Richard Florida: podcast appearances and interviews

Richard L. Florida is an American urban studies theorist and writer best known for his seminal description of the creative class. He is a distinguished professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and School of Cities, where he focuses on economic and social theory. Florida's academic career includes positions at Carnegie Mellon University from 1987 to 2004 and at George Mason University from 2004 to 2007 before his current role. He gained prominence with his 2002 book, The Rise of the Creative Class, which articulates his influential creative class theory. This theory underpins his strategy consulting work as the founder of the Creative Class Group. Florida has also contributed to media as a former senior editor of The Atlantic and cofounder of CityLab, a news website now owned by Bloomberg. Beginning in 2024, he has served as a visiting professor at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.