All Don Tapscott Quotes
- When I noticed how my own children were effortlessly able to use all this sophisticated technology, at first I thought, 'My children are prodigies!' But… Able
- These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator. Current
- To me, this is not an information age. It's an age of networked intelligence, it's an age of vast promise. Age
- Your network is your filter. Filter
- Holding back technology to reserve business models is like allowing blacksmiths to veto the internal combustion engine in order to protect their horseshoes. Allowing
- All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy. All
- Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection. Business
- You think that social media is about hooking up online? For these kids [in the Tunisian Revolution], it was a military tool to defend unarmed… Defend
- Institutions are becoming naked, and if you're going to be naked … fitness is no longer optional. If you're going to be naked, you better… Becoming
- Peering succeeds because it leverages self-organization—a style of production that works more effectively than hierarchical management for certain tasks. Certain
- Throughout the 20th century, we created wealth through vertically integrated corporations. Now, we create wealth through networks. We are at a turning point in human… Age
- To be successful in a knowledge economy firms need to create learning organizations. Create
- Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives.… All
- Wherever you are, design your life. Live the values of your generation. Design
- Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning. Commit
- The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think. Children
- Don't have work-life balance - at least in the sense of trying to escape from work so you can have a life. Work should be… Among
- If you work for and eventually lead a company, understand that companies have multiple stakeholders including employees, customers, business partners and the communities within which… Business
- In an age where everything and everyone is linked through networks of glass and air, no one - no business, organization, government agency, country -… Age
- In one sense, the Internet is like the discovery of the printing press, only it's very different. The printing press gave us access to recorded… Access
- Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation… Active
- Leaders of institutions everywhere have lost trust. The global economy is stalled and the world is deeply divided, too unequal, unstable and unsustainable. Deeply
- Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that… Coming
- The blanket assertion that corporations are people obfuscates the complex issues at play in the changing business world. Corporation are institutions. People are people. Assertion
- The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them… Best