Social Impact Pioneers

Andrew Means is at the leading edge of social impact data. A self confessed: “cynical optimist. “ This podcast interview with Andrew explores why data is everything - only with good impact measurement can real scalable and lasting social change be made. Andrew is the Senior Director of Global Impact Data Strategy for Salesforce.org – the social enterprise arm of digital giant Salesforce. He is als...

Meet award winning social business founder, radical thinker and business model disrupter Andrew Hunt. Andrew joins us during the first few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic to share his insights on supply, demand; and what it is to be a small business with a value chain in the global south during the crisis. Andrew generously shares his very personal life story with us, taking us from nervous brea...

As the globe continues to grapple with the coronavirus epidemic, we hear from an expert in frontline healthcare data – Jon Jackson. The technology Jon and his company Dimagi have created has already helped during the Ebola crisis. During this podcast we explore how data can assist us today. Whether it is contact tracing, data collection, decision support, and information dissemination – Jon explai...

Long live collaboration. This podcast hears from Paul Skinner, award winning marketeer, leadership coach and author of: ‘Collaborative Advantage: How collaboration beats competition as a strategy for success.’ Paul eloquently explains why the paradigm of competitive advantage in the world of business may be blinding us and holding back business success. He advocates for human purpose and our innat...

Professor Colin Mayer CBE has devoted his life, learning and career to the role of business in society – from governance and taxation to responsible and ethical business decision making. Listen to this podcast and learn from Professor Mayer’s experience and expertise as one of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School core MBA leaders, a Fellow at the British Academy and adviser to the UK governmen...

The title of University Professor is bestowed on less than 30 people at Harvard University. Cass Sunstein is one of them. Professor Sunstein is the former Administrator of the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs during the Obama administration 2009 to 2012. He regularly testifies before congressional committees on many subjects, and he has been involved in constitution-makin...

Activist innovators and intrapreneurs’ inspiration, thought leader and all-round cheerleader is our podcast interviewee this week - Maggie De Pree. Maggie is the co-founder of The League of Intrapreneurs, co-author of The Social Intrapreneur: A Field Guide for Corporate Changemakers. Intrapreneurs, she says: “are people working for a better world from inside business and other organisations.” Magg...

Meet Payal Dalal, Vice President for Global Programs at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. The Center is the philanthropic hub of Mastercard and is focused on developing new partnership models and activating Mastercard assets. During this podcast Payal shares the latest thinking in groundbreaking partnerships and highlights some of the Center’s key partnerships including with Accion to mo...

Meet Siamak Sam Loni – a man on a mission to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals through the power of young people and their global expertise. Sam is part of The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (the SDSN) and founder of their Youth programme. Sam shares how he and the SDSN are championing and supporting young people’s innovations tackling some of the world’s toughest challenges....

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, interviews Natalia Pshenichnaya, Head of GSMA’s AgriTech programme. It’s tough enough to keep up with mobile technology innovations in developed markets, where there are multi-million-pound marketing budgets to promote them. Listen to this podcast to learn about the cutting-edge mobile technology developments taking place in e...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Hilary Cottam. From a Guerrilla army in Ethiopia to leading welfare social entrepreneur – Hilary Cottam joins our podcast to share her wisdom. Hilary’s career may be varied, but her understanding of the welfare reform challenge is far-reaching. During this podcast Hilary explains the problems facing modern society an...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Ravinol Chambers, Founder, Producer and Director at Be Inspired Films. Have you ever considered setting up a social enterprise or pondered how to deliver really impactful communications? If the answer is yes, then this podcast is for you. Ravinol Chambers, Founder of the B Corp, Be Inspired Films, takes listeners on...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, interviews Naureen Hyat, Co-Founder and Business Head at Tez Financial Services and Visa Everywhere Initiative: Fintech Challenge Winner. During this week’s Spotlight interview podcast, we speak with Naureen Hyat. Naureen is a serial entrepreneur ranked on the Women in FinTech Powerlist 2017. She is co-founder of Tez Financial...

“Be the change you want to see in the world” Mahatma Gandhi This podcast marks the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. On this day, 2nd October 2019, India will begin a nationwide ban of single use plastic. Prathyusha Parakala, Hydrabad millennial, radio DJ and climate ambassador, joins us to share her first-hand experiences – about the wave of social and environmental actions sweeping across India....

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Hannah Green, Director of Corporate Responsibility at GSK. During this podcast Hannah explores the importance of business purpose to GSK. Why it helps to bring the business together, drive strategy and create focus. And also, why ensuring authenticity behind business purpose is essential. Hannah examines the importan...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, interviews Joan Bohan, Executive Director Finance - Retail (France, Benelux & French Speaking Africa) and Founder of Dysnie Intrapreneur Venture at The Walt Disney Company. This week, Katie Hyson, Business Fights Poverty’s Director of Thought Leadership talks with Joan Bohan. During this podcast you’ll hear Joan explain how sh...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, interviews Hamzah Sarwar, Global Insight Lead at RB Health. If you are innovating propositions from within business to create social and commercial value – this podcast is for you. If you are trying to scale the success intrapreneurs have across your organisation – this podcast is for you. Meet Hamzah Sarwar. By day he is Glob...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Influence and Leadership Coach, Marcus Druen. Marcus Druen, part strategic advisor, part executive coach, with experience supporting senior execs at the likes of Telefonica O2, Lidl, KPMG and Microsoft shares all through this informative podcast. Marcus is normally found deep within multi-nationals, helping senior le...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Helen McEachern, CEO, Cherie Blair Foundation. This week our spotlight interview meets with Helen McEachern, CEO of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. Listen to this podcast to find out the latest developments in gender equality and what businesses can do to encourage greater women’s economic empowerment and why...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership, interviews Henning Ringholz, Senior Executive at the Small Foundation. Meet Henning Ringholz, Senior Executive for the Small Foundation and the focus of this week’s Business Fights Poverty Spotlight podcast. Henning and the Small Foundation are on a mission to help end extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting initiatives that improve the busi...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, interviews Neil Gaught, Author of "Core: How a Single Organising Idea Can Change Business for Good". This podcast with management consultant and author Neil Gaught provides insight into what it takes to deliver business purpose authentically and embed it meaningfully and consistently across business. During our Spotlight inter...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Shabnam Hameed, Operations Officer - Gender at the International Finance Corporation. During this week’s spotlight interview you will hear from one of the globe’s most experienced thought leaders in developing, implementing and evaluating workplace responses to domestic, family and sexual violence – Shabnam Hameed. L...

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, speaks with Paul Polak, Co-Founder and CEO of Windhorse International. Paul is perhaps the godfather of social enterprise in emerging markets. He has dedicated the past 35 years of his life as well as his money and considerable entrepreneurial talents on find lasting scalable solutions for those living on less than $2 a day. N...

During this podcast – Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership, talks with Anna Johnson – Business Fights Poverty’s new editor in chief. Anna, who has just turned thirty, gives her perspective on why collaboration is essential to addressing big social and environmental issues; her surprise by how much positive impact big business can deliver; and how younger people entering the workforce are lo...

Amanda Gardiner, Vice President of Global Sustainability & Social Innovation at the world’s largest education company Pearson joins us for this week’s Spotlight interview. During this personal and insightful podcast we get an insider’s perspective on the opportunities Amanda is seeing for Pearson and other businesses to integrate sustainability into core business. Amanda shares details as to why s...