“…we are experiencing modern history’s third great power shift, after the rise of the West from the 15th century on and then the rise of the U.S. in the 19th century.”
adminJune 1, 2008
Leaders exploring new approaches to everything from education, crime and smoking bans to environment and climate change – even bringing modern management techniques to government. Their efforts and those of their peers have made their jurisdictions safer, smarter, greener, more aesthetic, more efficient, wealthier and more globally competitive.
adminMay 31, 2008
Richard Florida, international best-selling author of Who’s Your City and The Rise of the Creative Class will address 500 business and community leaders on Wednesday, June 4, at the Portland Art Museum.
adminMay 31, 2008
Florida maintains that where you decide to live has far-reaching consequences, and as the title suggests, this decision may be the most important one that you ever make.
adminMay 28, 2008
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.
adminMay 27, 2008
According to Florida, Toronto-Buffalo-Rochester (TBR) is one of just 40 significant mega-regions in the world.
adminMay 26, 2008
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.
adminMay 26, 2008
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
adminMay 26, 2008
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.
adminMay 22, 2008
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.
adminMay 22, 2008