Peter Fisk’s Blog
What’s your future potential? … How your everyday behaviours can transform the opportunities that lie ahead, for you and your business
February 21, 2023
As 1999 ended, optimism was sky high as a new millennium of possibilities approached. For me it was particularly exciting as my first child, Anna, was born just weeks before the start of 2000. As clocks chimed to ring in the new year, my wife Alison an …
Creating new market spaces … Markets can be defined however you want, framed in your own language, rejecting old models like B2C and B2B, focused on enabling customers to achieve more.
February 18, 2023
The Middle East is a fascinating yet bewildering place for many foreign visitors. Whilst it is mostly welcoming and safe, it has grown over recent years with a jumble of traditional culture and western influence. Working in Kuwait City recently, I vent …
Change drives opportunity … What are the world’s 50 most significant opportunities, emerging from the 10 megatrends, shaping our future?
February 15, 2023
Change drives opportunity. Megatrends are the most powerful forces shaking up and rapidly redefining our world. From socio-demographic tsunamis (45% increase in global over 60s by 2030) and economic shifts (Asia’s $10 trillion new middle class) to scie …
Turkey’s Earthquake … one of the worst natural disasters of this century strikes a place of courage and resilience … sana sevgilerimi gönderiyorum
February 8, 2023
On Monday I landed in Istanbul for a two-day work trip. 4 hours later, the earthquake struck. 4am. It was 1000 km away, I felt nothing from my hotel bed. At breakfast, a few hours later, people were staring intently at their mobile phones. I didn’t hav …
Patagonia, maker of those wonderful fleeces, realised it had a problem … and collaborated with Samsung to eliminate micro-plastics, 35% of the world’s plastic waste
February 2, 2023
8 years ago, a team at outdoor clothing brand Patagonia, with a mission to “save our home planet” started to study the environmental impacts of micro plastics. With every load of laundry, millions of microfibres, each less than 5 mm long, wash down the …
Fashion Recoded … 2000 gallons of water to make a pair of jeans is not sustainable … time to slip on your mushrooms, and 3D print your future shoes
January 24, 2023
The fashion industry produces almost 20% of the world’s wastewater and is responsible for 2-8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations. Natural fibres like cotton and wool require significant land and water; and synthetic fi …
Circular running … On, the Swiss sportswear brand, has created a fully recyclable running shoe made from castor beans, that you can regenerate every 6 months
January 23, 2023
The global economy is only 7.2% circular, according to the new Circularity Gap Report 2023 just published by Deloitte. And it’s getting worse year on year, driven by rising material extraction and use. With a circular economy, we could fulfil people’s …
The Wellbeing Economy … thriving in a world that is fairer and greener for everyone … bringing together the UN’s SDGs, OECD’s Better Life Index, Doughnut Economics and more.
January 21, 2023
The Wellbeing Economy has been described in many forms. At its heart is economic progress that is good for everyone. Not just as derivatives, but as a deliberate construct. We make more money, because everyone benefits more. We make more money, because …
Disrupt the disruptors … Start-ups are the cool companies, scale-ups are the profitable. Yet it is corporates who have many more advantages
January 18, 2023
In the early 1960s, if you wanted a quality watch, you bought a Swiss one. Accuracy, craftsmanship and reputation had sustained Swiss watchmaking supremacy for over three centuries. Then came Seiko and Timex, Japanese innovators who used quartz technol …
Climate change is the biggest global risk to business and society, although the cost of living crisis might dominate short-term. How can you address both?
January 14, 2023
The new Global Risks Report 2023 by the World Economic Forum with Marsh McLennan is well worth a read, particularly as the world find itself as a cross-roads of so many challenges. Some have called the relentless waves of challenge, a “polycrisis” in t …