Peter Fisk’s Blog
Loonshots in London … Safi Bahcall tells me about the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases and transform industries
November 22, 2019
It was great to meet Safi Bahcall this week at the Thinkers50 Global Summit in London. We sat next to each other by accident, but quickly discovered a shared early career in physics, and specifically in the area of superconductivity. Whilst I tinkered …
Quantum computing … neuromorphic chips, reengineering computers to work like brains, could revolutionize technology as we know it
November 19, 2019
The neuromorphic chip is a silicon chip designed to mimic the form of the human brain. This game-changing approach transforms the way our devices process information, moving them closer to the way our brains process information. Neural networks can now …
Learning from the frenetic, fantastic growth of eSports … Fernando Piquer, CEO of Movistar Riders joins me in Munich
November 19, 2019
Fernando Piquer joins me in Munich to make sense of the frenetic, fantastic growth of eSports around the world – from its incredible fan-based communities to its sponsorship-driven business model – and what other industries can learn from it. For more …
Blue Oceans dominate the world of business ideas … Renee Mauborgne and Chan Kim are crowned the new thought leaders at the Thinkers50 Global Summit 2019
November 18, 2019
The Financial Times calls it “The Oscars of Management Thinking.” Every two years, the world’s top business thinkers gather in London for a day of ideas sharing, and night of ego polishing. This was a moment to celebrate the impact of ideas – and the …
Leaders and Loonshots … how to see around corners in the quantum economy … at the Thinkers50 Global Summit and Awards 2019
November 18, 2019
Thinkers50 was established almost 20 years ago out of a desire to find the best ideas in business. Every two years it seeks to rank the thought leaders of business – based on the ideas that have created most resonance in the business world, the most di …
Finding more purpose … How Yvon Chouinard’s journey towards “why” took Patagonia further than products or profits could ever achieve
November 14, 2019
Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, is a great purpose-driven leader. He is a dedicated nature lover who, in the late 1950s, started building climbing gear for a few people in the Yosemite mountains. Today, Patagonia is a $200 million dollar company, …
Microsoft’s 5Ps … creating a purpose-driven culture “to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more.”
November 13, 2019
Microsoft under Bill Gates was a pioneer of the internet age, visionary and entrepreneurial, redefining how the world works and plays. Microsoft under Steve Balmer was a relentless product-driven engine, focused on the dogged efficiency and sales optim …
Est-onishing Estonia … the small Baltic country is redefining the concept of a nation brand
November 10, 2019
Estonia topped a poll of the most digitally advanced nations this year, according to research conducted by global community network InterNations. They praised Estonia for offering expats and digital nomads the ability to live a more connected life, and …
Inflection Points … the market changes, but usually we are too wedded to our existing ways, that we don’t notice … as Andy Grove said, only the paranoid survive
November 9, 2019
An inflection point in business is something that changes, usually in the environment, that causes the assumptions underlying the way business works to change in some meaningful way. If you think about it, any business is born at a particular historica …
Gamechangers in the Middle East … Anghami to Careem, Jamalon to Modist … Who are the most innovative companies?
November 7, 2019
“Hello Tomorrow” proclaimed the bold advertising of Emirates. Indeed the airline has soared ahead of its global challengers in recent years, focusing on a strategy not just to compete, but to change the world of travel. Arabic businesses and brands are …