Don Tapscott

Don Tapscott
Born	1947
Occupation	Chairman, nGenera Insight
Spouse	Ana Lopes
Children	2

Don Tapscott (born 1 Jun 1947, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and speaker, specializing in business strategy, organizational transformation and the role of technology in business and society. Tapscott is chairman of business strategy think tank New Paradigm (now nGenera Insight), which he founded in 1993. Tapscott is also Adjunct Professor of Management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.^[1]

Tapscott holds a B.Sc. in Psychology and Statistics, and an M.Ed. specializing in Research Methodology. He also holds three honorary Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) granted by the University of Alberta in 2001, Trent University in 2006, and McMaster University in 2010.^[2] While earning his Master's of Education at the University of Alberta, he ran for mayor of Edmonton in the 1977 municipal election.^[3][4]

Tapscott has authored or co-authored thirteen books on the application of technology in business and society. His fourteenth book Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, co-authored by Anthony D. Williams was released in September 2010. Macrowikinomics is the follow-up to Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2006) also co-authored by Anthony D. Williams. Wikinomics was an international bestseller, #1 on the 2007 management book charts, and was translated into 20 languages.^[5] His most recent book, released in 2008 and entitled "Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World," draws upon a 4.5 million dollar research study of over 11,000 young people and examines how the net generation is changing the world and all of its institutions.^[6] "Grown Up Digital" is a follow-up to his popular 1997 book "Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation" which explained the business and social impact of the first generation to come of age in the digital world.

His 2003 book The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business, co-authored with David Ticoll, describes how corporate transparency, accountability, and stakeholder relationships are the new frontier for competitive innovation. His 2000 release Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs describes how business webs are replacing the traditional model of the firm and changing the dynamics of wealth creation and competition. Digital Economy: Promise and Peril In The Age of Networked Intelligence, published in 1995, was one of the first books to describe how the Internet would change business and society. Tapscott is also known for his 1992 book Paradigm Shift: The New Promise of Information Technology.

Tapscott lives in Toronto.

Bibliography

• Don Tapscott, Del Henderson, Morley Greenberg, Planning for Integrated Office Systems: A Strategic Approach, Carswell Legal Pubns, 1984. ISBN 0870946536.
• Don Tapscott, Del Henderson, Morley Greenberg, Office Automation: A User-Driven Method, Springer, 1985. ISBN 0306419734.
• Don Tapscott, Art Caston, Paradigm Shift: The New Promise of Information Technology, McGraw-Hill Companies, 1992. ISBN 0070628572.
• Don Tapscott, Ann Cavoukian, Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World, McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0070633207.
• Don Tapscott, The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril In The Age of Networked Intelligence, McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0070633428.
• Don Tapscott, Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation, McGraw-Hill, 1999. ISBN 9780071347983.
• Don Tapscott, David Ticoll, Alex Lowy, Blueprint to the Digital Economy: Creating Wealth in the Era of E-Business, McGraw-Hill, 1999. ISBN 0071352139.
• Don Tapscott, Creating Value in the Network Economy, Harvard Business Press, 1999. ISBN 0875849113.
• Don Tapscott, David Ticoll, Alex Lowy, Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs, Harvard Business Press, 2000. ISBN 9781578511938.
• Don Tapscott, David Ticoll, The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business, Free Press, 2003. ISBN 0743246500.
• Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, Portfolio Trade, 2006. ISBN 1591843677.
• Don Tapscott, Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World, McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 0071508635.
• Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams, Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, Portfolio Hardcover, 2010. ISBN 9781591843566.

References

1. ^ Strategic Management Faculty
2. ^ Web leader receives honorary degree - ExpressNews - University of Alberta
3. ^ Edmonton Journal, October 20, 1977
4. ^ Brothers.com, Trent Magazine, Fall 2001
5. ^ http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/iss/innovators/don-tapscott
6. ^ http://i2i.xprize.org/speakers/bio/don-tapscott

External links

• 82 minute talk on Wikinomics from 2007-02-26
• Authors@Google Interview with Eric Schmidt
• Don Tapscott Web 2.0 article and podcast
• 3 minute preview of Wikinomics to ZDNet from 2006-11-08
• Abstract: Don Tapscott - Wikinomics: Winning with the enterprise 2.0
• Interview with Don Tapscott on bigthink.com, June 2009
• Interview with Don Tapscott on PCWorld.ca
• Interview with Don Tapscott on TWIT's Net at Nite
• RSA Vision webcast - Don Tapscott "The Economic Crisis and the Age of Uncertainty"
• Interview with Don Tapscott on IT Manager Connection by, Stephen Ibaraki

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