Changemaker Q&A

Across movements for justice, sustainability, and equity, a common frustration emerges: the feeling that change is not happening fast enough, or worse, that progress is going backwards. This perception can be deeply demoralising for those working in social change spaces, particularly when effort, urgency, and moral conviction appear to yield limited visible results. Yet this […]

As the planet continues to warm and weather patterns become ever more unpredictable, families everywhere face a daunting question: how do we bring up children in the midst of a climate emergency without surrendering to anxiety? In a ground‑breaking conversation between host Tiyana J and climate journalist‑parent Bridget Shirvell on the Changemaker Q & A podcast (produced by the

n a time when public discourse often feels like a battleground rather than a bridge, the question for many change‑makers is not simply “How can I convince others?” but rather: “How can I engage with others so that we truly understand one another?” In the latest episode of Changemaker Q & A, I tackled this question head‑on:

In today’s rapidly evolving social‑impact landscape, volunteer engagement is undergoing a fundamental shift. In a recent conversation on our podcast, volunteer‑engagement specialist Karen Knight shared insights drawn from her own career—one that began unexpectedly, with an 11‑year‑old reading bingo numbers at her grandmother’s care home—and has led to advising organisations on how to build robust volunteer programs. From

In the latest episode of Changemaker Q&A, host Tiyana J invites listeners to dive deeply into a question many aspiring activists and professionals face: “How do I find clarity about my changemaking niche or purpose?” It’s a question rooted in the drive to make a difference—but one that rarely has a simple answer. In this article, we

In this episode of Changemaker Q & A, produced by the School of Social Impact, host Tiyana J. sits down with Dr Sheldon to explore a concept he calls guerrilla scholarship—an inventive approach to research and knowledge creation outside the conventional academy. What emerges is a provocative argument for rewiring how we define scholarship, who

When we contemplate social change, our minds often gravitate to concrete campaigns—laws changed, organizations launched, protests held. But as discussed in this week’s episode of Change Maker Q&A, social movements inhabit a deeper layer: they are the living undercurrent that fuels campaigns, shifts culture, and reconfigures power. What is a social movement? In the podcast

When Greg Daley first entered the beauty industry, he wasn’t thinking about saving the planet. He was helping hair stylists make videos for Instagram. But over time, what he saw behind the scenes left him disillusioned — endless plastic packaging, wasteful formulas, and an industry “engineered to be wasteful so you buy more of it.”

In the latest episode of Changemaker Q & A, host Tiyana J tackles a critical yet often muddled trio of terms in the field of social change: systematic, systemic, and systems change. While the words may sound similar, she argues they describe very different pathways—and conflating them can obscure the strategies needed for lasting impact.

In this week’s episode of Changemaker Q&A, we venture into the mind of polymath and “human development engineer” Jim Marshall — a man who believes he has mapped the hidden architecture of human behavior. His system, Septemics: Hierarchies of Human Phenomena, proposes that nearly every aspect of human life can be understood through natural laws