Don TapscottCharla Jones/The Globe and Mail
Don Tapscott is adjunct professor of management at the University of Toronto's Joseph L. Rotman School of Management.
Mr. Tapscott is a sought-after business strategist, consultant, author and speaker, having addressed top executives and government leaders all over the world at more than 400 presentations in the past five years. He was founder and chairman of the international business strategy think tank New Paradigm before its acquisition by nGenera.
Mr. Tapscott is also an advocate for mental health initiatives - a former member of the board of trustees at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and former chair of the Centered on Hope Campaign for the Center for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation. He is a founding member of the committee of Advisers of the Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health.
An international best-selling author, Mr. Tapscott co-authored his latest book, Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, with Anthony D. Williams.
Nominator: Jim Gibson, Calgary