Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott | |
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| Born | June 1, 1947 |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, Tapscott Group Chairman and Founder, Global Solution Networks |
| Spouse | Ana Paula Lopes |
| Children | Alex Tapscott, Nicole Tapscott |
| Website | DonTapscott.com |
Don Tapscott (born June 1, 1947) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and speaker, who specializes in business strategy, organizational transformation and the role of technology in business and society. He is the CEO of The Tapscott Group, and was founder and chairman of the international think tank New Paradigm before its acquisition.[1] He is the vice chair of Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations, a company building a portfolio of companies in the collaboration and social media space.[2]
Career
In 2012, Tapscott opened TEDGlobal in Edinburgh, where his talk, Four Principles for the Open World, was viewed online by more than 800,000 people.[3] Tapscott has authored or co-authored fifteen books on the application of technology in business and society. His 2006 book, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2006), co-authored by Anthony D. Williams, was an international bestseller, was number one on the 2007 management book charts and has been translated into 20 different languages.
Tapscott lives in Toronto. He is chancellor of his alma mater, Trent University, as well as adjunct professor of management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and a member of the World Economic Forum.[4]
He is the CEO of The Tapscott Group, an advising business. [5]
As of 2017[update], Tapscott is involved in cross-industry groups attempting to advance solutions to governance issues in the emerging blockchain industry.[6]
Early life and education
Tapscott was born in Toronto and lived as a teen in Orillia, Ontario,[7] where he was a part of the first graduating class of Park Street Collegiate Institute.[8]
Tapscott holds a B.Sc. in psychology and statistics and an M.Ed. specializing in research methodology. While earning his Master's of Education at the University of Alberta, he ran for mayor of Edmonton in the 1977 municipal election, on behalf of the Revolutionary Workers' League.[9][10]
Awards and recognition
Tapscott holds three honorary degrees—Doctor of Laws (honoris causa)—granted by the University of Alberta in 2001, Trent University in 2006, and McMaster University in 2010.[11]
He was named a Member of the Order of Canada at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa in 2015.[12]
Bibliography
- Don Tapscott, Del Henderson, Morley Greenberg, Planning for Integrated Office Systems: A Strategic Approach, Carswell Legal Pubns, 1984. ISBN 0-87094-653-6.
- Don Tapscott, Del Henderson, Morley Greenberg, Office Automation: A User-Driven Method, Springer, 1985. ISBN 0-306-41973-4.
- Don Tapscott, Art Caston, Paradigm Shift: The New Promise of Information Technology, McGraw-Hill Companies, 1992. ISBN 0-07-062857-2.
- Don Tapscott, Ann Cavoukian, Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World, McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0-07-063320-7.
- Don Tapscott, The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril In The Age of Networked Intelligence, McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0-07-063342-8.
- Don Tapscott, Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation, McGraw-Hill, 1999. ISBN 978-0-07-134798-3.
- Don Tapscott, David Ticoll, Alex Lowy, Blueprint to the Digital Economy: Creating Wealth in the Era of E-Business, McGraw-Hill, 1999. ISBN 0-07-135213-9.
- Don Tapscott, Creating Value in the Network Economy, Harvard Business Press, 1999. ISBN 0-87584-911-3.
- Don Tapscott, David Ticoll, Alex Lowy, Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs, Harvard Business Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-57851-193-8.
- Don Tapscott, David Ticoll, The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business, Free Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7432-4650-0.
- Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, Portfolio Trade, 2006. ISBN 1-59184-367-7.
- Don Tapscott, Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World, McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 0-07-150863-5.
- Don Tapscott, The Net Generation Takes The Lead; in: Willms Buhse/Ulrike Reinhard: Wenn Anzugträger auf Kapuzenpullis treffen (When Suits meet Hoodies), whois-Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3-934013-98-8.
- Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams, Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, Portfolio Hardcover, 2010. ISBN 978-1-59184-356-6.
- Don Tapscott, The Digital Economy Anniversary Edition: Rethinking Promise and Peril In the Age of Networked Intelligence, McGraw-Hill, 2014. ISBN 0-07-183555-5.
- Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott, The Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World, Penguin Books, Released May 2016 ISBN 978-0670069972]
References
- ^ "About". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "People". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Don Tapscott:Four principles for the open world". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Don Tapscott". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Nilofer Merchant among World's Top 50 Thinkers in 2017 | ummid.com". Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ Blockchain’s Backers Gather to Push Governance for Technology, Bloomberg, 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Orillia Hall of Fame" (PDF).
- ^ "Orillia Packet".
- ^ Edmonton Journal, October 20, 1977
- ^ Brothers.com, Trent Magazine, Fall 2001, archived Nov 1, 2002
- ^ "News & Events – University of Alberta". Expressnews.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ^ "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle-Herald, July 1, 2015.
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