Phil Gilbert

Phil Gilbert, Sr. (Austin, Texas) is best known for leading IBM's transformation as their General Manager of Design. After selling his third startup to IBM in 2010, Phil was asked by IBM in 2012 to use Design Thinking, coupled with Agile, to update how IBM's teams worked. The transformation became the subject of an HBS Case Study, the documentary The Loop and feature articles in the New York Times and Fortune Magazine.

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