Peter Fisk’s Blog
Business Models … How Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s initial “BackRub” concept evolved into Google, and now Alphabet
May 15, 2021
Back in 1998, in a paper entitled “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine,” Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin presented their prototype (initially calling it BackRub), with full text and hyperlink database of at least 24 m …
Tobi Lütke … How the German-Canadian created Shopify, and is now shaping the future of retail
May 8, 2021
As part of the Business Recoded project, and my new book, I profile one of the most inspiring business leaders shaking up today’s world. He embraces the opportunities of relentless change, the power of disruptive technologies, and the courage to create …
The Living Company … What’s the future of work, organic and hybrid, meaningful and free, inspired by Haier and Haufe, Netflix and Nio?
April 26, 2021
Recent years have seen a rapid shift in our ways of working. Online working, obviously – but also more flexible to fit with your life, more collaborative across geographic borders, more access to resources and new work tools like Miro, more multi-taski …
Leaders are the sense makers and future shapers … Do you have the courage to create a better future?
April 8, 2021
“What it Takes” is the memoir of Steve Schwarzman, cofounder and CEO of Blackstone, one of the world’s largest investment firms. He talks about why leaders need clarity of purpose, to dare to think big, and realise the profound impact of AI. One of his …
Rise of the super-apps … Bolt and Gojek, Grab and Jio, Line and Meituan, Rappi and Sea, and WeChat
April 7, 2021
The pandemic pivot to digital, in some cases a decade of change in just 12 months, is perhaps most obvious in the rise of a new generation of integrated, mobile-centric service businesses known as “super-apps”. One of the most popular is WeChat, partic …
10 Best Ideas about Growth for 2021 … capitalism and power, inflections and innovations, pivots and portfolios, and a bit of rocket science too
February 1, 2021
What are the best ideas for business leaders to drive growth? It’s been a difficult time. Growth has certainly not been the first word on most executive minds over recent months, as the impact of the pandemic have challenged every business, every indus …
The Ministry of Common Sense … Martin Lindstrom on why it’s time to get rid of the red tape in business, to remove the silly rules and recover common sense
January 22, 2021
“How come every Zoom call lasts exactly 1 hour no matter how mundane the call is? And why did all the toilet-breaks disappear as Zoom became everyday work life in our bedrooms?” “Why has a simple action like buying office equipment turned into a 6-peop …
My new book is here … “Business Recoded: Have the courage to create a better future” … it’s time to reimagine your business
January 10, 2021
The old codes of business don’t work. It’s time to recode your business. My new book “Business Recoded” is just published, and available now with 20% discount. You can also download a free sample. This is my seventh book, not including those written co …
Markets Recoded … Tesla, Sea, Zoom, Pinduoduo are the top value creators in the pandemic … seizing the opportunities of global disruption to create the markets of the future
January 5, 2021
2020 was a year of turbulence so seismic in scale and rapid in impact that we are only starting to recognise the consequences. Every market has been shaken up, challenging the old models, and accelerating the new. It has seen a dramatic “recoding” of a …
Pinduoduo … the world’s largest “social commerce” platform … grew its market value 396% during 2020 to $216 billion
January 2, 2021
“Pin-duo-duo” translates as “together, more savings, more fun”. It is the world’s fastest growing technology platform, according to Gartner, seeking to create a shopping experience that is much more collaborative and fun, as well as giving consumers ac …