Don Tapscott Revealed: On Growing Up, The Digital Economy, and a Life of Principled Consequence

On August 31, 2011 in Sao Paulo Brazil, Don Tapscott gave a candid interview on his childhood, his roots in activism and his journey to technology and its role in shaping society and reinventing our failed institutions. He shares his thoughts and research on new generations of children who have grown up in a digital world.

Don discusses how the principles of openness, collaboration, transparency and the web have created a new platform for global problem solving while dramatically reducing transaction costs. Examples include Wikipedia and Kenyan-born global citizen-reporting platform, Ushahidi.

Hear Don's advice to youth on living a life of principled consequence.

Don Tapscott is one of the world's leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology and advises business and government leaders around the world.

He has authored or co-authored 14 widely read books including the 1992 best seller Paradigm Shift. His 1995 hit The Digital Economy changed thinking around the world about the transformational nature of the Internet and two years later he defined the Net Generation and the "digital divide" in Growing Up Digital. His 2000 work, Digital Capital, introduced seminal ideas like "the business web" and was described by BusinessWeek as "pure enlightenment." Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything was the best selling management book in 2007 and translated into over 25 languages.

The Economist called his newest work Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World a "Schumpeter-ian story of creative destruction" and the Huffington Post said the book is "nothing less than a game plan to fix a broken world."

Over 30 years he has introduced many ground-breaking concepts that are part of contemporary understanding. It is hard to think of a more prolific or influential thinker today. His work continues as a the Chairman of Moxie Insight, a member of World Economic Forum and as an Adjunct Professor of Management for the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Don Tapscott was recently nominated for The 2011 Thinkers 50, the definitive listing of the world's top 50 business thinkers.

To learn more about Don Tapscott visit http://dontapscott.com and follow Don on Twitter http://twitter.com/dtapscott

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[DigEcon]

Nice interview; like the bits about social interaction (and ageism)