As a Co-Founder and CEO of COMMON, a worldwide organization that builds and promotes ideas to accelerate social innovation, Eckhardt has helped companies spanning 27 countries and 38 industries generate $100B+ in organizational value and immeasurable impact.

Eckhardt founded One Million Truths in 2020 to build solutions to resolve racial and ethnic conflict with AI. The pioneering approach was developed over years of research and conversations with Fortune 500 executives, celebrities, academics, and everyday people. The initiative seeks to record one million stories about conflict from people worldwide.  

 

Eckhardt serves on the President’s Council at Search For Common Ground, the world’s largest peacebuilding organization, and is a Board member or advisor to organizations globally. Fast Company, Forbes, TIME, and more have featured Mark. He is an ordained Zen Buddhist priest.