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Combining in-depth analysis, cutting-edge trends, compelling personal stories and a touch of humor, it is no wonder Richard Florida is one of the world's most sought after speakers. As a leading public intellectual, Esquire Magazine recently named him one of their Best and Brightest alongside luminaries such as Bill Clinton, Andre Agassi, and Jeffrey Sachs.

He is author of the bestselling book, The Rise of the Creative Class, which received the Washington Monthly's Political Book Award and was cited as a major breakthrough idea by the Harvard Business Review. His newest book is Who's Your City, an international best seller and Amazon book of the month. Florida is a regular columnist for the Globe and Mail who's work has been published in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Economist, The Harvard Business Review, and The Atlantic Monthly.Previously,

He is Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Florida has held professorships at George Mason University and Carnegie Mellon University and taught as a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT. He is founder of the Creative Class Group, a global consulting and media company.