All About Chris

Chris Denson is an award-winning innovation advocate, marketer, host, and humor-inspired content creator.

As both a storyteller and practitioner, he is an expert at uncovering unique business insights, cultural touchpoints, technological applications, imaginative thinking, and the emotional intelligence required to bring groundbreaking ideas to life. From Fortune 50 brands to startups to government entities, he has applied his expertise to help individuals and organizations increase their innovation potential.

He is the author of the 2018 Amazon #1 bestseller, "Crushing the Box: 10 Essential Rules for Breaking Essential Rules," creator and host of the Innovation Crush podcast series, and recently served as the first-ever US Director of Innovation at MullenLowe, an award-winning IPG creative agency.

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Throughout his career, Chris's insights, projects, and perspectives have been featured in media outlets around the globe.

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Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is an annual event in Cannes, France, that celebrates and awards excellence in advertising and creative communications. The festival brings together the global creative community to learn, network, explore groundbreaking ideas, and recognize the world's best creative work.

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Summer Huddle

The CAPS 2024 Summer Huddle, held from June 24-26 at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, will bring together innovative educators for collaboration, networking, and learning. Attendees will visit profession-based learning spaces, engage with students and industry partners, and explore Kansas City's vibrant culture.

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September

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Volcano Innovation Summit

The Volcano Innovation Summit is a global initiative that serves as a platform for exchanging visions and experiences, aiming to incorporate Latin America into the global network of innovation, science, and culture. The event brings together world leaders from various fields for crossover conversations and inspiration in Antigua, Guatemala, from August 31st to September 2nd, 2024

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Innovation Crush

With Chris Denson

Chris conceived Innovation Crush in collaboration with Levity Entertainment Group in 2014. Birthed as a cross between The Daily Show and Fast Company, the show went on to amass over 750,000 global subscribers, and numerous partnerships with the likes of Delta Airlines, The 4A’s, WalMart, The White House Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and C2 Montreal and WeWork to name a few – while becoming the foundation for his 2018 #1 Bestselling book “Crushing the Box: 10 Essential Rules for Breaking Essential Rules.”

With over 200 episodes, Innovation Crush has featured inspiring individuals and organizations ranging from Alexis Ohanian and Nolan Bushnell to Cindy Gallop, WeWork CEO Miguel McKelvey, Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, Arcade Fire’s Marika Anthony Shaw, Bassem Youssef, OkGo’s Damian Kulash, NASA, DJ Skee, Orlando Jones, Jean Case, Adidas, NBA’s Matt Barnes, Spotify, L’Oreal’s Connected Beauty Incubator, and 100s of others.

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