Peter Fisk’s Blog
Being Courageous … Leaders who can see a better future, and have the guts to make it happen
September 29, 2019
To lead effectively — really, to live effectively — you must be confident in yourself, connected to others, committed to purpose, and emotionally courageous. Most of us are great at only one of the four. Maybe two. But to be a powerful presence — to in …
Inspired by China’s Squirrel and India’s Oyo … Haiyan Wang and Anil Gupta at the Thinkers50 European Business Forum
September 27, 2019
Haiyan Wang and Anil Gupta are a power couple of business thinking who have come into their own in recent years, with the rise of Asian businesses and the focus of learning on the blitzscaling growth of so many companies, including the likes of Squirre …
Funky Futures: the matrix of cities, capitalism, and digitalisation … Kjell Nordstrom at the Thinkers50 European Business Forum 2019
September 25, 2019
Kjell Nordstrom is the Swedish academic “funkster” who gave the world the book “Funky Business” 20 years ago. To celebrate 2 decades of funkiness, he joined me back on stage in Odense today to kick off this year’s Thinkers50 European Business Forum. Do …
The centre of business gravity has shifted from America to Asia … Erin Meyer at the Thinkers50 European Business Forum 2019
September 25, 2019
Erin Meyer, INSEAD professor of organisation behaviour, created her “Culture Map” as a way to make sense of those many situations we find ourselves in today, when we work in international, multi-geographical, multi-cultural teams … and for some reaso …
The world is a lot better than we think … Factfulness’ Anna Rosling joins me at the European Business Forum 2019
September 25, 2019
Anna Rosling first met her father in law when staying over at her boyfriend’s house at the age of 16. Next morning, Ole, her boyfriend now husband’s father, was founded counting shoes and measuring sizes in the hallway, trying to work out who the extra …
Ping An Healthcare’s “Good Doctor” now has over 300 million users … the world’s leading online healthcare ecosystem platform
September 23, 2019
Whilst it started out as an insurance company, founded in 1990 and now completely publicly owned, PingAn has used this financial underpinning to support its growth into many other sectors. A little like Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, it has built …
Strategies to unlock profit power … 12 “power nodes” will be the most important sources of profit in future business
September 18, 2019
The Global AMP brings the most important new ideas for business leaders ready to step up to shaping the future to their advantage. Over 4 weeks my challenge is to lead participants from around the world through a journey that explores a world of incred …
What does it take to lead the future of business? Some of the essential building blocks for the Global AMP
September 10, 2019
We’re back at the Global AMP at IE Business School. It’s the school’s flagship program to develop transformational business leaders, people stepping up from functional delivery to organisational leadership, from a focus on today, to creating the future …
Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) … Emmanuel Faber leads companies in seeking economic growth that is distributed fairly across society and creates opportunities for all
September 9, 2019
The Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) coalition was launched at the G7 summit in Biarritz on August 23, 2019, with the leadership of Danone’s CEO Emmanuel Faber, and supported by the OECD. Inclusive growth is economic growth that is distributed fair …
Alex Osterwalder, Erin Meyer, Scott Anthony, Kjell Nordstrom, and many more … join me at EBF19 to explore the best new ideas in business
September 8, 2019
20 years ago I was inspired by a book featuring two shaven-head Swedish professors, looking more like punk rockers than academics. “Funky Business” shook-up my thinking about the world of work. It told me that crazy ideas are not just possible, but ess …