http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/psfk-consulting-featured-on-fortune-com.html Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:42:18 +0000 This morning, PSFK Consulting was featured on Fortune.com.  In the article, writer Reena Jana highlights our unique approach to consultancy and our journey from being a blog to a diversified business serving some of the world’s most well known brands. What makes PSFK so different? “[They] are more curious than your standard trend watchers,” observes Chris Riley, founder of Portland, Oregon-based marketing communications consultancy Studio Riley, a former head of strategic planning at ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, and a former strategic planning director in Apple’s (AAPL) graphic design and marketing communication group. “Piers has the insight of humility, theRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/will-trader-joes-continue-to-act-small.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:07:24 +0000 ...or will its growth force it to act less like a neighborhood store - and more like a large corporation?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/worlds-most-admired-companies.html Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:28:14 +0000 Fortune Magazine has released its survey of the top 50 most admired companies in the world. Their top 10: 1 Apple 2 Berkshire Hathaway 3 Toyota Motor 4 Google 5 Johnson & Johnson 6 Procter & Gamble 7* FedEx 7* Southwest Airlines 9 General Electric 10 Microsoft For such a global subject, though, there seem to be a large American bias. It does raise interesting questions about what it means to be admired. Some companies (Apple, Nike) are expected; others (Bank of America, Goldman Sachs) are bound to raise a few eyebrows given the current economic situation. What qualities doRead more...]]>