The spirit of collaboration is touching all of our lives
Posted on by Celina Agaton
The following is the condensed version of Don Tapscott’s commencement address during his installation as chancellor at Trent University.
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Book Review: Present Shock
Posted on by Celina Agaton
The obsession with “now” is the topic of Present Shock, the new book from well-known media theorist Douglas Rushkoff.
Let’s Crowdsource Canada
Posted on by Celina Agaton
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.
Examining the True Meaning of Davos
Posted on by Celina Agaton
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.
The Week University (As We Know It) Ended
Posted on by Celina Agaton
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.
Going Down the Road – In a Car That Drives Itself
Posted on by Celina Agaton
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.
Clear Leadership in ‘Fast-Changing World’ a Priority of WEF
Posted on by Celina Agaton
Highlights from the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Agenda Outlook.
World Economic Forum: Creating a Dynamic, Resilient World
Posted on by Don Tapscott
The theme of this year’s congress is a Resilient Dynamism.
Governing the Web (And Everything Else)
Posted on by Don Tapscott
Representatives of more than 190 governments begin a profoundly important 12-day closed-door meeting in Dubai on Monday to hammer out how the Internet should be run and who should pay for its operation.
Discovery Learning is the New Higher Learning
Posted on by Don Tapscott
The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields.
The Seven Imperatives for Highly Successful Business Revolutionaries
Posted on by Don Tapscott
The following is an excerpt from the convocation speech given by Don Tapscott to the 2012 class of INSEAD.
Radical Openness in Business Fosters Growth
Posted on by Don Tapscott
Recently, the smartest organizations have been rethinking what it means to be open. In this article I will show that there are three particular dimensions of openness that really matter in the business arena.
Globe and Mail Mentions Thinkers 50 Nomination
Posted on by Don Tapscott
Business guru nominees
Three top researchers from two Canadian business schools are on the shortlist of nominees for The Thinkers50, a global award that recognizes “the very best new management thinking.”
How Technology is Changing Your Career
Posted on by Don Tapscott
In this Globe and Mail interview, Don talks about how he was prodded to be on Twitter by a younger mentor – he notes he’s no Ashton Kutcher but has 30,000 followers – and how you can also design your life to keep in tune with our more collaborative, less hierarchical world.
Open Data, Open Government
Posted on by Don Tapscott
Last month, the B.C. government unveiled DataBC, a broad initiative to make available at no charge a wide array of data gathered by government that had previously mostly sat unused in filing cabinets.
Why Did We Ignore Obama’s Social Media Lesson?
Posted on by Don Tapscott
After watching how Barack Obama revolutionized campaigning for the digital age, it’s bizarre that, nearly three years later, the parties in our election all ran old-style campaigns of the broadcast era. The upshot was a social media vacuum that was filled by many voters, primarily young adults, who took the election into their own hands. [...]
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