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Richard Florida

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Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

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 Richard Florida Biography

Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading urban studies theorists. He is the Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School of Management and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the School of Cities, University of Toronto. He coined the concept of the creative class, which helped characterize the widespread gentrification of urban neighborhoods. His theory on the power of place, he argues, is as important as ever, despite technology and globalization suggesting that where you live doesn’t matter anymore. Florida has also addressed the downside of the back-to-the-city movement, and tackled the problems of gentrification, inequality and segregation by proposing more inclusive cities, capable of ensuring growth and prosperity for all.

In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Florida is a writer and journalist, having penned several global best sellers, including the award winning "The Rise of the Creative Class" and "The New Urban Crisis." He is co-founder of CityLab, the leading publication devoted to cities and urbanism. He is an entrepreneur, as founder of the Creative Class Group, a global advisory firm composed of expert researchers, academics, and business strategists that gives companies and regions leading insights to achieve growth and prosperity.

He is a researcher and professor, serving as University Professor at University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management, and a Distinguished Fellow at NYU’s Schack School of Real Estate.

Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Richard Florida and other top speakers and celebrities.

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Books
The New Urban Crisis - How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, And Failing The Middle Class and What We Can Do About It

The New Urban Crisis - How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, And Failing The Middle Class and What We Can Do About It

The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited: Revised and Expanded

The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited: Revised and Expanded

Speaking Topics

  • Understanding the Global Economic Crisis and Capturing the Opportunities

    Floridas new book (Harper Collins and Random House 2010), *The Great Reset* will provide a better map for understanding and navigating through and beyond today's economic crisis. Florida draws in years of research, case studies and data to show that we are not just facing a shift in our banking and business structures, but a long-term fundamental reset of our entire way of life. Positioning business, regions and the overall economy to grow stronger in the coming decades will require a solid understanding of the Reset. This timely and important speech helps organizations, policy and decision makers to construct a new, more productive way of life for a new era built on a more authentic and sustainable prosperity.

  • Creative Class Communities City, Regional, and Global Economic Growth

    This speech focuses on city, regional and global economic growth. It gives community leaders the tools they need to generate greater economic prosperity in their region. No longer are cities competing with neighboring cities, rather mega regions are competing globally. This thought-provoking speech with your citys crucial leadership will give you the necessary framework to make your community more competitive and vibrant. Richard Florida will share with your audience the most current regional economic and demographic data and knowledge of cutting-edge community-building practices.

  • Talent Wars: Talent Attraction and Retention of the Best and Brightest

    The requirements of the Creative Economy, changing expectations of workers, and demographic shifts have caused a serious shortage in workers resulting in the Talent Wars. The Talent Management Speech was developed and led by Florida who has been dubbed the worlds leading cartographer of talent by Fast Company. In this speech, Florida distills his framework for how to attract and retain talent and explains his analysis of which locations offer the best talent pools for an innovative and creative workforce. This speech is aimed at corporate leaders, human resources directors, and those responsible for attracting and retaining the best and the brightest to their organization. The World is Spiky, not flat, as Creative Talent increasingly clusters in certain places leaving other locations depleted. Moreover, todays talent cannot be won over through basic methods such as increased compensation. Based on years of surveying and interviewing members of the Creative Class and exhaustive quantitative and locational analysis, this speech will help you answer the question: Where is the talent and how can my organization attract and retain the creative and highly valuable workforce required for success?

  • Innovation, the Culture of Creativity and Managing for It

    In The Creative Management Speech, Florida leads teams of executives and managers on how to manage creativity culled through more than two decades of research on leading edge companies and his breakthrough Harvard Business Review article with SAS CEO and founder, Jim Goodnight. This speech ignites new thinking and strategic initiatives on how to manage, motivate and inspire creative people.

  • Managing Diversity

    Most corporate diversity efforts are compliance driven, adding little to the bottom line. Drawing up his research and analysis in his best-selling book, *Rise of the Creative Class and other sources*, Floridas Managing Diversity speech provides a framework for making diversity efforts value adding.

