Peter Fisk’s Blog
Invent and Wander … Jeff Bezos’ masterclass on strategy and leadership at Amazon … the best ideas from Walter Isaacson’s book
August 5, 2022
Jeff Bezos’s legacy is phenomenal. Since throwing in his Wall Street job in 1994 and heading west towards Seattle in a VW campervan to launch an online bookstore (which he initially named Cadabra, before changing it to Amazon), his journey has been uni …
Atomic Habits … how tiny changes can have remarkable results … the best ideas from James Clear’s great productivity book
August 5, 2022
People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. James Clear describes another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes ear …
“Deep Work” … the ability to focus in a distracted world … the best ideas from Cal Newport’s award winning book
August 5, 2022
“Deep work” is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. Lock yourself away in a room to focus completely on one task. Avoid shallow work, keeping busy, multi tasking, being distracted. Deep work is a skill that allows y …
What do the best CEOs actually do? … Defining a new Leadership DNA for times of uncertainty and relentless change
August 3, 2022
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is the world’s best CEO according to a global ranking by Comparably, based on employee reviews. He is followed by IBM’s Arvind Krishna, and Satya Nadella at Microsoft. HBR’s best-performing CEO rankings, using total sharehold …
Emirates gets together with Crop One to create ECO1’s Bustanica, the world’s largest indoor vertical farm, based in Dubai UAE
August 1, 2022
Emirates is one of the world’s largest airlines, operating over 3,600 flights per week from its hub in Dubai, UAE. It operates to more than 150 cities in 80 countries across 6 continents through its fleet of nearly 300 aircraft. “Be good to yourself an …
Future Book Manifesto … “To everyone who believes in the power of the written word … it’s time to take responsibility for the world we create”
July 22, 2022
I’ve been writing books for the last 18 years. In that time nothing much has changed in the publishing industry. Indeed I remember back to 2002 when I first met Mark Allin, founder of Capstone, who had just founded his business. He was determined to br …
Rave Runs … from the Acropolis to Aquabogue, Central Park to Caer Caradoc … some of my favourite running routes around the world
July 19, 2022
I’ve been running since I was 10 years old. I got started on lunchtime runs with a small group of school friends, led by teacher Mike Henry. We’d run from the Middle School in Rothbury to Carterside farm and back. I still occasionally run on that cours …
Latin America’s “Gamechangers” … from Camposol to Cariuma, NotCo to Nubank … Learning from brands thriving in adverse and volatile markets
July 1, 2022
We live in a world of diverse and dramatic challenges – economic inflation, political instability, social inequality, environmental crisis, global fragmentation, unjust conflict, broken supply chains, and much more. Latin America, in particular, is no …
The “Performer Transformer” Leader … who thrives in a world of relentless change, by simultaneously delivering today and creating tomorrow
June 17, 2022
The “ambidextrous” challenge of a business leader has become increasingly important in a world of relentless change. Leaders need to be able to deliver high performance today, and simultaneously transform the business for tomorrow. Not just occasionall …
How Glossier builds its brand community of superfans … from consumers to influencers, cupcake parties and co-created products
June 14, 2022
“Women today have different needs than we have had in the past, but beauty companies haven’t necessarily been the most reactive to that,” says Emily Weiss who launched Glossier, the skincare and cosmetics brand in 2014. “We wanted to create a very demo …