN : Start Up Cities: Event Looks At How Miami Can Get More Talent, Tolerance And Technology
Start-Up City: Miami, a conference looking at how Miami can become a nebula for technology start-ups is taking place the New World Center on Miami Beach.
Beached Miami : Brain Circulation and Miami’s future as a Start-Up City
Organized by influential urbanist and author Richard Florida, Start-Up City: Miami will feature talks by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and AOL co-founder Steve Case on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
NPR : Cities Must Strategize To Boost Service Workers' Pay
Richard Florida on NPR with Steve Inskeep discussing who wins and who loses as the highly skilled, creative class clusters around certain metro areas.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Fail to Succeed
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 Sir Ken Robinson.
The National : Abu Dhabi could be a laboratory for hundreds of cities
For Prof Florida, Abu Dhabi's future economic success will be determined not by the efforts that it has made thus far, although he admits these have provided an essential foundation, but by its success in attracting and retaining members of an increasingly global and internationally mobile group of knowledge-based workers he has dubbed the "Creative Class".
NY Daily News : Obama, build a lasting urban legacy
Richard Florida discusses President Obama's ambitious proposal for the his second term: Create a new federal Department of Cities.
Urban Land Magazine : The Fading Differentiation between City and Suburb
A "Great Reset"—the structural change following crisis—is underway. And there are some indicators of how metropolitan areas are evolving through a time of historic upheaval.
The Miami Herald : There are several layers to a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem
Atlantic magazine and Richard Florida, the author, urban affairs expert and a part-time South Florida resident, announced they are bringing a one-day conference called Start-up City: Miami to Miami Beach on Feb. 13 to explore how to build a tech hub here, building on the area’s success with the arts and urbanization.
The Atlantic will launch Start-up City: Miami, the inaugural event in a new series of day-long programs exploring the emerging models of “urban tech” taking root in cities around the world. The free event is produced in partnership with the Creative Class Group and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Break the Rules, but Do So Brilliantly
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 David Stark, President and Creative Director of David Stark Design and Production.
The Huffington Post : Shame on Us, America: Take a Stand and #BanGuns Now
The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was the deadliest elementary school shooting in American history. Every single mother, every single father, every teacher, every brother and sister, every single person who cares about our children and their safety must take a stand and demand action from our senators and congressmen on stronger gun legislation now.
The Futurist : Eight Shocking Quotes from 2012 that will Redefine Our Future
Thomas Frey shares eight shocking statements made in 2012, judged to be trend-setters for 2013 and beyond and discusses briefly how they will invariably shift our outlook on the future.
National Journal : 5 Strategies to Increase Diversity in Urban Tech Scenes
Entrepreneurial high-tech start-ups have taken an urban turn. Nowhere is this shift more apparent than New York City, which has emerged as the nation's second-largest center of venture capital-financed high-tech start-ups, thanks to Google's significant presence in the old Port Authority building in Chelsea and companies ranging from Foursquare to burgeoning tech-fashion players like Rent the Runway, Warby Parker, and Gilt Groupe.
Best Online Universities: Top 100 Web-Savvy Professors 2012
The professors on this list are all respected in their fields, successful in business and research, and highly active in the online community. They are working to make web-based communication technology an integral part of the lifelong learning experience for their students and anyone else who wants to tune in.
GDI Impuls : The megatrendsetters
Who are the thinkers that shape discourse on the future of business and society? For the first time, the “Thought Leader Map” displays the names that set trends in the market of ideas with Richard Florida ranked #1.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Spreading Positivity With Nelly Furtado
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 multi-platinum-selling singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress Nelly Furtado.
National Journal : Growing U.S. Diversity Leaves GOP Struggling to Gain Advantage
U.S. Diversity and the Democratic advantage.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: The Business of Art
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 world famous contemporary art collector, Mera Rubell.
The Globe and Mail : Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayor
Rob Ford’s downfall is stunning – and it opens up a bigger can of worms for Toronto’s future than even his contentious mayoralty did. In the short term, there are some daunting questions: Will he leave office in two weeks as ordered for violating conflict-of-interest rules? His lawyers have filed a request for a stay pending an appeal. If Mr. Ford does step down, will city council appoint his successor or will there be a by-election? If there’s an election, will Mr. Ford’s name be “the first one on the ballot”?
Global Toronto : Q & A with Richard Florida: What’s next for Toronto?
Toronto is at a crossroads, according to Richard Florida. In an interview with with Global News, he talks about how he thinks Ford has changed the city, and affected Toronto’s global reputation.
NY Daily News : Gambling away our cities
Why New Yorkers must fight the drive to legalize full-scale gaming.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Don't Manage, Lead
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 management guru, Don Tapscott.
Jacksonville Daily Record : Richard Florida: Converting creativity into economic development
Richard Florida speaking Friday, November 16th at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Jacksonville University College of Fine Arts.
The Huffington Post : How to Throw a Winning Election Night Party
Rana Florida's tips on how to throw a great election night party for the 2012 U.S. Presidential race.
On Friday, November 9, Richard Florida, best-selling author of The Rise of the Creative Class, which was recently released in a newly revised and expanded 10th-anniversary edition; The Great Reset; and Who's Your City?, will deliver his first major address at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS), to launch a major new research initiative on the future of the New York economy.
NY Daily News : A stronger, smarter New York
As one of the world’s richest cities, New York has an obligation not just to rebuild but to show the world how to rebuild the right way — smarter, greener, more resilient than ever. New York is the very definition of resilience. It has absorbed several body blows in the past decade and bounced right back — the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the financial collapse of 2008 and now Hurricane Sandy.
HGTV : Creative Spaces: A Vibrant and Daring Toronto Penthouse
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. This edition features a vibrant Toronto penthouse.
Fashion Week Daily : Le Meridien Hits ABC Kitchen
Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Jérôme Sans and Richard and Rana Florida host an event at ABC Kitchen in NY.
National Journal : Two-Thirds in U.S. Falling Deeper into Financial Peril
Income and wealth inequality have risen to record levels in the United States. Even as cities have become the new social and economic organizing units of our increasingly spiky world, their inequalities are approaching levels found in Third World nations.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Jean-Georges' Ingredients for Success
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 one of France's -- and the world's -- most innovative chefs, Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
UBM's Future Cities : Top 20 Leaders in Urbanization
As populations rise and the pressure for limited resources increases, smart thinking is needed -- in the form of smart cities, which harness technology to fight the challenges of urbanism, whilst maximising its creative and economic potential. In this article, you'll find the Top 20 individuals around the globe who are at the forefront of this movement, Richard Florida at #1.
Richard Florida examines a new vision for Toronto. The city’s great period of growth won’t continue if we don’t enlist the best and brightest minds from Bay Street, the universities and the public sector.
Site Selection : The Rise of Richard Florida – Revisited
Just as Florida modified his book and titled the updated version "The Rise of the Creative Class: Revisited," the professor at the University of Toronto and senior editor at The Atlantic has modified his own views on suburbia.In fact, he says he sees more opportunities than ever in American suburbs, many of which are in varying stages of decline these days.
What does it take to revitalize Atlantic City and other places hit hard by the recession, the housing-market collapse and the vanishing manufacturing industry? Economist Richard Florida answers by looking at how this market upheaval differs from others in American history.
The Cap Times : Madison360: A decade later, Madison still makes the 'creative class' grade
Florida’s 2002 bestseller, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” has sparked many debates about the relative importance of creativity to the economic health of cities. In his new book, “The Rise of the Creative Class -- Revisited,” Florida reiterates, updates and expands on his bottom line: “Cities need a people climate as much, and perhaps even more, than they need a business climate.” Paul Fanlund interviews Richard Florida asking him a series of Madison-centric questions.
Urban Land Magazine : What Draws Creative People? Quality of Place
Richard Florida explores why people—especially talented Creative Class people, who have lots of choices—opt to locate in certain places? What draws them to some places and not to others? Economists and social scientists have paid a great deal of attention to the location decisions of companies, but they have virtually ignored how people, especially creative people, make the same choices.
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 Bottega Veneta Creative Director, Tomas Maier.
Columbus Underground : Richard Florida to Speak in Columbus about our Creative Economy
Florida speaks at COSI at the 2012 Innovate Columbus event presented by TechColumbus and the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. Columbus Underground's Walker had the opportunity to chat with Richard to learn a bit more about how his ideas apply specifically to Columbus, and to preview what we can expect during his presentation.
Tampa Bay Times : It's CPR time for Creative Tampa Bay economic organization
Creative Tampa Bay was formed in 2003. The organization quickly emerged as the linchpin between creative types like artists and entrepreneurs, and the region's powerful business community.Now that role is shared by many more area organizations. That is a testament in part to Creative Tampa Bay's success, but also a challenge for the group to claim a still-relevant niche going forward.
Property Week's Claer Barrett interviews Richard Florida on what property developers can expect fromthe cities of the future?
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Why Diversity and Freedom Are Good For Business
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.
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.
Crain's Chicago Business : Q&A with Richard Florida on Chicago's dreams of tech glory
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.
Charleston Gazette : Boundaries: Class-ridden America
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."
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: The Fashion of Business
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.
Cultural Weekly : Richard Florida: More Transformations Ahead
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.
The Huffington Post : Summer Reading for Urban Leaders
Lee Fisher and Joe Cortright review top summer reads for urban leaders,including Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
Digital Camera : Sean Maher: Boulder gets it right with dominance in tech, talent
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.
USA Today : Column: A class-ridden America
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.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life With Andre Agassi: Playing Big
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.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Find Leaders Better Than You
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.
Bilan Magazine : La Suisse performe très bien en termes d’emplois créatifs
Swiss magazine Bilan interviews Richard Florida.
Dolce Vita Magazine : Q&A Richard Florida
Michael Hill interviews Richard Florida on the release of his latest book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
The Wall Street Journal : The Joys of Urban Tech
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.
Encyclopedia Britannica : Finding Hope in Creativity: 5 Questions for Trend-Watcher Richard Florida
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.”
The Huffington Post : Detroit: From Ruin Porn to Cool Again
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.
Kult Mag : Creative Is The New Economy
Richard Florida feature in Norwegian magazine, Kult Mag.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Rocket Man on Making the Impossible Possible
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 Chairman & CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, entrepreneur Dr. Peter H. Diamandis.
The Australian : Creativity as an engine of prosperity for any member of the workforce
Florida has published several books on the theme of the creative class including, most recently, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, a substantial revision of his 2002 volume.The thrust of Florida's thesis is unchanged: growth of creative industries depends on the "3Ts" -- technology, talent and social tolerance. But he has refined his arguments and updated statistical evidence.
The Miami Herald : Miami now winter home to ‘creative-class’ thinker Richard Florida
Richard Florida, father of the ‘creative class’ concept, finds one at work in his new part-time hometown of Miami, Florida.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Design Your Thinking
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 IDEO's CEO Tim Brown.
Big Think : The Rise of the Creative Service Worker Transcript from Interview
Transcript for Big Think interview with Richard Florida on the ever-widening gap between creative workers and service workers, and what businesses should do about it.
Big Think : The Rise of the Creative Service Worker
Richard Florida on the ever-widening gap between creative workers and service workers, and what businesses should do about it.
Your Start-Up Life: Take It All in Stride - the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
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 former Chicago Mayor Daley.
U.S. News & World Report : Creativity Will Drive the U.S. Economy
Richard Florida speaks with U.S. News about how creativity has pervaded every aspect of Americans' lives, but has also caused a new kind of class divide.
Terra America : Tolerance Russia got stuck in the seventy-fourth position
Russian Terra America's interview with Richard Florida.
The Washington Book Club : Building the Skills That Count
Ten years ago, Richard Florida published his first book about how creativity was emerging as a commonelement shaping America’s economy, geography,communities, and jobs. Now, in The Rise of the Creative Class: Revisited, Florida reveals updated statistics and discusses how the United States has reached a Creative Age that will be the driving force behind its economic recovery. Florida recently spoke with U.S. News about how creativity has pervaded every aspect of Americans’ lives, but has alsocaused a new kind of class divide.
Financial Times review of The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited. This book clears some of the ground for modern reform.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Artist Doesn't Believe in Failure
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 American popular culture artist Kenny Scharf.
UT Alrington Magazine : Building an Urban Utopia
For the past year the Creative Class Group has partnered with UT Arlington to examine the region’s assets and challenges. The joint 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.
Business Insider : Why The 'Creative Class' Is Taking Over The World
Florida revisits his book The Rise of the Creative Class and rewrote it to reflect modern times. In The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited: 10th Anniversary Edition--Revised and Expanded, he explores what social forces brought down the traditional corporate world and led to a rise in the counterculture.
