I’m Phyl with a ‘y’

I start companies and movements. I read, write, invest, coach and speak.

I write a newsletter, Rolling Across My Desk, that goes out to about 30,000 readers (archives, testimonials, subscribe).

And, today, I’m known for a few things:
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1) Launching the Collaborative Gain Councils for product and GM leaders in Silicon Valley and around the world; 
2) helping to launch the disciplines of product and CX – see my book Customers Included; 
3) launching pro-bono programs like Slow Art Day and WBRG;
4) and, most recently, for writing Never Search Alone and for launching the free global volunteer-led movement – helping  anyone laid off or let go.

Speaking of the Never Search Alone movement – our north star is simple: make this free program as ubiquitous as AA.

We are making progress towards this north star:
- 50,000+ job seekers helped
- ~5,000+ volunteers
- 5,000+ Job Search Councils launched

There's a book, website, and coverage in Lenny's Podcast, a prominent Silicon Valley podcast.

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Winter 2025/2026
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I am finishing the next book in the Never Alone series.

I'm running Never Search Alone – detailed above. We need more volunteers.

The spring 2026 Council meetings for Collaborative Gain, a trusted community and coaching platform for 2,000+ senior leaders from Google, Amazon, and beyond, are coming up in La Jolla.

I'm coaching CEOs and Chief Product Officers working in some of the top AI companies (it's intense, to say the least).

We are running two more adult sections of the  World of Business Reading Group and now have closed applications for our summer high school and college programs.  

If you or your high-school/college-aged kids are interested in this wonderful class, then sign-up here to be notified:

* high school students
* adults

My volunteer team and are writing up all the reports from the 15th Slow Art Day, a global art movement I launched 15 years ago that helps people learn how to slow down, look at and love art; (Washington Post * Annual Reports).

I’m on a speaking tour about AI and about Never Search Alone and I'm just back from a tour of Asia.  

You can read my full bio.
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And my books are listed in the left navigation.

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