Peter Fisk’s Blog
Making better choices … Business leaders are waking up to the profitability of doing good, from Wall Street to Odense!
September 21, 2018
This year’s Thinkers50 European Business Forum focus on “Making Better Choices”. I will be hosting the event, Europe’s leading meeting of leaders and thinkers, and getting them to explore one of the big issues of our times. How can business do better f …
Superfast: Lead at Speed … How pace can drive business and leadership performance
September 20, 2018
I’ve been looking forward to Sophie Devonshire’s new book for quite some time. When it came, it was brilliant. I read it at speed, maybe inspired by the title. Actually it’s around two years ago that I sat down with Sophie in Carluccio’s Richmond to ta …
Eliud Kipchoge … the philosopher marathon king … on mental toughness, physical fitness and the ultimate performance
September 16, 2018
“In life, the idea is to be happy. So, I believe in calm, simple, low-profile life. You live simple, you train hard and live an honest life. Then you are free.” Eliud ‘the philosopher’ Kipchoge is a Kenyan long distance runner who has won medals at Oly …
Inside IKEA’s Future Home innovation incubator … from Swedish meatballs to flexible rooms
September 15, 2018
IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer, thinks of itself as a low-tech company. But the company’s innovation strategy, still taking shape, involves working with design firms, academic partners, and consumers for help discovering opportunities and …
How business can harness technology for good … Embracing the power of disruptive technologies, to better solve the world’s big challenges
September 10, 2018
Technology is not good or bad, but it does bring incredible new capabilities. The question is how can we unleash these fantastic new technologies to make a positive difference to our world, to solve problems in innovative ways. Even better, when the wo …
Apple Park to Amazon Spheres, Googleplex to Facebook Campus … How garages and dorm rooms became corporate metropolises
September 10, 2018
A company’s workspace is a powerful image of its corporate might, but also a symbol of its culture, its approach to innovation, and its ambitions for the future. Most famously, Apple Park officially opened in April 2017 as the new headquarters of Apple …
Asian Inspirations … China, India and other markets are the best sources of business growth, but also of new ideas
September 9, 2018
The last hundred years has seen a reincarnation of Asia. Of course Asia has been here before, and if we look over the last two thousand years, the centre of global business power has shifted westwards from China, to Europe, then North America, and then …
The Business Leaders’ Innovation Toolkit … What do you need to change your world?
September 7, 2018
Innovation in large companies was typically about 3 things – strategies that included the need for innovation, innovation processes typically built around a structured linear approach with stage gates, and how to build an innovative culture. And then c …
Extreme Innovation … How McLaren is applying its F1 motorsport technology to Singapore’s railways
September 5, 2018
Cutting-edge data acquisition technology is leaping from racetrack to train track as McLaren Applied Technologies agrees a unique collaboration with Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT), Asia’s premier multi-modal land transport provider. For the first …
Business Innovation … harnessing intelligence and technology to transform your business, and entire industry
September 1, 2018
Raconteur’s new study on business innovation is an excellent summary of approaches, technologies and organisations that are transforming business: Business innovation is when an organisation introduces new processes, services, or products to affect pos …