Peter Fisk’s Blog
How to thrive in 2026, and beyond … a manifesto for business leaders … 12 resolutions, and a 100 day plan … Resolve to prioritise your people and purpose, ecosystems and experimentation, clarity and courage
January 1, 2026
Happy new year! Download the new Global Business Trends Report 2026. Download Trend Kaleidoscope 2026 curating all the trend reports. What I Learnt in 2025 from Campari to Cartier, Mexico to Japan. If you’re a business leader reading this at the start …
AI’s acceleration of change … the Madisson Project explains how we have emerged from 2000 years of stagnation to the possibility of 20x growth every century
December 27, 2025
How the long-run GDP research of Angus Maddison and the updated datasets from The Maddison Project at the University of Groningen frame the case that AI could accelerate healthcare, science, and innovation cycles enough to shift the global growth rate …
26 Trends for 2026 … A-Z of how 2026 will be a pivotal year of big shifts for business … remapping of human priorities, the redesign of market systems, and the reinvention of business models
December 27, 2025
Download the Global Business Trends Report 2026 by Peter Fisk. Download the Trend Kaleidoscope 2026 summarising all the latest trend reports. 2026 is the year the future gets real. Not just in terms of the ever -ccelerating technological possibilitie …
What I Learnt in 2025 … it started with a spritz, evolved into green cement, super shoes and fast cars, clean energy and smart cities, predictive finance and future retail, reimagined luxury and transformative tech
December 23, 2025
How was your 2025? For me, it felt like a year of economic recalibration, and tech acceleration. After the inflationary shocks of recent years, uncertainty and complexity became the normal, and global markets transitioned to a new era of AI-enabled pro …
Trend Kaleidoscope 2026 … curating and connecting all the trend reports for business leaders … AI acceleration and consumer ambivalence, lifestyle fluidity and global slowbalisation
December 15, 2025
Download the Global Business Trends Report 2026 by Peter Fisk. The business world in 2026 will be defined by accelerating change across technology, society, and the economy. Business leaders must navigate a fractured trust environment, evolving consum …
“None of us is as smart as all of us” … building effective leadership teams in a world of relentless change … from Amazon to the All Blacks, Space X and many others …
December 10, 2025
In the early days of SpaceX, rockets didn’t just fail, they exploded. Repeatedly. Each launch represented years of engineering effort, millions of dollars, and the reputational stakes of a company trying to do what few believed possible: radically redu …
Strategic Jazz … from Sting’s improvisation to strategy’s adaptiveness … how dynamic strategy fuses direction and discovery, helping leaders and organisations to thrive in a world that never stands still
December 1, 2025
On a softly lit stage, Sting is rehearsing a new arrangement of “Englishman in New York.” The familiar chords remain, the melody recognisable, yet everything else is fluid. The drummer subtly shifts the groove into a reggae-infused rhythm, the keyboard …
A Manifesto for the Reinvention of Running … a booming sport, but struggling to adapt to a new world … learning from ParkRun and Runna, Hoka and Tracksmith, After Dark and 10000 PBs
December 1, 2025
In 1980, I began running because I believed in heroes. I believed in Brendan Foster — hard, northern, uncompromising. I believed in the elegance of Seb Coe and the fierce kick of Steve Cram. They were not distant avatars on a screen. They were tangible …
Strategic Foresight … in today’s uncertain, volatile world you cannot predict the future … but you can explore it, prepare for it, and shape it to your advantage
December 1, 2025
In calmer decades, strategy was often an exercise in linear extrapolation. Markets moved incrementally, competitors were familiar, and five-year plans felt solid enough to anchor capital allocation and investor confidence. Forecasts extended trend line …
AI and abundance, Huawei to Nvidia … the business books of 2025 that mattered most … and what they reveal about leadership, strategy, and innovation in today’s world
November 30, 2025
The year 2025 brought forth a remarkable selection of business books that go far beyond traditional management advice. In an era defined by rapid technological acceleration, geopolitical tension, institutional complexity, and uncertainty about progress …