Join Don Tapscott, Richard Florida and Roger Martin on May 21 from 5:45pm to 7pm at the Prosperity Experts @ Rotman Discussion Series on the Future of Capitalism.
After much ballyhoo, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen have published The New Digital Age. The authors are as smart and plugged-in as it gets. And they have the resources and connections necessary to break new ground.
And while countless books have been written on the subject, none has created such buzz as the recently released The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. Justly so; this is for your must-read list.
Thanks to the internet revolution and the digital space’s communication tools, alternatives to nation-state-based institutions have evolved in the quest for a better world.
The obsession with “now” is the topic of Present Shock, the new book from well-known media theorist Douglas Rushkoff.
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce keynote on how new global non-state networks are offering powerful new solutions for cooperation, problem solving and governance.
RSA presentation on how new global non-state networks are offering powerful new solutions for cooperation, problem solving and governance.
From our inability to come to agreements on everything from climate change, fighting poverty, Palestinian statehood or how to govern the global financial system, many people are questioning why existing approaches have proven so inadequate to fixing a broken world. Are the problems simply too hard to solve?
Forbes’ Rawn Shaw interviews Don Tapscott at his SXSW 2013 session: How to Solve the World’s Problems.
The Senate of Trent University is pleased to announce its decision to approve the appointment of Don Tapscott to be installed as Trent University’s eleventh chancellor.
This is an age of openness and transparency. Hierarchies and tyrants are so 20th century. So why is it that the most successful corporation on the planet in this new millennium has been a secretive hierarchy run by a (now-deceased) tyrant?
This piece is one of a series of high-profile Canadians commenting on the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Top 10 reasons Canadian competitiveness is dropping.
Don Tapscott’s keynote at Digital Life Design conference 2013 where he shares his first findings from the research on how non-state networks may surpass international institutions, like the UN, IMF and World Bank, in their roles as global policy makers. Digital advancement enables these networks to form new patterns of connectivity, which were not possible on this scale ever before.
Understanding the New Multi-Stakeholder Models for Global Cooperation, Problem Solving and Governance The institutions and mechanisms responsible for global cooperation at the international level are having increasing difficulty solving global problems—problems like poverty, climate change, access to water and human rights. There is growing urgency to rethink our aging global institutions. Today’s challenges demand solutions [...]
One occurrence this week caused me to stand back and reflect more broadly on the meaning of this event and the challenge of improving the state of the world.
If there is one issue that is buzzing through Davos like a prairie fire among thoughtful people, it’s that the time has finally come to reinvent higher learning.
I’ve just come from an amazing discussion by some brilliant people about how connected vehicles and transportation systems will transform mobility. The discussion focused on how self-driving cars will improve road safety and traffic flow and reduce transportation’s carbon footprint.
An informed society is one where citizens have the resources, education and skills to access and participate in the free flow of reliable and pertinent information.
Head of State AdvisoryI collaborate with Prime Ministers, Presidents and Ministers about the transformation of their countries for the age of networked intelligence. This often includes working to ensure access for a country’s citizens, support the transformation of schools, achieve collaborative healthcare, and more. Learn more.
This is about engaging the population of a city and its key stakeholders in transforming to a 21st-century, smart and connected city. Our first big project is the city of Bogotá. It is an initiative led by the Chamber of Commerce and is using a number of techniques, such as challenges, electronic town hall meetings, and other engagement strategies to involve key stakeholders in the process. Learn more.
