Chris’s purpose is to help people reach their full creative potential. His vision is to enhance humanity’s creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. Today, his mission is to grow imaginative teams and ideas through design thinking and the psychology of collaboration—placing him and his clients at the frontier of collective creation.

Chris Chapman helps people and teams rediscover their creative edge—and use it to take bolder steps, solve real problems, and work better together.

His story started early. As a kid, Chris was selected for a pilot program called Creative Learning Resource, built to protect creativity in young students. It opened his eyes to the power of imagination, collaboration, and learning by doing—and that spark never left.

He studied art and design at Illinois State University, then began his Disney career at the frontlines—literally scooping ice cream in the parks. He worked his way up to designer and art director in Theme Park Development, eventually becoming Disney’s first Head of Global Creativity & Innovation.

In that role, Chris partnered with teams across Disney Parks, Imagineering, Pixar, Disney Studios, ABC, and beyond—using design thinking, storytelling, and emotional intelligence to help leaders and creatives solve complex challenges together. His work spanned marketing, product, brand, HR, legal, operations, finance, and many creative other roles.

Chris went on to launch Imaginology, a hybrid creative agency and consultancy focused on helping companies solve brand and product problems through design sprints. Alongside it, he now speaks and facilitates around the world—leading keynote talks, workshops, and leadership off-sites that help people unlock clarity, collaboration, and creative courage. Since then, he’s worked with Oscar-winning producers, world-class animators, Fortune 500 executives, startup founders, psychologists, researchers, food and beverage brands—even surgical teams—bringing creative clarity to moments of growth, tension, or transformation.

When he’s not speaking or sprinting with teams, you’ll find him hiking with his wife and twin boys in the Rockies, fly fishing, writing a children’s book, or playing tabletop games with friends.