The Wall Street Journal : For Creative Cities, the Sky Has Its Limit
Over the next 50 years we will spend trillions of dollars on city building. The question is: How should we build? For many economists, urbanists and developers, the answer is simple: We should build up. But the answer is more complex than that.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: "Find What You Love to Do"
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 Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States.
The Grid : Richard Florida: Toronto enthusiast
Ten years ago, Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class turned its author into an unlikely academic rock star. Since then, the urban guru has become a Toronto resident, the head of U of T’s Martin Prosperity Institute, and an international lightning rod. He recently released a 10th-anniversary edition of the aforementioned tome. Courtney Shea catches up with Florida at one of his favorite Hogtown destinations, the Brick Works.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: 10 Brands With Street Cred
This newest installment of Creative Spaces gives 10 key tips on how big corporate brands can earn street cred or a cool factor to get the early adopters on board.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-up Life: Location, Location, Location
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives. This week's question has to do with business location.
The Huffington Post : Canada's Greatest Competitive Advantage? Our Creativity
Four years after the great economic and financial crash of 2008, the U.S. economy continues to sputter and Europe teeters on the brink of economic collapse. Only one advanced nation has been able to rebound to pre-crisis levels of jobs and economic output: Canada.
Forbes : Small Cities' Big Role In Reinventing The Economy
This post is part of a new special section called “Reinventing America.” As part of this effort, Micheline Maynard and more than a dozen other Forbes contributors and staff writers focus attention on the challenges facing towns, cities and traditional industries across the nation–and highlight the growing number of surprising success stories. Richard Florida, the author of The Rise of The Creative Class, recently looked at where these knowledge-focused jobs are for a new version of his book, The Rise of The Creative Class, Revised.
Jay Robb Reviews Business Books : Book review: The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited
Jay Robb reviews Richard Florida's latest book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
The Seattle Times : Richard Florida's creative class, 10 years later
Journalist Jon Talton talks to Richard Florida about his new book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Why Serving Is the New Leading
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 Mayo Clinic's President and CEO, John Noseworthy, MD.
PR Newswire : Richard Florida, Renowned Urbanist, Appointed Global Research Professor at NYU
Richard Florida, one of the world's leading authorities on economic competitiveness, cultural and technological innovation, and demographic trends has been appointed Global Research Professor for the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS).
The Huffington Post : The Creative Compact
Excerpted with permission from The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited: 10th Anniversary Edition, by Richard Florida. The tectonic upheavals our economy is enduring are the result not just of financial shenanigans by the global One Percent, but of a deeper and more fundamental shift -- the passing of the old industrial order as it gives way to the emerging Creative Economy. If we wish to build lasting prosperity we cannot rely on market forces and the Invisible Hand alone to guide us. The grand challenge of our time is to invent new institutional structures that will guide the emergence of a new economic order, while channeling its energies in ways that benefit society as a whole.
New York Daily News : Wanted: Working class jobs
Richard Florida on how to help lower-income New Yorkers climb the city's increasingly slippery economic ladder. Behind New York's encouraging news is a troubling trend: Huge numbers of middle and especially lower incomepeople continue to struggle. To complete its transition, New York must develop strategies that enable many more of its workers to benefit from the ongoing transformation of its economy.
Raine Magazine : The Man Behind the Rise of the Creative Class
RAINE Magazine recently caught up with Mr.Florida to gain insight on what is coming up in the new book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisted and why his research and analysis of the creative class is so innovative.
Urban Times : Interview with Richard Florida – Author, Professor, and Public Intellectual
Urban Times', Josh O'Conner, interviews Richard Florida in conjunction with the release of his new book The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
Silicon Hills News : Austin Ranks #5 on Richard Florida’s List of Top High Tech U.S. Cities
In Richard Florida's new book The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, he’s compiled a list of the top tech cities in the U.S.Seattle, home to Microsoft and Amazon, claims the top place from Silicon Valley, which ranked first in his last book. Silicon Valley, which consists of the San Jose metro area, ranks second followed by the greater San Francisco area. Portland, Oregon claims the fourth spot followed by Austin.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Do Team Building Retreats Ever Work?
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives. This week's question about is about team building retreats.
GoLocal Worcester : Worcester Named #14 Most Creative City in America
Artists, innovators, and diversity have earned Worcester the #14 spot in best-selling author, Richard Florida's newest book, The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited.
The Huffington Post : Creativity Is the New Economy
Excerpted with permission from The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited: 10th Anniversary Edition, by Richard Florida.
Time : Richard Florida on How to Keep America's Artists From Starving
As his 'The Rise of the Creative Class' reaches its tenth anniversary, Richard Florida has a plan to keep the artists from starving. It involves a lot more than art. Florida describes how creatives have fared relatively well in the economic downturn of the time between editions of the book.
The Daily Beast : Boulder, Ann Arbor, Tucson & More: 20 Most Creative U.S. Cities
Creativity is now the main driver of America’s economy, and is more and more concentrated in and around cities. Richard Florida reports on the trend—and lists the nation’s most creative metro areas, from Boulder to metropolitan Austin to the Washington, D.C. region.
National Journal : The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited
This article in the National Journal is an abridged version of the preface to The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited, out this month from Basic Books.
Salon : Class decides everything
This article was adapted from Richard Florida's new book "The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited" from Basic Books. His nitial research over a decade ago identified the rise of the creative class as a key factor in America’s cities and economy overall. What has struck him since is that the effects of class are not just limited to cities, jobs and the economy. Class increasingly structures virtually every aspect of our society, culture and daily lives — from our politics and religion to where we live and how we get to work, from the kind of education we can provide for our children to our very health and happiness.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: The World's Coolest Pools
This newest installment of Creative Spaces not only highlights amazing pools at exclusive resorts that many of us can only dream of but also great pools to dip in at a neighborhood park.
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 Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland.
HGTV : Creative Entertaining: A Caliente Twist on a Backyard Party
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.
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.
Richard Florida speaks at the Urban Land Institute (ULI) real estate conference on the opportunities and legacies of global events. The conference focused on the London Olympics as a case study for the role of real estate and infrastructure within the post-Games landscape.
Food Network : Creative Entertaining : Backyard Mexican Fiesta, with Recipes!
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?
Richard Florida named a senior visiting fellow for the Urban Land Institute (ULI). The institute, with nearly 30,000 members worldwide, is a nonprofit education and research institute dedicated to responsible land use and the creation of thriving communities around the globe. As a ULI senior visiting fellow, Florida will speak at four of the institute’s major meetings, collaborate with ULI members and staff, and contribute content and thought leadership to ignite dialogue and discussion on city building. His first presentation in this role was on Wednesday, May 30, at ULI Europe’s “Creating a Legacy” real estate trends conference in London, which explored the long-term investment and development opportunities related to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-up Life: Designing the Perfect Office
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives. This week's question about designing the perfect office.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: Waterfronts That Make a Splash
This newest installment of Creative Spaces celebrates the cities that have done the work and spent the money to make vibrant and dynamic waterfronts -- great spots where tourists and locals alike can gather, play and reflect.
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 world renowned architect and designer Zaha Hadid, one of Forbes magazine's "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" and Time's "100 People Who Most Affect Our World."
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) announced this week that Richard Florida has been named a senior visiting fellow for the Urban Land Institute. The institute, with nearly 30,000 members worldwide, is a nonprofit education and research institute dedicated to responsible land use and the creation of thriving communities around the globe.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-up Life: Best Business Books to Groom Your Team
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives. This week's question examines the best business books.
Citybiz Real Estate : Author Richard Florida to Serve As a Senior Visiting Fellow for ULI
Richard Florida has been named a senior visiting fellow for the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
The Chronicle Herald : Authenticity key to Halifax’s future success
Richard Florida speaks to The Chronicle Herald’s John DeMont before making the keynote speech at a Greater Halifax Partnership.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: Designing the Brand
This newest installment of Creative Spaces celebrates the imagination and originality that goes into retailer branding and partnership efforts.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: How to Get Flexibility at Work?
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives. This week's question discusses getting more flexibility at work.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: Where the Wild Things Should Be
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have scoured the US in search of some of the best AZA accredited animal enclosures.
Bacon's Rebellion : The Creative Class Meets New Urbanism
Florida address the 2012 Congress for New Urbanism in West Palm Beach, May 2012.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: When Is it Time to Fire Someone?
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives. This week's question about when to fire someone.
800 CEO Read : Unleashing the Creative Reservoir The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited
800 CEO Read's creative manifesto for the release of Richard Florida's new book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Tory Burch on Making Fashion Her Business
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 popular fashion designer, Tory Burch.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Am I Wasting My Time With Social Media?
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: Schools That Don't Suck!
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have scoured the world to find schools that truly celebrate and inculcate creativity -- whether through their design and architecture, art or music programs, or new ways of thinking. We decided to stick to public schools since most private schools charge high enough tuitions to create complete utopias if they wish.
Toronto Star : How Rob Ford’s Pride snub hurts the city of Toronto
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s intolerance is damaging both the city’s reputation for fairness and its business climate.
LaVanguardia : Visions of Eurovegas and Richard Florida
La Vanguardia's interview with Richard Florida on plans to build a mini-Vegas in Spain,near Barcelona or Madrid. Here is a summary of the conversation.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: How Do I Ask for a Raise?
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Should My Husband Take a Long-Distance Job Offer?
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives.
NJ Spotlight : Opinion: How People, Places Can Shape Economic Growth
New Jersey’s economic growth strategy should hone in on strategies that address the desires of people, and the needs of business, all within the framework of creating great places.New Jersey has a lot to learn from thought leaders such as Richard Florida, creator of the Creative Capital Theory of economic growth.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Dan Pink on Why
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 Dan Pink,author/speaker/journalist.
Ontario Business Report : Understanding The Great Reset: an interview with Richard Florida
Ontario Business Report interviews Richard Florida on The Great Reset and where we are now.
Star-Telegram : DFW needs a more creative strategy to keep growing jobs
Discussion of the economic strengths and weaknesses of North Texas at the Stronger Together conference with Richard Florida in conjunction with University of Texas at Arlington and the Dallas Morning News.
Dallas News : Regional cooperation urged in Dallas-Fort Worth
The gathering, “Stronger Together: An Interactive Conversation About Our Region,” brought together experts from the public and private sectors, along witheducators, journalists and artists, to discuss and occasionally debate issues of growth and economic development in the Dallas Fort-Worth area.
Raine Magazine : Understanding the Creative Class
Raine Magazine's interview with Rana Florida on understanding the Creative Class.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: Catch Some Springtime Rays and Relax
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have scoured scoured the world for playgrounds old and new, large and small with a visit to any one of them leaving you feeling rejuvenated and refreshed.
The Dallas Morning News : Richard Florida and James Spaniolo: North Texas is stronger together
North Texas will be more competitive and its economic future stronger byworking together.The University of Texas at Arlington and the Creative Class Group have been leading aneffort involving regional stakeholders including major chambers of commerce; local elected officials; Vision North Texas; community and civic groups; and UTA faculty, staff and students to help to inform a broad conversation about the path toward a sustainable, shared prosperity.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces : Dada or Derelict?
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have scoured the streets of cities in North America and the UK to bring you the most compelling graffiti projects we could find.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Help! I'm Drowning in Email
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives.
Canada Newswire : Creativity and Culture Visionary Rana Florida Joins SHOP.CA Advisory Board
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.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Espresso King Ricardo Illy on La Dolce Vita
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 Espresso King Ricardo Illy.
HGTV : Creative Spaces: An Enchanted Treasure Trove of Art & Design in Miami -- A Private Museum!
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. This high-rise condo apartment in Miami Beach was custom built for a banker and art collector who has a taste for the bold and unique.
HGTV : Creative Spaces: The Gracious Apartment of Kelvin Browne, VP at Royal Ontario Museum
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. The home of Kelvin Browne, VP at Royal Ontario Museum of Toronto is featured in this installment.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-up Life: Should I Quit My Dead-End Job?
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, shares her conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, personal lives, careers, and more. She also answers readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives.
The Huffington Post : Mark Cuban on Business as the Ultimate Sport
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 media and sports pioneer Mark Cuban.
Real Estate Investment Today : Richard Florida Wants to Tap Your Creativity
Florida’s latest book, “The Great Reset,” argues that the financial crisis of 2008 will bring new patternsof living, working, and consuming that will require novel real estate solutions over the next 20to 30 years. This column takes Florida’s theories at face value and asks him to turn them into actionableadvice for REIT executives and investors.
