System Catalysts

Presenting: Impact After Hours

While we’re on a season break, we're sharing an episode from another podcast we think you’ll love. Impact After Hours, hosted by Camille Laurente, is a show about pursuin

A Brief Update for Our Listeners

We're wrapping up this season a little earlier than planned while our host, English Sall, focuses on her recovery. Thank you for your support, and be sure to follow the s

The Real Reason Women Don't Control More Capital (with Kate Nevin from TSWII Capital Advisors)

Firms led by white men control 98.6% of U.S.-managed assets. Today, Kate Nevin, President and Portfolio Manager at TSWII Capital Advisors, talks about the structural barr

Listen Again: When Common Ground Isn’t So Common with Rye Barcott

[REBROADCAST] Original Airdate: November 26, 2024 “Finding common ground” – you probably hear this all the time in this era of polarization. But does it ever happen? An

How Rich Families Think (with Bridget Kustin from Ownership Project 2.0)

What shapes the way wealthy families think about social impact? After years of researching family businesses and family offices, anthropologist Bridget Kustin challenges

Why “Solving Problems” Is Actually Holding Us Back (with Daniela Papi-Thornton from Systems. Change. Educators. Unite.)

Daniela Papi-Thornton is an educator whose work focuses on systems-led leadership. Today, she explains why complex social issues can’t simply be “solved,” how philanthrop

The Hidden Solution To Pandemics (with Dr. Neil Vora from Preventing Pandemics at the Source)

From responding to outbreaks like COVID-19, Ebola, and Zika to leading New York City’s contact tracing program, Dr. Neil Vora has spent his career on the front lines of g

Listen Again: How to Embrace Complexity with Jack Algiere

[REBROADCAST] Original Airdate: June 18, 2024 New Episode of System Catalysts out next week! We talk a lot about ecosystems on this show. So today, our guest is an eco

What Nobody Tells You About Research (with Dr. Zuri Tau from Social Insights Research)

Dr. Zuri Tau is a sociologist and licensed mental health professional, as well as the founder and CEO of Social Insights Research and Liberatory Research. Zuri is challe

Building a System? Try NOT Sending Help (with Garreth Wood from Kids Operating Room)

Today, we kick off season 5 with Garreth Wood, an entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist, now serving as chairman & co-founder of Kids Operating Room (KidsOR). After a perso

Presenting: Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

While we’re on a season break, we’re sharing an episode from another show we think you’ll love.  It’s called Nonprofit Leadership Podcast, and in it, Dr. Rob Harter inte

Can AI ever be Ethical? (with Afua Bruce from ANB Advisory Group)

Today, Afua Bruce, founding CEO of ANB Advisory Group and co-author of The Tech That Comes Next, explains how technology, data and even AI, can be used ethically.  She u

How Africa Can Set the Global Standard (with Vimbai Masiyiwa, Batoka Africa)

Today’s guest is Vimbai Masiyiwa, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and the CEO of Batoka Africa, one of the first Black, female‑owned luxury safari lodge groups on the continent

How to Get Everyone Behind an Idea (with Shamina Singh from Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth)

Shamina Singh, Founder and President of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, joins us to explain  how business, government, and philanthropy can work together.  W

So Let’s Talk About Suicide (with Dr. Jill Harkavy-Friedman and Vic Armstrong from AFSP)

Today we hear from two national leaders transforming how we understand, talk about, and prevent suicide: Dr. Jill Harkavy-Friedman, Senior Vice President of Research at t

How Psychedelics Are Coming to Healthcare (Jojo Maislin and Jeff Walker)

Today we talk to two people at the forefront of the growing movement to integrate psychedelic-assisted therapies into mainstream mental health. Jojo Maislin, Field Catal

 The Most Overlooked Climate Solution (with Ronda Carnegie)

Ronda Carnegie is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Project Dandelion, a global women-led climate movement uplifting frontline leaders. Today, Ronda explains why

What to Do When You’ve Outgrown What You’ve Built (with Abby Falik)

Can systems change start from within? Today, entrepreneur and thought leader Abby Falik explores this question. As founder of Global Citizen Year and now co-founder and C

Why Foreign Aid Helps America (with Michelle Nunn and Richard Stengel)

For many years, it was understood that investing in other countries wasn't just a moral imperative—it was a strategic necessity. But that wisdom seems to have been forgot

Today, We Need Fighters (with Steve Phillips)

Systems don’t change by accident. They change when we rethink where power lives, who holds it, and how we build toward something new together. Steve Phillips is the foun