A Speakers interviews Richard Florida on the creative class and his speaking.
adminSeptember 19, 2013
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.
adminSeptember 4, 2013
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.
adminAugust 27, 2013
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.
adminAugust 26, 2013
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.
adminAugust 20, 2013
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.
adminAugust 16, 2013
A new network analysis reveals the thinkers who most influence the rest of us and suggests ways to join this elite list
adminAugust 9, 2013
LDRLB shares its 2013 top 50 professors on twitter, broken into lists around leadership, innovation, and strategy, as well as five at-large professors.
adminAugust 6, 2013
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.
adminMay 29, 2013
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.
adminDecember 12, 2012