Ten years ago, an obscure professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh wrote a book called "The Rise of the Creative Class."
Although Richard Florida's theory was criticized, misunderstood and provoked more than a little academic jealousy, he forever shifted the lens through which we see the tectonic shifts in our economy and society.
Even with the dot-com crash, 9/11 and Great Recession, the creative class is solidly part of mainstream thought. This cohort of highly educated people in technology, science, arts and culture, media, entertainment, and knowledge-based jobs in management, health care and law that are remaking our world. This realization that analytic and social skills are much more valuable than in the past.
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