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 non-profits 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.