The U.S. Needs to Make More Jobs More Creative
By Roger Martin
HBR Blog Network
February 27, 2012
Big Idea: Creativity-oriented jobs requiring judgment and independent decision making along with regional industry clustering (think biopharma and Silicon Valley) are driving competitiveness and growth (good) as well as increasing income differentials (bad). Martin reports on economic research that defines a fundamental challenge that businesses must solve if the U.S. workforce is to prosper long term.