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The Lawrence Eagle Tribune provided us with extensive demographic information about the size and shape of the creative economy locally
They found, for instance, that in 2003, $1.258 billion comes from nearly 1000 creative economy businesses with approximately 6000 employees.
Half of whom are clustered in a three-mile radius around Salem.
To see the entire study, click here.
They concluded that a possible next step to support the growth of creative economy businesses on the north shore would be to establish networking amongst us to further financial, marketing and business consulting services.
The launch of the Creative Economy Association of the North Shore is the first step to to helping creative economy businesses grow and thrive.
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May 22, 2005: Interview. Richard Florida discusses his book, "Flight of the Creative Class," Weekend Edition, Sunday (NPR) Database: Newspaper Source/Ebsco Host Research Databases.
May-July 2004: Creative Economy Council/New EnglandFoundation for the Arts. "New England's Creative Economy: Employment Update." www.creative-economy.org
October 1, 2004: Zolli, Andrew and Richard Florida. "The Visionary & The Futurist." American Demographics. http://www.adage.com
2003. Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company. "The Creative Economy North of Boston: Challenge, Connection, Opportunity."
June 2001: The New England Council. "The Creative Economy Initiative: A Blueprint for Investment in New England's Creative Economy." Report available from The New England Council, Boston, MA http://www.nefa.org.
Websites and Organizations
Some Important Books
Florida, Richard. The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and Everyday Life. NY: Basic Books, 2002. The paperback edition was published in 2004, with a new preface. One of the germinal books in the field, and a central resource.
Florida, Richard. The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent. First ed. NY: HarperBusiness/HarperCollins, 2005. A clarion call to action.
** Ray, Paul H., and Sherry Ruth Anderson. Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World. First ed. New York: Harmony Books, 2000. An "in-depth look" at who "Cultural Creatives" are and the significance of this emerging class. Ray was one of the earliest voices to describe this "third stream" of society. Often-cited analysis of the "Three Americas" present in our society.
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Information from the August 18, 2005 Breakfast Meeting
compiled by David Galiel, member of CEANS Program Committee
The 6 Myths of Creativity, by Bill Breen Debember 2004, Fast Company
Discusses Prof. Teresa Amabile's decade-long study about creativity in corporations, in her own words. This is the article that sparked all the controversy.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/89/creativity.html
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time Is Not On Your Side
Interview with Prof. Teresa Amabile, by Sean Silverthorne
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=3030&t=innovation
Managing for Creativity, by Richard Florida and Jim Goodnight
Discusses how the work of Prof. Amabile and others is implemented in a corporate case-study of SAS Institute. This .pdf article is no longer available for free on the Harvard Business Review site. It is an in-depth look
http://www.creativeclass.org/acrobat/managing_for_creativity.pdf (PDF)
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