Peter Fisk’s Blog
Things to come: A timeline of future technology
June 30, 2018
Predicting the future is not easy, but it is fun. It liberates our minds to think beyond current paradigms, to envision new possibilities, and maybe subconsciously leap over many of the practical barriers we see in reality. However such predictions can …
Fortnite is transforming the gaming industry … and a model for engaging millennials on their mobiles
June 22, 2018
It was getting late in Tomato Town. The storm was closing in, and meteors pelted the ground. Gizzard Lizard had made his way there after plundering the sparsely populated barns and domiciles of Anarchy Acres, then by avoiding the Wailing Woods and keep …
Creating better futures … Why business leaders need a new mindset, to win in today’s incredible changing world
June 22, 2018
Leadership matters more than ever in today’s frantic and fantastic markets. More change in the next decade than the last 250 years. More uncertainty, yet also more possibilities than ever before. We need to make sense of the world, find confidence in t …
Disrupt or be Disrupted … why the pace of change makes reinvention of markets and business the best from of competitive advantage
June 22, 2018
The world of exponentially advancing technologies, driving new companies and new ways of working, new markets and new customer possibilities, means that our traditional linear approaches to business no longer work. A typical smart phone today has more …
Network effects drive over 70% of the value of technology-based companies … time to make Metcalfe’s Law work for you!
June 22, 2018
We all know about Moore’s Law. The theory dates back to 1965 yet has been proved correct for five decades. Back in 1965, co-founder of chip giant Intel, Gordon Moore, made an observation that transistors were doubling in size every two years. Or put an …
What do CEOs really do? There are 4 simple priorities for business leaders – strategy, people, action and leadership
June 18, 2018
15 years ago I sat down with some colleagues to write a book called “The Complete CEO”. We spent much of our time debating what exactly a CEO needed to do, and what he or she should leave to others. Not many people have tried to define that, and our ex …
Endure … the mind, body and the curiously elastic limits of human performance
June 16, 2018
The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field. But what if we all can go farther, push harder, and achieve more than we think we’re capable of? Alex Hutchinson’s book “Endure” is about the mind, body …
Innovation Sprints … solving big problems and testing new ideas for innovation in five days
June 15, 2018
Jake Knapp began running design sprints at Google in 2010. He worked with teams like Chrome, Google Search and Google X. In 2012, Jake brought sprints to Google Ventures and started applying the methodology to external companies. The sprint methodology …
The search for creativity … ideas and inspiration from some of the world’s most creative people
June 14, 2018
Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity is characterised by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate s …
P&G’s Ambition 2030 … embracing sustainable innovation as “a force for a good and a force for growth”
June 14, 2018
“We are working on reinventing brand building as we know it. The world is in a state of massive disruption—changing consumers, use of data and digital technology, development in AI, just to name a few. So, the best way to handle these disruptive forces …