Peter Fisk’s Blog
Inside Cleveland Clinic Innovations Group … open innovation focused on caregivers and patients
August 15, 2018
With more than 52,000 employees generating about 300 inventions a year, the Cleveland Clinic doesn’t want for innovation. However the task facing Cleveland Clinic Innovations, a group founded in 2000, is to help as many of those inventions as possible …
Abra to Adven, Klarna to iZettle … How AI, blockchain and big data are disrupting the “fintech” future of finance
August 8, 2018
FinTech innovations have been at the forefront of tech disruptions in recent years. By the end of 2017, there were more than 30 FinTech unicorns globally, including European companies such as Klarna, Adyen, and Transferwise. In particular it is now the …
Grab, the largest car sharing business in Asia, wants to be the region’s SuperApp
August 1, 2018
Hooi Ling Tan is co-founder of Grab, and recently ranked as one of Asia’s leading female entrepreneur by Forbes magazine. A mechanical engineering graduate, she was previously a consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising global corporations in Sout …
Hepple Gin … from the Northumbrian Moors, with wild botanicals and native juniper, a two-fold gin made in a three-fold way
July 30, 2018
The Moorland Spirit Company’s story started in one of England’s last wild sanctuaries, and the place where I grew up, in the Coquet Valley, a remote part of Northern England. Up on the wild moors of Northumberland, the whipping winds have an unusual ef …
Off the rails … China’s “trackless train” symbolises a future of rail travel that is borderless and convenient
July 30, 2018
Chinese company CRRC Corporation has just launched a self-driving train that runs on virtual tracks – and it just officially hit the streets of Zhuzhou in China‘s Hunan Province. The Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) could ease emissions and traffic …
The power of female business thinkers … 60 great strategy and leadership books written by women
July 11, 2018
Which business book is having most impact on companies right now? In my anecdotal experience it is Carol Dweck’s book Mindset about how to reframe your thinking towards a relentless pursuit of betterness. Spending time with the Microsoft teams at their …
How Microsoft is redesigning business for the day after tomorrow … cloud is the new normal, data is the new oil, AI is the new electricity
July 10, 2018
Today I’m in Redmond, Microsoft Campus, exploring the future of business. Not the Microsoft business, but how we can harness the incredible power of new technologies to reinvent the future of every business. This didn’t used to be Microsoft’s game, hav …
Smart Rail … how disruptive technologies are transforming rail travel
July 8, 2018
The global railway tech market is expected to reach an annual value of 185 billion Euro. Railways are often thought to see little change, yet the rail industry has always been a frontier in technology advances and mobility. With the digitalization, how …
Making Better Choices … Roger Martin’s open letter to the world’s business leaders … before this year’s European Business Forum
July 5, 2018
A year ago we asked 50 business thinkers to write an open letter to the world’s CEOs. What are the most important issues which business leaders should be addressing? What are the best new ideas they should embrace? If you could distill all the wisdom o …
Inside Nike’s research labs … harnessing the spirit of Bill Bowerman to innovate the future of sports performance
July 2, 2018
The Nike Explore Team Sport Research Lab is philosophically and physically at the heart of the Nike’s World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. It began as a small lab, more than 30 years ago, and has grown into a world-class research facility harnessin …