Innovation Articles
Two Canadians top the 2017 Thinkers50 List of Management Thinkers
Nov 14, 2017
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...
Creating a New Social Contract for the Digital Economy
May 26, 2017
Friends. At the end of Blockchain Revolution, Alex Tapscott and I call for the creation of a new social contract. Technology is breaking down our the agreements that grew from the industrial age – about employment, economic opportunity, public discourse, the...
Governor General David Johnston congratulates Don Tapscott on winning the 2017 Digital Pioneer Award
May 1, 2017
2017 Digital Pioneer Award Recipient: Don Tapscott Don Tapscott, CEO of The Tapscott Group, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. Don was the originator of the term ‘Digital Economy’ and one of the first people...
Bitcoin will double to $2,000 USD and More: The Tapscotts on Blockchain in 2017
Jan 6, 2017
In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review special feature, Don and his son Alex chart a broad overview of blockchain in 2016, with an eye to what is to come in the year ahead. Notably, they argue that 2016 was the most important year for the tech since the debut of Satoshi...
Don Tapscott Believes Blockchain Can Disrupt Any Industry
Aug 24, 2016
Don Tapscott, CEO of the Tapscott Group and the co-author of Blockchain Revolution, appeared on an interview hosted by multi-billion dollar management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, to discuss the serious disruptive nature of the blockchain technology and its...
Can you tell a fictional “thinkfluencer” from a real one?
May 31, 2016
Don Tapscott is the inaugural fellow at the Martin Prosperity Institute in Toronto and one of the world’s “leading business thinkers,” according to Thinkers50, the “definitive list of management thinkers globally.” His 16th book, Blockchain Revolution: How the...
Author Don Tapscott awarded Order of Canada
May 12, 2016
One of Canada’s most innovative intellectuals has been awarded one of the country’s most respected civilian honours. Don Tapscott, whose writing in such books as 1997’s The Digital Economy foresaw the drastic change the Internet would wreak on business and society,...
Canada must focus on innovation economy to thrive in digital age
Jan 25, 2016
Don Tapscott writes about Canada's economy and the challenges it faces with the new digital age: As the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum enters its final quarter, there continues to be a lot of buzz about Canada in General and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Davos forum is a new model of global problem solving
Jan 25, 2016
Don Tapscott writes about how Davos is about change and solving the world's problems: Some critics see Davos as a giant gabfest for the rich and powerful. Having attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting a dozen times and worked with the forum on many projects...