Peter Fisk’s Blog
CEOs blinkered by digital business
May 21, 2014
Istanbul, Turkey. Speaking at the Accenture/Wired CEO Summit I was amazed by how blinkered business leaders become when they start thinking about e-business. Of course digital technologies are transforming every business, in every sector. Almost every …
What innovators Want … and How Banks can do More!
May 7, 2014
Vienna, Austria. Austria’s Erste Bank has become one of the most successful banks to develop in the new markets of the CEE (central and eastern Europe). In particular they have focused on entrepreneurs. But most banks don’t serve entrepreneurs well. T …
Gamechangers Lebanon … Franchising the Future
April 29, 2014
Think of Beirut, and you probably think of a war-torn city, stuck in the middle of multiple warzones, and with danger round every corner. True, but its also a beautiful city, for many the Cote d’Azur of the Middle East, and full of modern, peaceful peo …
Business is Beautiful … The Hard Art of Standing Apart
April 25, 2014
I first worked with Dorothy McKenzie and her team almost 20 years ago. Since then they have quietly gone about helping to design and evolve many of the world’s leading brands. They combine the creative flair of an agency, with the practical rigour of p …
FutureHealth … Beyond Pharmaceuticals to Positive Healthcare
April 2, 2014
A one hour drive south of Barcelona takes you to the coastal town of Sitges. A fantastic place to run for hours along the coastal paths in the springtime Spanish sunshine. I’m here to explore the future of wellbeing, and how pharma companies like Spain …
The Future of Books … Publishing in a Digital World
March 20, 2014
Publishing is another being fundamentally disrupted. From booksellers to printers, the rise of the eBook has driven a huge fall in printed books. Yet at the same time there is more thirst for ideas and insights than ever. The problem, as ever, is that …
The Future of Business Schools
February 25, 2014
Madrid, Spain. Clay Christensen, the Harvard guru of disruptive innovation, and Thinkers 50 World’s #1 Business Thinker, says that education is perhaps the last sector to be disrupted. But the world of business education is changing rapidly. As people …
Developing 21st Century Leaders in the Middle East
February 4, 2014
Hatta, UAE Driving east from Dubai for hours, there is nothing beyond the straight road but desert and an occasional herd of camels. Then we see mountains, some trees and water, like childhood stories of finding an oasis. This is Hatta, home for the ne …
Big Data and the $1.4 billion Magic Bands
January 24, 2014
Disneyland Paris, France Big data is a hot topic. Brands can now build mountains of data, from consumer needs to operational tracking, retail transactions to social media chat. SAS Institute is a leader in helping business to turn all this information …
The Magic Marketing Machine … Think simple, live loud about brands, marketing, and innovation
December 1, 2013
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” claimed Apple. “Simple is harder than complex. You have to have to get your thinking clean. But if you can, you can move mountains” said Steve Jobs. “Everything we do is about making things as simple and beau …