Good Leaders Podcast Episode 18 – Ashoka’s Marie Ringler

Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons in Liverpool, England, where social enterprise Blackburne House is providing educational courses for underserved women in the local community while innovating its business model to expand its positive impact.This episode was supported by a partnership with Good Finance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to keep sane as the CEO of a mission-driven mental health platform, when spiralling demand puts pressure on your mission? Matty McEvoy, CEO of Together All, talks to hosts Tim West and Liam Black about enshrining purpose in a growing company, being an “accidental CEO” and why he makes time to coach ice hockey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world of business for good is complex and fast moving, and it can be challenging to keep up with the new ideas, technologies and innovations driving positive change. So at Pioneers Post, we’ve decided to call in the experts to help us – and you – to make sense of it all: welcome to the Good Experts Podcast.In the first episode, Pioneers Post’s Anna Patton and co-host Matt Haworth, CEO of Impact Reporting, quiz their guests on one of the hottest – yet most controversial – topics of recent months: artificial intelligence.If you’re running an ethical or purpose driven-business, AI can become a tool for doing more good, but this is often untested ground, so it’s not without risks – notably due to its detrimental effects on people and planet. So, as Anna puts it, “how should we do AI the social enterprise way?”This episode was produced in partnership with Impact Reporting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does an Oscar-winning visual effects artist become an impactful social entrepreneur? From working with high-profile movie-makers to launching a healthcare app that changes millions of women’s lives, Chen Mao Davies shares the very personal journey that drove her towards mission-driven entrepreneurship in the latest episode of the Good Leaders Clinic, hosted by Tim West and Liam Black. Listen to the Good Leaders Clinic podcast, where Tim West and Liam Black invite purposeful business leaders to open up about their real-life issues in candid conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cambridge Social Innovation Prizewinner Daryl Chambers, founder of InPower Academy, believes the philosophical and spiritual side of martial arts means it can be a more effective vehicle for supporting young people than other sports. This episode is part of a series featuring the extraordinary winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2024, presented by the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Trinity Hall Cambridge. The 2024 winners were interviewed for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation's Social Ideas podcast, which Pioneers Post is reproducing here as part of its media partnership to support the 2025 edition of the prize. Find out more, or apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2025, here (deadline 17 April): https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Youth centre closures have left too many of London’s young people without crucial networks of support. Through Sirlute, which offers creative arts programmes, JR Josephs aims to give those young people transferable skills they need to achieve their goals. This episode is part of a series featuring the extraordinary winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2024, presented by the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Trinity Hall Cambridge. The 2024 winners were interviewed for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation's Social Ideas podcast, which Pioneers Post is reproducing here as part of its media partnership to support the 2025 edition of the prize. Find out more, or apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2025, here (deadline 17 April): https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She hates small talk and has a taste for bold decisions: Ashoka’s Europe leader Marie Ringler talks to Tim West about her journey from politician to social innovator, what it takes to achieve systems change and why people’s feeling of powerlessness is the biggest poison in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons at Kendal Mountain Festival in the Lake District, England, where socially innovative outdoor wear brands, including Patagonia and others, are pushing forward circular economy solutions to halt the industry’s damaging effects on the environment that its enthusiasts want to continue to enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cambridge Social Innovation Prizewinners Camilla Rigby and Rachel Mostyn, co founders of Women’s Work Lab, say they want to build a team of women they’ve supported into work so strong they can hand the organisation over to its community. This episode is part of a series featuring the extraordinary winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2024, presented by the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Trinity Hall Cambridge. The 2024 winners were interviewed for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation's Social Ideas podcast, which Pioneers Post is reproducing here as part of its media partnership to support the 2025 edition of the prize. Find out more, or apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2025, here (deadline 17 April): https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when it all goes wrong? In this episode, Dominic Llewellyn, co-founder of Numbers for Good, speaks about the personal impact of the sudden closure of his organisation – in a story he hopes can “help others see how hard challenges can lead to new beginnings”.Listen to the Good Leaders Clinic podcast, where Tim West and Liam Black invite purposeful business leaders to open up about their real-life issues in candid conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.