About Steve
By Steven Fisher
If someone asked me to describe myself, I would say I am …
a Creative Leader
a Seasoned Entrepreneur
a Soon to be Published Author.
a Sci-Fi Film Maker.
a Social Scientist
a Product Strategist.
a Wannabe Futurist
a Budding Craft Beer Maker
a Coffee, Chocolate and Cheese Lover
a Hot Yoga Practitioner
a Slow Runner
a Fast Eater
and of I’d like to believe, an Innovation Rebel.
Oh yeah and I’m Kinda Funny.**
I have 16 years experience in digital strategy, product marketing, and experience design. My passion centers on the future of work and everything that intersects with it (e.g. design, productivity, social business, innovation). A lot of my work revolves around creating innovative digital strategies and effective user experiences that accelerate and advance business growth and fuel brand advocacy. Over my career, I have had some awesome opportunities to work in a bunch of industries like airlines, hospitality, retail, software and financial services. I feel strongly that my background as an entrepreneur and filmmaker along with working for large corporations, has given me some unique insight into what businesses need to do in order to stay innovative, entrepreneurial and fiscally fit.
Currently, I have a really cool job is Head of the Social Business Practice here at d50 Media in Boston. I get to lead a team of brilliant social marketers and strategists who show clients that social business technologies can actually make them money.
Prior to d50 Media, I was at SapientNitro where I got to do social business strategy and experience design and I got to work with brands such as American Airlines, Coca-Cola, Starwood, Citibank, Wells Fargo, Visa and Network Solutions. Also, I was the creator of the Insight 2012 project, a digital trends and future outlook report supported by original research measuring the “Digital IQ” of the top 50 global brands.
As an entrepreneur, I founded two for-profit companies – the first was Appsolve, an applications discovery marketplace, and Slipstream Aviation Software, an online marketplace for private jet charter sold in 2008 to JIT Airline Resources.
As a Sci-Fi filmmaker, I was co-creator and producer of Browncoats: Redemption, a sequel to Joss Whedon’s feature film Serenity. The project is charity based and produced by Big Damn Fan Films, a 501(c)(3) organization that he co-founded. It was entirely crowdsourced recruiting 160+ people in 200 roles to create a feature length film that raised over $100,000 for five charities.
I truly believe in helping businesses think and act differently, I speak and write a ton on Creative Leadership, Open Innovation, The Future of Work, Transmedia Storytelling, Entrepreneurship and Technology Trends. Some of my recent talks include “Crowdsourcing Creativity for Your Business”, “Creating Breakthrough Products with Open Innovation”, “Unleash the Creative Leader Within”, “The Gamification of Business“, “Working Free: The Future of Work”, ”Transmedia Storytelling for Marketers” and “The Rise of the Engagement Economy”. Currently, I am working on my first book “Work Free: The New Work Order” with co-author Ja-Nae’ Duane, due out in the fall of 2011.
Hobbies and Stuff
When I have slivers of free time I like to fly and successfully land airplanes, play awesomely loud guitar, perform classical piano risking the ears of everyone around me, create mushroom clouds with my gastronomic cooking experiments, travel to exotic places that sometimes require State Department permission and take pictures of anything that will stand still to capture this journey we call life.
The Social Media Thing
Connect with me on Facebook (stevenjohnfisher), Twitter (@stevenfisher), LinkedIn (stevenfisher), Instagram (crazyirish) or Flickr (stevenfisher).