Teacher fellows
Steve Payne
After starting his working life serving his apprenticeship in mechanical engineering, Steve built his career on the back of helping organizations attain their full potential; both the clients he partnered with and organizations he led. After entering the world of management consulting in 1990, Steve held significant roles in global professional service firms, becoming the CEO of REL Consultancy Group, President of Hackett-REL following a transaction, and held key roles at EY, including Deputy Managing Partner for the Transactions Advisory Service, Americas, Global Leader of Strategy & Operation (EY Parthenon), Americas Vice Chair for Consulting, Americas Deputy Managing Partner. Throughout his career, he was an advisor to global Fortune 500 corporations and Private Equity firms.
His interest in Parallel Histories was founded through his relationship with one of the founders, Michael Davies, who had amazing ability to excite people about the potential of Parallel Histories to help solve a significant societal issue. That issue is that people tend to have the perspectives formed based upon their sources of insight, whether that be from the communities where they grew up / live, their sources of history and news and these perceptions can be in complete contrast to others, which can then become flash points. Those flash points can be exacerbated through an inability to have constructive discussions to find a resolution or to at least increase the understanding of other viewpoints. This issue resonated with Steve with what he sees around the world and within businesses today.
Using some of the most contentious historical events as the topics to hone the skills of the youth, to open their minds and help them understand sources of data and potential bias, research, listen and engage is constructive debate, attaining a superpower that will serve them well both personally and professionally and will help societies and businesses alike in the long term.
Steve Payne
After starting his working life serving his apprenticeship in mechanical engineering, Steve built his career on the back of helping organizations attain their full potential; both the clients he partnered with and organizations he led. After entering the world of management consulting in 1990, Steve held significant roles in global professional service firms, becoming the CEO of REL Consultancy Group, President of Hackett-REL following a transaction, and held key roles at EY, including Deputy Managing Partner for the Transactions Advisory Service, Americas, Global Leader of Strategy & Operation (EY Parthenon), Americas Vice Chair for Consulting, Americas Deputy Managing Partner. Throughout his career, he was an advisor to global Fortune 500 corporations and Private Equity firms.
His interest in Parallel Histories was founded through his relationship with one of the founders, Michael Davies, who had amazing ability to excite people about the potential of Parallel Histories to help solve a significant societal issue. That issue is that people tend to have the perspectives formed based upon their sources of insight, whether that be from the communities where they grew up / live, their sources of history and news and these perceptions can be in complete contrast to others, which can then become flash points. Those flash points can be exacerbated through an inability to have constructive discussions to find a resolution or to at least increase the understanding of other viewpoints. This issue resonated with Steve with what he sees around the world and within businesses today.
Using some of the most contentious historical events as the topics to hone the skills of the youth, to open their minds and help them understand sources of data and potential bias, research, listen and engage is constructive debate, attaining a superpower that will serve them well both personally and professionally and will help societies and businesses alike in the long term.
