Peter Fisk’s Blog
Bridgital Nation … how AI can resolve India’s digital divide, between technological leadership and mass impoverishment
October 25, 2019
It is 2030. India is among the world’s top three economies. All Indians use the cloud, artificial intelligence and automated learning to either do their job or get their job done. All Indians have access to quality jobs, better healthcare and skill-bas …
FIFA to Fortnite … Tencent to Twitch … How eSports is transforming the world of sport and entertainment
October 24, 2019
Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf is only 16 years old. His mum would prefer he focused on his school work, rather than playing computer games. But on 28 July this year, Kyle emerged from the Arthur Ashe stadium in New York with $3million in his jeans pocket, win …
Reinventing Organisations … Frédéric Laloux’s transformation from corporate hierarchies to living organisms
October 23, 2019
When rising complexity pushes corporate hierarchies to their limits, the only meaningful response is a paradigm shift, argues business thinker Frédéric Laloux. Author of the best-selling book “Reinventing Organizations” Laloux advocates a people-centri …
Challenging times are also the best moments for innovators … from textile start-ups in Bursa to next-tech Fark Labs in Istanbul
October 22, 2019
I’m in Turkey this week. Download: Leading Change in a Disruptive World Download: Creating Innovative Futures Download: Business Innovation Workshop The Turkish economy is struggling badly. Geopolitical uncertainty, trade wars and sanctions, exchange r …
Corner Job to Travel Perk, Glovo to Worldcoo … Spanish start-ups have been sipping the sangria in a changing world
October 22, 2019
In the past decade, Spain suffered a significant economic setback with a crippling recession, the bankruptcy of a number of major companies and the highest unemployment rate in the EU (27% at its height). But this didn’t get the Spanish population down …
“Trailblazer” … Salesforce’s CEO Marc Benioff’s new book on the power of business “as the greatest platform for change”
October 21, 2019
Marc Benioff is best known as founder and CEO of Salesforce. However his passion goes beyond technology, with an inspiring vision for the future of business — one in which everyone is empowered to change the world. Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO Benioff, …
The $3 trillion global start-up economy … where and how start-up ecosystems are driving new growth
October 18, 2019
The global startup economy is worth nearly $3 trillion, a rise of 20% in two years. That’s the size of a not-so-small economy, larger than the GDP of the UK, France, or Brazil. Technology-driven startups aren’t just contributing to economic growth, in …
Business not as normal in the Nordics … the best ideas for growth from Nordic Business Forum 2019
October 15, 2019
Helsinki in October is not the time for ideas. It’s getting cold, dark and wet. Summer is long forgotten and time for hibernation is nigh. It seems only a few days since I was here, working with the fantastic Valio food business on their strategy, when …
New Power Generation … The rise of “soft power” and what does it take to be loved in a world of economic and political power plays?
October 15, 2019
Power is the ability to influence outcomes. It was traditionally achieved through “hard” leverage, in the form of position, force, coercion, or payment. “Soft” power is the ability to achieve your preferred outcomes by attraction and persuasion. Joseph …
“I don’t know where the limits are, but I would like to go there” … Eliud Kipchoge shows what it means to be extra ordinary.
October 12, 2019
“I don’t know where the limits are, but I would like to go there” said Eliud Kipchoge as dawn broke over the Danube river in Vienna early this morning. Two hours later he stood in the middle of the tree-lined Hauptallee, having just sprinted to the fi …