In this workshop, Florida distills his framework for how to attract and retain talent and explain his analysis of which locations offer the best talent pools for innovative and creative workforce. This workshop is aimed at corporate leaders, human resources directors, and those responsible for attracting and retaining the ‘best and the brightest’ to their organization.

Managing Creativity:

In The Creative Management Workshop, Florida leads teams of executive 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 workshop leads teams through exercises which enable them to develop new thinking and strategic initiatives on how to manage creative people and motivate and inspire them.

Managing Diversity:

Most corporate diversity efforts are compliance driven, adding little to the bottom line. Drawing upon his research and analysis in his best-selling book, Rise of the Creative Class and other sources, Florida’s Managing Diversity Workshop provides a framework for making diversity efforts value adding. This workshop leads teams through exercises through which they establish new value producing diversity initiatives.