This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.
Phil Terry, founder of Collaborative Gain, Slow Art Day and Reading Odyssey, talks about what he calls an "ordinary superpower" - i.e. a superpower that is available to everyone and has been behind his ability to co-create so much in the worlds of business and the arts. Phil, who co-authored the book “Customers Included”, also talks about his next book, which is about identifying and learning from leaders around the world who use this ordinary superpower. He concludes by inviting the audience to help him find, interview and learn from these thousands of leaders.

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. Phil is on the advisory board of the Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the University of Southern California's Institute for Innovation. He advises startups including Stella Service and others.

In his spare time he founded and runs two innovative nonprofits that are creating collaborative experiences in art and literature - Slow Art Day and Reading Odyssey. He lives with his wife in Brooklyn.


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