Monthly Archives: February 2012

| 02/27/2012 | Macrowikinomics

10 Thinkers That Executives Actually Listen To

When CEOs like Jeff Bezos name their favorite books, they’ll often cite authors like Jim Collins, who wrote the business school classic, Good To Great, or Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Porter, known as the father of modern corporate strategy. These guys all made …   Read more

Technology & Media
| 02/21/2012 | Macrowikinomics

Forbes: Don Tapscott: Newspapers Are Communities

It has been Don Tapscott, known for his book Wikinomics, to say that opening the traditional newspaper model to specialized bloggers could be an important chance for innovating the newspaper industry: “The model we discuss in …   Read more

Technology & Media
| 02/15/2012 | Macrowikinomics

Don Tapscott’s Social Media Week Keynote and Interview with The Economist

Don Tapscott joins Social Media Week as the global curator and opening keynote for the 2012 theme of Empowering Change Through Collaboration. Don’s keynote is followed by a Q&A and interview with Economist’s Matthew Bishop.   Read more

Science, Education & Health
| 02/07/2012 | Don Tapscott

Episode Three of ReCivilization is Now Online: Collaborative Healthcare

In part three of ReCivilization, Don examines the future of health care and medicine, where patients become co-managers of their own wellness, and use the web to network with each other for support, knowledge, and …   Read more

Science, Education & Health
| 02/02/2012 | Macrowikinomics

This week on ReCivilization: Collaborative Health Care

In part three of ReCivilization, Don Tapscott examines the future of health care and medicine, where patients become co-managers of their own wellness, and use the web to network with each other for support, knowledge, …   Read more

Science, Education & Health
| 02/01/2012 | Macrowikinomics

ReCivilization Episode 2: Open Source Knowledge, Education and Science

In episode two of ReCivilization, Don Tapscott looks at the transformation of education and science, and how the sharing of knowledge is moving from the industrial-age model of a one-way broadcast from teacher to student to collaborative, discovery-driven learning, enabled by the web. He also examines a new model for science that favours open data over isolated, patent-driven research.   Read more