Innovation 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 Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and blockchain is the foundation of the second era of the digital age. Read the full article:...
The Second Era of the Digital Age Will Bring Tremendous Opportunity to Toronto
Don, as guest editor of the business section of the Toronto Star, contributed a large feature this past March, and one of a dozen articles was this open letter to Toronto. In it he implores the city to invest in its technology sector, to rethink the city's current...
Lisbon Has a Great Opportunity to be the Silicon Valley of the Second Era of the Internet
In an interview with Expresso, the flagship Portuguese newspaper, Don Tapscott states that the blockchain “is becoming the heart of the innovation economy.” It’s time for governments to take advantage of the opportunity and position their countries for growth.
Nordic Business Forum: Principles for Business Success in the Digital Age
On September 26th and 27th, 2018, NBForum 2018 put on a sold-out show for 7,500 people at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Center. In the very well received "NBF Hall of Fame Talk", he spoke to the audience about how they can win in the second era of the internet:
Norway is the best country in the world to live in, according to the WEF
US president Donald Trump said last week that he wanted more of America’s immigrants to come from Norway, instead of “shithole countries” in Africa. When he comes to Davos this Friday, he will find out why that is not happening. According to World Economic Forum,...
Trump’s view of world ‘direct attack on spirit of co-operation’
Don Tapscott is chief executive of the Tapscott Group and the chancellor of Trent University. With his son Alex, he is the co-author of Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business and the World and the co-founder of the...
The Blockchain Research Institute Manifesto: Realizing the new promise of the digital economy
As many of you already know, my son Alex and I have founded the Blockchain Research Institute to investigate the strategic implications and opportunities created by this new technology. I’ve been asked to explain what we stand for at the institute. As a result, we’ve...
Introducing CarbonX.ca: Fighting Climate Change with Blockchain
Climate change is indeed one of the critical issues of our time. Business managers should care because ultimately business cannot succeed in a world that’s failing. The recent surge of superstorms that have been battering the Caribbean and the Southern US, the fires...
Tapscott named the world’s most influential digital thinker by Thinkers50
Don Tapscott has been named the world’s most influential leader in digital thinking, as well as the second-most influential living management thinker overall, at the Thinkers50 awards ceremony and gala. Founded in 2001, Thinkers50 provides a definitive list of the 50...