Podcasts

Relearn Love: Why Changemakers Need Communication Skills That Travel From the Bedroom to the Boardroom

Communication is frequently treated as a “soft skill”. In practice, it is a core infrastructure for social change. Campaign strategy, coalition-building, community partnership, workplace leadership, and intimate relationships all rise or fall on whether people can listen well, speak with clarity, navigate conflict, and repair ruptures when they inevitably occur. This episode with Eri Kardos—founder […]

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Turning 30: Lessons from a Decade of Changemaking

Turning 30 feels both arbitrary and deeply symbolic. It’s just a number, yet it carries weight. It marks the end of a decade that shaped who I am — not just professionally, but personally, intellectually and emotionally. My twenties were not linear or perfectly planned. They were experimental, messy, ambitious and often uncertain. But they

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From Freedom to Impact: Key Insights for Changemakers from a Conversation with Nicky Billou

This episode with Nicky Billou is not a technical discussion about marketing funnels or productivity hacks. Instead, it centres the relationship between freedom and enterprise, the psychological barriers that quietly limit impact, and the ethical reframing of “sales” as a form of service that enables good work to be sustained rather than perpetually under-resourced. Freedom

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When the Economy Needs to Learn When to Stop

For decades, economic success has been measured by growth. Governments celebrate rising GDP. Businesses pursue expansion. Households are often encouraged to equate prosperity with consumption and accumulation. But what if the real challenge of the 21st century is learning when enough is enough? That question sits at the centre of a recent Voices of the

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Do Less, Create More: Leveraging Change in a Busy World

In the social impact space, busyness is often worn like a badge of honour. More workshops. More campaigns. More posts. More meetings. More activity. But what if the real question isn’t “How can we do more?” What if it’s “Where is the leverage?” Leveraging change is about increasing your impact while reducing unnecessary effort. It’s

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From Passion to Traction: Why Changemakers Need Brand, Story, and Strategy

Across the social impact sector, many initiatives begin in the same way: with deep care for an issue, a strong ethical commitment, and a desire to make a tangible difference. Grassroots organisations, community groups, and early-stage nonprofits are often founded by people who are motivated by lived experience or moral urgency rather than formal training

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From Surplus to Solidarity: Why Re-Localising Food Is New Economy Work

When a head of lettuce hits $12 and supermarket shelves start thinning out, something shifts. What once felt like a distant systems issue suddenly becomes personal. Food — the most basic of human needs — reveals just how fragile our global supply chains really are. In a recent Voices of the New Economy conversation, Tianda

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Social Work and Systems Change: Why Care Is Not “Less Than” in the Impact Ecosystem

When people talk about social change, the spotlight often lands on activism, campaigning, social entrepreneurship, or policy reform. These approaches are visible. They feel structural. They promise transformation at scale. But there’s another approach to impact that doesn’t always get the same recognition: social work. Too often, social work is framed as “just service delivery”

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When an aid system stops: what the USAID disruption reveals about power, partnership, and the real work of development

Public debate about foreign assistance often treats “aid” as a single line item. Practitioners know it is not. It is a dense delivery ecosystem—built from government policy, appropriations, contracts and grants, supply chains, local institutions, and the everyday labour of people on the ground (often described as “implementers”). When that ecosystem is abruptly paused or

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Reconnecting People and Nature: A new Economy Beyond Tech Fixes

What Audrey Barucchi’s work reveals about climate literacy, people power, and the limits of technocratic solutions What if the real challenge is not simply finding better climate solutions, but rebuilding the relationship between people, power, and the living world? That question sits at the heart of a rich and wide-ranging conversation with Audrey Barucchi, co-founder

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