Chris Chapman believes the best ideas come from people who feel safe enough to care and brave enough to try. He believes in—Daring Play.

That’s why everything he does—whether with a team of execs, animators, or surgeons—starts with people first and experiment always. He creates space for teams to stop performing and start solving, using empathy, curiosity, and play to spark bolder thinking and real results.

Today, Chris is the founder of Imaginology, a hybrid creative agency + consultancy that helps organizations unlock their team’s creative potential and build ideas that move. He’s also the former Head of Creativity & Innovation at Disney, where he led global work across Parks, Imagineering, Pixar, ABC, and more—using design thinking and storytelling to help teams tackle complex challenges together.

His mission is to grow imaginative teams and ideas through the science of collaboration and the art of creativity. But his story started well before Disney. 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, teamwork, and learning by doing—and that spark never left.

He studied art and design at Illinois State University, then started at Disney scooping ice cream in the parks. From there, he rose to become a designer, art director, and ultimately Disney’s first-ever global leader for creativity and innovation.

Since then, Chris has led keynotes, workshops, and design thinking sprints around the world—helping teams evolve how they work together as they break out of broken systems and into work that feels bold, clear, and human. His clients include Oscar-winning producers, Fortune 500 execs, startup founders, researchers, and frontline teams across industries.

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