Unreasonable Mentors
Mark Eckhardt
CEO, Entrepreneur, Using Ai to Resolve Conflict Globally, Zen Buddhist priest, Designer and Community Builder
Mark is an Unreasonable Mentor. Mark has participated in 2 programs, including Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2025, and has advised over 26 Unreasonable companies.
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 Consilience in 2020 to revolutionize conflict prevention and transformation. The platform operationalizes Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyze recorded anecdotes and other data forms, enabling faster and more precise sensemaking and decision-making by mapping diverse data to a holistic, dynamic model of complex systems. This first-of-its-kind platform offers a unified view of the current landscape, detects signals, and automates processes, optimizing resource coordination for improved planning and execution.
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.
