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The Impact Equation

The Impact Equation

By: Rafi Addlestone and Adam Pike
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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
  • Claire Hill: Improving teaching quality through evidence-based professional development

    Claire Hill: Improving teaching quality through evidence-based professional development
    18 Oct 2026
    Claire Hill is the director of StepLab, a professional development platform helping schools improve teaching quality through structured coaching, practical training and evidence-based feedback. Having worked as a teacher and school leader, Claire brings first-hand experience of the challenges educators face in developing their classroom practice and supporting student achievement. Since joining StepLab four years ago, she has helped lead its growth from a small organisation working with a few thousand teachers to a platform now used by more than 200,000 teachers across the UK, Australia and other international markets. In this episode, Claire explains why traditional one-off training sessions often fail to change teaching habits, how deliberate practice, classroom modelling and precise feedback can help teachers continually improve, and how StepLab uses research to make effective professional development accessible at scale. She also discusses the role of technology and AI in expanding the platform internationally, the importance of government investment in teacher training, and why giving teachers more time to develop their skills is essential to improving educational outcomes and strengthening the teaching profession.

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    27 min
  • Community-Led Conservation: How Health, Livelihoods and Local Leadership Can Protect Nature

    Community-Led Conservation: How Health, Livelihoods and Local Leadership Can Protect Nature
    11 Oct 2026
    Ashley 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 leading organizations that demonstrate how empowering local communities can deliver lasting conservation results. Working across Indonesia, Tanzania, Madagascar, Brazil and other regions, their organizations help communities protect forests, wildlife and biodiversity by addressing the needs that make conservation possible, including healthcare, livelihoods, land rights and local governance. Health in Harmony uses its Radical Listening approach to fund community-designed solutions, while Planet Indonesia supports community rights, sustainable livelihoods and locally managed institutions, and Honeyguide helps wildlife management areas become financially self-sustaining. In this episode, Ashley, Adam and Sam discuss why conservation must work alongside communities rather than exclude them, how investing in local priorities can improve both human well-being and environmental outcomes, and why successful conservation depends on listening, humility and collaboration. They also share their vision for scaling community-led solutions by equipping local organizations to lead independently, shifting resources and decision-making power toward frontline communities, and redefining conservation success by how many landscapes can thrive without continued dependence on external NGOs.

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    46 min
  • Alexis Normand: Making Carbon Accounting Accessible to Every Business

    Alexis Normand: Making Carbon Accounting Accessible to Every Business
    4 Oct 2026
    Alexis 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 in public policy and spending six years at health tech company Withings, Alexis turned his attention to climate and founded Greenly with the vision of making carbon accounting as accessible and scalable as financial accounting. Originally launched as a consumer app, Greenly pivoted to B2B and now serves businesses ranging from small and medium-sized companies to large enterprises, helping them track emissions across their operations and supply chains. In this episode, Alexis discusses why sustainability can be a profitability driver rather than simply a cost, how regulation and procurement are pushing carbon accounting down through supply chains, and how AI can simplify complex carbon data and give sustainability teams more time to focus on actual emissions reduction. He also shares his vision for Greenly to build a powerful network of supplier and product-level carbon data that could help businesses make more informed decisions and accelerate the transition to a lower-carbon economy.

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    34 min
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