News
  • Urbanist Richard Florida on the state of downtown Baltimore

    As cities prepare for a future reshaped by the pandemic, it’s a moment to rethink downtown. Over 150 entrepreneurs, politicians and stakeholders from the Baltimore area gathered virtually Tuesday to discuss the “State of Downtown Baltimore” at an event featuring a keynote presentation by Richard Florida.

  • Urbanist Richard Florida Explores More Than the Creative Class in Detroit

    Even if you don’t know the name Richard Florida, you’ve probably heard of him. In 2002, he coined the term “creative class” with a book by the same name and has since been both championed and derided as the person responsible for the burst of “creative” everything from intentional artists spaces to colorful tech companies that come with amenities such as cereal and play.

  • Richard Florida on the return of the city, “Roaring 2020s” style

    American urbanist Richard Florida expects the Covid-recovering 2020s to mimic the “Roaring 20s” that marked the recovery from the Spanish Flu.

  • ‘Everything is gentrification now’: but Richard Florida isn't sorry

    He’s the prophet of placemaking, the king of the downtown revival, the patron saint of avocado toast. More than any other figure in urban thinking, the US academic Richard Florida has been held up as the ultimate champion of gentrification, at once celebrated by mayors for reviving their struggling cities and vilified by critics for fuelling urban inequality.

  • Richard and Rana Florida: How to bring the economy back to life

    The lockdown will end before scientists develop a working vaccine. Here's a four- point plan for how companies should adapt.

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Richard Florida

5 out of 5
1 review

Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

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Live Event: $50,000 - $100,000
Virtual Event: $10,000 - $20,000
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Richard Florida Biography

Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading urban studies theorists. He is the Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School of Management and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the School of Cities, University of Toronto. He coined the concept of the creative class, which helped characterize the widespread gentrification of urban neighborhoods. His theory on the power of place, he argues, is as important as ever, despite technology and globalization suggesting that where you live doesn’t matter anymore. Florida has also addressed the downside of the back-to-the-city movement, and tackled the problems of gentrification, inequality and segregation by proposing more inclusive cities, capable of ensuring growth and prosperity for all.

In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Florida is a writer and journalist, having penned several global best sellers, including the award winning "The Rise of the Creative Class" and "The New Urban Crisis." He is co-founder of CityLab, the leading publication devoted to cities and urbanism. He is an entrepreneur, as founder of the Creative Class Group, a global advisory firm composed of expert researchers, academics, and business strategists that gives companies and regions leading insights to achieve growth and prosperity.

He is a researcher and professor, serving as University Professor at University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management, and a Distinguished Fellow at NYU’s Schack School of Real Estate.

Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Richard Florida and other top speakers and celebrities.

Richard Florida Videos

  • The Future of Cities | Richard Florida
    The Future of Cities | Richard Florida
    While the COVID-19 pandemic and recent racial justice protests across the globe have challenged our cities, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
  • Inequality in American Cities | Richard Florida Interview
    Inequality in American Cities | Richard Florida Interview
    In this episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, we’re examining enormous income and quality of life disparities in some of the most liberal,...
  • Richard Florida Says We Vote With Our Feet | Amanpour and Company
    Richard Florida Says "We Vote With Our Feet" | Amanpour and Company
    Walter Isaacson sits down with Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” to discuss why the United States’ biggest divide is...
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Richard Florida Books

The New Urban Crisis - How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, And Failing The Middle Class and What We Can Do About It
The New Urban Crisis - How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, And Failing The Middle Class and What We Can Do About It
The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited: Revised and Expanded
The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited: Revised and Expanded

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Richard Florida Speaking Topics

  • Understanding the Global Economic Crisis and Capturing the Opportunities

    Floridas new book (Harper Collins and Random House 2010), *The Great Reset* will provide a better map for understanding and navigating through and beyond today's economic crisis. Florida draws in years of research, case studies and data to show that we are not just facing a shift in our banking and business structures, but a long-term fundamental reset of our entire way of life. Positioning business, regions and the overall economy to grow stronger in the coming decades will require a solid understanding of the Reset. This timely and important speech helps organizations, policy and decision makers to construct a new, more productive way of life for a new era built on a more authentic and sustainable prosperity.

