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Episode Four Extras: LinkedIn, Nike, Zipcar and GoodGuide

Episode Four Extras: LinkedIn, Nike, Zipcar and GoodGuide

Extended versions of Don’s interviews with LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, Zipcar and Buzzcar’s Robin Chase, Nike’s Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation, Hannah Jones, and GoodGuide’s Dara O’Rourke.

Episode Four on ReCivilization: ReIndustrializing the Planet

Episode Four on ReCivilization: ReIndustrializing the Planet

In episode four of ReCivilization, Don examines how the digital revolution has cut transaction costs and changed the notion of the firm, and how business needs to operate collaboratively and transparently — to meet the needs of increasingly savvy consumers concerned about sustainability and ethical behaviour. As Don says, the level of scrutiny made possible by the web means businesses operate nakedly. And if you’re going to be naked, you’d better be buff.

Interview on CBC Spark: The Future of Crowdsourcing

Interview on CBC Spark: The Future of Crowdsourcing

We recently heard about a new initiative called the “Cool Japan” project. Run by the Japanese government, the idea is to have leading creative lights in Japan post questions or problems to a site called Mazer, and crowdsource the answers.

Episode Three of ReCivilization is Now Online: Collaborative Healthcare

Episode Three of ReCivilization is Now Online: Collaborative Healthcare

In part three of ReCivilization, Don examines the future of health care and medicine, where patients become co-managers of their own wellness, and use the web to network with each other for support, knowledge, and healing — outside the old, institutional, medical framework.

Next Episode on ReCivilization: Collaborative Health Care

In part three of ReCivilization, Don examines the future of health care and medicine, where patients become co-managers of their own wellness, and use the web to network with each other for support, knowledge, and healing — outside the old, institutional, medical framework.

ReCivilization Episode 2: Open Source Knowledge, Education and Science

ReCivilization Episode 2: Open Source Knowledge, Education and Science

In episode two of ReCivilization, Don looks at the transformation of education and science, and how the sharing of knowledge is moving from the industrial-age model of a one-way broadcast from teacher to student to collaborative, discovery-driven learning, enabled by the web. He also examines a new model for science that favours open data over isolated, patent-driven research.

Don Tapscott Presentation Kicks Off SXSW Interactive 2012

Want to start your 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival experience on the right note? Then be sure to attend “Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age” on Friday, March 9 from 2:00-3:00 pm in Exhibit Hall 5 at the Austin Convention Center.

Don Tapscott