June 12th, 2013 | SXSW
The growing problems of the world — from climate change, conflict, poverty, water scarcity, infectious disease to economic stagnation — are not too hard to solve. Rather progress is stalled because our model is wrong. The good news is that traditional state based institutions such as the UN, the International Monetary Fund or the G8 summits are being supplemented and even eclipsed by non-state networks of civil society, the private sector, government and individual stakeholders. Call them Global Solution Networks.
March 21st, 2013 | RSA
RSA presentation on how new global non-state networks are offering powerful new solutions for cooperation, problem solving and governance.
February 11th, 2013 |
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.
December 5th, 2012 | The Economist
Don Tapscott discusses the nature of global networks and why they are better equipped to deal with problems like climate change and nation states.
June 12th, 2013 on SXSW
The growing problems of the world — from climate change, conflict, poverty, water scarcity, infectious disease to economic stagnation — are not too hard to solve. Rather progress is stalled because our model is wrong. The good news is that traditional state based institutions such as the UN, the International Monetary Fund or the G8 summits are being supplemented and even eclipsed by non-state networks of civil society, the private sector, government and individual stakeholders. Call them Global Solution Networks.
March 21st, 2013 on RSA
RSA presentation on how new global non-state networks are offering powerful new solutions for cooperation, problem solving and governance.
February 11th, 2013 on
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.
January 22nd, 2013 on McKinsey Quarterly
How do we get beyond e-mail to these new social platforms that include an industrial-strength social network?
January 11th, 2013 on Voices from Oxford
Don Tapscott is interviewed at the Seoul Digital Forum by Director of Voices from Oxford, Dr Sung Hee Kim.
December 5th, 2012 on The Economist
Don Tapscott discusses the nature of global networks and why they are better equipped to deal with problems like climate change and nation states.
November 20th, 2012 on
CTV News, Canada’s national news broadcast interviews Don Tapscott on his latest app, New Solutions for a Connected Planet.
July 9th, 2012 on TED
Don Tapscott’s opening keynote for TEDGlobal 2012: Radical Openness.
July 5th, 2012 on INSEAD
Commencement Speech for INSEAD business school’s 2012 class.
June 28th, 2012 on TED
The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one that is far more open and transparent. In this inspiring talk, he lists the four core principles that show how this open world can be a far better place.
June 27th, 2012 on TV Ontario
Don Tapscott on the shifting relationship between citizen and government and how it could rise to a new form of democracy in 20 years.
May 31st, 2012 on
From their latest book, Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet, co-authors Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams present groundbreaking innovations from every corner of the globe: how businesses, organizations, and individuals alike are using mass collaboration to revolutionize not only the way we work, but how we live, learn, create, and care for each other.
May 16th, 2012 on SXSW
Don Tapscott opens SXSW Interactive 2012 with his presentation, Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age.
April 30th, 2012 on TEDx Wall Street
Don’s keynote, Three Principles for a New Wall Street at TEDx Wall Street 2012.
April 24th, 2012 on
March 28th, 2012 on The Economist
Don Tapscott discusses best practices for effective corporate culture at The Economist’s Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012 event in Berkeley, California.
March 27th, 2012 on CTV
Don Tapscott discusses upcoming Ontario and Federal government budgets, aging and youth demographics, and how to fix Canada.
March 15th, 2012 on IBM
IBM’s Todd Watson and Allen Kane talk with Don Tapscott — speaker, consultant, and author of a multitude of books including Macrowikinomics — about networked intelligence, the digital generation, and cause for optimism.
February 29th, 2012 on The Guardian
The Guardian’s Chief US Business Writer, Dominic Rushe interviews Don Tapscott during Social Media Week 2012.
February 17th, 2012 on Social Media Week, The Economist
Don Tapscott joins Social Media Week as the global curator and opening keynote for the 2012 theme of Empowering Change Through Collaboration. Don’s keynote is followed by a Q&A and interview with Economist’s Matthew Bishop.
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