About this podcast
Welcome to The Impact Equation, conversations with leaders shaping a brighter future, hosted by Adam Pike, social entrepreneur, and Rafi Addlestone, impact advisor, With our special guests, we unlock the secrets of those who dare to transform our world. We talk to architects of change, pioneers in their fields, working toward a brighter future for us all. In each episode, we dig into each element of the impact equation.
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Episodes
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- The Tyndall Centre: Turning Climate Research into Real-World Action · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 111In this episode of The Impact Equation, Rafi is joined by Andy Jordan, Alistair Ford, and Carly McLachlan from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to explore how…
- Emily Bolton: Rebuilding Communities Through Citizen-Led Regeneration · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 110Emily Bolton is the founder and CEO of Our Future, an organisation working with local residents, community leaders and businesses to drive citizen-led regeneration and create…
- Claire Hill: Improving teaching quality through evidence-based professional development · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 109Claire Hill is the director of StepLab, a professional development platform helping schools improve teaching quality through structured coaching, practical training and…
- Community-Led Conservation: How Health, Livelihoods and Local Leadership Can Protect Nature · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 108Ashley Emerson, co-CEO of Business and Scale at Health in Harmony; Adam Miller, co-founder and executive director of Planet Indonesia; and Sam Shaba, CEO of Honeyguide, are…
- Alexis Normand: Making Carbon Accounting Accessible to Every Business · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 107Alexis Normand is the co-founder and CEO of Greenly, the Paris-based carbon management platform helping businesses measure and reduce their emissions. After starting his career…
- Mohammad Al-Ubaydli: Joining-up records of 15 million UK citizens · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 106Mohammad Al-Ubaydli is the founder and CEO of Patients Know Best (PKB), the personal health record platform that has crossed six million registered users in the UK and was the…
- Schools Out, Foods Out · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 105Alison Walsh and Sophie Livingston lead two of London's most effective responses to child poverty. Alison is CEO of Food Bank Aid, a charity born in a double garage in Highgate…
- Eye in the Sky: How Space Tech and AI Are Saving Earth’s Wildlife · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 104In this episode of The Impact Equation, host Rafi Addlestone explores how space technology, satellite imagery, and artificial intelligence are transforming wildlife protection…
- Remi Sobomehin: From Oregon to Stanford & Palo Alto · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 103Remi Sobomehin is the founder and CEO of Ambition Angels, a Palo Alto based non-profit that delivers career exposure and skill building to teenagers through an app and pays them…
- Education Financing Roundtable · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 102How do we solve a $97 billion global education funding shortfall when investments take decades to yield returns? In this episode of The Impact Equation, host Rafi Addlestone is…
- Phil Bentley: CEO of Mitie, providing critical infrastructure · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 101We’re joined by Phil Bentley, CEO of Mitie. A seasoned leader with a deep history of transformation at global companies - including Centrica, Cable & Wireless, and BP - Phil has…
- Paul Ronalds: Can Venture Capital Save Lives? · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 100For the 100th episode of The Impact Equation, we’re joined by Paul Ronalds, CEO of Save the Children Global Ventures, to explore how venture capital, technology and innovative…
- Circularity Roundtable · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 99In this episode, we sit down with Sam Staincliffe (Uplift360), Nicolas Brien (Wastetide), and Elisabeth Bröring (MWT GmbH & Co. KG) for a deep dive into the practical realities…
- Michael Young: AI Drug Discovery & Clinical Trials · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 98Michael Young is co-founder and co-CEO of Lindus Health, an AI-native contract research organisation that runs clinical trials end-to-end and has begun licensing therapeutics to…
- Maia Ramarosandratana: Scaling sex education in Madagascar · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 97Maia Ramarosandratana is the Founder of Projet Jeune Leader, an organisation she launched in 2013 and has since built into one of the most ambitious efforts to drive to deliver…
- Mary Long-Dhonau OBE: Flood Mary (keep on advocatin') · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 96Mary Long-Dhonau OBE has spent more than 25 years helping people prepare for one of the UK's fastest-growing climate risks. Known across the country as Flood Mary, she became an…
- Shantanu Agarwal: The $100m Carbon Removal Breakthrough · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 95Mati Carbon, led by founder and Mulago fellow Shantanu Agarwal, made history in April 2025 by winning the $100 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal. In this episode, Shantanu shares how…
- Peter Briffett: Taking On & Beating Payday Loans · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 94Today's episode we welcome Peter Briffett, CEO and co-founder of Stream. Most people are paid at the end of each month but bills and emergencies don't keep to a calendar, so the…
