Peter Fisk’s Blog
Megatrends 2030: In a world shaken up by Covid, conflict and uncertainty, are you shaping the future, or is it shaping you?
October 22, 2022
Growth is shifting, innovation is relentless, disruption is accelerating, expectations are high, and social tensions are rising. Making sense, and making use, of these dramatic forces of change will help you to make better strategic choices, shape mark …
The New Business Agenda … a crazy time of challenge and change, but also for new thinking. It’s time for business to step up, to see the opportunities.
October 14, 2022
We’re living through a time of anxiety and awe … economic uncertainty, relentless volatility, climate crisis, regional conflicts, social inequality, resource scarcity, rampant inflation, consumer distrust, lingering pandemic, new generations, B Corpora …
Sustainable Advantage … Sustainability is your best driver of competitive advantage, business innovation, profitable growth, and a better world
October 14, 2022
“Leaders of business. This is your wake-up call. You’ve been living on borrowed time. Raping the natural world of its resources, and leaving a toxic mess in its place. These weather patterns are not freaks, they are the world you have created. Blinding …
The business potential of quantum computing … “if it hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet”
October 8, 2022
“If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.” said Niels Bohr. Some years ago as a physics student I came across that phrase, and dismissed it. Some years later, when I had grasped the real ideas and implications …
Thriving on Overload … how to keep on top of a world of relentless change … some great new insights from futurist Ross Dawson
September 25, 2022
In a world of extraordinary information overload, how do you keep on top of a changing world, and make some sense of the future? My good friend Ross Dawson, an Australian futurist, has just published his latest book Thriving on Overload. He suggests th …
Running with Purpose … how Jim Weber transformed the Brooks Running Company, and persuaded Warren Buffett to buy the business … and wrote a book about it
September 24, 2022
Jim Weber joined Brooks Running Company as CEO in 2001 and is credited for the Seattle-based running company’s aggressive turnaround story. The business and brand success caught the attention of Warren Buffett, who acquired Brooks and made it a subsidi …
Future Story … Communicating your vision and strategy to stakeholders in an inspiring, relevant and commercial way … learning from Airbnb, Uber, Tinder, Revolut and more
September 6, 2022
What’s your big idea? And how do you explain it? Whether you’re an entrepreneurial start-up looking for early investment, or a senior executive seeking to articulate where you want to take your business next, a “future story” is crucial. It’s a careful …
Strategic Planning Frameworks … How well do you know your arenas and canvases from your disciplines and lifecycles? … Ansoff to Porter, Hofstede to Kearney, Bartlett and Ghoshal, Hambrick and Fredrickson, Treacy and Wiersema?
September 1, 2022
There are hundreds of ways to explore your market, your customer and competitive context, and your business opportunities. I can already hear a collective yawn at the words Ansoff matrix or Porter 5 forces analysis. Consultants thrive on theme, MBAs su …
Welcome to the Blue Economy of Biomimicry and Doughnuts where Companies are for Good and deliver Net Positive impact … the best ideas on sustainability
August 30, 2022
Sustainability is one of my big topics, and in vogue with every business, yet still lacking effective models for strategic thinking and effective implementation. We all know the challenges. During the last 150 years, we have stressed the oceans, warmed …
Kilian Jornet … the world’s greatest mountain runner, born in a Pyrenean mountain hut, who ran up Everest twice in a week
August 28, 2022
Yesterday I watched Kilian Jornet, the world’s greatest mountain runner, run slowly through the streets of Chamonix. The 34 year old Spanish ultra runner, who is now based in Norway, because the mountains are bigger, probably took longer for his last k …