In the Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida claims that the society is shifting from social to creative capital and the creative class is flourishing. By creative class, Florida (2002) means groups which include professionals such as writers, innovators, scientists, engineers, consultants, media people, authors, architects, designers, musicians and artists. Those are persons who use their creative mind and skills to attract money. They are people who find challenging and flexible jobs attractive to them. When they work, they look for chances of personal development. In the United State of America, according to Florida, the creative class composites more than 30 per cent of the workforce. Florida (2002) defines creativity as the ability to synthesize. In his book, he claims creativity as the “decisive source” of competitive advantage and that creative class is the prominent driving force of economic development. Creativity in artistic and cultural forms has involved in inspiring economic and technological creativity and it is believed that, in that sense, economy moves from a system of company-centered to more of a mechanism of people-driven. Florida stresses on the importance of creativity in economic development by linking the two spectrums, economic and creativity. “Economic growth is driven by human creativity,” (Florida 2002). He made a strong argument that a community cannot achieve economic development without creativity. Florida also mentioned that because creativity is mostly to be noted in the urban environment, it is going to be ultimately a hotspot for economic development in the future. He believes that geography becomes more essential as the creative class utilizes its mobility to access to diverse and... ... middle of paper ... ... rising status of creative class. The question mark might be drawn upon to what extent women as much as men in the creative class are playing role in modern creative society to boost economic growth. Florida (2002) also discusses attractive factors of creative class. Those factors, as he named them, are technology, talent, and tolerance which he called 3Ts. According to the claims he made in his book, a question of “is the 3Ts enough?” came to my mine. Obviously, technology brought both advantages and disadvantages for any communities. Building skilled and educated workforce and incorporating tolerance in company or industry can be seen as key factors to industry’s prosperity and economic growth. However, some other components such as leadership, incentive, safety, innovation and relevant encouraging motives must contribute to institutional and economic progress.
As a reader, one can glean that when conducting an argument, written or otherwise, it would be better received if one first identifies the target audience. Upon doing so the argument can be made by using more factual data to back up thoughts and opinion. For an arguer it is best to not use sarcasm and slights against those who disagree, it closes them off to new ideas. By following these argumentative rules, Gennai’s argument for the influx of creativity would have been better utilized within the world of the
Women no longer have to follow a given path of a domesticated life lived behind her husband’s pant cuff. So one would wonder why the increase in women composers has not happened as did in other areas such as literature and the visual arts. According to Kerry Andrew of theguardian.com, there is a decline in confidence in teenage girls to compose and the issue must be addressed with education and “if girls are presented with examples of successful female creators in all genres, they might view composition as a viable profession for themselves.” The promotion of composition as a profession and the use of women examples in curriculum will serve to foster this change.
In conclusion, creative capitalism is already afoot and doing its best but there is so much more that can be done. Many companies forget that the poorest two-thirds of the world's population have some $5 trillion in purchasing power between them. Governments can also help by investing in creating more creative incentives. They can also make sure corporations get the publicity for doing good work so to shine a good light on those that help others. Customers of these corporations can help by buying products from companies that help with society. If more companies follow the lead of the more creative organizations in their industry, they will make a large impact on some of the world's worst problems and together we can make a change for the better.
Gregory Mantsios advocates more on the struggle to proceed from one class to another in his essay-“Class in America”. Mantsios states that, “Class standing has a significant impact on our chances for survival....
The American system of education is considered to be one of the most progressive in the world. One of the surveys on attitudes toward teaching around the world found that the United States is unique in its strong emphasis on "good teaching." My experience at State College has helped me to understand better how this system works, and what methods and techniques American teachers use to motivate their students for creative and active learning. However, I can also see that this system doesn’t work perfectly in every classroom. Reading Ernest Boyer’s article “Creativity in the Classroom” helped me with my understanding of the main problem that nowadays exists with the American college education system. According to the author, the problem is that teachers and students don’t see each other as one team doing the same business; therefore, in most classrooms the process of learning becomes a boring procedure instead of being mind-blowing. Moreover, reading this article, I could analyze the reasons of this problem that the author identifies through my own experiences at State College.
