Matt Phillips

 About

About Matt Phillips - Serial Entrepreneur, Leading Expert & Keynote Speaker on Innovation and Creativity:

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.

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.

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 Topics

What Matt Phillips Talks About:

The Breakthrough Thinking Toolbox
Discover a set of powerful principles and tools to get unstuck and solve any problem through creativity and innovation

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 the methods of top 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.

Breakthrough Leadership
Learn how leaders can harness breakthrough thinking to supercharge their teams and create a vibrant culture of innovation

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.

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 Recent Publications

    After Matt delivered a knock-out keynote at our premiere annual event in Las Vegas, we brought him back for additional events several years running. Matt always connects with our incredibly diverse global audience, (from 75+ countries). Matt always delivers!

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