Peter Fisk. Keynote Speaker.

Peter is an experienced and inspirational keynote speaker for your conference or internal event, thoughtful and provocative. He challenges and entertains, makes you think differently, but also has the tools and advice to prepare you for practical action.

Business Strategy Review recently described him as “one of the best new business thinkers”.

He speaks on a wide range of topics – from strategy and marketing, to customers, brands and innovation - which can be tailored to the specific issues and interests of your audience. Recent titles of keynotes have included

  • The New Market Leaders: What do they do differently and better?
  • Vision 2020: What is the future of your business?
  • "Future back" innovation ... learning from Leonardo da Vinci
  • People Planet Profit. Sustainability from problem to opportunity
  • Creativity: Rethinking business with Pablo Picasso
  • The New Marketing Agenda ... from Alibaba to Zipcars
  • Fusion: rethinking business in a digital world
  • Leadership in times of crisis and change
  • 50 strategies for winning in an economic downturn
  • Rethinking innovation in times of crisis
  • Becoming a customer centric business
  • Left brain and right brain thinking for tough times
  • Einstein and Picasso do business today
  • Winning for customers in good times and bad times
  • Amazon to Zipcars : shaping markets in your own vision
  • Business innovation from the future back
  • 10 Strategies for surviving and thriving in turbulent times
  • The left and right brain of business leadership
  • 50 Innovations that changed our world
  • The Complete CEO : 5 roles of business leaders
  • 60 minutes to become a marketing genius
  • The yin and yang of brands in changing markets
  • Branding with Beckham, Marketing with Madonna
  • Ubuntu : harnessing the power of all of us

He brings together the big picture challenges and opportunities, the latest best practices from around the world and across sectors, and how to make them happen from first hand experience.

He is also an innovative conference chair, helping you to structure your conference theme, bring it all together on the day with energy and empathy, and ensure that your audience has a great experience.  

See below for a list of recent conferences and themes, and for video and audio clips.

Download Peter Fisk's latest presentations and articles, including "Rethinking Innovation with Leonardo da Vinci" and "Creativity in a Crisis", "Restart Business" and "50 Innovations of the 21 Century" at Slideshare.

Download examples of Peter Fisk's events, themes and topics, formats and structures here

To book Peter Fisk as a keynote speaker email peterfisk@peterfisk.com

Live Masterclasses and Retreats

The best of the best-selling books brought to life by Peter Fisk in a series of highly practical, issue-driving, idea-driving masterclasses for business and marketing leaders.

Peter is a highly experienced consultant and trainer, business entrepreneur and practitioner who can translate the best new theories and ideas into practical ideas and actions. Participants explore the very latest techniques and practices, how they fit together, giving the tools and confidence, vision and energy, to make them happen practically and profitably.  

  • Marketing Genius Live ... masterclass defining the very best of marketing today 
  • Customer Genius Live ... masterclass rethinking business on customers terms
  • The People Planet Profit Programme ... inspirational retreat for business leaders
  • The Ideas Incubator ...  accelerated creativity and innovation workshops

Marketing Genius Live : The innovative two-day event combines visionary thinking, best practice case studies from personal experience, plus the latest stories and statistics from around the world. It explores issues and ideas, challenges and opportunities through interactive diagnostics, exercises, with toolkits and roadmaps to take away and implement. It brings together the new customer agenda, the real challenges for your business, and the new opportunities of technology and change. From physical and digital brand-building to user-generated communication, co-creation and crowdsourcing, sustainable and more radical innovation, accelerating your brand to new markets like China and India, and doing more for growth segments like women, youth and boomers. 

Customer Genius Live : A similar two-day event  takes a very different approach - it starts with "me, the customer, a real person" and defines how to do business on "my" terms not yours. It integrates the many different customer practices of insights and strategy, propositions and experiences, loyalty and relationships, communities and collaboration. It explores the new practices of companies from Amazon to Zopa, Threadless and Zipcars, it considers what is means to be a truly customer-centric business - much more than the customer focus of old, the service with the smile, the loyalty card with a bribe, the CRM system that pushes out more mail, or the simple values and mantras that we hope will inspire success. The 10 discipline blueprint redefines what it means to do business today on customer terms.

NEW! Just launched. The fantastic new People Planet Profit Programme, an executive retreat and practical workshops for business leaders and managers to rethink how their business can embrace sustainability for innovation and profitable growth.

