13 Nov London, England Two Canadians led the rankings of the top 50 management thinkers in the world. Roger Martin of University of Toronto’s Rotman School was ranked number one, and Don Tapscott was a close runner up, coming in at the 2nd most influential management thinker at the Thinkers50 Gala.

Tapscott was also recognized for his pioneering work with his son, Alex Tapscott, on their book Blockchain Revolution. The duo received the Digital Thinking Award.

Other nominees in the prestigious category included Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee of MIT, Kate Darling of MIT, Jose Esteves of Spain’s IE Business School, Martin Ford, futurist, Anindya Ghose of NYU, Sherry Turkle of MIT and Hu Yong of Peking University.

Read the Thinkers50 Press Release