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It’s Time for Corporations to Return their Customer Data to the People
https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2020/03/04/taking-back-our-data-our-identities-and-our-autonomy-in-the-digital-economy.htmlIn his feature in the Toronto Star, Don explains the state of digital feudalism and reminds individuals that they have rights to their data - and should demand ownership over it. With blockchain, digital identity can be owned by the individual and used according to...
Why Canada Needs a New Social Contract for the Digital Economy
https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2020/03/04/why-canada-needs-a-new-social-contract-for-the-digital-economy.htmlIn his Toronto Star series, Don writes about the need for the creation of new institutions, models, and agreements in order to fundamentally address deep issues facing Canadian society, such as climate change, reconciliation, populism, and xenophobia. This is the new...
Blockchain Remains an Opportunity and Challenge for Investors
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/globe-advisor/advisor-news/article-blockchain-remains-an-opportunity-and-a-challenge-for-investors/In this Globe and Mail article, Don highlights the progress certain companies have been making in the blockchain revolution, including Air Canada, IBM, and Shoppers Drug Mart, but that many companies are still facing the innovator's dilemma when it comes to...
Unleashing the Power of Blockchain in the Enterprise
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/unleashing-the-power-of-blockchain-in-the-enterprise/In this MIT Sloan Management Review feature, Don and co-author Ricardo Viana Vargas discuss how the true value of enterprise-level blockchain can only be captured if leaders collaborate together to develop standards, processes, and industry-wide goals. Read the full...
We’re Living in an Era of Digital Feudalism. Here’s How to Take your Data and Identity Back
https://qz.com/1706221/don-tapscott-on-using-blockchain-to-take-back-your-digital-identity/In this Quartz article, Don reviews the feudal nature of our relationship to data companies such as Google and Facebook, and prescribes blockchain as the tool that can return data ownership back to the individual that creates that data. This is self-sovereign...
How Blockchain Will Change Construction
https://hbr.org/2019/07/how-blockchain-will-change-constructionIn Harvard Business Review, Don and co-author Ricardo Viana Vargas discuss the value of blockchain in the construction industry, specifically as a way to run decentralized, transparent project management. Read the full article here:...