013: Don Tapscott – The Man Leading The Global Blockchain Revolution

Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain

Don Tapscott is the best-selling author of Blockchain Revolution. He is also CEO of The Tapscott Group.

Some of his positions and accomplishments include:

• Associate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
• Senior Advisor, World Economic Forum
• Chancellor, Trent University
• Member of the Order of Canada (the second highest honor for Canadian citizens)
• Ranked the 4th most influential management thinker in the world by Thinkers50.
• Adjunct Professor at the Rotman School of Management
• Co-Founder of the Blockchain Research Institute

In this short episode, we discuss:

• How Don, a psychology major, ended up becoming one of the world’s foremost technology thought leaders
• We go over some of the seventy projects currently being worked on at the Blockchain Research Institute
• We also talk about Don’s son – Alex Tapscott – an investment banker turned “Blockchain guru,” and the projects he is working on