System Catalysts

Trust is hard to establish. But it can be done! Even between the most disparate of parties. Don’t believe us? Listen as Matthew Forti and Doreen Ndishabandi of One Acre Fund explain how they built trust with local farmers and government agents to combat famine in Africa. If you want to learn more about One Acre Fund, visit ​​oneacrefund.org--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk a lot about ecosystems on this show. So today, our guest is an ecosystem expert, aka a farmer! Jack Algiere is the Chief Agroecology Officer at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. In this conversation, you’ll learn how to harness the holistic power and complex beauty of regenerative agriculture into systems change. If you want to learn more about the Stone Barns Center, visit stonebarnscenter.org--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast was created to tell the stories of people using a systems catalyst approach to solving the world’s biggest issues. But what does that actually mean? In today’s episode we take a step back to answer that question. --If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They say that you should “shoot for the moon.” Well, our guest, Yemi A.D., took that literally. He was selected to join dearMoon, the first civilian mission to the Moon. What led Yemi to this opportunity, is also what ushered him to an illustrious career as a multidisciplinary artist and social entrepreneur: channeling authenticity, fostering collaboration and dreaming big. Listen to hear advice from a true renaissance man. If you want to learn more about Moonshot Platform Inc., visit moonshotplatform.org--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you are a fan of the show, you know we are all about collaboration. So today we decided to practice what we preach and bring you an episode from another podcast we think you’ll love.It's called High Impact Growth and it's for anyone working at the intersection of technology and global health and development. It’s about the challenge of building solutions that are both impactful and scalable, and about the humans championing this work.Listen on Spotify.Listen on Apple Podcasts.--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donors might be well-intended, but they often don’t know how to be true partners to the people they fund. Today, hosts Jeff and English talk about the barriers that prevent donors and system catalysts from collaborating effectively, and explore how to overcome them. --If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You might think that the public and private sectors are always in competition. What’s good for one is bad for the other, right? Jonathan Fantini-Porter, founding CEO of the Partnership for Central America, disagrees. Today, he explains how he is getting governments and corporations to work together to fix one of our most complex issues: the border crisis. If you want to learn more about the Partnership for Central America, visit centampartnership.org--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having trouble forging effective and lasting partnerships? Granted, it’s hard, but Jean Oelwang, the CEO of Virgin Unite, is here to help. She wrote a whole book about the subject called “Partnering.” So listen up if you want to collaborate like a pro!If you want to learn more about Virgin Unite, visit unite.virgin.com.--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The global refugee crisis is one of the biggest challenges of our time and climate change is poised to make it a lot worse. So what do we do? Today, Sasha Chanoff, founder and CEO of Refuge Point, offers some creative system level-solutions and –  more importantly –  a radically new way of seeing refugees. If you’re feeling pessimistic about the current situation, listen up, because Sasha will  make you hopeful.If you want to learn more about RefugePoint, visit refugepoint.org--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.