Peter Fisk’s Blog
Surfing the Megatrends … Business transformation needs to keep pace with the changing world, and shape it further
April 19, 2019
Business transformation needs to keep pace with the changing world, aligning with the megatrends, harnessing the changes to keep pace, but also to influence the changes in their own vision. The companies who can most effectively shape the trends, are b …
Closing the Loop … P&G, Unilever, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone work together for zero waste
April 17, 2019
Some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies – P&G, Unilever, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone – have launched a new initiative to use refillable and returnable containers in place of current plastic packaging and to reduce waste. Unde …
Ambient tracking, Bounty Programs, Solar Highways, 5D Printing, Digital Frailty, Nanobot Nurses, and Thinkables? And The Big 9
April 15, 2019
This month marks the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s original proposal for a World Wide Web, which his supervisor called “vague, but exciting.” We’ve come a long way in those last hyperconnected 30 years. So … Ambient tracking, Bounty Programs, …
Facts and Funk, Asia to Africa, and how to be invincible … The world’s best ideas for business leaders at Thinkers50 European Business Forum 2019
April 12, 2019
Go shopping in Shanghai, and stores are unlikely to accept your cash or cards, instead expecting you to buzz their QR code with your mobile phone. Sit down in a Dalian Wanda movie theatre and you are invited to immerse yourself in the story with your V …
Amazon Day 1 … Jeff Bezos writes his 2018 Letter to Shareholders … “Intuition, curiosity, and the power of wandering”
April 11, 2019
Jeff Bezos has had a turbulent year. Amazon continues to thrive, albeit with new challenges, whilst Bezos personally has had to overcome more personal challenges. He remains the richest person in the world, at least before his divorce settlement, and i …
The simple sketch by Dragan Pajevic that became Amazon’s warehouse robots, transforming the speed of logistics
April 8, 2019
Amazon knew that it had to reinvent its distribution system, if it was going to be able to deliver customer orders in 24 hours, and ultimately in 1 hour. Transportation was relatively easy. Dedicated Amazon vans, aircraft, ships, bikes, drones were ent …
100 ways “platforms” change the game of business … transforming markets and delivering exponential growth
April 6, 2019
12 years ago a small group of companies began enjoying exceptional sales and profit growth, companies like Apple, Alibaba and Google to name just three. They didn’t just grow. Nor were they simply enjoying their best ever years. They grew exponentially …
The best ideas for business leaders … What you need to know to lead and succeed in today’s fast changing world
April 5, 2019
We live in an incredible time – more change in the next 10 years than in the last 250 years. How do you make sure that your own thoughts and actions keep pace, and that you are ready to seize the new opportunities for yourself and your business? Market …
Is our world changing faster than ever before? It’s changing, but not as fast as people think!
April 4, 2019
The idea that change is accelerating is all around us. But is life changing faster now than it did a hundred years ago? A quick search for “exponential change” will generate thousands of articles on the topic, written by journalists, consultants and ac …
Innovation in South Korea … disruptive innovators like Toss are growing rapidly in “the world’s most innovative country”
April 1, 2019
South Korea was recently ranked by Bloomberg as the most innovative country of 2019, with Germany in second, USA eighth and China 18th. Bloomberg’s Innovation Index scored countries based on seven different criteria. South Korea secured its No. 1 ranki …