Previous events

  • "The New Market Leaders", Assoc Independent Stores, Birmingham, (Apr 10)
    MCT International HR Conference (chairman and keynote), Istanbul, (Apr 10)
    "The New Market Leaders" Banking Business School, Cambridge (Apr 10)
    "Innovation from the Future Back" TEB Innovation Summit, Istanbul, (Mar 10)
    "The New Whitespaces", Visa Sales and Relationship Conference, London (Mar 10)
  • "Rethinking with Pablo Picasso" MPI's European Meetings Conference, Spain (Mar 10)
    "The Creativity of Extraordinary Events" Workshop, EMAC, Malaga, Spain (Feb 10)
  • "The Future of Meetings and Conferences" for IAPCO, Athens, Greece (Feb 10)
  • "The New Marketing Agenda" for World Lottery Conference, London (Jan 10)
  • "Creative Genius. Innovation with Leonardo da Vinci", for Henkel, Dusseldorf (Nov 09)
  • "RESTART innovation" for Swedbank Retail Forum 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania, (Nov 09)
  • "Creative Genius: Thinking like Leonardo da Vinci", LBF Masterclass, London (Nov 09)
  • "Customer Genius: Doing business from the Outside In", LBF Masterclass, London (Nov 09)
  • "The Impact Zone" for New Market Entry Strategy, Twickenham Stadium (Nov 09) 
  • "Marketing in Times of Crisis and Change" Live in Vrsac, Serbia with Millenium (Oct 09)
  • "Digital Futures" Omnitel Marketing Masterclass, Vilnius, Lithuania, (Oct 09)
  • "People Planet Profit" at BFF Sustainability Forum, London Stock Exchange, (Oct 09)
  • "Winning in times of Crisis and Change", Stockholm Visitor Board, Sweden (Sep 09)
  • "The Yin and Yang of Extraordinary Brands", Stockholm Business Region, Sweden (Sep 09)
  • "Life after the Crisis. Winning in 2012" keynote at SFA Conference, Dublin (Sep 09)
  • "RESTART Business, People, Performance" with Fastleader.com, Tallinn, Estonia (Sep 09)
  • "Brand Genius : The Design Zone" Twickenham Stadium (Sep 09)
  • "Rethinking the Role of the Marketing Director" at ITV, London (Sep 2009)
  • "Customers, Brands and Innovation" in Oriflame, Stockholm, Sweden (Sep 2009)
  • "Marketing Genius Live in Warsaw" with One Good Idea, Warsaw, Poland (Sep 2009)
  • "The Power and Potential of Customer Insights", Fast Track London/Edinburgh (Aug 2009)
  • "Brand Genius : The Insights Zone" Twickenham Stadium, London (Sep 2009)
  • "Turning a downturn into your big opportunity" for TNS, Valencia, Spain (July 2009)
  • "Winning Mindsets" for European Business Leaders, Budva, Montenegro (June 2009)
  • The Market Accelerator Programme, Ipek Kagit, Eczacibasi, Istanbul (June 2009)
  • "50 Strategies for Marketing in a Changing World"  Bucharest, Romania (May 2009)
  • "Outside In: Extraordinary Thinking for Extraordinary Times" London (May 2009)
  • "Strategies for Winning in Tough Times, with Scandinavia Tourist Boards (May 2009)
  • "50 Strategies for Marketing in Times of Crisis and Change", Sofia, Bulgaria (April 2009)
  • "Winning with Innovation in Tough Times", TEB Conference, Istanbul, (April 2009)
  • "Leadership in times of Crisis and Change" with Nordea Bank, Tallin, (March 2009)
  • "Rethinking Innovation in Banking in a Crisis" with Swedbank, Tallin, (March 2009)
  • "Marketing in times of Crisis and Change" McCann Seminar, Riga (March 2009)
  • "Life after the Crisis in 2012" CEO Forum, with Sampobank , Estonia: (March 2009)
  • Making Genuine Impact, Chair of MCT International HR Summit, Istanbul (Feb 2009)
  • Customer Genius, Live in the Baltics, Riga, Latvia with Labsserviss  (Jan 2009)
  • Marketing in Tough Times, MCT International Marketing Summit,  Istanbul (Dec 2008)
  • 10 Strategies for Winning in Turbulent Times, Scottish Enteprise, Glasgow (Nov 2008
  • The Market Accelerator Programme, Eczacibasi Vitra, Istanbul, Turkey (Nov 2008)
  • Marketing in Tough Times with Peter Fisk, Singapore Inst of Management (Oct 2008)
  • World Changing Innovations, Lattelecom Conference, Riga, Latvia (Oct 2008)
  • T-Mobile Designing the Customer-Centric Business, Warsaw, Poland (Oct 2008)
  • The Fast Guide to Branding, The Marketing Fast Track, London (Oct 2008)
  • The Business Innovation Masterclass, The Marketing Fast Track, London (Sep 2008)
  • Brand Genius, Launch at Brand Finance Forum, London, UK (Sep 2008)
  • The Genius Lab, Oriflame Cosmetics CEE Marketing, Vilnius (June 2008)
  • The Genius Lab, Red Bull Sales and Marketing, Budapest, Hungary, (June 2008)
  • Marketing Together 2008, The Eczacibasi Marketing Festival, Istanbul, (June 2008)
  • Marketing Genius Live with Best Marketing, Jūrmala, Riga, Latvia, (June 2008)
  • RBS Inspired Business, Seminar for small businesses, Edinburgh, (May 2008)
  • Innovations for 21st Century, Leaders in Retail Conference, Berlin, (May 2008)
  • The Genius Lab, US Pharmacia with Stamford Global, Warsaw, (May 2008)
  • Richard Branson, Interview at the London Business Forum, London (May 2008)
  • The Marketing Fast Track, Customer Champions, London (May 2008)
  • Out of the Box, Keynote at European SSA Conference, Rome, (May 2008)
  • RBS Inspired Business, Seminar for small businesses, Scotland (April 2008)
  • The Power of Ubuntu, Akbank Executive Summit, Anatalya (April 2008)
  • European HR Conference 2008, Chairman, Istanbul, Turkey (April 2008)
  • The Consumer Agenda, World Retail Congresss, Barcelona, (April 2008)
  • Inspired Insights and Innovations, Visa Business School, Oxford (April 2008)
  • Marketing Genius Live, Masterclass and Book Launch, Zagreb, Croatia, (April 2008)
  • Marketing Genius Masterclass, Stamford Global, Warsaw, (March 2008)
  • Future of Banking, TEB Innovation Workshop, Cumhuriyet Koy (Feb 2008)
  • Customer Futures. TEB Innovation Summit, Istanbul (Feb 2008)
  • The CEO Guide to Inspired Growth, Vistage Network, Ascot, (Feb 2008)
  • European Marketing Conference 2007, Chair, Istanbul, Turkey (Dec 2007)
  • Marketing Genius, Ukrainian EFFIE Awards, Kiev, Ukraine (Dec 2007)
  • Marketing Genius Masterclass, Stamford Global, Bucharest (Dec 2007)
  • The Genius of Brands, Danish Superbrands, Copenhagen (Nov 2007)
  • 50 Genius Innovations, InnoEurope, Tallin, Estonia (Nov 2007)
  • 50 Genius Innovations, InnoEurope, Riga, Latvia, (Nov 2007)
  • 50 Genius Innovations, InnoEurope, Vilnius, Lithuania (Nov 2007)
  • Marketing Genius Live, Europa House, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Oct 2007)
  • The Genius of Marketing, LMG Annual Conference, Paris (Oct 2007)
  • Central and Eastern European Marketing Summit, Budapest (Sep 2007)
  • From the Future Back, Business Strategy Masterclass, Vilnius (May 2007)
  • The New Customer Agenda, Visa Insights 2007 Summit, Rome (April 2007)
  • Marketing Genius at the Croatian EFFIE Conference, Zagreb (April 2007)
  • Marketing Genius Live, 2 Day Masterclass, Budapest, Hungary (April 2007)
  • Introduction to Marketing Genius, London Book Fair, London (April 2007)
  • Building a Customer Centric Business, Saudi Telecom, Riyadh (April 2007)
  • The Pace Quickens, Marketing Conference, Manchester (March 2007)
  • Customers and Convergence, Detica Customer Forum, London (March 2007)
  • Marketing Genius at Estonian EFFIE Awards, Tartu, Estonia (March 2007)
  • Marketing Genius at Lithuanian EFFIE Awards, Vilnius, Lithuania (March 2007)
  • Marketing Genius at Latvian EFFIE Awards, Riga, Latvia (March 2007)
  • Customers and Innovation, Holcim Management Retreat, Novi Sad (Feb 2007)
  • Marketing Genius Live, Belgrade, Serbia (February 2007)
  • Cytec Industries Global Innovation Summit, Chantilly, Paris (January 2007)

