Peter J. Korsten is the global leader of Thought Leadership & Eminence. Among other things he leads the IBM Institute for Business Value, the business think tank of IBM. He has written many leading pieces of IBM thought leadership and is in charge of the largest face-to-face field research projects, including the Global C-suite Study, with participation of over 35,000 CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs, CHROs and CSCOs since 2002.Additionally he has led many major cross-IBM initiatives like… Show more Peter J. Korsten is the global leader of Thought Leadership & Eminence. Among other things he leads the IBM Institute for Business Value, the business think tank of IBM. He has written many leading pieces of IBM thought leadership and is in charge of the largest face-to-face field research projects, including the Global C-suite Study, with participation of over 35,000 CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs, CHROs and CSCOs since 2002.Additionally he has led many major cross-IBM initiatives like 'Digital Reinvention and 'The Virtual Enterprise', where we united all of IBM key assets and skills together around one uniting theme: 'Experience'. In the 'Customer Experience Lab' where IBM Research and IBM Consulting come together IBM presents the latest for our clients, while in the 'Digital Front Office' we brought together some 5,000 consultants working in the areas of strategy, change, CRM and marketing and sales.The IBM Institute for Business Value has steadily moved up the ranks of recognised thought leadership organisations in the world, and has ranked #1 more often than any other consulting organization in the performance rankings as assessed by Source Global, the world's pre-eminent thought leadership analyst organisation.To see what the IBM Institute for Business Value has published please visit www.ibm.com/ibv Show less

Peter J. Korsten was IBM’s and before that PwC Consulting’s Leader of its Corporate Strategy, Organization Design and Change Management practice in Europe, Middle East and Africa (which grew to some 1,500 consultants, 200 partners and Associate Partners as well as 200 support staff during this period) and was a member of PwC Consulting’s Global Strategy Leadership Team as well as of the EMEA leadership team.In addition, in 2005 he was asked to lead two global efforts, overseeing over… Show more Peter J. Korsten was IBM’s and before that PwC Consulting’s Leader of its Corporate Strategy, Organization Design and Change Management practice in Europe, Middle East and Africa (which grew to some 1,500 consultants, 200 partners and Associate Partners as well as 200 support staff during this period) and was a member of PwC Consulting’s Global Strategy Leadership Team as well as of the EMEA leadership team.In addition, in 2005 he was asked to lead two global efforts, overseeing over 5,000 staff woldwide: the Customer Value Strategy practice and the Digital Front Office initiative.Mr. Korsten joined PwC Consulting in 1998 and has concentrated his work on consumer goods and industrial companies throughout Europe. He is a recognized expert in contemporary strategy and consulted for a wide array of Fortune Global 500 organizations. In addition, he worked on important strategy issues for governmental and leading public organizations. Mr. Korsten has spoken on strategic subjects on numerous occasions around the world. Show less

Member of the Board of Directors of the world’s foremost authority in benchmarking, best practices, process and performance improvement, and knowledge management. Sharing this position with colleagues like Tom Peters, Tom Davenport and others. Details here: https://www.apqc.org/about and here: https://www.apqc.org/apqcs-board-directors.

Leader of the Strategic Change Consulting practice for Europe, Middle East and Africa with 200 Partners and Associate Partners and 1,500 consultants.

Management of large strategy and complex change assignments in a wide range of industries (banking, telecommunications, industrial, government) across Europe.

Product and Brand Manager, with regional and pan-European responsibilities (a.o. launching the Hot Wheels brand in Europe).

Conducted financial and market analyses on potential and existing investments at one of the oldest and largest Venture Capital firms in the Netherlands.

Member of the 'Technology and Society' research group together with some 100 scientists, journalists and business persons from around the world that were interested in the long term effects of human exploitation of natural resources of planet earth. The Club of Rome famously commissioned the "Limits to Growth' project (MIT, 1972).

Public Relations Officer for the Royal Dutch Army and spokesman for a Brigade General, continued for 20+ years as Reserve Officer reaching the rank of 1st Lieutenant.