High-Impact Growth

Dr. Kelly Collins and Gillian Javetski join co-hosts Jonathan Jackson and Amie Vaccaro for a candid conversation about the market for digital health products.

Kelly returned from the World Health Assembly with a burning question: How can we teach global health to buy software as a commodity, the same way they might buy drugs or diagnostic tools? How might we peel back the influence of aid and donor funds on digital health so that we can build tech products for global health that matter?

In this conversation, Gillian, Kelly and Jonathan each share their approaches to maintaining focus on solving problems and creating value for the digital health user across CommCare, SureAdhere and CommCare Connect. 

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Jayson Morris, Jonathan’s coach, joins the podcast for a candid dialogue on the challenges of social enterprise leadership amidst increasing uncertainty. Jayson shares his journey from investment banking to international development and eventually to coaching, highlighting his experience with burnout and neuroadrenal fatigue. He emphasizes the importance of tapping into the body’s innate wisdom and using tools like the Enneagram and self-compassion to support leadership. The discussion emphasizes how somatic awareness can help leaders manage stress, build trust and presence, and lead teams through complex challenges. Jonathan and Amie share their experiences with incorporating somatic techniques into their leadership styles, illustrating the shift from performance-driven to capacity building. This episode is packed with tools and techniques, drawing from somatics and a wide range of powerful frameworks to help each of us lead positive change.

Related Resources:

Jayson Morris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-morris/

Jayson Morris coaching website: www.withinsight.coach

Brene Brown

Amy Edmondson | Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management

Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff

Locating Yourself - A Key to Conscious Leadership

Tara Brach | Meditation, Emotional Healing, and Spiritual Awakening

Jack Kornfield | Buddhist Monk

Sharon Salzberg | Meditation Pioneer

Positive Intelligence | Saboteurs Test

Inside Out 2

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Hosts: ⁠Jonathan Jackson⁠ and ⁠Amie Vaccaro

In Part 3 in our series on AI, Brian DeRenzi, head of Dimagi's research and data team, joins Jonathan Jackson and Amie Vaccaro to discuss how advances in AI can affect global health and development. They discuss AI's rapid evolution, practical applications, and the importance of thoughtful implementation to avoid a future where only the privileged benefit. The discussion covers Dimagi's focus on equitable AI through direct-to-client work, how AI can support health workers, and Dimagi’s new bot building and testing platform, Open Chat Studio. 

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Today we are sharing an episode from a podcast we think you'll enjoy. System Catalysts is about the incredible people who are fixing the broken systems that run the world.

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Are you an organ donor? If yes, good for you! But you should know that your organs might not reach the person who needs them. That’s because the organ donation system is a mess, leading to over a dozen preventable deaths daily. Thankfully, our guests today – Greg Segal of Organize and Jennifer Erickson of Federation of American Scientists –  tell us about how they discovered the hidden problem in organ donation and how they’re going to fix it. 
If you want to learn more about Organize, visit organize.org.

Find more episodes at System Catalysts: https://www.systemcatalysts.com/episodes

System Catalysts is produced by Hueman Group Media.

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Hosts: ⁠Jonathan Jackson⁠ and ⁠Amie Vaccaro

One in 800 babies are born with clubfoot, a treatable birth impairment that left untreated prevents a child from walking, and becomes the root cause for illiteracy, abuse, malnutrition, and poverty in many parts of the world. Clubfoot is routinely treated at birth in high income countries, but historically children born in low and middle income countries have not had access to quality treatment. Today, co-hosts Jonathan Jackson and Amie Vaccaro sit down with Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld, co-founder of MiracleFeet to hear about how she and her team have dedicated themselves to making a simple, cost-effective treatment for clubfoot available to every baby born with the condition. They are on track to serve 100,000 children later this year with a goal to treat 70% of clubfoot cases in the countries they operate in. We discuss:

Chapters:

01:26 Welcoming Chesca: The Journey Begins

01:57 Chesca's Backstory: From Global Childhood to Business World

03:55 Discovering a Treatment for Clubfoot: A Life-Changing Moment

05:16 The Birth of MiracleFeet: From Vision to Reality

05:34 Taking the Leap: Transitioning from Corporate to Social Impact

08:59 Building MiracleFeet: Challenges, Fundraising, and Growth

21:08 Reflections on Storytelling, Fundraising, and Instinct

27:19 Expanding Reach and Impact: The Future of MiracleFeet

39:11 Harnessing Technology for Global Health Impact

40:22 Innovative Solutions to Healthcare Challenges

42:57 Empowering Local Teams with Data

46:27 Navigating Founder Transition and Organizational Growth

56:53 Mentoring the Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs

01:12:37 Reflections on Business Acumen in Nonprofit Success

MiracleFeet: https://www.miraclefeet.org/

MiracleFeet's use of CommCare: https://www.miraclefeet.org/stories/the-tool-that-saved-us-in-2020

Impact Delivery: https://sites.dimagi.com/impact-delivery

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Hosts: ⁠Jonathan Jackson⁠ and ⁠Amie Vaccaro

Co-hosts, Jonathan Jackson and Amie Vaccaro are joined by Jeroo Billimoria, a remarkable serial social entrepreneur. Starting at age 12, Jeroo has founded several impactful organizations, including Child and Youth Finance International, Aflatoun, Childline India Foundation and Catalyst 2030. In this candid conversation we learn about her journey and discuss:

Solving for root cause problems

Creating impactful outcomes through co-creation and collaboration

Building collective ownership and trust

Letting go of ego and planning for organizational transition

Managing the relational and management aspects of scaling an organization and a movement

The art of listening

How to stay optimistic The journey of Catalyst 2030 in creating a social innovation sector

Advocacy and changing funder mindsets

Increasing representation from the Global South

Resources:

Join Catalyzing Change Week May 6-10, 2024: http://catalyst2030.info/RegisterCCW

Catalyst 2030: https://catalyst2030.net/

Jeroo Billimoria on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroo_Billimoria

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Hosts: ⁠Jonathan Jackson⁠ and ⁠Amie Vaccaro

Glasswing International is a NGO with a remarkable journey, having impacted more than 2.2 million lives through their education and health initiatives throughout Latin America and New York City. Co-founder and President Celina de Sola shares her insights on the organization's evolution and growth to 600 employees, and their community-driven approach that led to the organization's non-clinical model for mental health care. The podcast explores scalability, sustainability, and the role of technology and data in highlighting growth as well as the gaps, to enable organizations to achieve greater impact.

In this insightful podcast episode, we feature guests Andrea Fletcher, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, and Remy DeCausemaker, Open Source Lead at the Digital Service at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), discussing the critical role of digital technology in shaping healthcare strategies within the U.S. government. The discussion delves into the intersections of technology, healthcare, and government strategies, emphasizing the significance of open source collaboration, addressing challenges, and preparing for the future of healthcare systems. Hear fresh perspectives on AI, privacy-enhancing technologies, and the importance of AI transparency in policies.

In part 2 of this series on Artificial Intelligence, Jonathan Jackson and Brian DeRenzi, Dimagi’s Research and Data team lead, openly talk about the rapid evolution of AI, its vast potential, and what Dimagi has been up to over the last few months since winning the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges grant to build a frontline worker coaching chatbot. In this candid conversation, they discuss the value of collaboration, the ethical and philosophical considerations of AI as a tool to empower, rather than replace human services, the looming threat of inequitable dystopia and ways that we are partnering with other organizations to ensure that the benefits of this new technology are spread equitably.

Our co-hosts are joined by thirteen-time #1 bestselling co-author and pioneer in Category Design, Chris Lochead, to discuss Category Design, and how it's relevant for NGOs and social impact organizations. He delves into the fundamentals while offering insights on how to shift from the current competitive state to a new, transformative future. This episode is brimming with compelling story examples such as the women's labor movement and its powerful tagline of “equal pay for equal work”. He also shares a personal anecdote about a home-based climate change response in Santa Cruz, where he employed out-of-the-box thinking to get multiple stakeholders to buy-in for a bigger change. If you are a NGO or social impact organization engaged in breakthrough work, then this episode is for you.

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