  • Creative Class Communities City, Regional, and Global Economic Growth

    This speech focuses on city, regional and global economic growth. It gives community leaders the tools they need to generate greater economic prosperity in their region. No longer are cities competing with neighboring cities, rather mega regions are competing globally. This thought-provoking speech with your citys crucial leadership will give you the necessary framework to make your community more competitive and vibrant. Richard Florida will share with your audience the most current regional economic and demographic data and knowledge of cutting-edge community-building practices.

  • Talent Wars: Talent Attraction and Retention of the Best and Brightest

    The requirements of the Creative Economy, changing expectations of workers, and demographic shifts have caused a serious shortage in workers resulting in the Talent Wars. The Talent Management Speech was developed and led by Florida who has been dubbed the worlds leading cartographer of talent by Fast Company. In this speech, Florida distills his framework for how to attract and retain talent and explains his analysis of which locations offer the best talent pools for an innovative and creative workforce. This speech is aimed at corporate leaders, human resources directors, and those responsible for attracting and retaining the best and the brightest to their organization. The World is Spiky, not flat, as Creative Talent increasingly clusters in certain places leaving other locations depleted. Moreover, todays talent cannot be won over through basic methods such as increased compensation. Based on years of surveying and interviewing members of the Creative Class and exhaustive quantitative and locational analysis, this speech will help you answer the question: Where is the talent and how can my organization attract and retain the creative and highly valuable workforce required for success?

  • Innovation, the Culture of Creativity and Managing for It

    In The Creative Management Speech, Florida leads teams of executives and managers on how to manage creativity culled through more than two decades of research on leading edge companies and his breakthrough Harvard Business Review article with SAS CEO and founder, Jim Goodnight. This speech ignites new thinking and strategic initiatives on how to manage, motivate and inspire creative people.

  • Managing Diversity

    Most corporate diversity efforts are compliance driven, adding little to the bottom line. Drawing up his research and analysis in his best-selling book, *Rise of the Creative Class and other sources*, Floridas Managing Diversity speech provides a framework for making diversity efforts value adding.

FAQs on booking Richard Florida

  • How to book Richard Florida?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Richard Florida for both live and virtual events for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Richard Florida, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Richard Florida or any other celebrity of your choice.

  • How much does it cost to book Richard Florida?

    Booking fees for Richard Florida, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies between live and virtual events. Other factors that can affect speaker fees include the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The live and virtual event speaking fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Richard Florida, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.

  • Who is the agent for Richard Florida?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Richard Florida for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Richard Florida for your next private or corporate function.

  • What is a full-service talent booking agency?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Richard Florida or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Richard Florida or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.

Richard Florida is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Understanding the Global Economic Crisis and Capturing the Opportunities, Creative Class Communities City, Regional, and Global Economic Growth, Talent Wars: Talent Attraction and Retention of the Best and Brightest, Innovation, the Culture of Creativity and Managing for It and Managing Diversity. The estimated speaking fee range to book Richard Florida for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Richard Florida generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Peter Diamandis, Joseph Stiglitz, Josh Linkner, Mike Walsh and Daymond John. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Richard Florida for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Richard Florida Speaker Videos

  • The Future of Cities | Richard Florida
    The Future of Cities | Richard Florida
    While the COVID-19 pandemic and recent racial justice protests across the globe have challenged our cities, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create more equitable, inclusive communities...
    Inequality in American Cities | Richard Florida Interview
    Inequality in American Cities | Richard Florida Interview
    In this episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, we’re examining enormous income and quality of life disparities in some of the most liberal, Democratic spots on the U.S. map—major cities....
  • Richard Florida Says "We Vote With Our Feet" | Amanpour and Company
    Richard Florida Says We Vote With Our Feet | Amanpour and Company
    Walter Isaacson sits down with Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” to discuss why the United States’ biggest divide is not red versus blue, but rather city verses...
    BBC: The global affordable housing crisis
    BBC: The global affordable housing crisis
    BBC: The global affordable housing crisis

Richard Florida Speaking Topics

  • Understanding the Global Economic Crisis and Capturing the Opportunities

    Floridas new book (Harper Collins and Random House 2010), *The Great Reset* will provide a better map for understanding and navigating through and beyond today's economic crisis. Florida draws in years of research, case studies and data to show that we are not just facing a shift in our banking and business structures, but a long-term fundamental reset of our entire way of life. Positioning business, regions and the overall economy to grow stronger in the coming decades will require a solid understanding of the Reset. This timely and important speech helps organizations, policy and decision makers to construct a new, more productive way of life for a new era built on a more authentic and sustainable prosperity.

