Islands Quotes by Don Tapscott

Schools should be places to learn, not to teach.

— Don Tapscott

Peering succeeds because it leverages self-organization—a style of production that works more effectively than hierarchical management for certain tasks.

— Don Tapscott

The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of…

— Don Tapscott

The blanket assertion that corporations are people obfuscates the complex issues at play in the changing business world. Corporation are institutions. People are people.

— Don Tapscott

Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.

— Don Tapscott

These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator.

— Don Tapscott

When I noticed how my own children were effortlessly able to use all this sophisticated technology, at first I thought, 'My children are prodigies!'…

— Don Tapscott

To be successful in a knowledge economy firms need to create learning organizations.

— Don Tapscott

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

— Don Tapscott

Throughout the 20th century, we created wealth through vertically integrated corporations. Now, we create wealth through networks. We are at a turning point in…

— Don Tapscott

There's a whole generation of young people who are faced with the so-called 'jobless recovery.' Necessity is the mother of invention. They are out…

— Don Tapscott

Business cannot succeed in a world that is failing.

— Don Tapscott