Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott | |
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| Born | 1947 |
| Occupation(s) | Chief Executive, New Paradigm |
| Spouse | Ana Lopes |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | newparadigm.com |
Don Tapscott is a speaker, author and consultant based in Toronto, specializing in business strategy and organizational transformation. Tapscott is Chief Executive of New Paradigm, which he founded in 1993, and Adjunct Professor of Management, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Tapscott holds a B.Sc. in Psychology and Statistics, and an M.Ed. specializing in Research Methodology. He also holds two honorary Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) granted by the University of Alberta in 2001, and Trent University this past June.
Don lives in Toronto, Ontario with his wife, Ana Lopes, and his two children: Niki and Alex Tapscott.
Publications
Mr. Tapscott has authored or co-authored eleven widely read books on the application of technology in business. His new book, co-authored with Anthony Williams is Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Portfolio, December 2006).
His penultimate book, co-authored with David Ticoll, is The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business (Free Press, October 2003). The Naked Corporation describes how corporate transparency, accountability, and stakeholder relationships are the new frontier for competitive innovation.
He has also co-authored, Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs. This best seller describes how business webs are replacing the traditional model of the firm and changing the dynamics of wealth creation and competition.
Other books include:
- Creating Value in the Network Economy
- Blueprint to the Digital Economy: Creating Wealth in the Era of E-Business with David Ticoll and Alex Lowy
- Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation
- The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril In The Age of Networked Intelligence
- Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World with Ann Cavoukian
- Paradigm Shift: The New Promise of Information Technology with Art Caston
- Creating Value in the Network Economy