  • Creative Class Communities City, Regional, and Global Economic Growth

    This speech focuses on city, regional and global economic growth. It gives community leaders the tools they need to generate greater economic prosperity in their region. No longer are cities competing with neighboring cities, rather mega regions are competing globally. This thought-provoking speech with your citys crucial leadership will give you the necessary framework to make your community more competitive and vibrant. Richard Florida will share with your audience the most current regional economic and demographic data and knowledge of cutting-edge community-building practices.

  • Talent Wars: Talent Attraction and Retention of the Best and Brightest

    The requirements of the Creative Economy, changing expectations of workers, and demographic shifts have caused a serious shortage in workers resulting in the Talent Wars. The Talent Management Speech was developed and led by Florida who has been dubbed the worlds leading cartographer of talent by Fast Company. In this speech, Florida distills his framework for how to attract and retain talent and explains his analysis of which locations offer the best talent pools for an innovative and creative workforce. This speech is aimed at corporate leaders, human resources directors, and those responsible for attracting and retaining the best and the brightest to their organization. The World is Spiky, not flat, as Creative Talent increasingly clusters in certain places leaving other locations depleted. Moreover, todays talent cannot be won over through basic methods such as increased compensation. Based on years of surveying and interviewing members of the Creative Class and exhaustive quantitative and locational analysis, this speech will help you answer the question: Where is the talent and how can my organization attract and retain the creative and highly valuable workforce required for success?

  • Innovation, the Culture of Creativity and Managing for It

    In The Creative Management Speech, Florida leads teams of executives and managers on how to manage creativity culled through more than two decades of research on leading edge companies and his breakthrough Harvard Business Review article with SAS CEO and founder, Jim Goodnight. This speech ignites new thinking and strategic initiatives on how to manage, motivate and inspire creative people.

  • Managing Diversity

    Most corporate diversity efforts are compliance driven, adding little to the bottom line. Drawing up his research and analysis in his best-selling book, *Rise of the Creative Class and other sources*, Floridas Managing Diversity speech provides a framework for making diversity efforts value adding.

Richard Florida News

  • Urbanist Richard Florida on the state of downtown Baltimore

    As cities prepare for a future reshaped by the pandemic, it’s a moment to rethink downtown. Over 150 entrepreneurs, politicians and stakeholders from the Baltimore area gathered virtually Tuesday to discuss the “State of Downtown Baltimore” at an event featuring a keynote presentation by Richard Florida.

  • Urbanist Richard Florida Explores More Than the Creative Class in Detroit

    Even if you don’t know the name Richard Florida, you’ve probably heard of him. In 2002, he coined the term “creative class” with a book by the same name and has since been both championed and derided as the person responsible for the burst of “creative” everything from intentional artists spaces to colorful tech companies that come with amenities such as cereal and play.

  • Richard Florida on the return of the city, “Roaring 2020s” style

    American urbanist Richard Florida expects the Covid-recovering 2020s to mimic the “Roaring 20s” that marked the recovery from the Spanish Flu.

  • ‘Everything is gentrification now’: but Richard Florida isn't sorry

    He’s the prophet of placemaking, the king of the downtown revival, the patron saint of avocado toast. More than any other figure in urban thinking, the US academic Richard Florida has been held up as the ultimate champion of gentrification, at once celebrated by mayors for reviving their struggling cities and vilified by critics for fuelling urban inequality.

  • Richard and Rana Florida: How to bring the economy back to life

    The lockdown will end before scientists develop a working vaccine. Here's a four- point plan for how companies should adapt.

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