Peter Fisk’s Blog
The World’s Best Innovation Labs … from Boston Dynamics to CERN, DeepMind to MIT Media Lab, PARC and Alphabet’s X
March 20, 2020
What do you think of when you hear “innovation lab?” You may have in mind something closer to the original innovation lab, which was the Skunk Works at Lockheed Martin started decades ago. Innovation labs have shifted beyond the traditional, insular R …
Ecoalf and Sanyo partner in Japan … upcycling the world’s waste into fabulous new fashions … including its advertising posters … “because there is no planet B”
March 20, 2020
Spanish eco-fashion brand Ecoalf this month launched in the Japanese market with a joint-venture with Japanese clothing company Sanyo Shokai. Ecoalf opened its first store in Tokyo as part of the omni-channel strategy that will cover retail, online and …
Danone’s transformation with purpose … Emmanuel Faber is showing how the largest companies can be B Corps, with a better approach to business
March 19, 2020
“We do not consider the purpose of this company to be returning money to shareholders. There is a broader purpose.” says Emmanuel Faber, CEO of Danone. As the realities of climate change meet the injustices of wealth distribution, many people are strug …
Business Recoded … Whilst we marvel at extreme feats of human performance, we also know that technology has the potential to outperform humanity.
March 19, 2020
In an exclusive extract from my forthcoming book Business Recoded, meet one of the most inspiring concepts shaking up today’s world. DeepMind embraces the opportunities of relentless change, the incredible latent power of artificial intelligence, and t …
Business Recoded … Ali Parsa, founder of AI-enabled Babylon Health, giving people fast and remote access to care, believes that we will now see a rapid shift to eHealth
March 16, 2020
In an exclusive extract from my forthcoming book Business Recoded, meet 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 c …
The future of AI and synthetic life … China’s new world order and the trust economy … How to explore the tech trends, their implications, and apply them to business
March 16, 2020
When is a strategic trend, just a passing fad? Distinguishing between strategic shifts and current fads is not easy. The easiest way to cut through hype is to remember that trends are driven by fundamental shifts in demographics, the economy, technolog …
A History of Pandemics … from the Antonine Plague to Black Death, Spanish Flu and COVID-19 … how disease has shaped society and healthcare
March 14, 2020
In 2015 Bill Gates warned in a TED Talk, that the biggest risk to humanity was not a global conflict, climate change, or maybe even an asteroid hitting Earth. He said it was the threat of a new global pandemic. In recent years we have watched as the me …
Business needs the SDGs, and they need business … Embracing the UN’s 17 Global Goals is a $12 trillion opportunity for business by 2030
March 13, 2020
Over the past 30 years, the world has seen huge social improvements and technological progress. We have experienced unprecedented economic growth and lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. We’re benefiting from a life-changing digital re …
The Invincible Company … another fabulous book from Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur … the ultimate guide to relentless innovation, transformation and growth
March 11, 2020
Over the last 20 years, Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur have been dedicated to a single mission: how to help companies continuously reinvent themselves. They call themselves “the plumbers of business”. Alex and Yves joined me at the recent European B …
Snap, Microsoft and Tesla are the world’s most innovative companies of 2020, according to Fast Company … Siemens, Sprout World and Elvie lead in Europe
March 10, 2020
Innovation drives the world forwards at incredible pace. Augmented reality that brings joy into the daily lives of more than 163 million people. Drones deliver vital medicines across the remotest parts of Africa. Brands develop creative business models …