Turn Challenges into Opportunities Through Reframing
Empowering organizations and individuals to foster inclusion, reframe workplace challenges, and build high-performing, psychologically safe cultures that support well-being.
Why Reframe?
At Safe Haven Dialogues, Reframing is more than just a mindset—it’s a transformative methodology developed by Dr. Frank L. Douglas to change how individuals and organizations approach conflict, adversity, and change.
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Learn More About Us“Reframing is the process of finding a better problem to solve—one that, when addressed, creates meaningful change not just for the individual, but for the entire organization.”
— Dr. Frank L. Douglas
What Reframing Can Do:
- Build Emotional Resilience – Shift from stress to strength during times of change.
- Improve Communication – Reduce conflict and enhance collaboration by moving from the Aggrieved 'I' to the Productive 'We.'
- Advance Inclusion – Create psychologically safe cultures where all voices are valued, empowering individuals to contribute freely.
- Drive Organizational Impact – Develop leaders and teams that thrive together, focusing on collective growth and sustainable success.
Our Solutions
Workshops
Experience our interactive, hands-on workshop designed to help teams reframe challenges, boost emotional intelligence, and cultivate innovative solutions. Participants gain actionable strategies to enhance workplace culture, improve collaboration, and foster resilience.
Webinars
Engage in dynamic discussions and expert-led sessions on workplace resilience, inclusion, and leadership. Our webinars provide practical insights to help professionals navigate change and strengthen their impact in their roles.
Speaking Engagements
Bring Dr. Frank L. Douglas to your organization or event for an engaging, thought-provoking session that challenges perspectives and inspires meaningful action on culture, inclusion, and resilience.
Online Courses
Gain the tools to reframe workplace challenges, enhance your emotional intelligence, and achieve your desired outcomes, all while fostering a more inclusive and equitable environment.
Community
A safe space for both students and professionals to engage in meaningful discussions on how reframing challenges can boost resilience and empower them to find productive solutions.
 Meet the FounderÂ
Dr. Frank L. Douglas Ph. D., M.D.
Summary of Dr. Douglas’ Career and Contributions
- Extensive Experience:Â Over 30 years in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and
entrepreneurship. - Biopharmaceutical Leadership:Â Held executive roles in major and smaller biopharmaceutical companies, including Executive Vice President at Aventis SA (now Sanofi), overseeing global research, development, regulatory affairs, and marketing support.
- Successful Drug Development:Â Led teams responsible for the development and marketing approval of significant drugs like Allegra, Lantus, Taxotere, and Actonel.
- Strategic Advisory and Board Roles:Â Served as Chief Scientific Advisor for Bayer Healthcare AG and held board positions for several biopharmaceutical companies, notably as Chairman of Alantos
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (acquired by Amgen). - Senior partner emeritus of PureTech Ventures.
- Former member of: The Battelle Memorial Institute Board of Directors.
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Advisory
Council (NIH). - BioOhio Board of Directors.
- Governor Kasich’s Ohio Medical Corridor initiative.
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Awards and Honors
Douglas is the recipient of the 2007 Black History Makers Award and has been honored twice as the Global Pharmaceutical R&D Director of the Year, in recognition of his leadership and success in improving innovation and productivity in pharmaceutical companies. He has also received the Medal of Honor and an Honorary Professorship from the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. He was honored as one of Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® and GQ Magazine’s 2010 Rock Stars of Science™, and received the Caribbean Luminary Award from the American Foundation for The University of the West Indies and the Executive of the Year Award from the local affiliate of Sales and Marketing Executives International. Other awards include the NOBCChe Lifetime Achievement Award, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest’s Odyssey Award, and the Louis B. Russell Memorial American Heart Association Award.
Douglas is the senior partner emeritus of PureTech Ventures. He is a former member of the Battelle Memorial Institute Board of Directors, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Advisory Council (NIH), BioOhio Board of Directors, Governor Kasich’s Ohio Medical Corridor initiative, national chairman of the Value-driven Engineering and U.S. Global Competitiveness initiative, and was a member of the Lehigh University Board of Trustees.
Academic Training
Douglas holds a BS in Chemistry from Lehigh University, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, and an M.D. from Cornell University. He did his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at the National Institutes of Health.
What Our Clients Say
This was a transformational workshop for me. If you have not attended one, I highly recommend
—Dr. Merry Lindsey, Dean, Meharry Medical College
As an African American going into the medical field, discrimination is still very prevalent to this day, so being able to take an uncomfortable
situation and reframe it to a positive outlook and not react out of emotion is how I would apply it to my life. Stopping to think first/
—Graduate Student, Meharry Medical College
It was revolutionary!Â
—Elizabeth Decker, Board of Directors, SIM South Florida
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