Toronto Star : Casino a bad bet for Toronto
Richard Florida discusses why bringing a casino to Toronto is a bad idea. He says gambling is one of the least productive economic activities imaginable — removing money from one set of pockets and putting it in another, without producing anything concrete as part of the exchange.
The Happiness Project : "Every Day Needs A Party."
Gretchin Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, interviews Richard Florida on his thoughts on happiness, himself.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Advice From a CNN Anchor on How to Make Money
Rana Florida conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, relationships, their careers and more. A conversation with CNN anchor and chief business correspondent Ali Velshi.
The Huffington Post : Your Start-Up Life: Advice on Work, Life, and Play
Rana Florida conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, relationships, their careers and more.A conversation with Mario Batali, chef/author/entrepreneur in here featured.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces : Baby You Can Park My Car
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have assembled a slideshow of memorable parking garages from all over the world.
BMW Guggenheim Lab Log : Resilient economies, resilient cities: An interview with Richard Florida
Interview with Richard Florida on how do cities develop resilient economic systems that don’t crash and leave them in the messes they have in the past? Is it possible to plan an urban economy that can easily adapt to constant change?
Toronto Star : Toronto Raptors fail once again to have a player in the NBA all-star game
Richard Florida discusses how Toronto's experience in basketball simply does not match up to the city’s growing size, wealth and stature. The outflow of basketball stars is no longer a metaphor for any larger talent drain, but an increasingly isolated and unique problem. Toronto's sports franchises, need to start doing more of what it takes to compete on a global scale.
Las Vegas Sun : Creativity, strong support system make for thriving city
Richard Florida speaks at Preview Las Vegas event for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces : Creative Restaurants
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have assembled a slideshow of the world's top 10 creative restaurant spaces, places that highlight creativity, art, design, sustainability, and the surrounding landscape.
Las Vegas Sun : Our success may hinge on embracing a bohemian philosophy
Richard Florida speaks at Preview Las Vegas for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, February 2012.
Las Vegas Weekly : Is the key to Las Vegas’ future bohemianism?
Richard Florida brings his three Ts to Preview 2012 in Las Vegas, February 9, 2012.
Wo sollen wir leben? Peter Saville spricht mit Richard Florida
Peter Saville interview with Richard Florida.
Madame Figaro : Toronto bienvenue à Cosmopolis
Richard Florida's interview with French magazine Madame Figaro.
Business Insider : RICHARD FLORIDA: It's Up To The Cities To Bring America Back
Richard Florida's column in the Business Insider discussing our most important resource which is us – the creative potential that is in every human being.For perhaps the first time in human history, the further progress of our economy is inextricably tied up with the further development of our essential humanity.
Spanish V : Le Meridien and Ferran Adria-Jerome Sans, Richard and Rana Florida
Partnership event with Le Meridien Hotels and Richard and Rana Florida.
Dylan Ratigan : Is It Time for a “Great Reset?” with Richard Florida and Umair Haque
Richard Florida on MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan show discussing the housing market's impact on social mobility and the dismal numbers that hang over the state of Florida when it comes to unemployment, poverty and foreclosures.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces : Stadiums that Could Teach the Super Bowl a Few Tricks
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, in honor of Super Bowl XLVI, we have assembled a slideshow to highlight stadiums from around the world -- places that celebrate and highlight creativity and add real curb appeal to their neighborhoods.
Las Vegas Review-Journal : Assets to Las Vegas' growth: Casinos, e-tailers
Florida will be a featured speaker at the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce's annual economic forum, Preview, on Feb. 9 at the Thomas and Mack Center.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces : Where to Find Inspiration
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have assembled a slideshow to highlight some of the brave new offices that celebrate and enable creativity, through design, artwork, and architecture. These spaces aren't necessarily high style -- but all of them promote transparency, flexibility and cater to the new ways of working.
Next Big Thing : Larger Than Life Cosmpolitan : In Rana We Trust
Profile on Rana Florida in Next Big Thing's Winter 2012 issue.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces : The Need for Space Outside the Office
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have assembled a slideshow to celebrate and congratulate those pioneers, some of whom we've worked with at CCG, who are envisioning and actualizing new ways of living and working.
Today's Zaman : ‘The Flight of the Creative Class’
Richard Florida’s “The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent” is a thought-provoking book says Melih Arat. Florida discusses global competition, which was once a contest between countries, and now belongs to cities. In today’s world cities are in competition in terms innovation and creativity.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces : New Lives for Abandoned Buildings
Rana Florida's series, Creative Spaces, which started out with homes, has expanded to cities with this edition featuring some of most inspired repurposed buildings we've seen, in Maastricht and elsewhere.
Ocean Drive : MentalKLINIK Welcome Party
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.
The Huffington Post : Creative Spaces: Miami
Rana Florida's series, Creative Spaces, which started out with homes, has expanded to cities with this first edition highlighting some of Miami's most creative and imaginative public art displays and spaces.
The Huffington Post : Why Is Shopping Online in Canada So Difficult?
Rana Florida on the difficulty of shopping online in Canada.
artsHub : Creativity – the economy's key ingredient
In this new millennium, the most influential class in society is something Richard Florida calls the “Creative Class" who boost the economy not through financial ability or skill alone, but rather through their ideas.
Richard Florida's interview with Monday Morning (Mondag Morgen - magazine in Scandinavia) on his book, The Great Reset, the need to find new innovative ways out of the economic crisis and the challenges that a small country like Denmark is facing right now with growing global competition?
My City Way : Richard Florida on the Economic Crisis, the Great Reset and Creativity
Richard Florida has spent the past decade talking about the virtues of the Creative Class and its ability to drive economies. The Great Reset, his fifth book on the Creative Class takes a somewhat contrarian view on the current thinking on the economic recession. The view is contrarian in that it’s more optimistic, and rooted in a belief that members of the Creative Class have the skills and talent to lead the global economy out of the current economic crisis.
Business Insider : These Are The Top-Ranked US Cities For Starting A Business
Richard Florida’s “Who’s Your City?” is a cool book that takes a look at the impact of where you live on your professional and social opportunities. Florida conducted research to understand what places attract entrepreneurial minds, how they do it, and its affect on the regions these places inhabit. He also takes a look at what cities represent the best opportunities to find a mate, start a family, be an empty nester, and retire.
The Rise of Women in the Creative Class
Women have become an increasingly important force in the U.S. labor market and especially in its knowledge based creative economy. Some argue that the economic crisis has tilted the playing field away from men, who have borne the brunt of blue collar job losses, and towards women, who are more concentrated in knowledge and service work.
Creativity and Prosperity: The Global Creativity Index
The economic crisis has challenged popular conceptions of economic growth, both in terms of what it is and how to measure it. While engendering growth and bolstering competitiveness remain high on the agenda, immediate attention has shifted to creating jobs, lifting wages, addressing inequality, and fostering long-term, sustainable prosperity. This new edition of the Global Creativity Index (GCI), which we first introduced in 2004, provides a powerful lens through which to assess these issues.
The Atlantic : Where The Skills Are
Human progress, to a large degree, has depended on the continual expansion of social networks, which enable fastersharing and shaping of ideas. And humanity’s greatest social innovation remains the city. As our cities grow larger, the synapses that connect them—people with exceptional social skills—are becoming ever more essential to economic growth.
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society : The Creative Class and the crisis
The economic crisis contributed to sharp increases in US unemployment rates for all three of the major socio-economic classes. Results from regression models using individual-level data from the 2006–2011 US Current Population Surveys indicate that members of the Creative Class had a lower probability of being unemployed over this period than individualsin the Service and Working Classes and that the impact of having a creative occupation became more beneficial in the 2 years following the recession. These patterns, if they continue,are suggestive of a structural change occurring in the US economy—one that favours knowledge-based creative activities.
HGTV : Creative Spaces : Two Eras Collide for a Dramatic Victorian Transformation in Toronto
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. An award winning architect and arts philanthropist transform a Victorian gem, which formerly housed both a missionary society and a law firm, into a light-filled minimalist showpiece with historical detail. This home is featured as the last in this 8 feature series.
Evergreen Newsroom : Go Wild : An evening to celebrate sustainable living
Richard and Rana Florida host GO WILD, an evening celebrating Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works.
Hello Magazine : Diary of the Week
Richard and Rana Florida host an event to promote and celebrate green space and sustainable living with Go Wild at the Evergreen Brick Works event in Toronto.
The Globe and Mail : Go Wild at Evergreen Brick Works
Richard and Rana Florida host an event to promote and celebrate green space and sustainable living with Go Wild at the Evergreen Brick Works event in Toronto.
The Globe and Mail : Go Wild at Evergreen Brick Works
Richard and Rana Florida host an event to promote and celebrate green space and sustainable living with Go Wild at the Evergreen Brick Works event in Toronto.
Everything Zoomer.com : Evergreen Brick Works
Richard and Rana Florida host GO WILD, an evening celebrating Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works.
El Periodico de Catalunya : Reducir las administraciones locales es un error
Regional Studies : The Happiness of Cities
This research examines the factorsthat shape the happiness of cities, whereas much of the existent literature has focused on the happiness of nations. It is argued that inaddition to income, which has been found to shape national-level happiness, human capital levels will play an important role in thehappiness of cities. Metropolitan-level data from the 2009 Gallup–Healthways Survey are used to examine the effects of human capital on city happiness, controlling for other factors. The findings suggest that human capital plays the central role in the happinessof cities, outperforming income and every other variable.
Marketplace : Resetting the Way We Live
Marketplace Money looks deep into the mixed signals Americans get on saving (more) and spending (more). It’s a conundrum. Richard Florida thinks we’re in the process of solving the conundrum by changing the way we live.
The Globe and Mail : Look out - Canada, too, could catch the riot virus
The deepening social and economic divisions that are all too apparent in London are becoming evident in our own cities as well. Richard Florida argues that there is a real danger that riots like London's will become a feature, not a mere bug, of global cities.
Financial Times : The inchoate rage beneath our global cities
London’s riots prompted commentators on the right to blame hooliganism, while those on the left cited frustrations with the UK’s faltering economy and fiscal austerity. But the causes run deeper and are linked fundamentally to the changing structure of the world’s economy. They are problems many of our global cities will soon face.
USA Today : 10 great places to explore urban neighborhoods
Richard Florida says that many of the nation's urban areas are booming with new restaurants, parks and condos. All these areas are great to visit, he says, offering a slice of local urban life. He shares up-and-coming neighborhoods with Larry Bleiberg for USA TODAY.
HGTV : Creative Spaces: Kate & David Daniels and Their Art Deco Home: Part II
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.
Financial Times : Why immigrants help your city stay crime free
US crime levels have fallen to their lowest reported levels in nearly half a century despite major unemployment and the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Even more remarkably, the drop was steepest in America’s big cities – which are still popularly believed to be cauldrons of criminality. The question is: why?
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. This corporate director and an internationally renowned entrepreneur, consultant and author, take refuge from Toronto’s cold winters in their Miami Beach condo which is featured as the seventh in this 8 feature series.
The New York Times : What Housing Crisis?[www.nytimes.com]
Richard Florida's column in The New York Times on the widening gap between the D.C. economy, with its robust housing and job markets, and the rest of America. What's the key?
WIRED Magazine : The Reviving Downtowns
Smaller cities and towns are remaking themselves as hubs for the knowledge economy.Richard Florida points out some surprising destinations from the data of the Martin Prosperity Institute.
HGTV : Creative Spaces : A Couple of Entrepreneurs Make 13,000 Sq Ft Cozy!
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. The home of a local Toronto couple is featured as the sixth in this 8 feature series.
China's Development Disconnect
China is currently seeking to transform its economic structure from a traditional industrial to a more innovative, human-capital driven, and knowledge-based economy. Our research examines the effects of three key factors on Chinese regional development in an attempt to gauge to what degree China has transformed from an industrial to a knowledge-based economy, based on higherlevels of (1) technology and innovation, (2) human capital and knowledge/professional/creativeoccupations, and (3) factors like tolerance, universities, and amenities which act on the flow of the first two. We employ structural equation models to gauge the effects of these factors on the economic performance of Chinese regions. Our research generates four key findings.
Richard Florida's column with the Financial Times, China.
HGTV : Creative Spaces : The Toronto Oasis of Michael Budman and Diane Bald
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. The home of Michael Budman and Diane Bald in Toronto is featured as the fifth in this 8 feature series.
