Peter Fisk’s Blog
The Best Business Books of 2024 … The Algebra of Wealth, Supremacy, The Art of Uncertainty, Growth, Main Street Millionaire, Fusion Strategy, Make Your Own Rules, How to Become Famous … and More
October 15, 2024
I’ve written 10 business books, selling over 100,000 copies, won a few awards along the way, and seen them translated into 35 languages. I’ve hosted the Future Book Forum for the last 10 years, bringing together many of the world’s top publishers and p …
Seaweed as abundant energy … the most available, scalable and productive source of sustainable biofuel lies in our oceans … and it absorbs carbon dioxide too
October 12, 2024
Seaweed is amazing! Seaweed, and other microscopic algae, are amongst the fastest growing organisms on the planet (the giant kelp Macrocystis Pyrifera, can grow nearly a metre a day, attaining lengths in excess of 50m) . Seaweed outnumbers land-based p …
Visiting Mammoth … the world’s largest carbon direct air capture and storage facility near Reykjavik in Iceland … operated by Swiss company Climeworks.
October 11, 2024
This week I got to visit the world’s largest carbon capture and storage facility in Iceland, operated by Swiss company Climeworks. At Climeworks’ new “Mammoth” DAC facility, the CO₂ is permanently removed from the air by capturing and geologically stor …
Are you a future optimist or pessimist? … Using the Polak Game to understand how you see the future … and turn a changing world into your big opportunity
September 30, 2024
Two questions for you … In the next 10 years, do you see the world as getting better or worse? How capable do you feel of personally affecting the future? Think about it. We live in a world of relentless change. Superfast-gaming chips and fat-busting …
“Premissionless” organisations are free and fast … able to experiment and innovate without the constant approval of hierarchies … like Amazon and Haier, Gitlab and 37Signals, Uniswap and Valve
September 20, 2024
It was US naval Rear Admiral Grace Hopper who first, famously suggested to his teams “ask for forgiveness, not permission” as a way to move faster, and overcome the frictions of organisational hierarchy. “Permissionless” organisational structures refer …
Future Work … How do you future proof your business for a world where work is no longer defined by jobs, the workplace is not a specific location, many workers are not employed, and HR is no longer a function?
September 13, 2024
It’s time to reinvent the rules, operating paradigms, and business mindsets of the past. Prioritising human performance can help organisations make the leap to the future, to embrace the opportunities of change, and shape a better future for their orga …
Syzygy: The Secret Code of Business Transformation … markets are continually shifting and shaping, requiring business to be constantly reimagining and reinventing
September 9, 2024
Syzygy has its origins in the Greek word suzugia, meaning yoked or paired, and became popular in 18th century Latin and English. More generally is means a conjunction or alignment. Synergy is a more modern word derived from it. What does it take to tra …
Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart … reclaiming the power of language to deepen human connection, mapping 87 emotions and experiences … a toolkit for living with greater clarity, authenticity, and compassion
September 4, 2024
Brené Brown, research professor at the University of Houston known for her pioneering work on vulnerability, shame, and empathy, wrote Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience to help people better understa …
Papyrus to Pyramids, Politics and Pythagoras … to modern innovators like Elmenus and Halan, Jumai and Vezeeta … Egypt is a land of innovation
September 1, 2024
Walking around the great pyramids I marvelled at the ingenuity of their builders. Just to move these huge blocks of rock must have taken real innovation, let alone the ability to build thousands of blocks on top of each other. But then I thought some m …
Gamechangers Turkey 2024 … from Appsilon diamonds created in the lab, to Biolive plastics made from olive stones … Oleatex’s plant-based vegan leather, and WeWalk’s smart canes for visually impaired
August 27, 2024
Istanbul has always been a hotbed of ingenuity, a collision of continents and cultures provides the context for the fusion of ideas, and catalyst of innovation. A youthful population with high aspirations means that new ideas are enthusiastically embra …