Phil LeNir is co-founder and managing partner of CoachingOurselves, a peer coaching program co-developed with Henry Mintzberg that enables managers and leaders to learn from and coach each other, and organizations to build capacity for self-development. LeNir has authored numerous articles and published Social and Informal Learning for Managers. Prior to CoachingOurselves, LeNir spent 15 years in management positions in high tech companies specializing in speech-recognition systems. Phil has a patent on Speech Recognition and Speaker Verification using distributed speech processing, and holds a Masters of Management and Honours Electrical Engineering degree from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.