Peter Fisk’s Blog
Apple is still the world’s most innovative company … but with OpenAI and DeepMind now challenging … as every company focuses more on innovation in fast-changing markets.
May 26, 2023
Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies ranking for 2023 is just out. As always its a great curation of interesting stories from some of the world’s most inspiring, innovative companies shaking up fast-changing markets. While some rankings prefer to j …
Creating unusual connections … Concept fusions take multiple ideas – often nature or science, other sectors or markets, modular or decoupled – and connect them in novel ways.
May 18, 2023
Tinker Hatfield joined Nike in 1981, having started out as a pole vaulter and then trained as an architect, and rapidly became its lead shoe designer. He realised that his architectural skills could be applied to shoes, and is credited with designing t …
Builders of a better world … cement creates 8% of global carbon emissions … Brimstone’s carbon-negative cement is set to revolutionise the construction industry
May 14, 2023
Cement production is responsible for about 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions and 5.5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Although several companies are exploring solutions, many only partially reduce emissions or end up with a product that c …
Kongō Gumi, the world’s oldest business … how Korean immigrant carpenter Shigemitsu Kongō found a 1400 year opportunity to build Buddhist temples in Japan
May 12, 2023
In 578 BCE, Japan’s Prince Shotoku invited three immigrant Korean carpenters to build his country’s first Buddhist temple, Shitenno-Ji. Buddhism was growing rapidly in Japan at the time, however the Japanese had no experience of building Buddhist templ …
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, …