Suspecting that happiness might be impacted by psychological as well as the economic and sociological factors he had been studying for years, Richard Florida in his newest book, Who’s Your City, explores this connection between personality and where we live.
According to Florida, Toronto-Buffalo-Rochester (TBR) is one of just 40 significant mega-regions in the world.
As award-winning author Richard Florida writes, Toronto is one of only a handful of cities in the world that sit on the front burner of the rise of the creative class.
Urban-life guru Richard Florida talks about mega-regions, the future of the Portrait Gallery and the reasons Ottawa can’t rest on its laurels
O guru do conceito das cidades criativas. As ideias, a criatividade, a cultura são essenciais para o desenvolvimento
económico, diz o americano Richard Florida, que apresenta hoje, na
Fundação Gulbenkian, a teoria dos três T (tecnologia, talento e tolerância)
como chave do desenvolvimento económico das regiões. A Lisboa deixa
um conselho: explorar aquilo que a distingue.
Richard Florida, criador da economia criativa, afirma que barreiras à tolerância e à liberdade de expressão
individual prejudicam o país para acolher atividades econômicas em larga escala. Lisboa, 17 abr (Lusa) – O criador da economia criativa, Richard Florida, disse nesta quinta-feira que a
“mentalidade antiquada” tem sido um entrave para o desenvolvimento do seu modelo em Portugal. O economista norte-americano apontou barreiras à tolerância e à liberdade de expressão individual como principais causadores dessa “mentalidade” no país.
Revista de Imprensa 18-04-2008
1 – Jornal de Negócios, 18-04-2008, “Portugal é formado por dois países: Portugal e Lisboa”. 2 – Primeira Página.pt, 17-04-2008, “Guru” da economia criativa diz que Portugal tem sido travado por uma “mentalidade antiquada”. 3 – RTP Online.pt, 17-04-2008, “Guru” da economia criativa diz que Portugal tem sido travado por uma “mentalidade antiquada”. 4 – Sol.pt, 17-04-2008, ´Guru´ da economia criativa diz que Portugal tem sido travado por «mentalidade antiquada»
As ideias, a criatividade, a cultura são essenciais para o desenvolvimento económico, diz o americano Richard Florida, que apresenta hoje, na Fundação Gulbenkian, a teoria dos três T (tecnologia, talento e tolerância) como chave do desenvolvimento económico das regiões. A Lisboa deixa um conselho: explorar aquilo que a distingue.
El nuevo libro de Florida … inicia citando a Aristóteles “Si todo lo que existe tiene un lugar, entonces también el lugar tendrá un lugar y así hasta el infinito”. Florida nos demuestra una vez más que el mundo no es tan plano como pensábamos.
Nur Wissensindustrien sind für die Globalisierung gewappnet: Das hat der Norden begriffen.
Richard Florida cites Ventura as one of the top cities to live in his new book, Who’s Your City?
There’s more than a grain of truth to the stereotype of the friendly, outgoing Midwesterner, says Richard Florida’s Who’s Your City?
This essay is an excerpt from Richard Florida’s article “The Rise of the Creative Class,” which originally appeared in the Washington Monthly magazine.
WE ARE ALL familiar with the rough geography of the United States — the slash of the Rocky Mountains between two great coastlines, the bulge of Maine, the Florida peninsula, the Great Lakes, set in the heartland. But what about the country’s psychogeography?
Richard Florida appears as part of Stirring Culture, the Alberta College of Art and Design’s speaker series. In his latest, Who’s Your City, Florida explores the idea that mega regions have replaced countries as the primary economic drivers of the global economy.
Richard Florida speaks as part of the Alberta College of Art and Design’s Stirring Culture series
The most overlooked — but most important — element of my theory and of the creative economy itself is that every human being is creative.
“The diversity, of whatever kind, that is generated by cities rests on the fact that in cities so many people are so close together, and among them contain so many different tastes, skills, needs, supplies, and bees in their bonnets.”
From where I sit, Philadelphia’s future looks very bright. Trust me: I know all about the issues that confront the city. I grew up in New Jersey, went to Rutgers, and spent much of my teens and 20s hanging out in Center City. I’ve seen the dark days and watched the recovery.
Author Richard Florida looks at America’s “psychogeography” and says personality types tend to cluster—and that understanding those clusters can help us understand the economies and futures of different regions.
Aaron Hotfelder recently interviewed Professor Florida about why the choice of where to live is more important than ever, why it’s a decision so often overlooked, and how to find the perfect city for you.
