Peter Fisk’s Blog
Welcome to the Future Factory … Shenzhen is China’s tech megacity, home to BYD and DJI, Huawei and Tencent
May 29, 2019
40 years ago, my father in law, who had grown up in the countryside north of Hong Kong, just over the border into mainland China, went back to the village of his birth. I remember him telling stories of a simple life, playing in the rice fields, and fa …
Superhero to Spacedust … Are we watching the implosion of Elon Musk, or will he indeed save the world?
May 29, 2019
Elon Musk has been called the Thomas Edison of our times. From his Paypal pay out he invested in daring dreams and radical technologies that were ahead of most other people’s imaginations. From Tesla to SpaceX, Solar City and Neuralink, Boring Company …
Adidas to Allbirds … sustainable fashion brands embracing the circular economy
May 19, 2019
Brands from Adidas to Allbirds have been experimenting with textile innovations that aim to push the industry towards a greener future. We are all familiar with the challenges of our fragile earth, from climate change to resource scarcity – the World W …
Airbnb to Alibaba, Snap to Stitchfix … what’s next on the agenda for CEOs?
May 18, 2019
Today, every business is a digital business. In every industry, traditional business models and processes are being transformed by the spread of new digital technologies and the rise of disruptive threats. If electricity transformed manufacturing durin …
Eric Reis launches the Long Term Stock Exchange … to address the misguided pursuit of value that gets lost in quarterly results
May 12, 2019
This week sees the launch of a new Silicon Valley-inspired venture. Not another start-up business, but an entire stock exchange. Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, is the innovative mind behind the project. For many years business has become confu …
Do you believe in unicorns? The $1 billion start-ups have become giants, and have spread across the world
May 10, 2019
A unicorn is a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion. The term was coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, choosing the mythical animal to represent the statistical rarity of such successful ventures. Airbnb and Uber were pa …
Innovation in Switzerland, from Bobsleigh to Nescafe, Velcro to the World Wide Web … What makes the Swiss tick?
May 10, 2019
A small, Alpine country that lacks raw materials, Switzerland has had no choice but to continually reinvent itself over the centuries, developing alternative sources of income, such as agriculture, tourism and its service sector. What’s the secret of …
The Cluetrain Manifesto … Holstee Manifesto … Lululemon Manifesto … Bruce Tau’s Manifesto … and Sunscreen
May 9, 2019
20 years ago, back in September 1999, I left the comfort of my corporate job and started a new business. We wanted it to be a wake up call for business, an inspiration for leaders, and enabler of better work. For the last year I had watched the rapid g …
Reinventing Luxury … how Bernard Arnault is reinventing LVMH and its fashion houses, ready to win in an Asian and digital world
May 7, 2019
In an extract from his forthcoming book “Be Extraordinary: Rise up to Lead the Future Business” Peter Fisk profiles LVMH’s CEO Bernard Arnault: Whilst start-ups have risen on the waves of technological progress, more traditional businesses have had to …
Time for a “wise pivot” to the future … reinventing your business in the age of relentless disruption
May 5, 2019
These are familiar words. “Disruption” has become synonymous with innovation, and particularly the impact of start-ups on traditional markets, and large corporations. From the definition of Clay Christensen which was more about disruptive technologies, …