Bio

Christopher Adams, PhD is a performance consultant and designer with over 25 years of experience helping organizations engage people, apply processes, and implement technology to improve human and organizational performance. He is principal consultant for Performance Change Strategies LLC and also partners with Handshaw, Inc. to provide learning and performance consulting services. In 1999, Chris was co-inventor of Handshaw’s award-winning software, Lumenix – one of the first content-managed platforms for e-learning.

Chris frequently writes and speaks on the topic of performance consulting, has been a featured speaker for a number of ATD and ISPI chapters, and has facilitated sessions at regional and international conferences such as ATD ICE, Training Magazine, THE Performance Improvement Conference, and the Coast Guard HPT Conference. Chris co-authored the September 2019 TD@Work: Focus First on Results. He holds a doctorate in Instructional Design and Technology from Old Dominion University, where his research focused on strategies employed by successful human performance practitioners in their work.

Chris has been personally endorsed by Jim and Dana Robinson, authors of Performance Consulting: A Strategic Process to Improve, Measure, and Sustain Organizational Results, to carry forward their work building performance consulting capability in talent-focused teams.

Services Offered

Chris is available for projects including:

• Performance Consulting
• Instructional Design
• Program Facilitation
• Needs Assessment
• Public Speaking
• Program Evaluation

Educational Sessions Offered

The following are topics on which Chris can speak at chapter and regional professional association meetings. Each session can be presented in 1 to 1 ½ hours of time in live or virtual settings.

• Stopping the Jump-to-Solution Approach
• Chain of Evidence: Prove Learning and HR Solutions Contribute to Business Results
• What to Do When Learning is Not the Answer
• Building Sustained Client Partnerships
• Transitioning Your Department to Get into the Strategic Performance Business

Speaking Exerience

Local/Regional Events

• ISPI Bay Area/Boise State, Chapter Meeting – 2021
• ATD Kentuckiana, Half-Day Workshop 2019

National/International Events

• ATD International Conference and Exposition - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022
• Learning Solutions Digital Experience - 2021
• Training Conference and Expo - 2018, 2019, 2020,2022
• HR.COM Inspire - 2020
• ATD Learn Now - 2019

Publications

Becoming a Strategic Learning Business Partner
February 2021 - Training Industry
https://trainingindustry.com/articles/strategy-alignment-and-planning/becoming-a-strategic-learning-business-partner/

Consider the White Room: Curating Meaningful Learner Experiences
November 2020 - Training Industry Magazine
Co-author: Beth Hughes
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/trainingindustry/tiq_20201112/index.php?startid=22

Challenges Faced by Certified Performance Technologists in Conducting Needs Assessment
April 2020 - Performance Improvement Quarterly
https://doi.org/10.1002/piq.21329
Co-authors: - John Baaki - Jill Stefaniak
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/piq.21329

TD@Work: Focus First on Results September 2019 - ATD Press
ISBN: 9781950496020
Co-author: Beth Hughes
https://www.td.org/td-at-work/focus-first-on-results

(Chapter Contributor) Work the Problem: How Experts Tackle Workplace Challenges
June 2018 - ATD Press
Book Author: Kathryn Stafford
https://www.td.org/books/work-the-problem