Peter Fisk’s Blog
From Coal to Bioscience: The many reinventions of DSM … How the Dutch national coal mines reinvented itself, many times, to become a leading life sciences business
June 15, 2025
Few companies in modern history have undergone as many profound transformations as DSM. Born in the soot and struggle of Europe’s early industrial age, DSM has travelled further, over more decades, across more sectors, and with more reinvention than al …
Ecosystems Inc … How the music industry was reinvented through ecosystem thinking … from Napster and Apple, to Spotify and Youtube, TikTok and Fortnite … and what it means for every other industry
June 12, 2025
“The future of music is access, not ownership” says Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify. “We no longer compete for shelf space, we compete for attention” adds Lucian Grainge, the CEO of Universal Music Group. TikTok has become the new radio. It’s the …
Asia, the world’s innovation hub … how Asian companies became the world’s most innovative … from Bytedance and Grab to Jio and Ping An, the world now looks east not west for ideas and inspiration
June 10, 2025
Over the past two decades, Asia has transformed from being the world’s factory to becoming its innovation engine. From super apps and AI platforms to smart logistics and consumer electronics, Asian companies are now at the forefront of technological di …
What will they do next? … ASML to BYD, Eli Lilly and Illumina, Next Era to Nvidia … Some of the world’s most innovative companies ready to deliver huge stock market growth over the next 5 years, and how they could do it
June 9, 2025
Predicting which companies will see the most significant stock market growth by 2030 involves identifying those best positioned at the intersection of exponential technologies, structural global shifts, and strong execution. These are companies driving …
Business Transformation … the new superpower of business leaders … reimagining the future, redefining strategy, reinventing the organisation, rewiring performance … the journey to deliver step change in value creation
June 8, 2025
In today’s world of accelerating change, disruption is no longer the exception, it is the norm. Technology, climate imperatives, shifting customer expectations, and geopolitical volatility are reshaping the business landscape. In this environment, incr …
Next Generation Business Models … redefining value, ownership, scale, and trust … powered by AI and data, decentralised and human, catalysed by sustainability … Bytedance and Earthchain, KlimaDAO and On, Ping An and Soul Machines
June 5, 2025
The most innovative businesses today are reimagining what it means to create, deliver, and capture value. Moving far beyond traditional “new” models – like auctions and exchanges, licensing and subscriptions – a next generation of business models is em …
Reinventing Learning … Dualiingo seeks to make learning as addictive as social media and digital gaming … How technology, psychology and imagination are transforming how we learn
June 5, 2025
When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he confronted a problem that reached far beyond software engineering. The challenge was not only how to teach millions of people to speak another language, but …
Cooling the Planet … How bold ideas like carbon capture and rewilding, engineered clouds and regenerative economies … can solve the climate crisis faster than we think
June 5, 2025
The climate crisis has long been framed as a story of restraint — of cutting back, consuming less, flying less, wanting less. For decades the narrative has been one of limits, sacrifice, and slow adaptation. Yet a new generation of thinkers and innovat …
Future Tech … 10 emerging technologies every business leader needs to watch … a roadmap to where value will be created, disrupted, and redefined
June 4, 2025
Technology is no longer a background enabler of business strategy; it is core to the strategy. Each year, the World Economic Forum identifies the most promising breakthroughs set to reshape markets, industries, and society. The Top 10 Emerging Technolo …
Genius at 60 … latest scientific research shows that your brain peaks at around 60 years old … What does this mean for business, and society, and how to unlock your full cognitive potential?
June 3, 2025
We live in a culture obsessed with youth. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in their twenties are hailed as the ultimate visionaries, Olympic athletes in their thirties are considered veterans, and companies often prize “fresh thinking” as if it is exclusiv …