About GRI
Our Story
The Global Restoration Institute (GRI) was co-founded by Ken Hyatt, J.D., a seasoned leader in conflict resolution and global negotiation and policymaking, and Thomas Hübl, PhD, an expert in collective trauma healing.
Together, they are developing a new approach that integrates mediation and negotiation with collective trauma healing.
GRI understands the underlying cause of conflict: the legacy of historical wounds and resulting unresolved societal trauma. War, famine, genocide, oppression, and forced migration are examples of historical events which continue to constrict present and future possibilities, perpetuating division, violence, and suffering in the world.
With their expanding team, Ken and Thomas focus on identifying and engaging key "acupressure points" within public, private, and civil sectors to facilitate processes that influence policymaking, diplomacy, and leadership to create impact across communities and regions.
Grounded in a sense of interconnectedness, reverence for collective history, and the transformative power of awareness, GRI creates the conditions for possible new futures to emerge.
The GRI team pursues its mission through partnering with global leaders and influential organizations such as the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA).
Global Restoration Institute is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Vision
A world with a deeper capacity to heal the wounds of our past, restore fractured relationships of our present, and enable possible new futures to emerge.
Mission
We help leaders understand and transform the deep societal wounds that drive division, polarization, conflict, and war—fostering stronger relationships, healthier communities, and lasting pathways to peace.
About the Founders
The Global Restoration Institute (GRI) was co-founded by Ken Hyatt, J.D., a seasoned leader in conflict resolution and global negotiation and policymaking, and Thomas Hübl, PhD, an expert in collective trauma healing.
Ken Hyatt
Co-Founder | Executive Director
Ken Hyatt, J.D. is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Global Restoration Institute. A seasoned leader in conflict resolution and global negotiation and policymaking, Ken co-founded GRI alongside Thomas Hübl to develop a new approach integrating mediation and negotiation with collective trauma healing.
Ken is co-founder of CMPartners, a negotiation and conflict management advisory and training firm, and a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. He is an Adjunct Lecturer on International Dispute Settlement Methods at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and a member of board and faculty of Negotiation Strategies Institute, a Harvard Negotiation Project-sponsored NGO working with leaders in the Middle East to enhance their capacity for effective negotiation practice and results.
Previously, Ken served as Acting Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade for the U.S. Department of Commerce. He was a Principal and Partner at Conflict Management Inc., a negotiation training and consulting firm founded by Harvard Law Professor Roger Fisher, co-author of the seminal negotiation work Getting to YES. He was also a management consultant for Bain & Company.
Ken holds a B.A. from Yale College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and is a Fulbright/DAAD Scholar.
Thomas Hübl
Co-Founder
Thomas Hübl, PhD is Co-Founder of the Global Restoration Institute and an internationally recognized expert in collective trauma healing. Together with Ken Hyatt, he is developing a groundbreaking approach that integrates trauma healing with conflict resolution and mediation.
Thomas is the author of influential books such as Attuned and Healing Collective Trauma, and conducts large-scale events and seminars on collective trauma recovery with over 90,000 online participants. He is Founder of the Academy of Inner Science, a CEO and Leadership advisor for Businesses and NGOs, and an Advisor to global consulting companies.
He is an Advisor and guest faculty for organizations and academic institutions worldwide such as Harvard University's Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School. Together with his wife Judith, he co-founded the NGO Pocket Project, which addresses and integrates collective trauma throughout the world, including trauma-informed leadership, post-genocide reform, "global social witnessing," and resilience-building methods.
Board of Directors
Team & Senior Advisors
Our Partners
At GRI, we believe a Healed & Healing World requires collective effort. Our mission thrives on partnerships with experts in diplomacy, trauma, conflict resolution, and policy. By collaborating with others, we amplify impact and drive meaningful change where it's needed most.
GRI nurtures an extensive network of relationships with individuals and organizations working at the forefront of negotiation, mediation and peacebuilding efforts across the globe. We partner with governments, security and development organizations, humanitarian organizations, NGO's, governments, and academic and training institutions to disseminate cutting edge, trauma-informed practices to critical conflict resolution processes.
The Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA)
The Swedish government agency for peace, security and development. As part of Sweden's international development aid, FBA promotes peace in conflict-affected countries. FBA offers training and advice and conducts research in order to strengthen peacebuilding and governance. The organization also deploys civilian personnel to peace operations and election observation missions primarily led by the UN, EU and OSCE. The agency is named after Count Folke Bernadotte, UN's first peace mediator.
www.fba.se
The Bridgeway Group
A non-profit organization working in partnership with conflict-affected communities and regions to provide long-term capacity-building for effective, sustainable and non-violent management of social and community conflict. The Bridgeway Group is especially committed to supporting parties and communities in under-resourced contexts and to capturing and disseminating lessons learned from its work around the world. To accomplish this goal, the Bridgeway Group works with individuals and organizations, offering training in negotiation, communication, leadership and peacebuilding skills. In addition, the Bridgeway Group strives to establish community best practices in negotiation and conflict management through coaching, strategic advice and innovative tools.
www.bridgewaygroup.org
CMPartners
A consulting and training firm specializing in human interdependence management. The firm empowers its private and public sector clients to succeed in their missions by building the capacity to manage the complexities of human interactions. CMPartners brings together an exceptional team of pioneers in the fields of influence, negotiation, leadership, strategic communication, conflict management, stakeholder engagement, innovation and joint problem solving, leveraging methods first conceived at the Harvard Negotiation Project to design, advise and facilitate high-stakes transactions and transitions.
www.cmpartners.com
The Pocket Project
Founded by Thomas Hübl and his wife, Yehudit, the Pocket Project is a non-profit organization bringing a trauma-informed approach to foster resilience and healing in areas impacted by natural disasters, conflicts and other emergencies. The Pocket Project is dedicated to growing a culture of trauma-informed care through training, consulting and social impact projects that contribute to the global restoration movement.
www.pocketproject.org
Mobius Executive Leadership
Mobius Executive Leadership is a premier leadership development firm focused on transformational change. It has been a pioneer in trauma informed coaching and consulting and integrating emotional and spiritual development into executive education.
www.mobiusleadership.com