Fast Track Impact

In this episode, Mark interviews Rosmarie Katrin Neumann about her work as a knowledge broker​ and asks if we might all as researchers, be able to do more to act as knowledge brokers.Find out more about Rosi's work or find her on Twitter.

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In this episode, Mark explores the range of reasons why people engage with research.He describes research in which he asked the​ people who had engaged with researchers what had motivated their engagement, and these were the most common reasons people cited:Accessing future funding and new business opportunitiesDeveloping new solutions to old problemsIncreasing personal impact/influence through collaboration with researchersIntrinsic motivation to “make the world a better place” or a desire to learn about the issues being researched.Bear these motives in mind, and see if you can work out which of these motives apply to the people you want to work with. By tapping into their motives, and explaining clearly how working with you can achieve what they want, you are much more likely to get the level of engagement you want.

In this episode, Mark gives you a sneak peek behind the scenes of his new book, The Research Impact Handbook​ and tells you how you can write a book in a week.Key points:Reasons why you might choose to self-publish your next book, rather than going with a traditional academic publisher (or not).The personal story behind The Research Impact Handbook, including the sentence that breaks a lifetime of silence and shame.How you can write a book in a week by breaking the task down into manageable tasks that can be compiled into a book easily, in just a week.The key is to confront your fear of putting something imperfect into the world and receiving criticism, and start putting out things that are "good enough" and improving and extending your work progressively - what Jeff Ollson calls "the slight edge".​

In this episode, Mark presents eight powerful questions that will enable you to envision the impacts your research might have. Whether you already have a defined impact goal and plan, or you don't know where to start, these questions will help you get a clear idea of the impacts you could achieve from your research:What aspects of your research might be interesting or useful to someone, or could you (or someone else) build upon to create something interesting or useful at some point in the future?Going beyond your research for a moment, think of issues, policy areas, sectors of the economy, practices, behaviors, trends, etc. that link in some way to your research. What problems or needs are there in these places, and what are the barriers that are preventing these issues from being resolved? Could your research help address these needs and barriers in some way?What is the most significant area of current policy, practice or business that your research might change or disrupt?Which are the individuals, groups or organizations​ that might be interested in this aspect of your research (whether now or in future)?What aspects of your research are they likely to be most interested in, and what would need to happen for this to become more relevant to them? What could you do differently to make your work more relevant to these people? Who would you need help from?If these people took an interest in or used your research, what would change?Might you see changes in individuals, groups, organizations​, or at a societal or some other level? 8. Would these changes be beneficial or might some groups be disadvantaged in some way as a result of your research?

In this episode, Mark shares five ways you can enhance the impact of your research. He illustrates each of the five principles with practical suggestions about ways you can generate impacts from your research.​