Global problem solving? Stephen Harper defends the status quo

Although Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech on Thursday in Davos was received well, many of the delegates that I spoke with told me they thought Harper’s vision was too blinkered. With the conspicuous exception of global warming, Harper acknowledged that many...

Davos: Nike and partners launch the GreenXchange

I mentioned in an earlier post that Davos can be a catalyst for great ideas, and one example is the GreenXchange conceived by Nike.  Nike formally launched the Xchange Wednesday morning at a CEO breakfast in Davos. The venue was a conscripted hairdressing salon that...

Digitizing Davos

Notwithstanding that some very good things will likely happen at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, it’s tough to solve the world’s problems in a week. A couple of years ago the Forum’s founder, Klaus Schwab, launched, to say the least, a rather bold...

Davos 2010: The world is broken

As a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, I’ve been attending the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland for a dozen years. But I’ve never anticipated the event more than this year (Jan. 27-31). The theme is to “Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign and...

What Should be the Title to The Sequel to Wikinomics?

By Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams Dear Friends of Wikinomics. We are just finishing the manuscript of a new book.  The basic idea is that the principles of Wikinomics, the new Web and mass collaboration provide the keys to transforming more than the corporation...

It's important to remember the Internet's roots

As the second decade of the new millennium begins, a major issue that will increasingly confront governments is whether the Internet is becoming so integral to day-to-day life that access to the Internet should be considered a basic human right. The governments of...
Don Tapscott