Petersburg, he argues, will model city life in years to come because they will be more able to attract smart people from all over the world who, congregating together, will make wonderfully creative places to live and work.
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As with most "last best places, " creative folk found it first.
And many places are doing very creative things in tough economic times -- not everybody, but a lot.
To level the playing field, a small market team has to get creative and look for advantage in places a large market team may not.
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This is par for the course in the creative industries: the two best places for young people on the make in Hollywood to meet the players are bars and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Zynga will have to get a lot more creative in the kinds of advertising it places in and around its games, as a key Zynga exec acknowledged earlier this year.
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Yet, PR firms offer among the best places to work for those searching for creative, collaborative work environments on the cutting edge of technology and trends.
Some of his most creative insights have resulted directly from novel experiences either in physical places or among people with whom he chose to associate.
The creative geniuses of Silicon Valley, Seattle, Cambridge, Austin and places like them have pulled a trick of far greater consequence than to ship, every week, the latest whippy gadget to the world.
People joining in will be able to experience the places and themes which inspired and forged the poet's creative writing.
Just as crucial as cultivating creative leaders is making sure that the right people do the right jobs in the right places.
The places that survive will be those that equip their citizens and their workforce with the creative skills necessary to adapt.
Businesses like Google, Zappos, and IBM have been household names as great places to work because they value the free flow of ideas and innovations that prioritize creative talent rather than traditional hierarchical social status.
And that by letting go, it has forced me to be creative, to find community, to look beyond the security that wealth can bring and find it in other places.
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