We are the Creative Class, Oui?
We live in a classless society (ya, right!), yet somehow there has been an identified emergence of a new class: The Creatives. According to a few professors, these are:
- Super-Creatives: e.g. science, engineering, education, computer programming, research, arts, design, and media workers . Those belonging to this group are considered to “fully engage in the creative process” . The Super-Creative Core is considered innovative, creating commercial products and consumer goods. Their primary job function is to be creative and innovative.
- Creative Professionals: knowledge-based workers and include those working in healthcare, business and finance, the legal sector, and education. They “draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems” using higher degrees of education to do so.
Creative Class has the three ‘T’s:
Talent (highly talented/educated/skilled),
Tolerance (a diverse community, which has a ‘live and let live’ ethos), and
Technology (have the technological infrastructure necessary to fuel an entrepreneurial culture).
