After the tragic loss of pet fish Lumen, a normal well adjusted six-year-old has the spark of an idea that later creates Big Fish Interactive. Big Fish founder Andrew Reid realizes that Lumen didn’t take his life without leaving a note …but rather, he had a keen awareness that his life could be far bigger if he just thought outside the limits of his glass bowl.

The experience leaves Andrew asking how this story would have been different if Lumen only knew how to ask for support.

1980s – Setting the stage for Big Fish

Big Fish founder Andrew Reid spends the decade honing his philosophy on the workplace that would later form the foundation of Big Fish Interactive’s workshops. Andrew gains a degree in Corporate Sociology to support his focus on alternative training practices. He later works with the world’s largest outdoor adventure company before launching Big Fish.

1995 – Spawning Big Fish

Andrew Reid incorporates Big Fish Interactive. His vision was to build a company that would align corporate vision and employees in order to help businesses accelerate growth and achieve world class results. The phrase Thinking Outside the Bowl™ comes to describe the Big Fish team’s approach to corporate training that is creative and leadership based.

2000 – Big Fish gets Bigger

Attracted to our approach to training, many of North America’s corporate leaders and high-tech up-and-comers turn to Big Fish to provide the tools and strategies to get their teams beyond surviving the workplace and into a high performing, thriving state. Over the next four years, the Big Fish team grows to include many of the finest facilitators founder Andrew Reid has had the pleasure to work with.

2001 – Big Fish trades swimming for paddling

The Big Fish Dragon Boat Team begins as a way to showcase the Big Fish approach to teambuilding (and it doesn’t hurt that Andrew Reid loves to paddle). The team quickly becomes a competitive threat and has been winning races ever since.

2004-05 – Big Fish swims the Atlantic

Having successfully run training programs in Europe over the years, Big Fish establishes its global base at famed 15th century Guthrie Castle in Scotland. Big Fish offers Guthrie Castle to its North American and European clients as a venue for corporate retreats and meetings.

2005 – Big Fish recognized as an industry leader

Known for its expertise on the subject of high performance leadership, the Big Fish team has been busy this year speaking to community groups on the topic including the Future Leaders of Ontario, as well as to other not-for-profit organizations.