George J. Stalk Jr. is currently a Senior Advisor and Fellow at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in the Toronto Office. Until December 2008, Mr. Stalk served as a Senior Partner and Fellow at BCG. Stalk started with BCG in Boston in 1978 and has been with the firm’s Tokyo and Chicago offices as well. Mr. Stalk received a BS in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Michigan, MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Stalk has led BCG’s worldwide innovation efforts and co-authored several best-selling books on business strategy including Kaisha: the Japanese Corporation, Competing Against Time, Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win? and Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now.