
In this conversation, Jack met with Kevin L. Brown, Founding Partner and CEO of Mighty Ally. Kevin is a writer, a speaker, and CEO of the nonprofit hybrid Mighty Ally. He initially spent 15 years building private sector brands - from Apple to adidas, Formula One to fintech startups. And in his first four corporate gigs, Kevin helped each company scale towards acquisition, including one he co-founded. Then, a passion for the orphan crisis (his why) led to living in Uganda, followed by South A...
May 1, 2025
36 min

In this conversation, Tom Rippin shares his journey into social entrepreneurship, detailing his transition from academia to the commercial sector and ultimately to founding On Purpose, a program designed to train individuals for purpose-driven careers. He discusses the challenges and successes of launching the program, the growth it has experienced, and the evolving training needs of its associates. Rippin emphasizes the importance of integrating social and commercial skills to create impactf...
Feb 3, 2025
41 min

In Bogota, Jack meets Juan Carlos Castrillón Ferro, a Consultant, Entrepreneur, Researcher and Agrifood Expert based in Colombia. In the episode, we cover: - The challenges that smallholder farmers face in Colombia - New innovations in the coffee and cocoa sector - The impact of new regulations including the incoming European Union Deforestation Regulations (#EUDR) Connect with Juan Carlos on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juankastrillon/ Keep up-to-date with our socials here...
Nov 25, 2024
25 min

Want to be the first to know about the latest episodes and have your chance to ask future guests your own questions? Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/iTjWSw Released in World Water Week 2024, Jack meets Georgie Murray, Brand and Impact Partnerships Lead at Belu to discuss how the social enterprise has given over £5,800,000 of net profits to Water Aid and to other nature-based projects in the UK. Belu is a U.K social enterprise, drinks and water filtration company. The compa...
Aug 26, 2024
18 min

Want to be the first to know about the latest episodes and have your chance to ask future guests your own questions? Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/iTjWSw Jack meets with Emily Janoch, Associate Vice President of Thought Leadership and Design at CARE to discuss the importance of failing forward. Emily started the CARE Failing Forward Podcast to create a space for staff and external stakeholders around the world to talk about the experiences they learn from failure, and ho...
Aug 19, 2024
21 min

Date: Monday 12th August 2024 Jack meets with Carla Hoppe, Founder of Wealthbrite to discuss what young people need to be taught at work. Carla is the founder of Wealthbrite, whose mission is to help businesses cultivate financially and commercially savvy talent. Wealthbrite was born out of Carla's understanding of the critical need to bridge the financial skills gap, especially among early-career professionals. This gap is striking; while those at the top are fluent in the language o...
Aug 12, 2024
32 min

Date: Monday 5th August 2024 To celebrate the 50th episode of The Social Impact Journal, we welcome Episode 1 guest Dr Paroma Bhattacharya back to the show to catch up about how her team at LSE Generate are helping to build purpose aligned businesses. Paroma is the Head of Social Innovation at LSE Generate. She leads Research and Programme Delivery in the domain of Social Innovation for LSE Generate, the Entrepreneurship Hub at the The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),...
Aug 5, 2024
34 min

Date - Monday 29th July 2024 Andy King joins Jack Farren on The Social Impact Journal to share expertise as a fundraiser and discuss how a donor thinks. Andy King is an award-winning storyteller. In July 2022, Fundraising Magazine named him ‘the most influential fundraiser in the UK’. Andy’s passion is helping charities tell their most important stories to those with the power to change the ending. This has led him to kickstart corporate partnerships programmes from a standing start to a va...
Jul 29, 2024
29 min

Date - Monday 22nd July 2024 Arunjay Katakam joins Jack Farren on The Social Impact Journal to discuss his new book 'Generation Hope: How Inclusive Economics can help us all Thrive.' Over the last two decades, Arunjay has had a front row seat in development and finance, both on the rich and poor side of the coin. He believes that our current economic system is broken and growth at all costs is unsustainable. Arunjay shares why he left investment banking for international development, why h...
Jul 22, 2024
36 min

Date - Monday 15th July 2024 The Social Impact Journal welcomes back Professor Christian Harrison to discuss the future of leadership. Christian Harrison is a Professor of Leadership and Enterprise in the University of Bolton. Prior, to joining University of Bolton, he was a Reader in Leadership and the Chair of the Staff Forum for Research of the University of the West of Scotland. He graduated with a First-class degree in Pharmacy and practised as a pharmacist, assuming managerial positio...
Jul 15, 2024
33 min
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