Topic: Richard Florida

Where Are You on the Talent Map?

What's the secret to power hiring? Location, location, location. If you want to attract the right kind of people, it's not enough to be the right kind of company. Your company needs to be in the right kind of place.READ»

In Praise of Spikes

In an exclusive excerpt, the guru of the Creative Class explains the peaks and valleys of the global economy.READ»

• Where Art Thou?

Creative-Class Struggle

A Web-exclusive Q & A with Richard Florida, author of The Flight of the Creative ClassREAD»

Fast Cities by the Numbers

How did we come up with our list of "Fast Cities"? Read on for insight into our methodology.READ»

Put Your City to the Test

Richard Florida, author of "The Rise of the Creative Class," says cities must attract creative people in order to thrive. Take Florida's interactive quiz to see where your city falls on the creativity scale.READ»

Brandtown, USA

Communities, cities, and even states all compete in the world of everything -- commerce, tax bases, cultural riches, hometown intellects, the creative class, and happy folks using it all. It's the fuel to keep geographic areas going ...READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

The View from Florida-Ville

What happens when every city in America craves the "creative class?"READ»

Feedback

This month's letters to the editor.READ»

The Creative Class^SM -- Reshaping Brands and the World

Part IV: The Growth of a Brand. Karen Post offers branding lessons from a social-networking start-up.READ»

What Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla, and An Wang Share

They're all immigrants who came to America and helped to create important companies: Google, Sun Microsystems and Wang Laboratories. But what if Brin had stayed in Moscow, and Khosla remained in India, and Wang had gone to ...READ»

Fast Cities

They're 15 up-and-coming hubs for creative workers--places that draw people who are talented, tech savvy, and tolerant. Meet the home of your next big opportunity.READ»

Cities That Shine

Catalytix, a group associated with Richard Florida, has developed a regional creativity scorecard. And now, Visa USA has identified what its research considers the most entrepreneurial cities in the United States. The Visa ...READ»

Contributors

MacKenzie Stroh Portrait artist Mackenzie Stroh photographed Laura Poretzky, Stacey Bendet, and Lela Rose for our story on the design aces at Payless, No. 42 on our list of the world’s most innovative companies. The New ...READ»

Commentology #3

PREVIEWThere is a general social rule that our comments are to be mindful of social media principles.  Who defines social media principles? These principles are defined by those that emanate from the community and the community ...READ»

Fast Cities 2007

From Chicago to Shanghai, urban centers that are shaping our future.READ»

Suburbia R.I.P.

Does the downturn spell the beginning of the end for suburbia? Some experts say yesterday's cul-de-sac is tomorrow's ghost town.READ»

Fast Company's Best Books of 2005

Forgive us for blowing past the new year before getting up what may be the last best of 2005 list you'll read, but we hope it's worth the wait. We were hibernating with a collection of 1950's advertising satires and lost track of ...READ»

12 Podcasts for the Creative Class

Here are 12 must-listen-to podcasts for creative knowledge workers--those entrepreneurial spirits who start and staff the most innovative, fast-growing companies.READ»

Feedback

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies / Our March cover story -- and particularly our choice of Google as the most innovative company of the year -- got a heated reception. There were complaints ("Your latest issue reads like a ...READ»

• The Untipping Point

Innerpreneurship and the Bigger Idea Afoot

A cultural revoltuion is brewing. It's being started by the creative class, and the focus is innerpreneurship. Creative capitalism is on the rise, and here's a little insight on the core values of this movement. Excitement Over ...READ»

Fast Forward 2005: <span>37-40</span>

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

Cinema Ohio

The co-founder of the Drexel theatre chain in Columbus talks about starting the business, the movie industry, and his love of art-house film.READ»

The Maine Attraction

How do you know the difference between Pop!Tech and Amateur Night at the Apollo? At the Apollo, when a hot band comes on stage, members of the audience stand up and dance in the aisles. At Pop!Tech, when a hot band comes on stage, ...READ»

Leaders Create Spectacular Societies

          Although the notion of a creative class, introduced by Richard Florida, may be a novel concept for business, it has existed in the arts for centuries. The Renaissance was witness to theatrical cities, emergent ...READ»