She hates small talk and has a taste for bold decisions: Ashoka’s Europe leader Marie Ringler talks to Tim West about her journey from politician to social innovator, what it takes to achieve systems change and why people’s feeling of powerlessness is the biggest poison in the world.

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Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons at Kendal Mountain Festival in the Lake District, England, where socially innovative outdoor wear brands, including Patagonia and others, are pushing forward circular economy solutions to halt the industry’s damaging effects on the environment that its enthusiasts want to continue to enjoy.

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Cambridge Social Innovation Prizewinners Camilla Rigby and Rachel Mostyn, co founders of Women’s Work Lab, say they want to build a team of women they’ve supported into work so strong they can hand the organisation over to its community. This episode is part of a series featuring the extraordinary winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2024, presented by the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Trinity Hall Cambridge. The 2024 winners were interviewed for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation's Social Ideas podcast, which Pioneers Post is reproducing here as part of its media partnership to support the 2025 edition of the prize. Find out more, or apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2025, here (deadline 17 April): https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

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For Cambridge Social Innovation Prizewinner Izzy Obeng, co-founder of Foundervine, the 2011 riots in her London community inspired a drive to change the system which perpetuated the economic status quo. Our Good Ideas collection explores ideas that challenge the status quo and the entrepreneurial changemakers behind them. This episode is part of a series featuring the extraordinary winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2024, presented by the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Trinity Hall Cambridge. The 2024 winners were interviewed for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation's Social Ideas podcast, which Pioneers Post is reproducing here as part of its media partnership to support the 2025 edition of the prize. Find out more, or apply for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2025, here (deadline 17 April): https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/

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Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons in Oaxaca state, Mexico, as he learns about how NGO SiKanda is supporting informal waste pickers to professionalise, set up enterprises and improve their communities’ waste management.

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Tim West and Liam Black invite purposeful business leaders to open up about their real-life issues in our new podcast series. First on the “couch”, Kerrie Jones, founding CEO of eating disorder treatment clinic Orri, talks about the challenges of turning her vision into messy reality.

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The two tech-for-good experts talk to Tim West about their initiative for women leading the development of ethical AI, the importance of empathy to advance AI for the good of humanity, and why women shouldn’t be expected to work for free.

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With clients like Ikea and KLM, Dutch social enterprise i-did could be judged a success story. But breaking new ground in the social economy hasn't always been easy. Join Estelle Uba in the Netherlands visiting the circular economy pioneer.

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"I'm very conscious about what nurtures me": Triodos Bank UK boss Bevis Watts talks to Tim West about his journey from environmentalist to CEO of a multi-billion-euro ethical bank, transforming the financial sector, fostering connections and the importance of connecting with nature.

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Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons in the Scottish Highlands as he voyages on an award-winning social business ferry.

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