Don Tapscott

Big Idea from Dubai: A Global Risk Management Commons

Dec 1, 2010 | Writing

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....

In Dubai Everything is Connected to Everything Else

Nov 30, 2010 | Writing

At the meeting of the Global Agenda Councils in Dubai it seems that everything is connected to everything else.  One day into it my Council on Informed Societies has had joint discussions with at least half a dozen other Councils and many common themes and challenges...

Children a key element of National Broadband Strategy

Mar 26, 2010 | Writing

The Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Strategy is an ambitious ten-year plan to bring the benefits of broadband to all citizens in the country. Just prior to the Strategy’s submission to Congress last week, FCC  Chairman Julius...

We need better broadband, and soon.

Feb 19, 2010 | Writing

The power of the Internet.  In the small town of Diller, Nebraska, Blue Valley Meats doubled its employees and saw 40 percent growth by setting up a Web site and selling its beef online.  But this happened only after Diller got broadband. Which is why the Recovery Act...

My top ten themes from Davos, part 1

Feb 4, 2010 | Writing

The World Economic Forum has wrapped up and the small town of Davos is being returned to the skiers. I’ve developed my top ten themes from the five-day event. I’ll post five today and five tomorrow. 1. The state of the world is not good. The theme of Davos was...