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Phillips & Co.

Matt Phillips

Innovation & Creativity Expert; Innovation Agency President; Second City Trained Improviser

Matt is an expert on accelerating innovation inside organizations. He has 20+ years of corporate innovation experience, advising companies like Pepsi, Paramount, Verizon and even the TSA. As a graduate of Second City's advanced program in improv, Matt is a gifted entertainer and world-class innovation expert.

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Matt Phillips is a leading expert on innovation. For over 20 years, he’s advised leaders across the Fortune 500 and at large nonprofit organizations.

Matt is the founder of a leading innovation consulting firm, Phillips & Co., based in Chicago whose clients include Paramount Pictures, Pepsi, Dell, Verizon, Purina, the World Trade Centers Association, the TSA, and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Matt’s team delivers an accelerated approach to innovation – using fewer and smarter steps to unlock teams’ potential, solve challenges in less time, and define the future of organizations, faster.

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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THE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING TOOLBOX
Powerful principles and tools to get unstuck and solve challenges 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. Matt 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 core principles of Breakthrough Thinking.
- 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, regardless of your role in the organization.

BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP
BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP
How leaders can harness breakthrough thinking to supercharge their teams and create a vibrant culture of innovation.

Dive into a set of mindsets and methods used by breakthrough leaders and their teams to think outside of the box, triumph over
setbacks and launch innovations that make a massive impact.

Drawing from over 20 years of research and hands-on work with Fortune 500 and nonprofit leaders, Matt shows how applying creativity and innovation to your leadership can lead to new prorducts, new services and growth across your organization. We’ll also explore ways to unlock the full potential of those you serve to produce a culture that delivers breakthrough results.

The audience will leave with:

Five leadership principles and 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 the people around you to grow their creative and innovative abilities.

Confidence to apply the tools of innovation in your leadership.
WORKSHOP NO. 1 THE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING TOOLBOX WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP NO. 1 THE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING TOOLBOX WORKSHOP

Take a hands-on deep dive into the tools from the Breakthrough Thinking Toolbox in this interactive and immersive workshop.

In this high-energy session, Matt delivers short talks and stories on key innovation principles and tools, followed by interactive exercises that engage the entire room. The workshop challenges attendees to develop breakthrough solutions through creativity and collaboration. Attendees will leave with new Breakthrough Thinking tools, and a plan to put the concepts immediately into action in their own work.

Duration: 1-3 hours, half-day or full-day.
Designed for: Conferences and corporate events
Available: In-person or virtual
WORKSHOP NO. 2 THE CONFERENCE-SCALE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP NO. 2 THE CONFERENCE-SCALE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING WORKSHOP

Bring an interactive experience with breakthrough thinking tools to your entire conference at once.

Matt and his team have designed hands-on workshops for conference audiences of up to 2,500 people, in sessions that get attendees interacting with others at their tables, making new connections at a level that rarely happens at large events. One part keynote and one part massive workshop, Matt’s Conference-Scale Breakthrough Thinking Workshops are an unforgettable way to reimagine the programming at your next event.

Duration: 1-3 hours, half-day or full-day
Designed for: Large events
Available: In-person or virtual
WORKSHOP NO. 3 CUSTOM BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGY SESSIONS

WORKSHOP NO. 3 CUSTOM BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGY SESSIONS

Develop actionable breakthrough strategies and new product pipelines in a fully custom session.

Matt and the team at Phillips & Co. have led hundreds of breakthrough strategy workshops for the world’s leading brands. In a Breakthrough Strategy engagement, we first lead a discovery process to understand your organization’s current situation, and market needs. Then, we’ll custom-design the strategy session and materials around your target outcome. Following the workshop, Matt’s team will deliver a robust report with all of the group’s ideas, a set of top-ranked concepts and an action plan to move the ideas forward into breakthrough doing.

