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Forbes Interview: Here’s How The Internet Will Reboot Civilization
Collaboration goes against the hierarchy which is deeply ingrained in our institutional DNA. Transparency is very counter cultural. Throughout history organizations have defaulted towards opacity.
Living Out Loud — Should We All Be More “Open?”: The Upside of Sharing
The ubiquity of digital gadgets and sensors, the pervasiveness of networks and the benefits of sharing very personal information through social media have led some to argue that privacy as a social norm is changing and becoming an outmoded concept. This post is part one of a seven-part series.
Tech Crunch Interview: How Entrepreneurs Can Reboot the World
Tech Crunch’s Andrew Keen interviews Don Tapscott on how entrepreneurs can help reboot the economy.
Tech Crunch Interview: Why The World Is Broken
Tech Crunch’s Andrew Keen interviews Don Tapscott on how the industrial age is over.
G8 and the Internet: Sarkozy Messes With a Good Thing
The irony couldn’t be more obvious. After staging a piece of political theater called the E-G8, which French President Nicolas Sarkozy used as a platform to champion the notion of much tougher government control over the Internet, the president today will welcome to...
Top trends and developments for 2011
Thanks largely to the Internet, long-standing monopolies and power imbalances are being challenged as more people from more regions of the world connect, collaborate, and compete on the global stage. Young digital natives everywhere are questioning the historic...
Big Idea from Dubai: A Global Risk Management Commons
One of the most important sessions at the Global Agenda Council Summit in Dubai addressed the issue of Managing Global Risks. We are moving into an age where profound threats are emerging to the global economy, society and even the very existence of humanity....
New realities and new risks
I’m enjoying participating in the meeting of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Councils in Dubai. It goes without saying that the world is a very volatile place and this is a great time of change. There are countless new risks coming from unpredictable places...
Needed: A New Model of Pedagogy
The film Waiting for Superman has sparked heated discussion about the failures of the U.S. public school system, and more broadly with public education everywhere. The movie argues that teachers are at the center of the problem and that the solution is charter...