[U]seful in inspiring thinking about the future of communities, of different types of jobs, and of the nature of work itself."----"The Conference Board Review"

Richard Florida is author of the bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class, as well as The Flight of the Creative Class and Cities and the Creative Class. His most recent book, Who's Your City? was also a national besteller. Florida is a regular columnist for the Globe and Mail and has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, The Economist, Harvard Business Review, and the Atlantic Monthly. He has been featured on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC, National Public Radio and CBS. He has won multiple awards and accolades, including the Breakthough Idea of the Year from the Harvard Business Review, and was named one of Esquire magazine's Best and Brightest, 2005 and one of Business Week's Voices of Innovation, 2006.