About 
Barry Patterson

I’ve taken an adventurous approach to my career since my early 20’s, when I co-led the underwater research for the University of Hawaii’s Humpback Whale Project for two years. Today, my experience spans leading innovation, strategy, organizational change, and growth initiatives across technology, healthcare & wellness, consulting, and sustainability organizations.

I’ve built tech and sustainability start-ups, and a non-profit environmental education organization; consulted in sustainability, tech, and healthcare; trained over 100 MD’s, nurses and clinic staff in emotional and stress management; and have given Keynotes and spoken to thousands of people. What has driven my interesting career is the decisions that I made after surviving death, twice.

At my core I’m a creative who likes to develop ideas and people. Current projects:

The Adventure Mindset
An innovation framework to help leaders and organizations accelerate adaptability, elevate and reskill talent, and pioneer new markets.

Chart Your Own Path
For universities, he created the Chart Your Own Path Keynote and Workshop to highlight alternative and innovative routes to creating a work-life rich with meaning and fulfillment. This approach guides students in discovering where and how to begin their career journey, and empowers professionals to reinvent themselves or to get unstuck.

10 Days of Gratitude
For years, I'd read about and worked different gratitude practices. The data is there -- people who consistently practice gratitude experience a wide range of mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and interpersonal benefits. Fantastic, but what are the best ways to "do" gratitude? That's what I spent months figuring out. This successful Kickstarter synthesized the best gratitude practices into my 10 Days of Gratitude course.