Peter Fisk’s Blog
Strategic inflections and creative construction, machine intelligence and crazy ideas … the best business books of the year
November 6, 2019
As a business author, I love books. Not because I particularly enjoy the process of delivering 80,000 word manuscripts to my publishers (I’m half way through my next book right now). But because writing, and indeed reading, makes me think. It is the be …
“Splice the mainbrace” … creating a new brand from old, Mainbrace Rum rises from the banks of the Demerara river
November 1, 2019
“Splice the mainbrace” is an order given aboard naval vessels to issue the crew with an alcoholic drink. Originally an order for one of the most difficult emergency repair jobs aboard a sailing ship, it became a euphemism for authorised celebratory dri …
Brand Communities … Adobe’s Behance to Harley Davidson, Spotify Rock Stars to Rapha Cycle Club, Disney D23 to Xbox Ambassadors
November 1, 2019
A brand community is a group of consumers who invest in a brand beyond what is being sold. Think about some of the great examples of brand communities through which people engage with brands and businesses today, influencing what they buy, who they tru …
Leading the future with AI … Jensen Huang, founder of NVIDIA, is the world’s best performing CEO of 2019
October 30, 2019
Jensen Huang cofounded NVIDIA in 1993, building more powerful computer chips for video games. The 56 year old Taiwanese American entrepreneur, worth $4.6bn, is now leading the AI revolution, and has just been ranked as “the World’s Best Performing CEO” …
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, …