Richard Florida has been advising cities on how to appeal to the most innovative companies and employees for several years now. And his books, especially The Rise of the Creative Class , have sparked some interesting public debates on just what urban centers need to do to become innovation centers. Nearly a year ago we highlighted Florida's extensive article in The Atlantic in which he pushed the notion that the global economic crisis would "reshape" cities. He is still pushing this idea, and in a recent interview with Big Think , he discussed how a "new class of thinkers," is set to emerge: Watch the full interview here .