Peter Fisk’s Blog
“Fall in love with the problem” … entrepreneurial lessons for business leaders from Uri Levine, the founder of Waze and other unicorns
May 10, 2026
There are entrepreneurs who create companies, and there are entrepreneurs who fundamentally change how people think about innovation. Uri Levine belongs firmly in the second category. Best known as the co-founder of Waze, the crowdsourced navigation pl …
The Thrive Manifesto … How future-ready leaders turn pressure into possibility, performance into flourishing … and change into a force for human and business growth
May 10, 2026
There is a moment in every great athlete’s journey when performance becomes something deeper than winning. After years of relentless training, sacrifice, setbacks and recovery, they arrive at a different understanding of excellence. Peak performance is …
Oura … “Give your body a voice” … How a tiny ring became a global health-intelligence platform
May 8, 2026
Most wearable technology started with a simple idea: measure what people do. Count their steps. Record their runs. Measure their heart rate. Track their calories. Oura started somewhere different. What if the more valuable information was what your bod …
Alma Carraovejas … inspired by great Spanish wines, and reflecting on the power of a family business … rediscover time, build with purpose, innovate from within, invest in people, make a difference
May 6, 2026
The road out of the beautiful, historic Spanish city of Segovia rises gently up to the Castilian plateau, a landscape shaped as much by time as by terrain. Vineyards stretch across the horizon, their geometry softened by wind and season, their roots di …
Muskism: The ideology behind the man who is rebuilding reality … how Elon Musk’s worldview reshapes technology, power, and capitalism … and why it may define the next era of global business systems
May 3, 2026
I don’t really like Elon Musk as a human being, his behaviour in public and as described in private, and I wouldn’t suggest leaders should emulate his style or conduct. Yet I do admire the sheer visionary engineering genius behind what he has built – T …
The Progress Company … why the future of business is not profit or purpose … but creating more value by making more progress
May 2, 2026
For decades, debates about the role of business have been framed as a series of choices. Should companies maximise shareholder returns or serve stakeholders? Should they pursue growth or sustainability? Profit or purpose? Should they be commercial ente …
The Reinvention of Ping An … how the world’s largest insurance business reimagined itself as an enabler of a better life … the story of Good Doctor, and what happened next
May 1, 2026
Shenzhen From the upper floors of the Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen feels less like a city and more like a living experiment. Tower cranes mark tomorrow’s skyline, not yesterday’s. Entire districts appear to have been imagined, financed and built wi …
Turkey’s Relentless Reinventors … from Trendyol’s rise as a super-app powerhouse, to the bold transformations of industrial giants … how a young, ambitious nation is turning innovation into a continuous reinvention
May 1, 2026
The story of modern Turkish innovation can be told through many lenses, but few are as powerful, or as emblematic, as the rise of Trendyol. Trendyol, the Turkish superapp It began, as many transformative stories do, with a bold return. In 2010, Demet M …
London, 26 April 2026: The day the 2 hour marathon started to feel ordinary … how Eliud Kipchoge set the mindset of possibility, and Sebastian Sawe made it seem almost normal
April 26, 2026
It began, as all revolutions do, with numbers. 1 hour, 59 minutes, 30 seconds. A negative split—the second half faster than the first. Three men under the previous world record. Two of them wearing the latest generation of ultra-light Adidas super shoe …
NewBird AI … Allbirds was a great £4 billion sneaker brand that lost its way, and was sold off last month for $39m. Now the company has pivoted to AI, with an instant $150m jump in its value. Will it work?
April 16, 2026
Yesterday, 16 April 2026, one of the most unlikely reinventions in modern business unfolded in real time. Allbirds, the San Francisco-based maker of wool trainers once valued at more than $4 billion, had just sold its core operating business (its brand …