John Hagel's Edge Perspectives

 Thank immigrants for safe cities

Important reminder from Richard Florida - immigrants help make cities safe

America’s Most Post-Industrial Metros

The uneven spread of the post-industrial economy - Richard Florida maps the most post-industrial metros

Robots Aren’t the Problem: It’s Us

Great contribution by Richard Florida to the debate about automation and unemployment

Did I Abandon My Creative Class Theory? Not So Fast, Joel Kotkin

Richard Florida comes out swinging in his rebuttal to Joel Kotkin on the creative class and cities

More Losers Than Winners in America’s New Economic Geography

Does talent clustering lead to increasing inequality? Important research by Richard Florida

Innovation and the Wealth of Cities

by Richard Florida (via The Atlantic)

Innovation (at least as measured by patents) is picking up again and definitely spiky - the latest from Richard Florida

Does Human Capital Tend to Cluster in Center Cities or the Suburbs?

As metros increase in size, human capital in center city plays bigger role and role of suburbs shrink

Gun Violence Is an Everywhere Issue

Why are mass killings in US concentrated in suburban, rather than urban, areas - provocative question by Richard Florida

Why Denser Cities Are Smarter and More Productive

by Richard Florida (via The Atlantic)

Latest from Richard Florida: It’s all about flow - city density drives productivity

Cities With Denser Cores Do Better

by Richard Florida (via The Atlantic)

Cities with greater density have higher economic performance - latest research by Richard Florida

Is Portland Really Where Young People Go to Retire?

by Richard Florida (via The Atlantic)

Richard Florida challenges the myths - it’s a magnet for entrepreneurial and productive talent

Why High-Tech Companies Are Moving to the City

by Richard Florida (via WSJ)

Will tech entrepreneurs flee the soul-crushing suburban sprawl of Silicon Valley and choose urban density? Latest from Richard Florida

To Build Creative Cities, the Sky Has Its Limit by Richard Florida

“Jacobs density” vs another kind of density and why it matters for creativity in cities - another great one by Richard Florida drawing on the great work of another friend Sanford Ikeda

The Psychology Behind Why Creative People Cluster - Neighborhoods

Those open to new experiences tend to cluster together in cities - psychology of creative cities by Richard Florida