Owner / Partner
Center for Meaning & The Innovation Group
United States
Alex Pattakos, Ph.D., affectionately nicknamed "Dr. Meaning," is the founder of the Center for Meaning, as well as principal of The Innovation Group (www.seedsofinnovation.com), both based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, and author of the international best-selling book, Prisoners of Our Thoughts, which is based on the wisdom of and was personally encouraged by his mentor, the world-renown psychiatrist, Dr. Viktor Frankl, author of the classic best-seller, Man's Search for Meaning. A former therapist and mental health administrator, political campaign organizer, and full-time university professor of public and business administration, Alex has worked closely with several Presidential administrations on public policy matters, and served as an adviser to the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He was also one of the initial faculty evaluators for the Innovations in American Government Awards Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and has been a faculty member at The Brookings Institution. He is a past president of Renaissance Business Associates, an international, nonprofit association of people committed to advancing sound business ethics and elevating the human spirit in the workplace. Alex is also a featured columnist to the "Living" Section of The Huffington Post, www.huffingtonpost.com/living, where he contributes a feature called, "Living with Meaning." For more information, please visit: www.prisonersofourthoughts.com
"You can change without growing, but you can't grow without changing."
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