National Geographic : Cities are the Key
National Geographic Traveler interview with Richard Florida. Florida says society’s success is inextricably bound to the success of our great cities. And yet, the growing concentration ofwealth and human capital in urban areas is leading to greater inequality, with a person’s prosperity determinedincreasingly by location. Florida explores social and economic trends in his numerous books.
Human Capital in Cities and Suburbs
This article written by Richard Florida,Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick examines the effects of this intra‐metropolitan distribution on economicperformance. The findings indicate that this distribution matters significantly to US regional performance. Suburban human capital matters more than center city human capital.
Canada News Wire : National Business Book Award Announces Finalists
The Great Reset named as finalist of the National Business Book Award. The finalists for this year's National Business Book Awards were announced by co-sponsors PwC and BMO Financial Group. The award is presented to the author of an outstanding Canadian business-related book published in 2010.
HGTV : Creative Spaces : Colour, Gloss and Glam Emboldens a Toronto Victorian
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. The home of Gabe Gonda and Victoria Webster in Toronto is featured as the fourth in this 8 feature series.
Voice, Japanese monthly magazine's interview with Richard Florida.
The creative class, post-industrialism and the happiness of nations
This article written by Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Jason Rentfrow examines the role of post-industrial structures and values on happiness across the nations of the world. They argue that these structures and values shape happiness in waysthat go beyond the previously examined effects of income.
YorkRegion.com : Tectonic arts shift needed: expert
Investment in the arts and our own creativity can help navigate the road back to prosperity, renowned economist Richard Florida told attendees of the inaugural Arts Exposed conference at Seneca College in Markham.
TheStar.com : The (increasingly) Conservative States of America.
Richard Florida has run the latest Gallup numbers on party affiliation, co-relating them with factors of income, religious observance, educational attainment.
HGTV : Creative Spaces : Cold Office Space Turns Sweeping, Luxurious Living in Downtown Toronto
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. The home of Dennis Keefe and John Jordan in Toronto is featured as the third in this 8 feature series.
Five recent Big Think Books come from brand name authors, each with major capacity to produce and distribute. This column provides a glimpse of key themes in each of these books including Richard Florida's, The Great Reset and some analysis of the controversial issues on which the authors agree and disagree.
TIME picks the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the conversation.
Fast Company : Leadership Hall of Fame: Richard Florida, Author of
Fast Company continues its examination of the business book The Rise of the Creative Class with an interview of author Richard Florida.
Sioux Falls Business Journal : Q&A with Author Richard Florida
Jodi Schwan of the Sioux Falls Business Journal interviews Richard Florida. Florida mentions Sioux Falls in his new book, The Great Reset, as a community that might be vulnerable in the financial services sector.
Sioux Falls Business Journal : Financial industry faces challenge of retooling for future
Economic forces, regulatory pressure and the community’s desire for higher-paying jobs have combined to throw the future of the financial services sector into uncertainty. For financial services to thrive in Sioux Falls, a generation’s worth of thinking has to change, according to industry and community leaders.
Fast Company : Values of the Creative Class
Fast Company continues its Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from The Rise of the Creative Class (2003) by Richard Florida
Studio : Così la vecchia Europa sa attirare le menti del futuro
Studio, Italy's new culture and arts magazine interviews Richard Florida for its first first issue about Europe and creativity The interview focuses both on his work as an advisor to the UK government and on his theory of the "creative sector as a growth engine" for as much as it applies to Europe.
HGTV : Creative Spaces : A Masterful Modern Reno in Historic Georgetown, Washington D.C.
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. The home of Dr. Tina Alster and her husband, Paul Frazer in Washington, D.C. is featured as the second in this 8 feature series.
El Paso Times : Creative Cities' ideas flourish
El Paso's Creative Cities Leadership Project officially named the New Texico Creative Cities Leadership Project, was started in August 2006 in conjunction with creative class guru Richard Florida.
HGTV : Launching This Month: Creative Spaces with Rana Florida
Creative Spaces: an exclusive look inside some of North America's most remarkable homes with Rana Florida. The Florida's home in Toronto is featured as the first in this 8 feature series.
Toronto Life : Canadian cities becoming pop music powerhouses: Richard Florida
A recent Richard Florida blog post on The Atlantic’s website argues that Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have become music industry centres rivalling New York, Los Angeles and Nashville.
Projo.com : Edward Fitzpatrick: Parsing Chafee’s economic plan
Governor Chafee is drawing attention to “The Flight of the Creative Class,” a 2007 book by Richard Florida, a best-selling author and University of Toronto professor who emphasizes the “3 Ts of economic growth: Technology, Talent and Tolerance.”
Transcript of Richard Florida's on air interview with CNN's Ali Velshi's Your Money discussing the impact of government budget gaps.
Steelcase 360 : Q & A: Richard Florida
Richard Florida on the economic crisis and its effects on work and the workplace.
Here to Stay—The Effects of Community Satisfaction on the Decision to Stay
In this paper, Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick examine the effects of satisfaction with individuals’ current location on the decision to stay.
The geographic clustering of economic activity has long been understood in terms of economies of scale across space. This paper introduces the construct of geographies of scope, which we argue is driven by substantial, large-scale geographic concentrations of related skills, inputs and capabilities. We examine this through an empirical analysis of the entertainment industry across US metropolitan areas from 1970 to2000.
CNN : Lady Gaga's monster influence
While other celebrities have been content to shill for products, offering themselves as endorsers, Lady Gaga is taking the reins and stamping her indelible mark on said products.
CNN International : Lady Gaga's monster influence
While other celebrities have been content to shill for products, offering themselves as endorsers, Gaga is taking the reins and stamping her indelible mark on said products.
StarNews Online : Author Richard Florida explains ‘creative' theory of drawing jobs
Richard Florida speaks at the BizTech Conference & Expo at the Wilmington Convention Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, January 14, 2011.
CTV : TORONTO 2061: Toronto the big, or the great?
Urban planning expert Richard Florida says the planning to make Toronto a world-class city in the same league as Paris or New York in the next 50 years must start now.
Ottawa Citizen : Top business books of 2010
Richard Florida's, The Great Reset, makes the top business books list of 2010. Florida's flood of data forms a nice mosaic of snapshots as he explains how the Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression morphed the largely rural, agrarian economy and population of the United States into an urban manufacturing powerhouse.
Rutgers Magazine : The Arts : Setting a New Course
Richard Florida forecasts a neweconomic order in the wake of America’srecent financial crisis in The Great Reset:How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.
The Daily Beast : Best Cities to be Single on New Year's
Looking to meet someone to start the year off right? Richard Florida crunches the numbers for the best cities in America for single men and women to be this New Year’s Eve.
Brazil's largest newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo interviews Richard Florida discussing the way forward for three major countries where his ideas on creativity are more important than ever - Brazil, the US and the UK.
Richard Florida's interview with Bulgarian Newspaper, Capital Weekly, the leading political and economic paper in the country.
The Daily Beast : Best Christmas Cities for Kids
Every kid hopes for a white Christmas with lots of gifts, but some cities are more likely to have it. Richard Florida on the 20 best cities to be a kid on Christmas morning.
Il Sole 24 ORE : La mia utopia: un Tamigi da Silicon Valley
Italy's largest financial newspaper interviews Richard Florida on the most important ideas of last decade and what will be that ones for the decade to come.
South Florida Business Journal : Florida on South Florida: Housing bust created opportunities
Richard Florida, a best-selling author and economic development theorist, says South Florida needs to diversify economically, focus on education and deal with sprawl if it wants to move forward.
Interview with Richard Florida for German business magazine.
Urban Milwaukee : The Great Reset by Richard Florida – Book Review
Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, takes a broad look at the current economic crisis in his latest book. Florida starts The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity by examining past economic crises, and how the country emerged stronger from them.
Interesting perspective for Miami's economic future, from bestselling author and economic development expert Richard Florida, who finds market trends reveal a rising of the creative class. While Florida acknowledges the difficulty of our current economy, he also depicts the composition for the possibilities.
Austin Business Journal : Q&A: 'Creative Class' author on Austin — blog
Leadership Austin, a nonprofit offering leadership training programs for the community, invited bestselling author Richard Florida — who wrote “The Flight of the Creative Class” — to the University of Texas to discuss his newest book “The Great Reset.”
The Shorthorn : Richard Florida, economic development expert, comes to UTA
Economic development expert Richard Florida visits U of T to discuss his two-year research involvement with the School of Urban and Public Affairs.
The Daily Texan : Professor says recovery requires ‘creative class’
Richard Florida speaks at a Leadership Austin event Friday, November 12, 2010.
Richard Florida and Steven Pedigo join UT Arlington as visiting scholars in the School of Urban and Public Affairs during the next two years.
The Economist : The government's new guru: Bring me sunshine
Outlining his plan to create a rival to Silicon Valley in the East End of London on November 4th, Mr Cameron paid tribute to Richard Florida, an American urban economist, for devising a blueprint for government’s role in the economy.
The Daily Beast : It Wasn't About the Economy, Stupid
The pundits say Tuesday's election was a repudiation of Obama's handling of the recession, but Richard Florida says the data show something entirely different.
The University and the Creative Economy
In this article, Richard Florida, Brian Knudsen, and Kevin Stolarick provide a data-driven, empirical analysis of the university’s role in the “3T’s” of economic development, looking in detail at the effects of university R&D, technology transfer, students and faculty on regional technology, talent, and tolerance for all 331 U.S. metropolitan regions.
Diamond Harvard Business Review : Insight for the Change After the Financial Crisis
Richard Florida interview with Diamond Harvard Business Review.
Review of The Great Reset-why the recession is a great opportunity.
Infectious Talk : Conversation with Richard Florida, author, urban studies theorist
In this episode, Paul Kedrsoky talks with Richard Florida, delving into themes Florida discusses in his new book, The Great Reset. They talked about the cultural, economic and geographic factors influencing innovative time periods and places.
The Daily Beast : The Best Cities for Trick-or-Treating
You may have your costume already picked out, but how does your city rate for celebrating Halloween? Richard Florida crunched the numbers for the ultimate list of the best cities to collect candy.
Investment News : Best 30 business books this year
With so many business books being published each month, Investment News is often asked for recommendations. Richard Florida's, The Great Reset, makes their list of 30 favorite hardbacks published this year.
Manager Magazin : Amerikas Krise wird eine Generation dauern
Richard Florida's interview with German online magazine, Manager Magazin's Henrik Müller.
The Daily Beast : 20 Most Innovative States
From California to Virginia, Richard Florida ranks the most innovative states in the country to find out where good ideas are generating economic growth.
San Francisco Sentinel.com : California Said Best State for Innovating Economic Growth
From California to Virginia, Richard Florida ranks the most innovative statesin the country to find out where good ideas are generating economic growth. California and Massachusetts rank 1st and 2nd on our new list of America’s most innovative states.
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal by Richard Florida examines the changing demographics of cities. Florida’s article points out that many of the cities we have typically called suburbs are transforming themselves from sprawling, car-centric and far-flung places into compact, transit-oriented, and walkable communities.
The Huffington Post : It's the Creative Economy, Stupid
We need to recognize that a whole new economy and society based upon creativity and innovation is emerging and that, as a consequence, it is of vital importance that we reinvent our communities, our schools, our businesses, our government to meet the challenges such major structural shifts present.
In his latest book, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity, Richard Florida explains how new ways of living and working will drive post-crash prosperity.
El Pais : Barcelona in the Great Reset
Barcelona has always been as commercial as it is creative. The city of Gaudi and Miro and the young Picasso is also a center of textile, chemical, pharmaceutical, and automotive manufacturing, publishing, finance, telecommunications and information technology, of technological innovation and entrepreneurship. It's this combination that the city and region can build on to survive and prosper through the economic crisis and Great Reset. (Spanish version)
Barcelona has always been as commercial as it is creative. The city of Gaudi and Miro and the young Picasso is also a center of textile, chemical, pharmaceutical, and automotive manufacturing, publishing, finance, telecommunications and information technology, of technological innovation and entrepreneurship. It's this combination that the city and region can build on to survive and prosper through the economic crisis and Great Reset.
Remaking our sprawling suburbs, with their enormous footprints, shoddy construction, hastily put up infrastructure, and dying malls, is shaping up to be the biggest urban revitalization challenge of modern times—far larger in scale, scope and cost than the revitalization of our inner cities.
Innovation Ireland Review : The Great Reset
Academic and best-selling author, Richard Florida, has long been documenting how creativity is revolutionizing the global economy. His new book, The Great Reset, says our post-crash prosperity depends on it all the more. One of the critical things for Ireland will be developing strategies and approaches that continue to harness the creativity and innovation of the entire workforce.
