Workplace MBTI consultant; co-author of Type Talk

Otto Kroeger (1933–2013)

1933-04-15 – 2013-10-07 · Profile updated 2026-08-31 · imINFJ

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Biography

Otto Kroeger (April 15, 1933 – October 7, 2013) was an American management consultant. With Janet M. Thuesen he co-founded Kroeger Associates (later Kroeger Ott / KO Associates) and delivered MBTI-based workshops to corporate, government, and military clients from the 1980s onward.

He was active in the Association for Psychological Type International (APTi). He did not create the MBTI instrument itself.

Representative Works

• Type Talk (1988, with Janet Thuesen)
• Type Talk at Work (1991, with Janet Thuesen)
• 16 Ways to Love Your Lover (with Janet Thuesen)

Reputation

Kroeger is known as a popularizer of applied MBTI in workplace settings, mainly through the Type Talk books.

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