Terry Young

Terry Young is a cultural strategist and entrepreneur who helps leaders and organizations move beyond incremental change to achieve bold, meaningful breakthroughs. He is the founder of Possibility Sciences, an emerging discipline and operating system focused on how ambitious ideas survive the journey from vision to activation.

Young is the former CEO and founder of sparks & honey, a cultural intelligence consultancy within Omnicom that pioneered the use of AI-driven platforms to analyze emerging cultural signals at scale. Through his work, he has advised Fortune 500 companies, governments, and NGOs on innovation, future-focused strategy, and long-horizon transformation.

Earlier in his career, Young launched one of the first digital startups inside IPG, scaling it into a top-50 digital agency, before joining McKinsey & Company in Greater China, where he worked with senior leaders and helped incubate new ventures across Asia. He is a frequent speaker and writer on the structural shifts challenging today’s institutions, including why bold ideas stall, how organizations escape incrementalism, and how leaders deploy capital with courage in uncertain environments.

Young’s perspective is shaped by both executive leadership and lived systems work, including 27 months volunteering in Uralsk, Kazakhstan, supporting microcredit initiatives, small-business incubation, and community programs. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in New York City with his partner and son.