In his new book, The Great Reset: how new ways of living drive post-crash prosperity, Florida goes beyond economics in his analysis of the affects of global financial crisis. His work is built around the theory of 'spatial fix' advanced by neo-Marxist geographer David Harvey in mid-1970s, to describe how capitalism resolves inner crises through geo-graphical restructuring.
LA Observed : There's hope for L.A. - We ain't such dogs as we think we are!
LA is the place where people come to create and innovate. That's what Richard Florida is pointing out in his research on artists and cultural "creatives" in his Atlantic blog.
Washington Business Journal : Where will jobs be for D.C. area?
The D.C. area will continue to be an area of significant job growth according to recent detailed statistical analysis first reported at The Daily Beast from Richard Florida.
Talent, technology and tolerance in Canadian regional development
In this article Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick examine the factors that shape economic development in Canadian regions.
The Daily Beast : The 20 Worst Places to Sell Your Home
Nearly one in four American homeowners are now underwater on their mortgage. Richard Florida crunches the numbers to find the 20 cities with the biggest debt and housing problems.
Fast Company : Attracting Smart People to Your Community Accelerates Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial communities grow up around smart people. Richard Florida, one of the most thoughtful writers and thinkers about entrepreneurial communities, recently identified Boulder as the "brainiest city in the US."
Chronogram Magazine : Chronicler of the Creative Class
Carl Frankel's interview with Richard Florida.
The Daily Beast : 20 Brainiest Cities in America
Where do the biggest brainiacs in America live? Richard Florida crunches the numbers to figure out the smartest cities in the country.
KCRWs To the Point: The economy after the Great Recession
President Obama tries to be optimistic, but concedes that the Great Recession won't go away fast. Others compare it to the Great Depression as a signal of momentous economic change. Also, scientists decry ruling halting embryonic stem cell research. On Reporter's Notebook, are interest rates on credit cards going in the wrong direction?
Asheville Citizen-Times : Searching for a way from the Great Recession to the 'Great Reset'
“The Great Reset” is the title of sociologist and economic development guru Richard Florida’s latest opus, a sobering look at how the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression may change how we live, work and travel for decades to come.
Madison.com : Biz Beat: Perhaps sprawl cost us after all
Richard Florida is back with a good piece in the New Republic titled Roadmap to a High Speed Recovery. There, Florida opines that America needs to stop subsidizing what he calls the "auto-housing-suburban complex."
ReasonTV: Richard Florida Discusses The Great Reset of Urban Development in Economic Downturns
Welt/Welt am Sonntag : New York ist der Gewinner
German newspaper interview with Richard Florida.
The Daily Beast : 20 Best Cities to Find Jobs
Wondering where the jobs of the future are going to be? Richard Florida crunched the numbers to create a list of the American cities with the fastest-growing job markets, from New York to Durham to Bethesda.
The New Republic : The Roadmap to a High-Speed Recovery
The fiscal and monetary fixes that have helped mature industrial economies like the United States get back on their feet since the Great Depression are not going to make the difference this time. Mortgage interest tax credits and massive highway investments are artifacts of our outmoded industrial age; in fact, our whole housing-auto complex is superannuated.
Sydsvenskan : De kreativas apostel
Swedish daily newspaper interview with Richard Florida.
Kai Ryssdal talks to Richard Florida, the author of "The Great Reset." Florida isn't so sure the recovery is upon us just yet, but rather a "generational shift" towards a better financial and social system.
Examiner : Austin area reigns as one of ‘human capitals’ of U.S.
Drawing on data from the Brookings Institution, urban studies guru Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” collaborated with colleague Charlotta Mellander and their team at Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute to come up with the analysis, which put Austin at No. 10 among the cities with the most brainpower.
W.I.R.E. Magazine : Talent, Technology and Tolerance
Interview with Richard Florida on the 3T's.
Agenda Magazine : Reset, remodel, reward
As the manufacturing economy 'resets' to knowledge and service, firms who unlock their workforce's creative potential will be the winners, says author Richard Florida.
The American Conservative : When Red States Get Blue
Dramatic change has come to the Blue States of the Northeast, once Republican bastions turned solidly Democratic.
The Daily Beast : 20 U.S. Cities with the Most Immigrants
Which cities have the most immigrants and foreign born citizens in America? Richard Florida and his team crunch the numbers to come up with a surprising list and explore why these cities benefit from high immigrant populations.
La Vanguardia : “La economía la mueven las ciudades, no las empresas”
Richard Florida's interview with La Vanguardia newspaper in Spain.
In a Q&A with Richard Florida and in his latest book, "The Great Reset," he talked about how housing is going to change and become a more reasonable part of our budgets. Beyond tanking housing values (and foreclosures) that we see all around us, how exactly is that going to work? Here are the extended outtakes from the interview on the subjects of housing, organic food and the need for more good data.
Aftenposten : Den store omstarten
Norwegian review of The Great Reset.
Advertising Age : Why the Economy May Be Poised for a 'Great Reset,' and What It Means
Author and Futurist Richard Florida Predicts a More Urban, Creative and Service-Focused Market.
Savannah Morning News : Explore some reads of 'great' events
Richard Florida's, The Great Reset, provides "great" reading that will keep you absorbed for the foreseeable future.
The Reykjavik Grapevine : Here Come The Creatives
Reconstructing the Icelandic economy will take more than increased fishing quotas. More than a new aluminium smelter. It will require a new way of thinking. Professor Florida coined the term ‘the creative class’ to identify a socio-economic class of people that he believes will drive economic growth in modern societies through creativity.
Aspen Ideas Festival 2010 - Richard Florida The Great Reset
Richard Florida, author of the new book "The Great Reset" speaks at the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival about how new ways of living and working can create a post-recession prosperity.Florida is the author of the bestseller, "The Rise of the Creative Class," which received the Washington Monthly's Political Book Award and was cited as a major breakthrough idea by Harvard Business Review. He also wrote, "Who's Your City?" in which he argues that where we live is becoming increasingly important.
The Daily Beast : America’s Top Gay Cities
From the obvious (San Francisco) to the surprising (Columbus), Richard Florida and Gary Gates crunched the numbers to come up with the gayest cities in the country.
Los Angeles Times : California has right stuff for a down economy
To Californians weary of reports of government insolvency, soaring unemployment and foreclosure nightmares, economic development expert Richard Florida has somewhat of a sunny forecast.
Guelph Mercury : Thinking about why some cities work . . . and why some don’t
Richard Florida looks at the big patterns that emerged from calamitous economic downturns in the past — the deep and prolonged depressions of the 1870s and 1930s — in his book The Great Reset.
Urbanist Richard Florida charts the progress of the long depression of the late 19th century and the great depression of 1930s from pain austerity through to opportunity and eventual recovery.
Living Out Beyond : My View of The Great Reset by Richard Florida
Does living out beyond fit into Richard Florida’s thinking on the great reset he claims our society is starting to experience?
Financial Post : The Great Reset and the future of Tor-Mon-tawa, Canada
Jonathan Chevreau's review of Richard Florida's latest book, The Great Reset with outlook on Toronto.
Vanity Fair : Do You Live in One of the Country’s Highest-Earning Cities?
The Martin Prosperity Institute ranks the highest-earning cities in the country.
MinnPost.com : Recession recovery: Urbanist says it will mean huge changes in how we live
Richard Florida's new book, "The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity." equates the current moment to the nation's two earlier major economic meltdowns — the Long Depression that followed the Panic of 1873 and the Great Depression of the 1930s. The reset that followed each of those episodes transformed the American geography in ways that fit perfectly into the new model for prosperity. It'll happen again this time, says Florida, but it won't be quick and easy.
The Daily Beast : America's 20 Highest Earning Cities
Wondering where you earn the highest incomes? Richard Florida and his team have put together the definitive list of American's 20 highest earning cities.
SlowBurbs.com : Book Review, "The Great Reset" by Richard Florida
Pamela Price of SlowBurbs.com reviews Richard Florida's, The Great Reset.
Richard Florida writes that the U.S. can make its service jobs more appealing.
Author and Professor Richard Florida discusses his book, "The Great Reset." Florida directs the Martin Prosperity Institute and is a professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto. He founded the Creative Class Group, a firm charting new trends in business.
Ottawa Citizen : Why Canada needs a Great Reset
Canada's economy is badly in need of significant structural changes. Without the pressure of a crisis, there's a real danger that we'll settle for complacency, instead.
The Daily Beast : The Fourth Place
More and more workers are plugging in and taking meetings at places, like Starbucks, that aren’t home or the office. Richard Florida on why this trend will change our business world.
Financial Times : America needs to make its bad jobs better
Periods of crisis and creative destruction such as the current one are when new categories of jobs are created as old categories of jobs are destroyed. The key to a sustained recovery is to turn as many of these – as well as existing lower-paying jobs – into better, family-supporting jobs.
Aspen Public Radio - Cross Currents: Richard Florida at the Aspen Ideas Festival
The Creative Class's Richard Florida, author of "The Great Reset" on global change and recovery after the financial crisis. He will be speaking at the Ideas Fest next week.JAS' Horowitz and ACF's Tormohlen on The Little Dance, a community event for kids on Saturday July 3rd.
Our research examines the role of post-industrial structures and values on happiness across the nations of the world. We argue that these structures and values shape happiness in waysthat go beyond the previously examined effects of income. Our analysis explores whether income has different effects on countries at different stages of economic development. Ourresults indicate that post-industrial structures and values have a stronger effect on happiness in higher income countries, where the standard of living has surpassed a certain level. Income,on the other hand, has a stronger impact on happiness in low-income countries.
Fox Business: Interview with Richard Florida - Homeownership Hurts
The Miami Herald : Our economic future is not what it used to be
It's not just a matter of bank failures, spiraling foreclosures, high unemployment and the rest of this mess. Many of us sense that we're on the cusp of a fundamental shift in our economy and culture. Though most may be in denial, the evidence strongly suggests that the American economy has been propelled and sustained by criminally inflated credit and rampant speculation, and we are on the precipice of a change that will result in a dramatically altered American landscape.
Malaysia Star : Resetting economy, society and the world
In his latest book, The Great Reset, Florida recounts causes of the Long Depression of 1870s and the Great Depression of 1930s, and analyses the ensuing social and economical effects – the rise of innovation, changes in infrastructure, geographical resettlement and alteration of ways of living and working. Florida calls these adjustments resets and thinks the next Great Reset will take place soon or even now, if not already.
The Ladue News : Commerce Matters
Florida’s newest book, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity, looks beyond today and fast-forwards us to tomorrow.
New Urban News : The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
According to Philip Langdon, the prescriptions in this stimulating book ought to be on the national agenda. Florida is in the vanguard of something vital.
La Vanguardia : "La receta es: talento, tolerancia y technologia"
New York Post : Out with the old
To Richard Florida, calling today’s economic woes the “Great Recession” doesn’t begin to describe the tectonic forces at work. He believes today’s recession is a “great reset” that will fundamentally change the work we do and the way we do it.
Ottawa Business Journal : Richard Florida pushes the reset button
Jim Donnelly interviews Richard Florida on The Great Reset and how the city of Ottawa fares.
The Daily You : Intellectual Entrepreneurship at The University of Texas
The City of Tyler developed the Industry Growth Initiative (IGI), a plan to bring the city further into the Innovation Economy with much of the research based on the work of Richard Florida.
Edge Perspectives with John Hagel : The Great Reset
John Hagel reviews Richard Florida's compelling new book, The Great Reset, that takes a longer term historical view of changing patterns in the settlement of people and places.
Free Market Mojo : The American Fitness Index
The American College of Sports Medicine has just released the latest version of the American Fitness Index, which ranks the health and fitness levels of America’s fifty largest cities.
NY Daily News : College grads will do just fine: This is a tale of two downturns
There's no question that this year's 1.6 million college graduates are entering the job market during one of America's worst economic crises. But this does not mean that college grads are facing unprecedented kinds of trouble.
The Wall Street Journal : Homeownership Is Overrated
Richard Florida says owning a home may actually be a drawback given the economic flexibility required to power long-lasting recovery. He and his colleagues tracked homeownership levels across U.S. cities and regions to see how they correlate to other measurable demographic and economic factors.
stltoday.com : Do we need more renters and fewer home owners?
Individuals and the country would be better off if we had fewer home owners and more renters, Richard Florida writes in the Wall Street Journal.
NPR : Is Owning A Home Overrated?
