Phil  Terry

Phil Terry



Phil Terry, Founder and CEO of Collaborative Gain, Inc., runs The Councils, a collaborative network of senior digital leaders, which he began in 2002 with Marissa Mayer and others. Phil has written about collaboration and the power of asking for help in the Harvard Business Review and recently published a book, "Customers Included," about learning from and collaborating with customers. With The Councils, Phil developed a community of hundreds of senior leaders who help each other run better, more innovative, more customer-inclusive companies. Member companies range from Apple to Walmart, from Bank of America to Wells Fargo, from startups like Squarespace to industry leaders like Google. In his spare time he founded and runs two innovative nonprofits that are creating collaborative communities in art and literature—Slow Art Day and Reading Odyssey. He lives with his wife in Brooklyn