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Davos: Nike and partners launch the GreenXchange

I mentioned in an earlier post that Davos can be a catalyst for great ideas, and one example is the GreenXchange conceived by Nike.  Nike formally launched the Xchange Wednesday morning at a CEO breakfast in Davos.

The venue was a conscripted hairdressing salon that was pressed into service by the Forum as a meeting space.  We were like sardines. But the energy in the tiny room was high.

To recap: The Xchange is a Web-based marketplace where companies can collaborate and share intellectual...

Digitizing Davos

Notwithstanding that some very good things will likely happen at this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, it's tough to solve the world's problems in a week.

A couple of years ago the Forum's founder, Klaus Schwab, launched, to say the least, a rather bold undertaking to use the Internet to turn Davos into a 365-day experience.  Not unthinkable I say.  After all hundreds of millions of people collaborate on social networks, wikis, blogs and brainstorms to do everything from making...

Davos 2010: The world is broken

As a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, I've been attending the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland for a dozen years. But I've never anticipated the event more than this year (Jan. 27-31). The theme is to "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign and Rebuild."

Music to my ears.  Evidence is mounting that the world and many of its institutions are stalled and need reinvention — from the financial system, the old model of government, the media, our energy and transportation systems, ...

What Should be the Title to The Sequel to Wikinomics?

By Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams

Dear Friends of Wikinomics.

We are just finishing the manuscript of a new book.  The basic idea is that the principles of Wikinomics, the new Web and mass collaboration provide the keys to transforming more than the corporation (that's what Wikinomics was about). Rather we can reinvent and rebuild just about every institution in society for an age of networked intelligence. Many of the organizations and institutions that have served us well for decades...

It's important to remember the Internet's roots

As the second decade of the new millennium begins, a major issue that will increasingly confront governments is whether the Internet is becoming so integral to day-to-day life that access to the Internet should be considered a basic human right.

The governments of Finland and Spain considered the question and concluded that the answer is Yes.  Both countries will guarantee their citizens that they will have access to at least one-megabyte service at a fixed price anywhere in the country.

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Young people are discouraged by Obama's approach to the big issues

I wrote yesterday that the new polling just released by Harvard's Institute of Politics shows that young Obama supporters continue to say they will volunteer on his behalf despite misgivings with how the president is handling a number of issues.  For many young people, the bloom is off the Obama rose.

Many young adults are not happy with the country's current direction.  At the moment, less than one in four (23%) 18 to 29 year-olds believe things are generally headed in the right direction...

Macrowikinomics on TVO’s Allan Gregg

Don Tapscott discusses the themes of openness, collaboration and sharing in technology and society from his latest book, Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World with Allan Gregg.

TVO’s Allan Gregg

Don Tapscott discusses the themes of openness, collaboration and sharing in technology and society from his latest book, Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World with Allan Gregg.

Canada AM Interview on Growing Up Digital

Don Tapscott joins CTV’s Canada AM to discuss his book, Growing Up Digital, based on a 4.5 million dollar study on how the wave of youth, aged 12-30, the first truly global generation, is impacting all institutions.