Florida points out that while it's a good thing for some people to buy a house,that doesn't mean everybody should own a home. Home ownership makes it harder for people to move for work, which carries a real cost.
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 8 of 8: The Burden of Home Ownership
Big Think: Interview with Richard Florida June 3rd 2010 - The Great Reset
Big Think : Richard Florida on Post-Recession America
Urban studies theorist Richard Florida came by the Big Think offices to talk about what he's coined "The Great Reset"—the effects of the economic crisis on our country, and how it is reshaping the way we live.
Falls News Church Press : Richard Florida's 'The Great Reset'
This incredibly interesting and well-written commentator on the socio-economics of the modern era has hit yet another grand slam, eclipsing his phenomenal "Rise of the Creative Class" with the bright-yellow covered, "The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive a Post-Crash Prosperity."
In this paper Richard Florida, Robert Wuebker and Zoltan Acs examine recent patterns of venture capital investment which suggest that the venture capital industry is in the early stages of a profound transformation catalyzed inpart by the globalization of igh-impact entrepreneurship. This change in the allocation of early-stage venture investment has important implications for the financing of young firms, the speed of innovation and technologicaltransformation, and the locus of long-term economic growth.
According to Delta Sky Magazine, in 23 punchy, provocative chapters, Richard Florida calls for the recalibration of our economy, rating his new book, The Great Reset, 4.5 out of 5 stars in this month's Read Up.
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 7 of 8: Why Detroit Needs to Go Back to Its Roots
The Seattle Times : That Great Reset? Not so fast
"The promise of the current Reset is the opportunity for a life made better not by ownership of real estate, appliances, cars, and all manner of material goods, but by greater flexibility and lower levels of debt, more time with family and friends, greater promise of personal development, and access to more and better experiences."
Tallahassee.com : Our Opinion: Take a bow; back to work
Tallahassee has landed as No. 15 in a listing of the 25 Best Cities for College Grads that was reported by Richard Florida, a frequent visitor to the city and an inspiration behind the Knight Creative Communities Institute (KCCI) that is at work improving the vitality of life in the community.
CNN American Dream, American Reality: Richard Florida discusses the topic of home ownership
Albany Times Union : Albany touted as top place for recent college grads
Richard Florida, the well-known economist and urban theorist, says the Capital Region of Albany is one of the top 25 areas for the young and ambitious.
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 6 of 8: Will Phoenix Rise From The Flames
The Happiness Project : Cycling, Writing, Walking -- and Living in the Right City
Interview with Richard Florida by Gretchen Rubin who was curious about how the author thinks about happiness in the context of his own life.
CBS WRGB : Albany among top cities for college grads: website report
The news and opinion site TheDailyBeast.com has ranked Albany #23 on its list of 25 best cities for college graduates based on a list by Richard Florida who said he and his team analyzed a Gallup survey of 28,000 Americans in their twenties to figure out the key draws for them in a location after they graduate college.
The Independent : Business analysis: "We must accelerate the transition to an idea-driven economy"
If - as the author Richard Florida and others contend – we are in the middle of the sort of change that followed the Long Depression and the Great Depression of the 1930s, then the usual measures to deal with economic downturns are unlikely to work.
The Daily Beast : 25 Best Cities for College Grads
The Class of 2010 is heading into the real world but where should they live? Urban guru Richard Florida and his team find the best cities for the young and ambitious.
Royal Philips Electronics annouced the launch of the Philips Livable Cities Award, an initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities. Individuals, community or non-governmental groups and businesses are eligible to participate in the Award program.
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 5 of 8: Beyond Wall Street
Royal Philips Electronics announces the launch of the Philips Livable Cities Award, an initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities with Richard Florida as chair of the international panel of experts.
Toronto Star : Richard Florida: Toronto could use a good civic crisis
Richard Florida examines the challenges Toronto and Canada face, especially in light of how the tectonic economic events of the past 18 months are recasting the role of cities and regions worldwide.
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 4 of 8: Why Cities are idea factories
Part 4: Richard Florida describes the shift from suburbs to enormous metropolitan regions
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 3 of 8: Megaregions of the Future
Part 3 of 8
Minyanville : Shrinking the American Dream
We're going through what University of Toronto urbanologist Richard Florida calls "the Great Reset," the title of his new book. There is a realization that our consumption-based lifestyle will have to change if we're to enjoy a sustainable standard of living. Everything is being reevaluated during the Great Reset.
Times Columnist : A good time to reshape the economic landscape
Richard Florida's, The Great Reset, examines how the financial crisis could spark real change.
The Gazette : Cities: SMALL is the big idea
Local entrepreneurship, arts and cultural industries ... have become the core stuff of economic development, writes Richard Florida in The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity. Please see the excerpt.
800 CEO Read : Jack Covert Selects – The Great Reset
The Great Reset we’re in the middle of is going to take time, but it is happening now, and where we live and work—and how we live and work—is going to have to change to meet the new economy’s needs. To navigate that change, Richard Florida’s The Great Reset is the perfect guide.
The Globe and Mail : Ready, reset, go!
Richard Florida says it’s time to stop propping up the old economy. His solution? Ditch the car, live downtown and become a renter
Sacramento Bee : Home Front: Book argues for less homeownership, more mobility
Urban theorist Richard Florida says so many people are trapped in homeownership today that it's harming our economy.
BNET Business Network : Brains Still Trump Guns and Oil
Richard Florida, an author and professor, wrote the following piece in response to an article by BNET’s Jessica Stillman, ‘Do Guns and Oil Outearn Brains.
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 2 of 8: Moving to the Suburbs
Richard Florida explains why long commutes used to make sense -- and why they no longer do
Barnes and Noble Review : The Great Reset and The Rational Optimist
Felix Salmon's review of Richard Florida's new book, The Great Reset. The conceit of this book is that the crisis of 2008 will act much like previous crises in 1873 and 1933, and mark the point at which the old way of doing things died and a new social order began to rise from the ashes.
The Atlantic: The Florida Report part 1 of 8: The Birth of Urban America
Part 1: Richard Florida talks to Don Peck about how the great American cities rose out of the Industrial Revolution
Sacramento Bee : Has your house trapped you in Sacramento's unemployment?
Richard Florida, who wrote a widely-quoted book about revitalizing cities by attracting "the creative class," has penned a new book about changes wrought by this financial crisis - especially in housing. It's titled "The Great Reset."
Urbanophile : Review: The Great Reset by Richard Florida
Urbanophile's look at the work of Richard Florida and The Great Reset.
Specific Gravity - The Great Reset
As Michael Lewis explained to us yesterday, there is no question we've just been through the worst economic crises since the great depression. As we begin to recover, we all wonder what will be different? What lessons will we take away? It should be clear by now that enough has changed that we can't solve everything just by regulating Wall Street. We will each have to find ways to reform ourselves and our values to reflect the changing economy, strained resources and a new emphasis on what constitutes real value. All of this is what bestselling author, public intellectual and economic development expert Richard Florida calls The Great Reset.
The Fiscal Times : A New Name for a New Economy
Richard Florida, author of the new book The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity, argues that periods of economic distress can ultimately lead to significant demographic change — and that to capitalize on the changes to come, we need to develop and embrace the creative abilities of our citizens in order to take advantage of a nimble new economy.
BNET Business Network : Richard Florida: How the Recession Will Shape Our Economy — and Our Society
Richard Florida’s latest book, The Great Reset, looks at the lasting effects of economic recessions: how they’ve shaped our society in the past, and how the one we’re currently in will do so again over the next few decades. Jeremy's Dann's interview here with Richard Florida.
Change This : Renting the Dream: Housing in America After the Great Reset
Every Great Reset has seen our system of housing change.The rate of home ownership has been on the decline for some time now. Many of those who still choose to buy homes will choose smaller ones, while many more will opt for rental housing. A further look at housing in America after the Great Reset.
Fast Company : Richard Florida's Creative Destruction, Spatial Fix and The Great Reset
Greg Lindsay's review of Richard Florida's latest book, The Great Reset.
Fareed Zakaria CNN GPS : Book of the Week
CNN's Fareed Zakaria says if you're looking for a book to brighten your outlook on current events, pick up Richard Florida's, The Great Reset.
Canadian Government Executive : Keys to success: Talent, technology and tolerance
Richard Florida shares his views on what needs to happen if cities are to succeed.
Marknadsmedia: SABO - Vi Behöver en radikal förändring i hur vi bor idag!- Intervju
Toronto Life : Richard Florida: 10 things I can’t live without
The Rotman prof by day, rock star by night—who just released his latest urban manifesto—reveals the 10 things he can’t live without.
According to BizEd in The Great Reset, Richard Florida offers a thoughtful, generally hopeful assessment of where we are now, how we got here - and how we can rebuild in the future.
The Daily Beast : This Week's Hot Reads
The Daily Beast's pick for this week's hot reads says The Great Reset is a bold prospectus from Richard Florida on how the U.S. can get back on its feet.
Dayton Daily News : Young Dayton adults strive to help the city thrive
DaytonCREATE was born out of Richard Florida’s creative class concept and it has gone on to create burgeoning groups and events for the Dayton area.
Examiner : Don't curse the recession - push reset
Richard Florida's new book "The Great Reset" puts forth a road map to not only survive, but to prosper as we come out of this latest recession.
The Street - The Real Story: The Great Reset
TheStreet.com goes behind the headlines to find out who and what is really moving the market each day.
Financial Times : How recession can lead to a boom in innovation
Florida in his new book, The Great Reset, argues that economic bust is usually followed by innovation boom, resulting in better living standards.
Amazon.com : Robert Morris Review of The Great Reset
Robert Morris' 5 out of 5 Star Review of Richard Florida's, The Great Reset. According to Morris, The Great Reset is the most valuable book that Richard Florida has written...thus far.
The Brian Lehrer Show : Richard Florida Resets
Economic crises present opportunities for social and economic resets. Author and economic development expert Richard Florida gives his view of what's ahead in his new book, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.
Richard Florida is urging Americans to be…less rooted. Florida points to studies indicating that in areas of high home ownership — translation: low geographic mobility — there is “less economic productivity, higher rates of unemployment and…lower levels of well-being.”
In The Great Reset, a new book by bestselling author, professor and economic expert Richard Florida shows how the recovery will transform our jobs, housing, transportation, and even the American Dream. We will rent homes instead of owning them. We will have new forms of transportation and infrasctructure to speed the movement of people and ideas. We will live in more densely populated megaregions instead of what we now call cities and suburbs. The hard road to prosperity will bring new innovations that will change our lives for the better.
Sun2Surf : Attracting the creative class
For those who hold strongly to the belief that cities are the engines of development, Florida’s thesis on the clustering of creative people has provided a concrete path to development. What the urban managers and planners have to do is to attract creative people to their cities.
The Take Away : Richard Florida on America's 'Great Reset'
Even though many economists are proclaiming the "Great Recession" ending or over, the nearly 10 percent of Americans who are unemployed probably find it difficult to imagine exactly what a prosperous, post-recession America will look like. Richard Florida, author of "The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity," says that's because the crash has fundamentally altered how we feel about spending and saving. He says we're all in the process of resetting the way we work and live.
NPR : 'Great Reset' Argues Against 'House Passion'[www.npr.org]
Urban thinker Richard Florida agrees that owning a home is not always better than renting. In his new book The Great Reset, Florida quotes an economist who believes "America needs to get over its house passion." Florida talks to Steve Inskeep about new ways to live and work post-recession.
Business News Network : The Great Reset - Part Three[watch.bnn.ca]
How has the global financial meltdown affected cities around the world? BNN speaks to urbanist Richard Florida, author of the new book, "The Great Reset."
Business News Network : The Great Reset - Part Two[watch.bnn.ca]
How has the global financial meltdown affected cities around the world? BNN speaks to urbanist Richard Florida, author of the new book, "The Great Reset."
Business News Network : The Great Reset - Part One[watch.bnn.ca]
How has the global financial meltdown affected cities around the world? BNN speaks to urbanist Richard Florida, author of the new book, "The Great Reset."
The Wall Street Journal : Can we innovate our way out of the recession?
A portfolio of ideas, our economy today is going through an epochal transformation.
The Wall Street Journal : America, A Portfolio of Ideas
Richard Florida, best-selling author and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, describes how today’s economic crisis will drive innovation that will change the way we live and work.
New York Post : After the great recession, could New York be the city of the future?
In the post-bust era, Florida envisions more and more Americans opting not to take on car and mortgage payments, choosing the flexibility of renting and the less stressful commutes of mass transit to free up funds for more culture, more experiences, less living space but more ways to express themselves. In other words, America might be ready to take on more of the qualities of another country entirely: New York City.
