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Fast Company Interview on My New App

Don Tapscott, author of 14 books including, most recently Macrowikinomics, recently announced he is publishing his first iPad application–New Solutions for a Connected Planet.

Are Corporations People (Redux)? Why Jack Welch Is Wrong

Corporations are the foundation of wealth creation, innovation, jobs, markets and the economy in our society. Despite their flaws they have proven to be the most effective form of organization for such tasks. However, while corporations contain people, and are owned by people, they are not people per se. This is not to denigrate them, but to apply a bit of precision to the discussion.

Debating Andrew Keen on the Effects of the Social Revolution

Andrew Keen, CNN columnist, internet entrepreneur and host of “Keen On”, joins Don Tapscott for a debate on the effects of today’s online social revolution at Rotman’s Social Media Experts Speaker Series on September 6.

On CBC’s Ideas: ReCivilization, Part 2: Open-Source Knowledge

Don Tapscott looks at the transformation of education and science. The sharing of knowledge is moving from the industrial-age model of one-way communication from teacher to student, to collaborative, discovery-driven learning, enabled by the web.

From Personal to Corporate Privacy. My Seven-Part Series in Toronto Star.

With radical transparency, all of our identities and behaviours become flattened and observable by others — and we lose control. We need a robust system for preserving our ability to maintain multiple and separate identities in the emerging real and virtual world of ubiquitous surveillance. This is a challenge, but our fundamental freedoms depend on getting the identity question right.

Don Tapscott