The Black Diamond Podcast
Ep. 25 Christopher Udall: Clarity Road & The Profitability of Peace
October 13, 2020
In this episode, Christopher shared how he built non-profit organization, Rebuild for Peace. A Non-Profit organization focused on providing vocational education, peace training, leadership and entrepreneurship training to the youth which are mostly refugees, he also explained how the way to a more peaceful world can be profitable and his passion for changing the world and building peace in the wake of violent conflict.
Risk averse is the antithesis of Christopher. He is a tenacious doer who finds a need and leads. He founded a nonprofit in the Middle East countering extremist recruitment by providing vocational, entrepreneurial, and leadership paths amongst refugees in order to rebuild their lives, communities, and peace. He has conducted infiltrative financial investigations in child organ and sex trafficking in Romanian brothels and rural communities in order to effectively and sustainably counter the inflow of child recruits. He has also lived among and served the indigenous populations of Southern Mexico. He is a TEDx speaker, 20 under 40 entrepreneurial award winner, and a former player of unicycle basketball. As an expert in growth strategy he recently co-founded a growth strategy facilitation company Clarity Road to guide teams in thinking better together and transforming uncomfortable challenges to extraordinary success.

If you could create a better and more peaceful world, what would you change? In this episode, Christopher shared how he built non-profit organization, Rebuild for Peace. A Non-Profit organization focused on providing vocational education, peace training, leadership and entrepreneurship training to the youth which are mostly refugees, he also explained how the way to a more peaceful world can be profitable and his passion for changing the world and building peace in the wake of violent conflict.

Quotes:

·         “So when I talk about peace and the profitability of peace, it’s how we deal with conflict. And dealing with conflict within a corporate structure within a corporate culture, and changing or allowing a change in that culture to be more collaborative.”
·         “And I think the core change in there was that economic peace finding a different economic structure to fund the use development and lifestyle, these more extremist causes that are often too profitable.”
·         “My dream is to become an expert in the field of youth economic development.”
·         “I believe that vocational education is the mindset of challenging your identity. Because you can take something that's broken, something that's unused, you can recycle it, repurpose it and create something both functional and beautiful with that”

Resources and Links:

https://www.clarity-road.com/

https://www.rebuildforpeace.org/

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