S11-Ep5: The Accidental Peacemaker: How Philanthropist Steve Killelea Pursues Peace in a Complex World

Guests: Mike Hardy, ILA Board Chair, & Steve Killelea, Founder of Institute for Economics & Peace

It happened unintentionally, as if by accident: working in Africa, philanthropist Steve Killelea realized economics and peace are deeply intertwined.

 

Applying the business and leadership acumen that built his fortune in tech, Steve developed his eight pillars for positive peace. These pillars not only predict the fortunes of nations and quality of people’s lives, but hold leadership mindsets we can all adapt to bring similar stability to our own organizations.

Here's what Steve, Mike Hardy, and host Maureen Metcalf cover:

1. How old metrics of peace actually measured violence – muddying the underlying factors of truly peaceful nations;
2. The eight pillars of positive peace Steve uncovered; and
3. How these principles dovetail with the decades of research at Mike Hardy’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relatiions.

Other episodes you'll enjoy:

• 11 Steps to Help You Heal Divides with Mike Hardy
• Empathy, Dialogue, & a Good Mood: What Leaders Need in Crisis with Ambassador Thomas Greminger & Peter Cunningham
• Work, War, & In-Between: An International Peace Negotiator’s Top Tips for Resolving Conflict with John, Lord Alderdice

 

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RESOURCES:  

Steve’s Institute for Economics and Peace has more information online at https://www.visionofhumanity.org/ and their main website, https://www.economicsandpeace.org/.

 

Mike’s Centre for Peace & Security is online at https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/areas-of-research/peace-and-security/.

 

Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 

 

Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8 . The audiobook version is now available at  https://amzn.to/4dTCleZ.

 

Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 

 

Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:

• Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work by Ancestry CEO Deb Liu, on how to overcome the obstacles women still face in the workplace – especially in tech. It’s in hardback at https://amzn.to/47OUO9E, and audio at https://amzn.to/3Y6EmOQ.
• Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A by Steve Robinson; it’s available in hardback at https://amzn.to/460LnmQ, on Kindle at https://amzn.to/3RVXhZs, and as an audiobook at