Impact Boom Podcast - Social Enterprise & Design

Roger Warnock of Social Nybble shares key insights into effective social innovation processes, including The Young Foundation's 'tread lightly, listen deeply' model of engagement. He discusses shared value, important traits of inclusive leaders and talks about how cultures of fear within organisations can stop great innovation opportunities.

Jamy explores the combined world of social entrepreneurship and impact investing, sharing her insights into creating positive social impact as well as providing tips on how to get successful financing as a social entrepreneur.

Peter Holbrook of Social Enterprise UK, unpacks the social enterprise ecosystem, providing strong insights into both the UK and global sector. He discusses shifts in the market, common reasons why social entrepreneurs fail and other lessons learnt to create positive social impact.

Prof. Brad Jackson of Victoria University of Wellington discusses governance and leadership in social enterprises, sharing insights on opportunities for the sector, as well as providing reflections from working with the Akina Foundation and teaching leadership studies.

David Brookes of Social Traders discusses key opportunities for social entrepreneurs & why social enterprise is on the rise. he provides insights into trends in the sector, the importance of social procurement and the role government should play to support social enterprise.

Emma van der Leest of BlueCity discusses transitioning to a circular economy, provides tips on taking action as a designer, shares insights on combining science and design as a bio-designer and talks about opportunities for design students.

We bring you a live-recorded panel on innovation from the Impact Conference in Australia. The panel discusses current trends in technology & how innovators & entrepreneurs are leveraging it to create positive social change. They provide insights into the social enterprise sector, policy, venture capital and authentic leadership.

Dr Joanne Caddy of the OECD discusses key insights from the OECD Skills Strategy, revealing ways to build more inclusive, healthy democracies. Joanne also unpacks learnings about co-production & design thinking in getting to the root of problems & the importance of building trust for meaningful processes.

Max Wasley of Youth Without Borders discusses ways to align your purpose with work, shares challenges for young people getting involved in social entrepreneurship & provides tools & tips to help you get work done.

Marco van Hout of MediaLAB Amsterdam and Global Goals Jam discusses multi-disciplinary approaches to creating positive impact, provides insights into innovation, emotion-driven design, user research & views on measuring impact.