Matt Phillips
Matt Phillips is a leading expert on accelerating innovation. For over 20 years, he’s advised leaders at Fortune 500 companies and large nonprofit organizations on adapting to change and driving innovation.
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Matt is the founder of a leading innovation consulting firm based in Chicago. His firm’s clients include Paramount Pictures, Pepsi, Dell, Verizon, Purina, the World Trade Centers Association, the TSA, and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Matt and his team believe in using an accelerated approach to innovation – using fewer and smarter steps to unlock teams’ potential, solve challenges faster, and define the future of organizations, faster.
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Matt Phillips is a leading expert on innovation and breakthrough thinking.
For over 20 years, Matt has been an in-demand advisor to the Fortune 500, large nonprofits and rapidly growing mid-sized companies. He’s delivered over 500 high-energy keynotes and workshops across North America and Europe. His innovations have reached over 25 million people.
As the founder of Phillips & Co., a Chicago-based innovation think tank, Matt leads a team of researchers, strategists and inventors who help organizations invent new products, services and businesses. Their clients include Paramount Pictures, Dell, Verizon, Purina, Pella, the National Science Foundation, the TSA, and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.
Matt holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Conservatory Program in Improv at The Second City.
Breakthrough leaders think differently. When they get stuck, they turn to a proven set of tools that help them reframe their challenges, imagine bold new ideas, and quickly launch solutions into the real world.
In this high-energy keynote, innovation expert Matt Phillips shares the principles and tools he’s used with leading organizations during his 20+ years as a C-suite innovation advisor, as well as innovation methods used by breakthrough leaders across a range of industries. He shows that the true power of breakthrough thinking is that it unlocks breakthrough doing…the ability to quickly turn disruptive ideas into growth and impact.
The audience will leave with:
- The five principles of Breakthrough Thinking to tackle challenges of any size.
- Stories of real-world leaders who faced strategic challenges and how they unlocked breakthrough solutions.
- A set of specific tools you and your team can use to move from breakthrough thinking to breakthrough doing.
- The confidence to apply the tools of innovation immediately following the program.
Dive into a set of mindsets and philosophies used by breakthrough leaders and their teams to think outside of the box, triumph over setbacks and create innovations that make massive impact. Learn crucial ways of thinking that turn problems into opportunities and specific strategies to inject new creativity and innovation throughout your organization. See how to avoid being a roadblock to creativity and how to unlock the full potential of those you serve.
The audience will leave with:
- Five leadership principles mindsets to allow you to spot and seize upon innovation opportunities faster.
- Inspiring stories that show how real-world leaders solved problems by slightly shifting how they see the world.
- Ways to empower their teams to grow their creative and innovative abilities.
- Confidence to apply the tools of innovation in your leadership.
Breakthrough leaders think differently. When they get stuck, they turn to a proven set of tools that help them reframe their challenges, imagine bold new ideas, and quickly launch solutions into the real world.
In this immersive workshop, innovation expert Matt Phillips shares the principles and tools he’s used with leading organizations during his 20+ years as a C-suite innovation advisor, as well as innovation methods used by breakthrough leaders across a range of industries. He shows that the true power of breakthrough thinking is that it unlocks breakthrough doing…the ability to quickly turn disruptive ideas into growth and impact.
The workshop is offered as a 1-2 hour experience as well as half-day and full-day program. Workshops can be delivered as a follow up to Matt’s keynote or as a standalone experience. Each workshop is customized to fit your industry and/or organization.
The audience will leave with:
- The five principles of Breakthrough Thinking to tackle challenges of any size.
- Stories of real-world leaders who faced strategic challenges and how they unlocked breakthrough solutions.
- Experience using a set of specific tools they can use to move from breakthrough thinking to breakthrough doing.
- The confidence to apply the tools of innovation immediately following the program.
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