With the scheduling of their parents, they have no opportunity to let their minds wander without guidelines. Moreover, the structure put in place has taken away the opportunity for children to develop their own interests outside of what others tell them. Furthermore, they are given countless opportunities to develop their knowledge without room for creativity, and hence become a shallow adult. She argues that creativity leads to the great artists, authors, and composers. Consequently, Quindlen’s argument is that scheduling has stunted children’s creative
In their article, “The Creativity Crisis”, authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman explore the urgency of the downfall in the public’s “creativity quotient.” Bronson and Merryman emphasize the necessity for young children to be imaginative. Through an IBM poll, they verify that with the decrease of creativity in our society comes an array of consequences seen in the work field. The authors remind readers of another reason for the importance of creativity; they argue that creative ideas can solve national matters. Hence, Branson and Merryman believe that original ideas are key for a better world. Though I concede that creativity is a vital key to the solution of many national problems, I still insist that teaching creativity,
In this notable Ted Talk video "Do schools kill creativity?", Sir Ken Robinson discusses how public education systems demolish creativity because they believe it is essential to the academic growth and success of students. Robinson created a broad arrange of arguments to persuade the viewers to take action on this highly ignored issue, and he primarily focuses on how important creativity is. There are classes within schools that help utilize creativity, but they are not taken seriously by adults in society. Therefore, the value of creative knowledge decreases. Robinson uses an unusual combination of pathos and ethos to make an enjoyable dispute for implementing an education system that nurtures rather than eats away at creativity.
Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class gives a very interesting look into the science behind creativity and a thorough understanding of the creative process. According to Florida, creativity is a cognitive ability separate from other mental functions and all aspects related to intelligence. Creative potential does benefit from intelligence though but creativity is still a capacity inherent to all but in varying degrees for each person. Creativity requires self-assurance and the ability to take risks, however, because people utilizing creativity are usually going up against orthodox ideas about things and are challenging the norm and receiving a lot of criticism for these innovations. One must be sure of their self to maintain belief in their innovation through all this criticism and must be willing to take a risk in introducing their product of creativity to the market in the face of all this criticism. Florida claims there are four steps to the creative process. The first is preparation in which the person intently studies the task at hand getting a good grasp of the concept in their mind. The next step is incubation which is still a relatively unknown process of how this works in the mind but what is known is that one must consciously and subconsciously study the concept in their mind. The next step is illumination in which the person sees a new synthesis for this concept. The final step is verification or revision which include all work after the illumination step. I found it interesting that creativity is largely based on experiences and creativity favors people with an intellect with diverse experiences and perspectives because of this. This is because creativity requires the synthesis of different perspectives to create something new and useful. I also found it interesting that many highly creative environments in the past such as China and the Islamic world have died out because of social and economic conditions and these places now are not thought of as creative and intellectual centers anymore. I also found the concept of New Growth Theory to be very interesting in that it is essentially the empowerment of every person through the power of ideas and intellectual property although this theory seems slightly optimistic when it is compared to Karl Marx's goal of the proletariat overthrowing the upper classes.
Resources, freedom and challenge are the management keys necessary to develop and maintain a creative environment. These keys, along with encouraging and supporting “creatives,” will foster the growth and development of an organization’s employees, management and ultimately it’s culture. Many organizations have tremendous success in recognizing and cultivating the creative talent of its employees. Whether this talent is already in effect or brought out, managers must take the best approach to ensure a positive, creative impact on the organization.
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The creative economy is deeply rooted in national economies. By producing economic and employment benefits in related services and manufacturing sectors, it promotes economic diversification, revenues, trade and innovation. It also helps to revive declining urban areas, to open up and develop remote rural areas. In a number of countries the creative economy has been growing faster than the rest of the economy. There are a number of different approaches and classifications to define the creative sector. The typical way to measure an industry’s contribution to the national economy is to measure its value added, including its share of labour. However, the value added by individual creative industries is not generally available from government
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Creativity is a way of living. Creativity makes life seem more interesting and brilliant. Since we are kids we find new ways to deal with everyday life. We find different innovative forms to deal with everyday obstacles. Creativity lets us see the things that we thought did not make sense or were not there. Creativity happens in everyday life and it can be expressed and seen in different forms such as inventions like the smartphone, cars, and modern buildings or more artistic inventions like paintings, music, and TV shows. We see creativity everywhere and from anyone adults, teenagers and even