Duration: Half-day, full-day or two days
Designed for: Organizations seeking to drive change
Available: In-person or virtual

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"After Matt delivered a knock-out job as a keynote at our premiere annual event in Las Vegas, I brought him back for additional events in New York several years running. Matt always connects with our incredibly diverse global audience, (from 75+ countries) and his ideas on innovation were new, time after time. Matt always delivers!”

Alex Brown, Director, The World Trade Centers Association

“Every two years we look for the world's leading experts on innovation. We've now brought Matt to Helsinki four times to deliver keynotes and workshops. His mix of expertise and entertainment is unbeatable.”

Ari Björkqvist, Haaga-Helia University (Helsinki, Finland)

"Inspiring. Insightful. Engaging. Innovative. Matt hit every point we would have wanted in a way that was entertaining and educational at the same time. Our attendees brought the spark back to their organizations and Matt's energy was the reason.”

Chris Runde, Director, The American Association of Airport Executives

“We love referring Matt to our clients. His keynotes are full of fascinating examples, enthusiasm and actionable ideas. He nails it every time.”

Josh Linkner, Founding Partner, ImpactEleven, 2x NYTimes bestselling author

“Matt is incredible! He's our most re-booked keynote speaker ever. We've now brought him back to our annual event six times. Matt consistently delivers inspiring ideas that stick with our teams for months and even years. He's a gifted speaker…mixing stories, big ideas and humor unlike anyone we've ever had at our events.”

Luciana Ramsey, Vice President, Bath & Body Works

“Thank you! The feedback from the team after the workshop was fantastic. We came away energized and confident that we have a set of new skills that will further strengthen our group.”

Mari Balestrazzi, Vice President, Americas, Hyatt

“Once again you have served the Foundation beautifully – great job today. I know it will have lasting positive impact on the team.”

Michael Osso, CEO, The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

“Matt has the rare ability to distill complex insights into understandable and inspirational information, and he does it in an entertaining way. We have engaged Matt and his A+ team again and again for brand building strategy work, engaging ideation and keynote presentations over nearly 20 years. And I will continue to seek him out for the most discerning and challenging projects and audiences.”

Ron Swidler, Chief Innovation Officer, The Gettys Group

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THE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING TOOLBOX

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“Every two years we look for the world's leading experts on innovation. We've now brought Matt to Helsinki four times to deliver keynotes and workshops. His mix of expertise and entertainment is unbeatable.”

"Inspiring. Insightful. Engaging. Innovative. Matt hit every point we would have wanted in a way that was entertaining and educational at the same time. Our attendees brought the spark back to their organizations and Matt's energy was the reason.”

“We love referring Matt to our clients. His keynotes are full of fascinating examples, enthusiasm and actionable ideas. He nails it every time.”

“Thank you! The feedback from the team after the workshop was fantastic. We came away energized and confident that we have a set of new skills that will further strengthen our group.”

“Once again you have served the Foundation beautifully – great job today. I know it will have lasting positive impact on the team.”

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THE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING TOOLBOX

BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP

WORKSHOP NO. 1 THE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING TOOLBOX WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP NO. 2 THE CONFERENCE-SCALE BREAKTHROUGH THINKING WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP NO. 3 CUSTOM BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGY SESSIONS

Topics

“Every two years we look for the world's leading experts on innovation. We've now brought Matt to Helsinki four times to deliver keynotes and workshops. His mix of expertise and entertainment is unbeatable.”

"Inspiring. Insightful. Engaging. Innovative. Matt hit every point we would have wanted in a way that was entertaining and educational at the same time. Our attendees brought the spark back to their organizations and Matt's energy was the reason.”

“We love referring Matt to our clients. His keynotes are full of fascinating examples, enthusiasm and actionable ideas. He nails it every time.”

“Thank you! The feedback from the team after the workshop was fantastic. We came away energized and confident that we have a set of new skills that will further strengthen our group.”

“Once again you have served the Foundation beautifully – great job today. I know it will have lasting positive impact on the team.”

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