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1. The Role of the
Creative
Class in the
contemporary world
Đặng Hoàng Giang

2. 18 + 6 + 14 + 10
17 + 1 + 6

3. THOMAS FRIEDMAN:
The world is flat.
Location doesn’t matter.
You can innovate without having to emigrate.

4. THE WORLD:
Economic activities, measured in light emissions

5. THE WORLD:
Centers of innovation, measured in number of patents

6. 40 Mega regions:
- only 17% of the World's population, but
- 2/3 of World’s GDP and
- over 85% of its innovation
In the US, 5 largest metro regions account for 23% of GDP.
Cities and regions: engines of economic growth.
Place remains essentially important

7. RICHARD FLORIDA:
The world is spiky.
Topology of the world:
- Spikes
- Emerging peaks / Hills
- Valley
The world is getting spikier!
Growing gap between spikes and valleys
Peak-to-peak connectivity

8. THE CREATIVE CLASS:
- Science, engineering, education, IT, arts, design, media…
- Knowledge intensive work
- Create new ideas, technology, content
- Problem solving and problem finding

9. THE RISE OF THE CREATIVE CLASS IN THE US:
Early 20th century:
Most people were farmer, only 5% in creative sector
Mid 20th century:
50% were workers, 10% in creative sector
Early 21st century:
30% in the creative sector
Creative Class – Worker Class – Service Class

10. THE VALUE SYSTEM OF THE CREATIVE CLASS:
- Meritocracy
- Diversity
- Individuality
- Work as identity’s expression, not just way to feed family
- Quality of life

11. THE CREATIVE CLASS IN THE SPIKY WORLD:
The Creative Class drives the spikes, responsible
for economic growth
The force of clustering: Talents attract talents

12. OLD WAY:
People move to where jobs are
NEW WAY:
Jobs are created where talents are
>>> Different incentive structure, development strategy

13. HOW TO ATTRACT CREATIVE CLASS:
Brain Drain not just between countries, but regions:
90% US regions export talents to the other 10%
The three “T”s: Talent
Technology
Tolerance
Not just “business climate”, but “people climate”
Bohemian index – Gay index – Creativity index

14. CONCUSION
Who wins the Creative Class, wins the competition:
Florida’s influence in city policy / planning
Critics:
- Inequality
- Lost of city’s uniqueness
- Link between creative class - economic growth?

15. DISCUSSION
Is there a Creative Class in Vietnam? If yes, what defines it?
The role of Creative Class in Vietnam?
How to nurture and grow Vietnam’s Creative Class?