Day:    Thursday
Date:   3rd December 2009
Time:   6.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (presentation starts at 7.00 p.m.)
Venue: One Alfred Place (private members club), 1 Alfred Place,    London WC1E 7EB
Tube:    Goodge Street, Tottingham Court Road
Cost:    £25 for members; £30 for non-members and guests.

Grown Up Digital:  How a New Generation is Changing Business
Don Tapscott

The Net-Generation has come of age.  The children of the baby boom, aged 13-30, are not only the largest generation ever -- they are the first generation to come of age in the digital age.  The new digital media, particularly the Internet, are at the heart of a new youth culture and a new generation who, in profound and fundamental ways, learn, work, play, communicate, shop and create communities very differently than their parents.  For the first time in human history children are authorities on a central innovation. This generation lap is leading to far reaching changes in commerce and in every institution in society.

How is this generation different? How can companies win in the war for talent?  What are the implications for recruiting, compensation, training, collaboration, retention and management of talent?  How does this generation change the way we think about leadership?
 
Don Tapscott is an internationally renowned writer, consultant and authority on business strategy and organizational transformation and the strategic impact of information technology on innovation, marketing and talent and he has consistently identifies and explains the next business imperatives and defines the business models and strategies that the new imperatives require.

He is Chairman of nGenera Insight and was founder and chairman of the international think tank New Paradigm before its acquisition by nGenera. Don is the author or co-author of thirteen widely read books about information technology in business and society, including the international bestseller Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2006). He is a frequent writer for the Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Business 2.0, The Financial Times, USA Today, and Business Week, and has been interviewed and quoted widely in the broadcast media including CNN, NBC, CBS, NPR, and the BBC. He is also Adjunct Professor of Management, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He holds a B.Sc. in Psychology and Statistics, an M.Ed. specializing in Research Methodology, and two Doctor of Laws (Hon) - University of Alberta in 2001 and Trent University in 2006. He is involved extensively in the transformation of education and also works with government leaders around the world to reinvent government for the digital era and strengthen democratic institutions. He is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
 

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