Chris Hutcheson is the President of IDEA Ltd., a firm he founded in 1988. He has over 24 years of experience in the field of adult education and facilitation. His front-line and management experience in financial and other business sectors has helped him link the development of organizations’ human resources to their operational performance.

He has facilitated programs in team building, performance management, leadership, interpersonal communication, motivation, creative problem solving, presentation skills, and trainer training. Chris has designed a wide range of technical and soft skills programs, and has developed resources in areas such as job sharing, flextime, and part-time work.

Chris worked with General Electric’s Workout! facilitation team, and has used similar processes to facilitate team problem solving for a variety of private, public, and not for profit sector clients. He has been involved in several 360° Performance Feedback initiatives with large Canadian financial organizations, and has facilitated feedback sessions with individuals and groups in Canada and the United Kingdom. Recently he worked with Desjardins General Insurance Group to develop and facilitate a Corporate Foundations program to help employees understand and increase their alignment with their mission, vision, values and organizational culture. He has worked with a variety of participants, from unionized personnel in manufacturing and government to senior executives in the financial sector.

Chris is also a fine art photographer whose work is in private and corporate collections in and around Toronto. For more information and to view his work please visit http://chrishutcheson.com