Psychologists have shown that human personalities can be classified along five key dimensions. Each of these dimensions has been found to affect key life outcomes. It turns out these personality types are not spread evenly across the country. They cluster and how they cluster tells us much.
WE ARE ALL familiar with the rough geography of the United States – the slash of the Rocky Mountains between two great coastlines, the bulge of Maine, the Florida peninsula, the Great Lakes, set in the heartland. But what about the country’s psychogeography?
For The Realtor.Com Addict Who Dreams Of Living Somewhere Else-If She Could Only Figure Out Where
The Creative Region Initiative was launched with the help of Richard Florida who urges communities to develop a creative class of artists and engineers, musicians and high-tech workers — people who think and create for a living — in order to thrive economically.
Over the past decade or so, greater Portland has developed a well-deserved reputation as one of the nation’s very best places to live.
A Youth festival, green sunshine projects, increased success for young businesses, a more vibrant artistic community and communication channels to promote each of them will be put into place in Noosa over the course of the next year.
Stage III of Noosa’s Creative Communities project was held at Noosaville, with 30 of the region’s best and brightest taking part in a two-day Creative Communities Leadership Program workshop designed to identify some key initiatives to generate greater economic prosperity.
North Texas has 46,300 more single men than single women – the fourth-largest male surplus in the country.
Florida — social theorist, geographer, urban planner and guru of the globalization debate — believes the place we choose to live has more of a bearing on future success and happiness than the more micro-level decisions of career and relationships.
” Who’s Your City? is another breakthrough idea by urban life genius Richard Florida. If you are contemplating a move or know someone who is, or are even vaguely interested in the idea of place as self, this book is a must read.”
Everyone has heard the theory by now: Thanks to the Internet and other high-tech elements of globalization, the world is flat. That is, economic forces are increasingly spread across a world without boundaries, helped by everything from faster transportation to the Web.
Seattle already has the ingredients of what author Richard Florida calls a superstar city: an abundance of talent, knowledge industries, tolerance and the kind of dense, urban fabric that encourages the creative class to thrive.
“If everything that exists has a place, place too will have a place, and so on ad infinitum.” — Aristotle. It’s not very often that the author of a book discussing economics and sociology for a general readership starts with a quote by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. But when the writer is the thought-provoking intellectual Richard Florida — who claims in his new book, “Who’s Your City?,” that the selection of where to live ranks as life’s most important decision — it’s easier to see why he found Aristotle’s quote both appropriate and prescient.
If you’re a single woman in the Valley, it might be your fault.
A new study shows that there are 65,330 more single men than women, age 20 to 64, in Phoenix. In fact, the entire West is awash with single men, according to figures in a new book, Who’s Your City? by Richard Florida.
When people talk about economic competitiveness, the focus tends to be on nation states. In the 1980s, many were obsessed with the rise of Japan. Today, our gaze has shifted to the phenomenal growth of Brazil, Russia, India and China. But this focus on nations is off the mark.
Richard Florida with his naming of the “Creative Class” has become a popular economist. His talent at forseeing what class has risen and will continue to rise is discussed in The Rise of the Creative Class. At the heart of economics is a city’s center.
“Success and contentment may depend as much on choice of location as on choice of spouse or job”.
WHICH OF THESE two decisions do you think has a bigger impact on someone’s life: finding the right job, or finding the right significant other? No one’s going to argue with the notion that where you live affects your employment prospects. But the place you call home has a lot to do with your chances of finding the right partner as well. Having an enticing “mating market” matters as much or more than a vibrant labor market.
If Dayton wanted to impress somebody, it could do worse than Richard Florida.
Recently, he gave an interview in which he said:
“I was just in Cincinnati and in Dayton, another city I love. They’re historical centers of innovation … from steel innovation to aluminum innovation, to electronics, to the Wright brothers, to the car. This is one of the greatest innovative and entrepreneurial centers in the world.
“They have probably one of the greatest clusters of universities in the history of the planet. They’re producing phenomenal talent, but, unfortunately, that talent leaves. …
“The party that can bring together the working class and the creative class is likely to build a lasting majority”
”The Creativity index appeared to be one of the best metrics to understand sales performance at Cirque. And correlation are strong, therefor we will be now using this metric to anticipate sales performance and better forecast.
Alexandre AlleMarket Insight Advisor, Cirque du Soleil
