the Regenerative edge

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The Regenerative edge is a business podcast for founders, directors, and change makers exploring how to grow without extraction. We ask what it really takes to build organisations that support life, not just scale. Hosted by Growth Director, Moh Al-Hafi, and stewarded by Zebra Growth, each episode brings together practitioners rethinking strategy, culture, and impact in ways that are ethical, regenerative, and grounded in people, place, and power. This podcast explores what it means to grow in ways that are ethical, regenerative, and grounded in the real world. Bite sized episodes are designed for moments of reflection, whether you are pausing during a launch or winding down at the end of your working day. Available in both video and audio, they offer space to think, recalibrate, and choose more regenerative ways forward. Produced in collaboration with our foundational partners, Unit Effect and Tandem, the show is concise and purposeful, offering grounded insight you can absorb in a short pause in your day. This work is shaped across Scotland, Portugal, Canada, Germany, and the Philippines. We acknowledge the histories, peoples, ecosystems, and colonial legacies of these places, and continue learning how to respond with care and respect. Walk to the edge with us. The bridge is wide enough for all.

  1. Every Number Has a Story with Jannik Kaiser

    Episode 1

    Every Number Has a Story with Jannik Kaiser

    In the first episode of the Regenerative edge, host Moh Al-Haifi speaks with  Jannik Kaiser, co-founder of Unity Effect, about the moment he first began questioning how impact is measured, and what might be lost when evaluation becomes too detached from lived experience. Jannik traces his journey from copying Fairtrade data out of PDFs and into spreadsheets, to realising that every metric ton of coffee, cocoa, or produce carried stories of people, places, labour, relationships, and change. From there, the conversation opens into a deeper question, what happens when we treat impact measurement not only as reporting, but as a practice of listening? Together, Moh and Jannick explore the early roots of regenerative evaluation, the balance between scientific rigour and activist imagination, and why the stories behind the numbers matter if organisations want to grow in ways that are ethical, equitable, and grounded in people, place, and power. This episode is part of Season 1, Setting the Table, stewarded by Zebra Growth and created in collaboration with foundational partners Unity Effect and Tandem. Walk to the edge with us. The bridge is wide enough for all. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    10 min
  2. Impact for Whom? with Jannik Kaiser

    Episode 2

    Impact for Whom? with Jannik Kaiser

    In this episode of the Regenerative edge, host Moh Al-Haifi continues his conversation with Jannik Kaiser, co-founder of Unity Effect, to explore what impact evaluation really means, and why the question of accountability can never be separated from power. At first glance, impact evaluation can sound technical, a set of metrics, reports, dashboards, and frameworks designed to show whether change is happening. But beneath that sits a deeper question, who gets to decide what counts as meaningful change in the first place? Together, Moh and Jannik unpack the difference between reporting and learning, the role of evaluation in mission-led organisations, and the risk of impact becoming a performance of purpose rather than a practice of truth. They also explore the tension between genuine contribution and impact washing, asking how organisations can remain honest about what they are serving, who they are accountable to, and whether their stated purpose is truly being lived. This episode is part of Season 1, Setting the Table, stewarded by Zebra Growth and created in collaboration with foundational partners Unity Effect and Tandem. Walk to the edge with us. The bridge is wide enough for all. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    6 min
  3. Shifting Power Through Evaluation with Jannik Kaiser

    Episode 3

    Shifting Power Through Evaluation with Jannik Kaiser

    ** In this episode of the Regenerative edge, host Moh Al-Haifi finishes his conversation with Jannik Kaiser, co-founder of Unity Effect, by exploring what makes regenerative evaluation different from more traditional approaches to impact measurement. For Jannik, regenerative evaluation is not only a way to understand whether change is happening. It is also a process that can give energy back to the people involved, create space for reflection, include different forms of knowing, and actively ask how power can be shifted rather than simply observed. Together, Moh and Jannik explore what it means to listen without extracting, who should be included in an evaluation process, and how organisations can use evaluation to redistribute voice, responsibility, and agency. The conversation also grounds these ideas in practice, including Unity Effect’s work with SEND in Germany, where evaluation became a way to learn from past projects while inviting policy actors, philanthropic actors, and intermediaries into deeper responsibility for shaping a more inclusive social entrepreneurship sector. This episode is part of Season 1, Setting the Table, stewarded by Zebra Growth and created in collaboration with foundational partners Unity Effect and Tandem. Walk to the edge with us. The bridge is wide enough for all. ** This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    9 min
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The Regenerative edge is a business podcast for founders, directors, and change makers exploring how to grow without extraction. We ask what it really takes to build organisations that support life, not just scale. Hosted by Growth Director, Moh Al-Hafi, and stewarded by Zebra Growth, each episode brings together practitioners rethinking strategy, culture, and impact in ways that are ethical, regenerative, and grounded in people, place, and power. This podcast explores what it means to grow in ways that are ethical, regenerative, and grounded in the real world. Bite sized episodes are designed for moments of reflection, whether you are pausing during a launch or winding down at the end of your working day. Available in both video and audio, they offer space to think, recalibrate, and choose more regenerative ways forward. Produced in collaboration with our foundational partners, Unit Effect and Tandem, the show is concise and purposeful, offering grounded insight you can absorb in a short pause in your day. This work is shaped across Scotland, Portugal, Canada, Germany, and the Philippines. We acknowledge the histories, peoples, ecosystems, and colonial legacies of these places, and continue learning how to respond with care and respect. Walk to the edge with us. The bridge is wide enough for all.

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  • Creator
    Zebra Growth
  • Episodes
    4
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Zebra Growth
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