Innovation Articles
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 Americaâs immigrants to come from Norway, instead of âshithole countriesâ in Africa. When he comes to Davos this Friday, he will find out why that is not happening. According to World Economic Forum,...
Trumpâs view of world âdirect attack on spirit of co-operationâ
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. Iâve been asked to explain what we stand for at the institute. As a result, weâve...
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 thatâs failing. The recent surge of superstorms that have been battering the Caribbean and the Southern US, the fires...
Tapscott named the worldâs most influential digital thinker by Thinkers50
Don Tapscott has been named the worldâs 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...
Two Canadians top the 2017 Thinkers50 List of Management Thinkers
13 Nov London, England Two Canadians led the rankings of the top 50 management thinkers in the world. Roger Martin of University of Toronto's Rotman School was ranked number one, and Don Tapscott was a close runner up, coming in at the 2nd most influential management...