THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Don Tapscott
is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society having authored 16 widely read books. He has coined many concepts that are part of the business lexicon today and is sought by corporate and government leaders globally.
He is currently Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, an Adjunct Professor at INSEAD, recently a two-term Chancellor of Trent University in Ontario and Member of The Order of Canada.
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Don’s Work
Research
Produces cutting-edge research on blockchain, the digital economy, and the social contract
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Online Courses
Blockchain Revolution for the Enterprise
Blockchain is poised to transform every industry and managerial function—redefining the ways we transact online, share ideas, and manage workflows. It’s a new technology that every business professional needs to understand. Partnering with Coursera and INSEAD, Don and Alex Tapscott teach the fundamentals of blockchain for enterprise leaders in this four-part course.
Latest books
Blockchain Revolution
How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is
Changing Money, Business, and the World
Coauthored with son Alex Tapscott, this is the first book to explain why blockchain technology – a truly open, distributed, global platform – will fundamentally change what we can achieve online, how we do it, and who can participate.
Supply Chain Revolution
How Blockchain Technology is
Transforming the Global Flow of Assets
In this book, some of the world’s top experts show how blockchain can address longstanding problems that make the business of getting goods to customers so slow and expensive, especially in crises like COVID-19.
Recent articles
Introducing the Trivergence: Transformation driven by blockchain, AI and the IoT
In a feature for Cointelegraph, Don introduces the Trivergence, arguing that the combination of Artificial...
5 Ways Blockchain Tech Can Help Us During This Pandemic
In their article for Coindesk, Don and Alex Tapscott introduce their report Blockchain Solutions in Pandemics and call...
How Blockchain Will Change Construction
In Harvard Business Review, Don and co-author Ricardo Viana Vargas discuss the value of blockchain in the construction...