Urban Land Magazine : In Years to Come New Real Estate Development Patterns will Evolve
In the years ahead, changes in demographics and consumer behavior will drive new real estate development patterns that reflect a trend toward more urban suburbs, according to industry experts at ULI’s Real Estate Summit at the Spring Council Forum in Boston. Well-known analysts Joel Kotkin, Robert Lang, Richard Florida, and Christopher Leinberger offered different views on what’s ahead, but they all agreed that most of the growth in U.S. urban regions will occur not in downtown cores, but in the suburbs.
Urban Land Magazine : Expect Growth in Inner-Ring Suburbs, Says ULI Demographics Panel
Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, told ULI attendees in Boston that human creativity will power the next economic boom, and to succeed, places must meet the needs of the most talented and innovative workers.
Good Magazine : You Are Where You Live: What Makes a Perfect Neighborhood?
Richard Florida's upcoming book, The Great Reset, examines how the economic crash will reshape the way we work and live. We spoke with Florida about what makes a neighborhood great, why small communities need more political power, and the transformation of American suburbs.
Robert Morris interviews Richard Florida on his new book The Great Reset and how new ways of living and working will drive post-crash prosperity.
Free Market Mojo : Working Smarter, Not Harder Brings in the Dough
Richard Florida has posted on a new study (PDF) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows where workers work the longest hours and make the most money.
First Friday Book Synopsis : Interview: Richard Florida
Robert Morris interviews Richard Florida. In his latest book, The Great Reset, Florida explains how new ways of living and working will drive post-crash prosperity.
Lexington Herald Leader : Nourishing creativity called key to happier cities
Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, talks about that book and his next one, The Great Reset, as keynote speaker for the opening of the Creative Cities Summit at the Lexington Center.
Lexington Herald Leader : 'Creative Class' author to speak at summit
Florida is the keynote speaker at the opening of the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington, a three-day international conference of people focused on economic development and revitalization of their communities.
800 CEO Read : The Great Reset
Richard Florida, bestselling author of Who's Your City? and The Rise of the Creative Class, returns with a much-needed and original vision as we emerge from the economic downturn, illuminating the incredible opportunity our times present for rethinking our future.
The Conference Board Review : Worth Noting
The Conference Board Review cites Richard Florida's The Great Reset as one of 5 recent reads that caught their attention.
This research examines the effect of skillin cities on regional wages. In place of the extant literature’s focus on humancapital or knowledge-based or creativeoccupations, we focus our analysis on actual skills.
Les Échos : Grandeur et declin des villes
Who's Your City? review in French economic daily newspaper.
China Business Journal : Business Management Review
Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? featured in Business Management Review's Profile column.
Examiner : Richard Florida on government’s proper role during severe crisis and disruptive change
According to Dallas Business Commentary Examiner, Robert Morris there is no one else who generates more and more valuable insights concerning the evolution of the U.S. culture than does Richard Florida.
Richard Florida discusses how American ingenuity—which is often foreign ingenuity—is waning because the world’s most talented individuals are either not coming to America or are being seduced away from America by such countries as Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
National Post : Spring book highlights: Poised for publishing
The National Post reveals the most promising-sounding books by Canadian authors of the next three months.
First Friday Book Synopsis : Richard Florida’s perspectives on the U.S. educational system
In his book The Great Reset, Richard Florida examines the need to understand that classroom education is merely one phase of a continuous process of learning, discovery, and engagement that can occur anywhere and anytime.
Business Week : Richard Florida: The U.S. Is Facing a 'Talent Shift'
The bestselling author worries about the consequences of so many American-educated MBAs starting their careers in Asia.
The Korea Herald : Creativity, technology: what a city needs to become future leader
Richard Florida speaks at the Global Metropolitan Forum of Seoul 2010.
Socioneconomic Structures and Happiness
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Peter J. Rentfrow examine the role of post-industrial structures and values on happiness across the nations of the world. They argue that these structures and values shape happiness in ways that go beyond the previously examined effects of income.
Socioeconomic Structures, Smoking and Obesity
Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander examine the effects of post-industrial economic structures and values on smoking and obesity.
The Globe and Mail : When small countries hit the Olympic big-time
Richard Florida takes a look at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. When you account for population size, medal count reveals a crude measure of what's behind national athletic excellence.
Korea 2020 : South Korea: Moving into the Creative Age
South Korea has clawed its way out of poverty by becoming a manufacturing powerhouse. But to stay a world-class economy will require the country to draw on a different set of skills. In the future, it will be the ability to create—as distinct from the ability to produce—that will foster innovation, and with it, sustainable economic growth. Whether it is new ideas, new business models, new cultural forms, new technologies, or new industries, it is creative capital that will drive the world economy. The ability to harness creativity will be the biggest challenge, as well as the biggest opportunity, for South Korea.
The Daily Toreador : Bestselling author to speak at series
Author Richard Florida to speak at Texas Tech University Presidential Lecture and Performance Series February 5, 2010.
Lubbock Online : Business visionary Florida to speak at Tech
Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and professor of business and creativity at the University of Toronto, will offer his revolutionary insight to Lubbock’s business leaders and students at Texas Tech.
Industry and Innovation : Creative Jobs, Industries and Places
This special issue publishes some of the interesting work that is going on within the creative economy research field. This concept of the creative economy has been the focus of our ownresearch for more than a decade. The most fundamental level building block of the creative economy is, of course, creative individuals. Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class(2002) illustrated that every single human being has creative potential, and discussed the economic value of such creative individuals for innovation in industry. At the industry level,“creative industries” has been the terminology to describe industries where individual creativity is systematically harnessed to achieve high levels of innovation, namely, high-tech industries with a high R&D or programming component, as well as cultural industries such asentertainment or design (Caves, 2000; Throsby, 2001; Hesmondhalgh, 2002).
Texas Tech Today : Urban Studies Expert, Best-Selling Author Richard Florida to Open Lecture Series
The Texas Tech Presidential Lecture & Performance Series premiers its spring season this February 2010 with best-selling author Richard Florida.
Richard Florida gave a very compelling presentation in Albany on September 24, 2009 on how the Capitol Region is one of the top "Creative Class" areas.
Albany Times Union : Economic future requires thriving cities
Florida predicts the current Great Recession, like its predecessor international economic crises, "will accelerate the rise and fall of specific places within the U.S. -- and reverse the fortunes of other cities and regions". This may not bode well for the Capital Region.
Big Think: How the Creative Class is Affecting the Way Businesses Think[creativeclass.com]
Now more than ever, companies need unconventional thinking to work within the new rules set by the economic recession. Richard Florida has persuasively demonstrated how artists, scientists, engineers, writers, musicians and more can revitalize an entire city from urban decay. With today’s companies in a similar situation, what can members of the Creative Class do for businesses? Discussion of where new hires might come from and the impact they can make.
Education in the Creative Economy : The University and the Creative Economy
In this Chapter of Daniel Araya's and Michael A. Peter's book, Education in the Creative Economy, Richard Florida, Brian Knudsen,and Kevin Stolarick argue that the university’s increasing role in economic growth stems from deeper and more fundamental forces. The university’s role in these forces goes beyond technology to both talent and tolerance.
Academia : 'Talent, technology and tolerance' key to attracting creative workers
In an interview with EurActiv, Richard Florida, author of 'The Rise of the Creative Class', said European countries are battling to attract and retain innovative people.
Revista Nueva : Desde Canadá Un lugar para cada persona
Article for Revista Nueva, general interest national magazine in Argentina, reflecting interview with Richard Florida on Who's Your City?
Management Issues : Leadership for the creative class
The creative class – innovative knowledge workers in all sectors of the economy - will rule the 21st century. So argued social scientist Richard Florida in a seminal article (and later a book), written in 2002. But what does it mean for creative class employees to show leadership? And what does this imply for conventional leadership?
The Roanoke Times : The diversity dynamic
STAR is one of four initiatives from the Creative Community Leadership Project in cooperation with the city of Roanoke and the Creative Class Group. This was the first of a series of three open-door discussions about diversity and inclusion.
Human Resources Marketer : Dr. Richard Florida Headlines HCI’s National Summit
The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a think tank, professional association and educator in talent management strategies, announced that Dr. Richard Florida, widely regarded as one of the most influential scholars on the shift to the new knowledge economy, will headline HCI's inaugural National Human Capital Summit, to be held in Chicago April 6-7, 2010.
El Exportador : Profesionales a medida
Article from Ex Exportador, belonging to the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade, on talent management.
The Globe and Mail : The List/Best Selling Business Books
The Rise of the Creative Class ranks 9th on The Globe and Mail's list of best selling business books.
Metroland : Creativity the key to Durham's future, says professor
Dr. Richard Florida speaks at The Art of Transition event hosted by the Region of Durham's economic development and tourism department November 12, 2009.
Hamilton Spectator : Pan Ams will put us on world stage: Florida
The Spectator asked urban economist and Who's Your City? author Richard Florida a few questions about the impact of the Pan Am Games on Hamilton and area.
Hamilton Spectator : Human history has not seen change like this
In the last 14 months, the world has witnessed the greatest economic transformation in all of human history, urban thinker Richard Florida told a rapt audience in Burlington November 17, 2009 at an event for the Halton Industry Education Council.
Hamilton Spectator : Urban studies author in Burlington today
Urban studies guru Richard Florida is the keynote speaker at the Halton Industry Education Council's 20th anniversary gala today being held at the Burlington Convention Centre November 17, 2009.
Marketing Magazine : Kids choosing ‘experiences’ over big homes, says Richard Florida
Bestselling author and cultural anthropologist Richard Florida speaks at the second annual Marketing Week event November 12, 2009.
How the financial crisis will reshape America and Europe (Dutch magazine).
Continental Magazine : Welcome to Boomerhood
Looking to exercise body and mind and leave a positive mark on society, retiring baby boomers are shunning gated communities for vibrant cities and towns.
Finpro Magazine seeks to offer business foresight for Finnish companies, and encourages them to go abroad with their businesses. In the magazine, one way of offering foresight is presenting weak signals and trends that Finpro's consultant network has collected around the world. One of the five trends presented is "the creative employee". The article tells about the challenges that the creative employee brings to their leaders with a look at Richard Florida's ideas on how to manage creative people.
Federal Express Access Review : Locating "Mega-Regions" of Opportunity
Richard Florida asserts that the world is "spiky"-with talent, innovation and creativity clustering in mega-regions that are increasingly powerful drivers of the global economy.
Health Achieve : Inspiring Ideas & Innovation 2009
Richard Florida speaks for the Ontario Hospital Association in Toronto November 17, 2009 along with other keynote speakers Michael Moore, Newt Gingrich and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
blogTO : Creative Places + Spaces: Collaborate or Die
Richard Florida speaks at the third-ever Creative Places + Spaces event in Toronto along with Mayor Miller and Sir Ken Robinson.
Ottawa Citizen : Ottawa lags U.S. cities in wedding culture, business
Canada has cities with lots of creative and tolerant people, but falls short of the United States in turning culture into tangible economic benefits, Richard Florida told officials at Ottawa City Hall October 30, 2009
Tree Hugger : Richard Florida at Creative Places + Spaces Conference
Richard Florida speaks at the Creative Places + Spaces Conference in Toronto billed as "one of the world's leading forums on creativity".
Rockford Register Star : Daunting challenges require collaborative solutions
Richard Florida, the author of the book “The Rise of the Creative Class,” has written an article in The Atlantic titled “How the Crash Will Reshape America” which makes several points that are particularly relevant to the Greater Rockford region.
The Bulldog : Richard Florida to Lecture Ottawa City Council
Richard Florida to meet Ottawa City Mayor Larry O'Brien's office October 30, 2009.
The Business Executive : An interview with Richard Florida
The Business Executive interviews Richard Florida, Author, Who’s Your City and Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, will be the keynote speaker at HIEC’s 20th Anniversary event on Nov. 17, 2009.
Fort Worth Business Press : Jimi Hendrix and the future of North Texas
Florida, who spoke Sept. 25 at the University of Texas at Arlington as the first of the school’s 2009 Maverick Speaker Series, is best known for his concepts of the creative class and the idea of urban regeneration and several books on the subject, including The Rise of the Creative Class, Cities and the Creative Class and his latest, Who’s Your City?
SOMA Magazine : Richard Florida The Discovery of the Creative Class
An in depth interview with Richard Florida on the creative class and a most interesting palm reading.
