The Impossible Network

058: A Million Peacemakers and Nonflict With Stephen Hecht

Dec 10, 2019

51:21

GUEST OVERVIEW

Stephen Hecht co-founder of Million Peacemakers provides inspiration to anyone that doubts their ability to change the world for the better, at scale. Stephen is proof that good intentions, a little creativity, underpinned by clear goals can result in monumental impact, at any age.

Million Peacemakers is a non-profit organization that empowers people to transform conflict into what they call Nonflict. Stephens's inspiration came from his multi-faith work and his own transformation in focussing on the commonality in people over the differences.

Over 225,000 people around the world trained in the first 5 years with a focus on youth, families, and businesses, Stephen is changing the world one peacemaker training session at a time.

Stephen has led Nonflict way workshops in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the USA including Puerto Rico, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Bulgaria, England, Germany, Spain, and Canada.

He was also a speaker at the Vatican in March 2019 for an international conference on Religions and the UN Sustainable Development Goals and was invited back 3 weeks later to speak about creating a culture of peace in the world.

I hope you enjoy this episode of empathy, compassion and conflict resolution with Stephen Hecht

What We Discuss

Growing up in Montreal Canada

Being involved in the family retail business from an early age

Being aware of his seriousness as a child

His uncle’s defining influence

Early conflict in his family business

The defining experience of visiting Israel

Witnessing intra-group conflict

His education path

The early experience of conflict in business as globalization set in

Meeting Dr. Amir Kafir