Peter Fisk’s Blog
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 …
Ming Zeng, Alibaba’s Chief Strategy Officer … how to frame strategies in a broader context
September 1, 2018
On Single’s Day on November 11, 2017, Alibaba processed 1.5 billion transactions, totaling about $25 billion. At its peak during that day, Alibaba’s technology platforms processed 325,000 orders and 256,000 payments every second. By comparison, Visa’s …
Welcome to the DogHouse … Brewdog opens its hotel for punks in Columbus, Ohio
August 29, 2018
The world’s first craft beer hotel, where you can wake up inside a brewery. BrewDog’s DogHouse Columbus will greet you each morning with aromas from our gently fermenting foeders even before you head down for breakfast! If Brewdog is the beer for punks …
Hit Refresh … How Satya Nadella is creating the future of Microsoft with AI, clouds and a growth mindset
August 27, 2018
Microsoft’s Redmond Campus is huge. It’s gigantic, sprawling, and when you arrive in the reception building, you feel like you’re entering a futuristic college. It’s got a hallway dedicated to high fives. Just outside of Seattle, it’s more like a town …
Why it will be much cheaper to live in the future … the declining cost of food, transport, healthcare, education and more.
August 26, 2018
Life will be much cheaper in the future, at least in terms of how much we will spend on the normal things in life today. Perhaps we will suddenly need to save up for vacations on Mars, to acquire a humanoid friend (or servant), whilst we might dream of …
Reliance Jio to Merck, Inditex to Alibaba … how leading businesses are changing the world for good
August 25, 2018
There’s an ever-growing list of global challenges facing us all. From cybersecurity threats to income inequality to extreme weather to homelessness to food and water insecurity, the range of problems is broad, and the issues are deep. However more comp …
Phil Knight’s fantastic history of Nike is also a great story of business leadership and economics
August 21, 2018
When I was 10 years old, I joined the school running club. Mike Henry, the teacher at Thomlinson Middle School in Rothbury, had a love of running and took a group of 15-20 of us for a 3 mile run every Monday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtime. Along the c …
The world’s megacities of 2100 … Lagos, Kinshasa, Dar Es Salaam …mind-blowing growth of Africa’s urban populations
August 17, 2018
Throughout the course of human history, the biggest cities have always seemed impossibly large. For many millennia, it was almost unfathomable for a city to sustain more than 1 million residents. In fact, it wasn’t until the 19th century that the large …
Constellation Brands invests $3.8 billion in Canopy Growth … but is cannabis-infused beer ethical and healthy?
August 16, 2018
Global drinks company Constellation Brands plans to significantly increase its ownership in Canopy Growth by investing an industry-record 5 billion Canadian dollars ($3.8 billion) to make the marijuana titan its exclusive global partner. Constellation …