Crow's Nest Consulting is growth strategy and innovation advisory practice based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan led by Clay Phillips. Clay is an experienced executive in the fields of open innovation, intelligence, business development, strategy, and alliance management. He founded Crow’s Nest Consulting in early 2014 to serve as an independent advisor for startups, large companies and non-profits. Under the banner of "Innovation Intelligence," he concentrates on the application of practical best practices in transformative situations dealing with new products, services, processes and/or business models. This results in faster and better insights, reduced uncertainty, and higher quality innovation investment decisions. He has developed and led corporate programs in the automotive, technology, health care, materials, financial services, specialty chemicals, energy, and advanced mobility sectors.