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. Their 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.