Peter Fisk’s Blog
Create a better legacy … a tree you will never sit under, a clock in a Texas mountain, and 15 big questions … What is your contribution to the future?
May 5, 2023
What will you be remembered for? How will you create progress in your business and society, and leave your world a better place for those who follow you? There is a huge clock ticking deep inside a Texas mountain. It is hundreds of feet tall, and desig …
The Innovator’s Dilemma … Clay Christensen’s classic book is still an important lesson for every business obsessed by creating the bright new things
May 1, 2023
Tech is the shiny new thing. In most executive teams, AI is talked about in hushed tones. We all know it matters, not entirely how. Marketers will arrive with grand plans for their brand metaverses, or super-apps, while chatbots and more apps are seen …
Exploring the streets of Pompeii, the cypress trees sway, and Mount Vesuvius looms … How will your business move before you have to?
April 28, 2023
A gentle breeze cools the hot sunshine. The cypress trees sway, but the blue sky looks serene. In the distance, the volcanic cone of Vesuvius looms mistakenly beautiful. This week I’m in Italy, and taking a few days off to explore the incredible Roman …
Metcalfe’s Law … the most powerful opportunity to improve your business … to unlock the exponential value of your business and market networks
April 22, 2023
In 2022, the Crocs Classic Clog was the best-selling item of clothing on Amazon, the brand was one of the fastest growing brands in the USA, and global net revenues had grown to $3.6 billion. Crocs were spotted on high-fashion runways, collaborating wi …
Be Ingenious … Innovation does not come from technology but how it enables humanity to be better. Ingenuity is driven by imagination and intuition, empathy and design.
April 18, 2023
Ingenuity is the quality of being clever, original, and inventive. Popular in the 1800s, and less so today, it also has a sense of nobility, of ingeniousness. It comes the French ingenieux or Latin ingenium referring to the mind or intellect. Takashi M …
Lightning Bolt … how Markus Villig’s mobility start-up from Estonia, beat Uber at its own game … and is now the fastest growing tech company in Europe
April 15, 2023
Markus Villig was a teen-tech entrepreneur, launching his startup as a 19 year old, in the same year he graduated from his Tallinn high school. He went on to become the youngest founder of a European billion-dollar company. Bolt, then known as Taxify, …
Positive Impact … Embracing a new value system for business, to deliver long-term, sustainable value for all stakeholders … Great. So how?
April 14, 2023
Yancey Strickler, the Kickstarter founder, makes a passionate argument that we can, and must, redefine the measures of success if we want a stronger society than the one we have today. He describes today’s business world as one of “crumbling infrastruc …
Steel produces 7% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions … H2 Green Steel, using hydrogen technology, is set to reinvent how steel is made, and reduce carbon impacts.
March 31, 2023
Boden, a small military town in northern Sweden is set to become Europe’s centre for green steel, with a new steel plant, 900 km north of Stockholm. Steel is usually made in a process that starts with blast furnaces. Fed with coking coal and iron ore, …
Reinventing beer at Neuzeller Klosterbräu … German brewery creates powder to just add water, reducing carbon emissions by 90%
March 29, 2023
Neuzeller Klosterbräu, a German brewery, is revolutionising the future of beer. The Brandenburg company has created a powdered lager that mimics the look and taste of beer on tap, just by adding water. Simply add two spoons of powder into a glass, addi …
ZEROe … Airbus’ bold vision to create a zero-emission future for the world of air travel … Hydrogen fuel cells, Shark fin wings, and more.
March 23, 2023
Airbus is today the world’s largest manufacturer of airport – and seeks to shape the future, as a global pioneer in the aerospace – operating in the commercial aircraft, helicopters, defence and space sectors. The Toulouse-based organisation has always …