System Catalysts
We can't fix the world alone. But we all know that collaborating is hard. And systems? Well, they seem to be allergic to change. So how do we do it without losing our damn minds? On System Catalysts, you will learn from activists, philanthropists, and change makers who put their egos aside to improve the systems that run the world. This season, we’ll be looking into healthcare, marriage equality, migration, climate and more. Join Jeff Walker and English Sall as they go behind-the-scenes of systems change, cracking the code on making the world a better place. System Catalysts is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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 pursuing a life of impact on and off the clock.
In this episode, Camille sits down with Ami Dar, the founder and executive director of Idealist, recorded live in front of an audience in New York City. They get into what it actually looks like to hire and build ...
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 show so you'll be notified when we're back with new episodes.
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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 barriers that make it harder for women to build institutionalized funds, and why letting women receive capital isn't the same as letting them control it.
Learn more about TSWII Capital Advisors: https://www.tswii.com
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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? And how does it lead to actual change? Rye Barcott will prove to you that the answer is yes. As the CEO and co-founder of With Honor, he’s using military service to establish common ground in congress and encourage bi-partisanship.
What shapes the way wealthy families think about social impact? After years of researching family businesses and family offices, anthropologist Bridget Kustin challenges common assumptions about wealth holders and explores the fears and motivations that influence philanthropic giving.
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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 philanthropy can better support systems change, and why inner work may be one of the most overlooked parts of systems change.
Learn more about Systems. Change. Educators. Unite: https://www.systemschangeeducatorsunite.com/
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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 global health crises.
In this episode, he explains how addressing deforestation, biodiversity loss and our relationship with nature can help prevent future pandemics.
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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 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 chang...
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 challenging the idea that research is neutral by amplifying BIPOC perspectives and shifting power in research and evaluation. Today, we discuss why traditional methods often fall short, and what it looks like to practice “liberatory research” in real life.&...
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 personal experience with his daughter’s life-threatening birth, Garreth decided to tackle a massive but overlooked issue: millions of children lack access to safe surgery.
We talk about how one operating room in Uganda grew into a global movement, why m...
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 interviews leaders making a difference today about what strategies and practices have made them successful.
In this particular episode, he talks to Dan Pallotta—renowned author, TED Talk speaker, and social impact provocate...
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 unpacks what it actually means to live in the “age of AI,” why generative AI is powerful and flawed, and how funders, nonprofits, and social impact leaders can make smarter, more ethical technology decisions.
Learn more about ANB Advisory Group: ww...
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.
In our conversation, Vimbai talks about growing up in one of Africa’s most influential philanthropic families, how she’s redefining African luxury, and what it means to build a business that puts community first.
Shamina Singh, Founder and President of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, joins us to explain how business, government, and philanthropy can work together.
We dive into what systems change looks like in real life, how to manage incentives across sectors, and how to be strategically open-minded.
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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 the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and Vic Armstrong, AFSP’s Vice President for Health Equity and Engagement.
We explore how suicide prevention has evolved, what AFSP is doing to shift culture and policy, and why community-driven approac...
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 Catalyst at the Office of Systems Catalyst, and Jeff Walker, former System Catalysts co-host and philanthropist, break down what it really takes to bring these treatments into the health system safely, collaboratively, and at scale.
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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 solving the climate crisis and changing systems requires more than science and technology alone: it requires human infrastructure, relational healing, and reimagining who gets to lead.
Learn more about Project Dandelion: https://www.projectdandelion.com
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 CEO of The Flight School, Abby has dedicated her career to helping young leaders redefine success. In this episode, she reflects on the lessons learned from building and ultimately leaving Global Citizen Year, and on the inner work that meaningful systems change dem...
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 forgotten, or at least ignored. In this episode, we shed some new light on it with Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE, and Richard Stengel, CARE’s Co-Chair, Together, they reveal how the systems that shape our world are deeply interconnected and why ret...
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 founder of Democracy in Color and author of Brown Is the New White and How We Win the Civil War. Today, he traces how America’s demographic and political shifts connect to the long arc of the civil rights movement and what it really takes to build a multi...
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