Peter Skarzynski

Peter Skarzynski ia a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products & retail, healthcare, energy,financial services and transportation companies. His primary focus has been to help client organizations renew their core business through competence leverage and break-through business concept innovation. He has led and delivered client work in Asia, The Americas and Europe.

Before co-founding ITC, Peter was CEO, Chairman and a founding Director of Strategos, a firm initially Chaired and founded by Professor Gary Hamel. Strategos was sold in 2008. He also served as a Vice President in the strategy practice of Gemini Consulting and held several senior-level consulting roles in its predecessor, the MAC Group.

A frequent corporate and conference speaker, Peter has written thought pieces for The Wall Street Journal, CEO Magazine and The Drucker Foundation. His 2008 book Innovation to the Core (with Rowan Gibson) was the first to describe how large organizations can build and sustain a company-wide innovation capability. His book The Innovator’s Field Guide (Josey-Bass, forthcoming March, 2014) details client proven methods and approaches to address the most critical innovation challenges.

Peter holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing and a BA (with Honors) in Policy Studies and Economics from the University of Chicago.