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What Tech Talent Shortage? Microsoft Trims 18,000 Employees From Payroll
Like manufacturing before it, the Innovation Economy has reached a turning point, with jobs moving to places where labor is cheaper.
The Pseudoscience of Jane Jacobs and Innovation Districts
Where we find innovation, we find industry clusters. That doesn't mean the two are causally linked.
Density Boondoggles: Innovation Districts
Migration, not greater density, drives technological change.
Does Innovation Always Lead to Gentrification?
A new study makes the development of innovation districts sound like a win-win for all parties involved. But a look at some existing districts, like Boston’s Cambridge or Brooklyn’s Dumbo, makes it clear that there are downsides too.
Literally Touching Greatness Can Increase Your Creativity
New research finds one type of "magical thinking"—the belief that ability can be transferred through touch—can actually work for some people.
Bright Flight From Silicon Valley
Talented people are starting to move to places where the cost of living is more reasonable, but a town can't just be cheap and wonderful. It also has to be connected.
Silicon Rust
Silicon Shore. Silicon Beach. Silicon Roundabout. How many different technology hubs can we have? Like the untethering of manufacturing from regional natural resources that crushed the Rust Belt, Silicon Valley's one-time advantage of a high concentration of venture capitalists matters less and less as the cost of technology falls.
Talent Is the New Oil: OPEC of Tech
Silicon Valley and Chesapeake Energy face the same problem: the cost of extraction. The technology industry needs to get smarter about workforce development, and fast.