Wall Street Journal : The Next Youth-Magnet Cities
WSJ asks Richard Florida and five other experts which 10 cities will emerge as the hottest, hippest destinations for highly mobile, educated workers in their 20s when the U.S. economy gets moving again.
Dallas Observer : Urban Theorist Richard Florida: DFW's Doing OK But Has
Richard Florida speaks at the University of Texas at Arlington sharing insights that the Dallas-Forth Worth area is doing okay but has room for improvement.
ITbusiness : Creative people help a company 'thrive' in tough times
Richard Florida delivered the keynote address at IT World Canada’s Toronto-based Showcase Ontario event, Sept. 22. The academic and author discussed ideas put forward in his best-selling book The Rise of the Creative Class and his soon-to-be-released (and tentatively titled) The Great Reset.
Daily Gazette : Author on global economic issues to speak at Palace
The rise of the creative class and its new type of economic development, and what that means for the Capital Region will be the focus of a presentation at The Palace in Albany, NY.
Online Schools : 100 Best Twitter Feeds for Your Financial Intelligence
Richard Florida ranks among those best twitter feeds for financial intelligence.
Excalibur : Toronto’s place in the “creative economy”
According to Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class: And How it’s Transforming Work, Leisure,Community and Everyday Life, members of the creative class are very different from those who are employed in the manufacturing, service or agriculture industries. They contribute to our economy primarily by producing the new forms and ideas exploited by our various industries and decision-makers.If Toronto is serious about maintaining – or, hopefully, improving – its national and international presence in the world’s markets, it may be a good idea to foster an atmosphere that not only attracts such individuals, but also encourages and promotes those ideas and new forms they produce.
Jackson Free Press : [Stauffer] A 21st Century Boom Town?
In his latest book, "Who's Your City?." Florida expands on the work that he's done in previous books to speak to two audiences. First, the book gives cities a sense of what they need to do to attract and keep the best and the brightest. Second, the book gives guidance to individuals trying to make the very important choice of where they want to live. How does Jackson rank?
Duluth News Tribune : Five nonprofits receive awards from Community Foundation
Five local nonprofit organizations received the 2009 Touchstone Award from the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. The event’s theme, “Celebrating our Creative Economy,” included ideas from a 2007 presentation at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center by Richard Florida, an author and professor who talks about the “creative class.”
Northland's NewsCenter : Duluth Superior Community Foundation Announces Award Winners
The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation announces the recipients of the 2009 Touchstone Awards. This year’s theme “Celebrating Our Creative Economy” celebrates the work of Dr. Richard Florida and the impact his message has had on the Twin Ports.
Planetizen : The Top 100 Urban Thinkers
Planetizen's poll for the top 100 urban thinkers ranging from planners of the past to active thinkers of today including Richard Florida at number 29.
Associate Degree : 100 Best Twitter Feeds for Savvy Business Students
Richard Florida ranked 24 out of 100 best twitter feeds for business students, posting links to economic stories that impact everyone’s lives such as unemployment, personal bankruptcy, and spending.
Examiner : Where the girls are... in the West
The Sacramento Bee catches the numbers mapped out by University of Toronto professor Richard Florida in his book "Who's Your City?", comparing the ratio of single men to women ages 20 to 64 in urban areas across the United States.
The surge of art galleries in Omaha's old warehouse district reflects a national trend, said Richard Florida, author of the bestselling book “The Rise of the Creative Class” and a renowned expert on urban renewal and the arts.
Music for the Masses : The Economic Geography of Music in the U.S., 1970-2000
This paper by Richard Florida, Charlotta Melander and Kevin Stolarick analyzes the economic geography of musicians and the recording industry in the U.S. from 1970 to 2000 to shed light on the locational dynamics music and creative industries more broadly.
Toledo Free Press : Defining the ‘Spirit of Toledo’
Richard Florida argues rather forcefully that “personality plays a significant role in understanding cities, regions … and economic growth.”All this begs the question that Florida asks, “Who’s your city?” What is the “personality” of our city? Or, what is the “Spirit” of Toledo?
EurActiv : Creative people are one of the prerequisites of a successful city (in Slovak)
EurActiv : To obtain innovative people [we] need three things (in Slovak)
Belgium, Brussels-Interview with Richard Florida.
Out in Syracuse : Famous Gay-Friendly Economist Comes to Albany, Sept. 24
On Sept. 24, 2009, the best-selling author and pop economist will be at the Palace Theatre in Albany to speak about the concepts in his latest book, "Who's Your City? – How the Creative Economy is Making the Place Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life."
EurActiv : Author: 'Talent, technology and tolerance' key to attracting creative workers
An interview with Richard Florida who believes attracting talented people is the driving force behind successful cities.
Brisbane Times : Technology is no substitute for the messiness of humanity.
Richard Florida tackles the enduring appeal of the city in his book Who's Your City? and despite our ability to live remotely, we still crave the buzz of cities.
Eye Weekly : Iron Chef: Richard Florida Edition
Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and author of The Rise of the Creative Class (among other books) is the leading guru of the creative economy. Here’s his recipe for baking a successful creative age economy.
The Bergin Book Report : Who's Your City?
The Bergin Book Report highlights Richard Florida's Who's Your City?
The Oxford American : Featured Writer of the Month Interview with: Richard Florida
Now that Florida has stimulated further debate about the correlation between location and happiness, OA publisher Warwick Sabin asked him to apply his theories to the American South, where a sense of place has always mattered most.
Happy States of America : A state-level analysis of psychological, economic and social well-being
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Peter J. Rentfrow in this work aim to replicate and extend previous work by examining the geographic distribution and correlates of well-being within the US.
Spacing Magazine : The Artful Target
Richard Florida has faced off numerous critics since he arrived in Toronto. But the globe-trotting urbanist thinks the world can learn a lot from this city's past and people.
Shawati Magazine : How Cities Renew
Richard Florida's take on "How Cities Renew" in relation to his recent trip to Abu Dhabi, his observations on the city and its people.
Online College Degree : 100 Amazingly Insightful People You Can Learn from on Twitter
For a daily stream of business tips, life lessons, personal finance help, tech tips, and more, check out these incredibly insightful Tweeters, among them Richard Florida
E-Commerce News : Going Global From Rural America
The flattening of the world increasingly makes it possible for anyone to do business from anywhere, as author Thomas Friedman has pointed out. However, that doesn't mean place is irrelevant to business. In fact, it matters more than ever, according to author Richard Florida. At the intersection of Opportunity and Culture, the concepts of Friedman and Florida collide.
LimeWire Music Blog : Where the Bands (and Fans) Are
This article takes at look at Richard Florida's recently published research on America's music scenes.
Want to be more successful and happy? Richard Florida says take a hard look at where you live , and if it's not the right fit, move to a place that is.
The Seattle Times : Seattle as a talentopolis: The rise of 'means metros' in America
Richard Florida discusses the rise of "means metros" in an article on McKinsey & Co.'s blog. These are the urban areas that in recent decades have gathered a disproportionate share of America's most talented workers. Seattle is among this elite few.
Examiner : Milwaukee take note: Gay-friendly cities benefit from more economic prosperity
Richard Florida argues that the more "gay-friendly" a city is, the more economically prosperous it will be.
Trend Hunter : Richard Florida, Founder, Professor & Author of “Who’s Your City?” (INTERVIEW)
Trend Hunter's personal interview with Richard Florida on creativity.
Business Matters : Institute seeking 'catalysts' to aid economy
Thirty new "community catalysts" will be selected to work together with local leaders and advocates to develop projects aimed at diversifying Tallahassee's economy beyond government and education.
Examiner.com : Top 25 cities to live for ages 20-29
Every few years someone puts together a top list for singles, but now Richard Florida has compiled a list just for the Y generation. These cities, which ranked in the top, provide various career opportunities, colleges, and potential for growth.
Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander argue that artists, bohemians and gays affect housing values through two kinds of mechanisms: an aesthetic-amenity premium; and a tolerance or open culture premium.
McKinsey Quarterly : What Matters: Talentopolis
Today a highly significant demographic realignment is at work: the mass relocation of highly skilled, highly educated, and highly paid people to a relatively small number of metropolitan regions, and corresponding exodus of traditional lower- and middle-class people from those same places.
McKinsey Quarterly : What Matters: A new kind of economic indicator
The concentration of bohemians and gays consistently have a staggering impact on housing values.
CCE: The Reshaping of America, cont’d
The economic crisis appears to be causing a slight but noticeable shift from the suburbs to the cities, according to an analysis of recent Census data by Brookings demographer William Frey, reported in the Wall Street Journal.
CCE: How the Crash Continues to Reshape America
Writing in The Atlantic, I argued that the economic crisis was reshaping America’s economic geography, with big city centers and mega-region hubs like New York City, talent-rich regions like greater D.C., and college towns weathering the storm relatively well, while Rustbelt cities and shallow-rooted Sunbelt economies being much harder hit.
The Urban Loft : Who's Your City? (and the Impact on Church Planting)
Whether you're a city lover, have a keen interest in our economy, or an arm-chair social scientist seeking to understand global trends then this book will give you much to ponder.
Hartford Business : Managing Creative People To Keep Juices Flowing
Richard Florida says creative workers constitute 30 percent of the American work force and earn 50 percent of the salaries. He offers advice for working with your creative staff.
ABC News 20/20: The Great Reset[creativeclass.com]
New Normal: Is the American Dream dead?
Yahoo Shine : The Best Cities for Singles - According to Hard Data!
According to the singles map constructed by the team at the Creative Class Group, it tells you almost exactly how many more single men than women there are in certain parts of the country ... and how many more women than men in others.
Canoe.ca : Urban mega-regions: opportunity or regret?
In his best-selling book, Who’s Your City?, Dr. Florida argues that the world is a “spiky place”, characterized by a concentration of economic activity, innovation, and resulting prosperity in a relatively small number of urban hotspots around the planet.
ABC News : Is the American Dream Dead -- or Just in Hiding?
Cutting back on the excess of the boom years might not be so bad, some families discover.
Examiner.com : Study: New York City sizzles with singles
A report by Richard Florida and Kevin Stolarick, at the Martin Prosperity Institute, in Who's Your City? looked at 363 metropolitan areas to drum up a list of the top spots for singles.
All About Jazz : Music and the Creative Class: Why Place Matters to Music and Music Matters to Place
In Who's Your City?, the follow up to Richard Florida's groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, the author argues that for most “creatives", where to live is the most important decision of their lives.
Examiner.com : LA reported as one of the top cities to find single men
The upper East Coast is the best place for men to find more single women, according to the chart created in Richard Florida's book "Who's Your City", using census results.
Yahoo : Best Cities for Gen Ys
Where you live is among the most important decisions you’ll ever make argues Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? Young singles between the ages of 20 and 29 are looking for a few key ingredients: cities with diverse job opportunities, an abundance of potential life partners, and many universities.
Tampabay.com : Hey grads! We've got affordable housing!
The Tampa Bay area has morphed from an overpriced housing market (in a region of modest wages) to a very affordable place for young people to get their own place to live.
Business Week : Why Certain Cities Attract Gen Ys
Richard Florida on how members of Generation Y are picking their new hometowns as they graduate from college and enter the workforce during a recession.
Richard Florida, speaking at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce luncheon, says it will take growing the city’s "creative class" to grow the local economy.
Albany Times Union : The best managers also inspire others
Richard Florida on creative workers.
Fort Worth Star Telegram : Mitchell Schnurman: Place matters most, especially to young professionals
Richard Florida speaks at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, June 2009.
Noosa News : Change of name is a Sunshine Coast merger
The merging of the Noosa Creative Alliance and the Sunshine Coast to create the Sunshine Coast Regional Alliance in Noosa, Australia.
All About Jazz : Music and the Creative Class: A Fruit Fly Industry
Richard Florida gave voice to a movement to revitalize cities by attracting and nurturing the “creative class" . There is no shortage of evidence of the power of the creative class to transform post-industrial cities, but how music, along with the companies that follow and feed it, contribute to the Creative Class is just beginning to get special attention.
Skill and Cross-National Economic Performance
Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander look at the roll of human capital and occupation based measures in shaping cross-national economic performance.
Brief is dedicated to the place marketing, branding, management and development which has organized in Poland many successful projects dedicated to the local and national governments.
Sunshine Coast Daily : Handover stretches benefits of alliance
The merging of the Noosa Creative Alliance and the Sunshine Coast to create the Sunshine Coast Regional Alliance in Noosa, Australia.
China Law Blog : Shanghai As World Financial Capital? Maybe Next Century.
Richard Florida's article in the Atlantic entitled, "How The Crash Will Reshape America" on why Ne