Hi, this is Greg Kielstrom. Welcome to season three of the Agile World, where we discuss customer

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book, The Agile Workforce, now available on Amazon and other retailers. My name is Greg Kielstrom,

and I'm the host of the Agile World podcast. Welcome to a special episode of the show,

brought to you in partnership with Arlington Economic Development, where we discuss issues related

to the workforce, the role of place in the future of work, and the role of the creative sector in a

larger business context. We call this return on creativity. Today, we're going to talk about returning

to the office, and why place and place making will always be important to the workforce,

even in the era of a hybrid workforce. To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Susan

Soroco, Director, Creative Economy at Arlington County Economic Development. Welcome to the show,

Susan. Hey, thank you, Greg. It's great to be in good company. Yeah, absolutely. Looking forward

to talking with you and running the return on creativity events with you. It's been great.

I know we've talked about a lot of these topics that we're about to discuss and offline,

so looking forward to having this discussion. Let's start with your role at Arlington

Economic Development and the Creative Economy. First, can you describe what the Creative

Economy is, so the listeners can understand? Sure. At its core, Creative Economy really

encompasses the full continuum of endeavors that are traditionally thought of as

non-profit theater, dance, music, and those that are for profit, like design, fashion,

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