Friday, March 25, 2011
Values of the Creative Class
Fast Company: "With today's workplace dominated by creative workers, it has become important to know what qualities they admire. Are organizations embracing these values? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from The Rise of the Creative Class (2003) by Richard Florida.
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Being a creative individual, critical thinker, and flexible has always been part of our culture. Creativity in jobs has been present in the past, but not spoken about because it was implied. Today we think more about skill and are having to add the qualities and values of critical thinking creative values back into education. Since we had a decline in what the values of a successful individual is made of, we must focus on the how they will use their education. Having a creative class allows for us to move forward and let individuals progress without the limits we set today.
It is great to think that values such as individuality, meritocracy, diversity, and openness are making their way into the workforce. People often times complain about those who are only hired based on the skills they have and not on how personable they are to work with. These values are ones that are difficult to measure; they cannot be tested for on the SATs. These shifts in values within the American community could prove to be very beneficial to our country. These traits in people are important for work situation, but also for future developments and innovations.
Reading this, I was instantly drawn back to my research about Carnegie Mellon University when applying for college. So many of these values are qualities, that are treasured here at CMU, that I fear I will no longer see when out of this school. However, this article was very proactive and inspiring and it's nice to know that creativity is being treasured in the workforce and that these qualities are valued as equal to skill when considered for work. I would love to read this book in its entirety and develop a broader opinion on this authors approach to the creative class.
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