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The conversation series

Going live in October 2026

What stops CSR money turning into outcomes people can see?

Forty minutes with the people who run these budgets, the people close to the ground, and the researchers who sharpen the argument. Asked what is hard in their role, not pitched anything. Each conversation lands here as a page: what was said, what surprised us, what it changes about how programmes get built.

Episodes. Hear what they have to say.

Invitations go out from the end of September. Each episode appears here once the guest has signed off on the recording. Nothing is published without their say-so.

The channel

Where the conversations will live

Each one is a video first. Subscribe now and the first episode reaches you the day it publishes.

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Who gets invited

People who own or control a budget: owner-operator CEOs and MDs, CSR heads, foundation leads. People close to the ground: district health officers, NGO founders, programme leads. Researchers who test the thesis. No paid relationships on any side.

Say yes to forty minutes

If your seat sits on top of the question, the invitation is open. If you are comfortable, it goes out on YouTube and LinkedIn. If not, it stays between us and still shapes what gets built.

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Every conversation is also fieldwork.

On camera or off, each one gets a research log entry: what was said, what surprised us, what contradicts the literature. The record of what actually breaks between an entitlement existing and a person receiving it is the spine of the research programme behind this practice. Why that matters

A budget that needs a programme, or a question you would rather answer out loud.