The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life (Paperback) by Richard Florida is an informative book that covers A LOT of ground and has A LOT of data.but not as much 'information' as I would have expected.

This book was recommended to me by an acquaintance a few weeks ago.I'm glad they mentioned it. In the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither. Their choices have already had a huge economic impact. The Creative Class now comprises more than 30 percent of the entire workforce. The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea of change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. Leading the shift are the nearly 38 million Americans in many diverse fields who create for a living - the Creative Class. Millions of us are beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always have - with the result that our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time are changing. Just as William Whyte's 1956 classic The Organization Man showed how the organizational ethos of that age permeated every aspect of life, Florida describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity in our economy. The Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today - and where we might be headed. The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities.

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