Peter Fisk’s Blog
Blockchain … from geeky Bitcoin technology, to a revolution in everyday processes
February 23, 2016
Blockchain has become the tech buzzword of our time, well at least of recent months. Whilst it was initially conceptualised as the way in which digital (crypto) currencies like Bitcoin work, it has become more than that, with incredible potential. I wa …
恭喜发财 … Time for Chinese innovation, inspired by the red fire monkey!
February 8, 2016
Gong Hey Fat Choy! This Chinese new year is all about innovation. My Chinese father in law tells me that the red fire monkey represents leadership and creativity, and values the fortune of nurturing those who you lead. By engendering the spirit of suc …
Letter from Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce … “Why businesses are the greatest platforms for change” … inspired by the Red Cross and 4th Industrial Revolution
February 6, 2016
Every day I am reminded that we are living in the most exciting and transformative era in history. In my 35-plus years in the technology industry I’ve never experienced so much innovation, and at such an incredibly rapid pace. Tectonic changes sparked …
Agri drones to building drones, camera drones to delivery drones … ready for take off
February 5, 2016
Odense, Denmark’s third largest city, is perhaps best known as the home of Hans Christian Andersen. That’s all about to change as its focus on technology, and in particular drones, is about to create new fame across the world. From the Southern Denmark …
Carrots and sticks are so last century!
February 4, 2016
Dan Pink’s great book Drive explains why the use of rewards and punishments to influence our employees’ performance is an antiquated way of managing people. To maximize their engagement and effectiveness in the 21st century work, we need to upgrade our …
My interview with The Legacy Project … Spend time with interesting people, doing unusual things, being a bit different
February 1, 2016
I recently did an interview for a great initiative, The Legacy Project, which set out to go deep and long to see how high performers and achievers, across the globe, would answer personal questions around life, legacy, performance, happiness, legacy, a …
Welcome to Odense … City of Gamechangers … and a place to create the future.
January 25, 2016
Odense, Denmark’s third largest city, is probably most famous as the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen. However in the 21st Century Odense is telling a new story – thinking differently about how to engage its citizens, to attract business and touri …
Peter Fisk’s new interview with South Korea’s leading business newspaper
January 24, 2016
Maeil Business News is South Korea’s leading daily business newspaper, based in Seoul, and with a circulation of 900,000. To start the new year, it did a feature interview with Peter Fisk to explore what it takes to be a “gamechanger” business today, a …
Extraordinary People … how the people we admire most live genuine, authentic, generous lives.
January 23, 2016
Psychology Today magazine recently published an article exploring the traits of “extraordinary ordinary” people. I love the term extra-ordinary. Going beyond normal. Doing more. Being special in some very human, relevant and personal way. Yes, of cours …
Team Building … 60 fun games to play, encouraging collaboration and effectiveness
January 15, 2016
Below are more than sixty fun free team building activities that can improve teamwork, develop trust, and enhance problem solving skills and the best part is, the majority of these team challenges can be delivered anywhere, by anyone and with limited o …