Peter Fisk’s Blog
The Nexus Effect … Amazon to Apple, L’Oreal and Jio, Nespresso to Nike, Spotify and Starbucks … how businesses can multiply their impact, and accelerate growth, through the power of connections
October 1, 2025
Download my keynote, and new mini-book The Nexus Effect Business has always been about relationships. From the earliest merchants in Mesopotamian markets to the industrial giants of the twentieth century, success was determined by who could connect sup …
The New Growth Playbook … Unlocking the new growth engines that enable businesses to thrive … accelerating growth in a world of relentless change and incredible opportunity
September 22, 2025
How do you find growth in stagnant, disrupted and uncertain markets? For decades, growth in business was treated as a linear journey. Companies extended existing products, squeezed efficiency, expanded to new geographies, and pursued predictable market …
Eyes on Tomorrow … What leaders must see before everyone else … Exploring the critical megatrends, changing markets and new leadership mindset
September 19, 2025
In an age of accelerating disruption, every company faces a choice: adapt, transform, or fade away. The next decade will be defined not by incremental progress but by seismic shifts in how the world works. Megatrends aren’t background noise; they’re th …
Reinventing Luxury … transforming luxury businesses in a world of data and AI … what transformation really means, and the most important shifts … inspired by Apple and Burberry, Boucheron and Cucinelli, Hermès and Moncler, Nio and Porsche
September 16, 2025
Luxury companies operate at the intersection of aspiration, craftsmanship, and experience. Unlike mass-market businesses, luxury trades not merely in products but in emotion, narrative, and identity. Its value is largely intangible, built on brand, her …
Space Thinking … How do you define your market, and business? … forget sectors, think spaces … instead of products, define yourself around people, and their lives … to drive more innovation and growth
September 15, 2025
Do customers care about banks, or about their wealth? Do they care about insurance, or their protection and peace of mind? Do they care about cars, or travel? Michelin got it right. The French tyre brand always said it was about the journey, not the ru …
Engaging Gen Z Consumers … from polished to playful, aspirational to ironic, cool to real … Bilibili and Duolingo, Rappi and Ryanair, Wendy’s and Zomato … the rise of cringe culture, and 5 rules for brands
September 11, 2025
Gen Z, born roughly between 1997 and 2012, is the first generation to grow up fully immersed in the digital world. They don’t know a reality without smartphones, social platforms, or instant access to global information. This shapes not only how they c …
The Super Innovators … 10 radical ways to disrupt conventions, embrace deeper insights, unlock valuable assets, and stretch innovation for more dramatic impact … time to reinvent the future, and yourself
September 3, 2025
Innovation has become surprisingly conventional. Most companies are locked into group think, short-termism, blinkered perspectives and risk aversion. When innovation should be the rocket fuel of reinvention, it becomes the habit of incrementalism. In a …
Competing in the FLUX … How to develop a dynamic strategies in a world of relentless change … combining a strong, enduring direction with micro-moves that adapt quickly to emerging shifts
September 1, 2025
The pace of change is not just accelerating—it’s relentless. From technological disruption to geopolitical shocks, from shifting customer expectations to climate urgency, leaders face a world in constant motion. Traditional business strategy, built on …
La Renaissance of Growth … from Adyen to ASML, Hermes and LVMH, Schneider and Spotify …. how Europe’s best companies are reinventing themselves to find new growth
August 18, 2025
For years, Europe has carried a reputation for economic maturity rather than dynamism—steady, but slow. The narrative often cast Silicon Valley as the engine of global innovation, while Europe seemed weighed down by regulation, fragmentation, and tradi …
Consumer of the Future … “Aisha blinked twice, the smart lenses in her eyes had already scanned her biometric mood, cross-checked her carbon budget, and pulled up items her climate-positive friends were buying this week”
August 11, 2025
Aisha blinked twice, and the shelves around her re-arranged in mid-air. The smart lenses in her eyes had already scanned her biometric mood, cross-checked her carbon budget, and pulled up items her climate-positive friends were buying this week. Somewh …