Peter Fisk’s Blog
AI diagnostics and 3D digital hearts, big data and drone deliveries, stem cells and wearable devices … 12 ideas to shape the future of healthcare
February 20, 2020
Pocket-size ultrasound devices that cost 50 times less than the machines in hospitals (and connect to your phone). Virtual reality that speeds healing in rehab. Artificial intelligence that’s better than medical experts at spotting lung tumors. These a …
Japan’s legendary shoe designer Toshiaki Omori has taken on the challenge of creating an even better running shoe, for record breakers and everyday runners, crafting the new Adizero Pro
February 20, 2020
In 2004, after decades of creating race-winning, record-setting running shoes, Adidas wanted to push the boundaries even further by developing a shoe that would really redefine the meaning of fast. There was no better craftsman for the task than Japan’ …
Zombies v Unicorns … How great companies create dynamic innovation, fearless leadership and passionate people
February 20, 2020
I first met Elvin Turner a decade ago in a funky, converted mill, just outside Guildford. He was working on a project for my book publisher, Wiley, and exploring how they could improve. He clicked on the video camera and we started talking. I had lots …
Food Recoded … from sushi to match your DNA, to beer made from waste cereals, wellbeing experiences and profitable business models
February 20, 2020
The future of food is about authenticity, wellness and relevance – traceability of supply chains, natural and organic ingredients, convenient and well designed packaging, and fantastic, inspiring taste The UN estimates that by 2050 global food producti …
Metcalfe’s Law explains how the value of networks grows exponentially … exploring the “network effects” of businesses like Apple, Facebook, Trulia and Uber
February 17, 2020
Network effects typically account for 70% of the value of digitally-related companies. Network effects were popularised by Robert Metcalfe, one of the co-inventors of the Ethernet and a co-founder of 3Com. 3Com created networking cards, that plugged in …
Are you ready to lead the future? … The new Global AMP from IE Business School is the ultimate program for business leaders, gamechangers and futuremakers
February 16, 2020
Are you ready to lead the future? The Global Advanced Management Program (Global AMP) is IE Business School’s flagship program for executives stepping up to lead the future of business. It’s for leaders who are stepping up to become the next CEO, or ma …
The best storytelling frameworks for business … from pyramid thinking to the hero’s journey, Steve Job’s iPhone speech and Martin Luther King’s Dream
February 16, 2020
I spend my life writing and speaking – writing books on business, and speaking at hundreds of conferences, workshops and seminars, each year. The most important technique I have ever learnt in business, came in a one-day course at Sundridge Park back i …
7 Wonders of the 21st Century … exploring the incredible technologies that are rapidly changing our worlds
February 16, 2020
The technological revolution affects everyone and everything, it is transforming the worlds of education and healthcare, agriculture and hospitality, as well as the more obvious communications and entertainment, retail and finance. Once technology coul …
X Company … a decade of moonshots, addressing huge problems, with breakthrough technologies, creating radical innovation that can make the world a radically better place
February 15, 2020
10 years ago this week, Astro Teller was asked by Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin to run a great experiment. To build a “moonshot factory”. They called it “X”. Astro (his real name is Eric but his friends thought his spiky hair reminded them of ast …
Amitree and Biome Makers, AtScale and EdCast … Silicon Valley has a new generation of entrepreneurs and technologies
February 13, 2020
It might seem like Silicon Valley has settled into a middle age rhythm – Apple and Airbnb, Facebook and Google, Uber and Yahoo. Many of them visibly struggling with those all-too familiar signs of middle age – the effects of too much success, gaining w …