What will be the fastest growing jobs in 2013? It will be the jobs that require critical thinking, creativity and cannot be easily automated or programmed for a robot to do.

Categories: Research, Workforce Development
Tagged: creative class, jobs, Richard Florida, STEM,

Fifteen of the top 20 metros in increase in per capita incomes are in one of those top energy producing states.

Categories: Research
Tagged: Eagle Ford Shale, energy, incentives, Louisiana economy, Marcellus Shale, North Dakota, oil and gas production, Richard Florida, Texas energy, Wyoming energy,

Are cities with densely populated cores more progressive than others? Economist and “The Rise of the Creative Class” author Richard Florida thinks so — and here’s why.

Categories: Research
Tagged: creative class, density, economic growth, Innovation, Richard Florida, STEM,

What will the future economy look like, and what will drive it? According to economist Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” it will be fueled by talent, technology and entrepreneurial networks across megaregions.

Categories: Job Creation, Research
Tagged: city building, diversity, economic growth, Economy, entrepreneurial networks, global competition, megaregions, Richard Florida, service jobs,

Author Richard Florida has responded to a magazine piece that takes broad aim at debunking his “Rise of the Creative Class” theories on economic development.

Categories: Quality of Life, Research
Tagged: creative class, quality of life, Richard Florida,

Economic development organizations sometimes have to perform a high-wire act in promoting their central business districts without ignoring – or worse, harming – other business districts in the community.

Categories: Quality of Life
Tagged: Charlotte, Downtowns, Nashville, Quality of Place, Richard Florida, Wichita,

How important is small business and entrepreneurship to economic development? The reality is that small companies and entrepreneurs create a bulk of the job opportunities. That’s why everyone from demographer Joel Kotkin to Richard Florida spends a lot of time talking about entrepreneurship as an engine for job creation and drawing enterpreneurial talent.

Categories: Entrepreneurship
Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Joel Kotkin, Kentucky small business, Richard Florida, RUPRI, small business, South Carolina Small Business Network, Tennessee and entrepreneurship,