    • What they said


    “That was awesome. Peter engaged the audience with fantastic energy and content. He challenged our thinking, focused on our biggest issues, and left us inspired” 

             Jeff Busch, VP Strategic Communications, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) 

    “Peter's keynote was of his usual high standard and very interesting, but most of all his charisma undoubtedly contributed to the success of our event”

          Bernadette Lobjois, Secretary General, The European Lotteries Federation

    “Peter was inspirational. He combined deep insight into our changing world, with practical and innovative ideas for application”

         Darren Marshall, Senior VP, Asia Pacific, The Coca Cola Company (Singapore) 

    "Thanks to Peter we now have a different view of our world. We have now learnt to see our business from the outside in, like customers do, and with many new opportunities too"

         Erdal Karamacan, CEO, Eczacibasi Group (Istanbul)

    "Our delegates were given a glimpse of an exciting new world, where people and technology come together in new ways, and where there are threats and opportunity for all of us"

          Anne Rodven, Event Director, Visit Oslo

    "Peter told an incredibly provocative and compelling story of the new business world, and gave our delegates the inspiration and signposts to think and act differently"

          Steve Gilroy, CEO Vistage International (UK)

    “The presentation was thoughtful and provocative. An excellent bringing together of our business challenges that left our people energised and inspired”

          Peter Thomas, Marketing Director, Accenture

    “Peter provided a very inspiring and informative view of the challenge for GSK to achieve marketing excellence, and a great start to our new marketing community” 

          Mark Russell, Head of Marketing Community, GSK

  • “I am now inspired to use my left and right brain more actively together. I loved learning about Einstein and Picasso, and how they would address today’s business challenges” 

          Johan Svedberg, Head of Brand Development, Ericsson

    “There is a real buzz around the business after your workshop. People found your insights very useful, and your style inspiring” 

          Graham Baker, Head of Marketing development, Ladbrokes plc

    “Peter provided a fantastic start to the conference with his thought-provoking keynote, and continued to be an energetic chairman throughout the two day conference” 

          Selma Celiktemur, Event Organiser, Management Centre Europe

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