We have to acknowledge that we can't look to manufacturing or natural resources to drive growth like we have in the past. Human capital, talent, and knowledge are our most important resources now. Every city has hidden seeds of opportunity waiting to be nurtured. Places like Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh are among my favorite cities. They have great universities, clusters of innovation across a range of industries, and pools of innovative and creative talent to build on.
Every single human being is creative and maximizing that creativity is critical to happiness and economic growth. Economic growth is driven by creati… - Richard Florida
Every single human being is creative and maximizing that creativity is critical to happiness and economic growth. Economic growth is driven by creati…
- Richard Florida
Ideas are the currency of the new economy. - Richard Florida
Ideas are the currency of the new economy.
Economies and societies invariably remake themselves in the wake of a crisis. It's a necessary component of rebound and recovery. Outmoded industries… - Richard Florida
Economies and societies invariably remake themselves in the wake of a crisis. It's a necessary component of rebound and recovery. Outmoded industries…
Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at work—the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of a n… - Richard Florida
Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at work—the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of a n…
We have to acknowledge that we can't look to manufacturing or natural resources to drive growth like we have in the past. Human capital, talent, and … - Richard Florida
We have to acknowledge that we can't look to manufacturing or natural resources to drive growth like we have in the past. Human capital, talent, and …
Places that succeed in attracting and retaining creative class people prosper; those that fail don't. - Richard Florida
Places that succeed in attracting and retaining creative class people prosper; those that fail don't.
Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making. - Richard Florida
Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making.
We are the only major developed nation that isn't investing meaningfully in high-speed rail, and I believe we're making a mistake. Transportation sys… - Richard Florida
We are the only major developed nation that isn't investing meaningfully in high-speed rail, and I believe we're making a mistake. Transportation sys…
The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream. - Richard Florida
The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream.
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