Cut the generic corporate BS.
Training and coaching for the animation, VFX, and games industries, that speaks your language.
Training and coaching for the animation, VFX, and games industries, that speaks your language.
Yeah, you're doing okay...
But you, and your team have
the potential to be
the potential to be
TOTALLY. F*CKING.
AMAZING
and we’d love to help get you there!
WHY?
WHY?
We love creative-technology industries.
The storytelling, the creativity, the artistry, the problem-solving and innovation, the sheer audacity of what gets made.
The storytelling, the creativity, the artistry, the problem-solving and innovation, the sheer audacity of what gets made.
We also know the cost.
The burnout.
The brilliant people who quietly check out.
The leaders who are exceptional at their craft and struggling with everything around it.
The seemingly impossible choice between doing what feels right for people and doing what feels necessary for business.
The burnout.
The brilliant people who quietly check out.
The leaders who are exceptional at their craft and struggling with everything around it.
The seemingly impossible choice between doing what feels right for people and doing what feels necessary for business.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
Your people are your greatest asset, and the gap between how they're performing and what they're truly capable of is almost never a technical problem.
It's a human one.
And that's exactly where we work.
Your people are your greatest asset, and the gap between how they're performing and what they're truly capable of is almost never a technical problem.
It's a human one.
And that's exactly where we work.
Creativity + Technology + People Skills = MAGIC!
Creativity + Technology + People Skills = MAGIC!
Every company, every team, every leader has unrealized potential.
Our mission, the thing that fuels our fire, is turning that potential into something real, measurable, and with wide-reaching impact.
Our mission, the thing that fuels our fire, is turning that potential into something real, measurable, and with wide-reaching impact.
How We Help Organizations Like Yours
How We Help Organizations Like Yours
Your talent are your competitive advantage.
When they're burned out, checked out, or stuck in patterns that limit them and the people around them, everybody loses — the individual, the team, and the bottom line.
We work with studios, production companies, and creative-technology organizations who are serious about getting the most from their people — not by pushing harder, but by developing the human skills that make exceptional performance sustainable.
What that looks like in practice:
Executive and Leadership Coaching
For your supervisors, producers, department heads, and senior leadership.
These are the lynchpins in your organization. When they're at their best, and work proactively to develop and execute strategies, adapt to setbacks, convey confidence to clients, and communicate and collaborate in ways that inspire and engage all around them, business feels easy!
Coaching is how you support them (and you) to be at, and to stay at their best. It's where they get to vent, process, question, learn, grow, and come out with greater clarity.
Confidential, rigorous, and grounded in your specific organizational context, not generic corporate platitudes.
If they need feedback. And who doesn't. We're trained in ethical stakeholder engagement, which means we work closely with you, the manager, and other close colleagues to help them receive, understand, and take ownership of the changes they need to make. One of only five coaches in Canada trained certified in this powerful methodology*.
Team Facilitation
When you assemble a team of superstar performers, you could just let them figure out how they work most effectively together ...if you have loads of time and zero pressure.
Or we could stop leaving it to chance and start proactively fast-tracking that integration. Directly addressing the cross-functional friction, the misaligned priorities and personalities, the multi-site teams who've never quite gelled.
We create the conditions for real conversations — productive, sometimes uncomfortable, always purposeful — so your teams come out clearer, stronger, and more effective.
Leadership and Human Skills Development
From one-off workshops to multi-week programs, all designed around your specific culture and challenges.
Theory alone changes nothing. Our experiential approach means participants leave with practical tools they'll actually use, and the self-awareness to know when to reach for them.
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If you're not sure which options best fit your situation, let's talk! We're here to listen and work with you to find the best solutions for the biggest impact and highest return on your investment.
*Quantum Endeavors Certified Executive Coach.
How We Help People Like You
How We Help People Like You
You're good at what you do. Probably better than you give yourself credit for — which, honestly, might be part of the problem.
You might be a supervisor who got promoted because of your excellence at your craft and are now figuring out the leadership part.
Or a department head who's delivering the results but running on fumes.
Or a senior leader who knows there's a version of you that could be more effective, more available and supportive of your people, more open to calculated risk, and a lot less exhausted.
You don't need to be broken to work with a coach. You need to be ambitious, honest, and willing to step outside of your comfort zone.
Common things we might work on together: owning your value without needing to prove it, having the hard conversations you've been avoiding, setting boundaries that actually stick, leading in a way that gets the best out of your team without hollowing you out, and figuring out what you actually want next in your career.
When you're ready to stop playing small, we should talk.
What Makes Us Different?
What Makes Us Different?
Plenty of coaches and training providers can talk about leadership. Very few have actually lived it in your world.
Our founder, Fred Chapman has spent over 25 years in and around the animation and VFX industry - artist, technical artist, supervisor, department head, leading global teams and contributing to 60+ productions from Harry Potter to Dune.
You don't need to worry if he understands your context, relates to your challeges, gets the nuances of the terminology you use everyday.
He's delivered countless assets and shots, and been integral to the development of industry leading pipelines.
He's lead departments in multi-nationals and start-ups.
He's been in the room when shows falls apart and people lose their cool.
But here's the thing that actually makes the difference: For most of his career Fred may have been technically excellent, but he was also emotionally underdeveloped. So much so that he didn't even know it.
It was only in his late thirties and forties that he finally started to learn the self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and related skills that were a game-changer in his ability to authentically and successfully lead people.
He knows what it feels like to operate without these vital yet shockingly rare skills, and he knows what becomes possible with them.
That's not a background. That's a blueprint.
His approach is rigorous. In addition to professional certifications from the Co-Active Training Institute and International Coaching Federation, Fred is one of only five coaches in Canada certified in the Quantum Endeavors - Executive Coaching methodology. He brings stakeholder engagement, ethical 360 feedback, and co-created development planning and execution for outcomes that are transformative and measurable.
And his style? Caring, direct, and maybe sometimes a little cheeky. He'll create a safe, confidential container, and then gently dare you to do the thing you've been avoiding. Or to put it another way, he'll metaphorically hold your hand while kicking your butt!
The clients who thrive with Fred are the ones who are ready to be challenged by someone who's genuinely in their corner.
If that sounds like what you've been missing, let's find out.
If Fred is unable to meet your exact requirements, we partner with several other world-class professionals with a range of specialist expertise. We'll make sure you're fully supported with your best fit partner for wildly successful outcomes.
Let's do this!
Let's do this!
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