The Ripple Map

The Ripple Map
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Ever feel like the world's problems are too big, too broken, for anything you do to matter? The Ripple Map says otherwise. We go behind the scenes on the social, environmental, and economic problems that won't quit — honest conversations with the people who lived them, the ones doing the ground-level work, and the founders, CEOs, and policymakers from around the world trying to fix them at the root. What failed. What's actually working. What they learned the hard way. No hero worship, no polish. Real change starts with one ripple — and this is where you find out how to start yours.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    How to Build a Company That Lasts │ Harish Hande, SELCO Foundation . SELCO India

    How do you build a company that lasts? Harish Hande, founder and CEO of SELCO Foundation and founder of SELCO India, shows what "lasting" really looks like. A customer who asks to see you on her deathbed. Families who buy from you because their grandparents did, without a single advertisement. A senior official who picks up your call at five in the morning. 100 of your 140 people, many from very poor families, writing to you: don't pay us for six months, we'll survive, you make it happen. And with less than $2,500 in the bank, being offered a million dollars to write a number you can't keep, and saying no. So what did he do that made so many people stand behind him? He went back to an old wisdom: for centuries, business was built on human relationships, not transactions. Since 1995, Harish and his teams, first at SELCO India and then at SELCO Foundation, have learned to see the whole forest: the families, technicians, bankers, vendors and communities around every need. Then they redesigned the ecosystem so everyone in it can last. Not a project. Not an exit. A web of people who have each other's back, for generations. If you've ever wondered what systems change and long-term development really look like on the ground, this is it. Episode 6 of The Ripple Map. Listen to the end for a question to try. Short on time? Watch shorter pieces (1–17 min) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRippleMap · or on Instagram: @theripplemap About Dr. Harish Hande Founder and Chief Executive of SELCO Foundation and founder of SELCO India, a pioneering last-mile rural energy enterprise in India since the early nineties. Over 35 years of grassroots experience meeting the energy needs of underserved populations. IIT Kharagpur graduate, Master's and PhD from the University of Massachusetts. Ramon Magsaysay Award (2011), Zayed Future Energy Prize (2018), Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (2018). Chapters 0:00 Where the Ripple Begins 1:11 One Steel Town, One School, Every Kid 6:50 My Whole Life Is a Subsidy 16:59 No Shares for the Founders 18:42 The Farmer, His Mother and a Black-and-White TV 24:10 Who Stands Behind You? 36:42 No Ads, Three Generations 41:24 It Takes a Village, a Banker and a Grocery Store 51:34 From 30 Batteries to 3,000 Champions 59:12 Babies Saved, Not Watts Saved 1:08:25 Hiring Without Résumés 1:14:19 Why the Copycats Failed 1:18:41 The Lesson Schools Don't Teach 1:25:01 How Do You Know It's Working? 1:27:58 Be as Confused as Ever 1:33:22 Where Your Ripple Goes About The Ripple Map Conversations with people tackling the world's hardest problems at the root. Not hero stories: honest conversations about how they found the root, and what it asks of each of us. Hosted by Yassaman Nouri. Every ripple shapes the world we share. Even yours. The question at the end: Look at the whole ecosystem around your work. Are those relationships built with heart and mind, for generations? Where do you stand, and what's one step closer? SELCO Foundation: https://selcofoundation.org · SELCO India: https://www.selco-india.com Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_dXYTOYnZxk · Newsletter: https://theripplemap.com · Join the conversation: https://theripplemap.com/join-the-conversation

  2. Oct 28

    The Poverty Coach │ Fabiola González │ Fundación Paraguaya │ Poverty Stoplight │ The Ripple Map

    How do you help someone who won't even look at you? Claudia Fabiola González has spent 12 years at Fundación Paraguaya, today as a Women's Committee Advisor, walking beside women who lead their families in Paraguay's underserved communities. Episode 5 of The Ripple Map. We talk about the client who ignored her until she bought herbs at her stand, why she'll sit on a bucket if that's what it takes, what families see when they rate their own lives in red, yellow and green, the Solutions Bank, when the fix is the government's job, the family that taught her what being poor really means, and why a good coach gets coached too. "It's not only the coach who teaches… it's also the other way around." (Claudia Fabiola González) Fabiola answered in Spanish. Her words are shared in English by an interpreter from Fundación Paraguaya, translating live. Coming soon: the family's side, in the voice of a head of family. Stay tuned. 🚦 Chapters 0:00 Her Client Wouldn't Say Hi 0:18 Meet Claudia Fabiola González: 12 Years on the Front Line 4:10 She Ignored Me for Years. Then I Bought Her Herbs. 5:05 Building Trust with Families 8:36 Part Coach, Part Friend, Part Psychologist 11:32 Red, Yellow, Green from the Coach's Side 15:16 A Coach's Role: It Has to Come From Within 20:29 The Solutions Bank 24:34 When the Fix Is the Government's Job 27:34 The Story That Never Left Her 32:53 Advice for Anyone Who Wants to Help 36:17 The Coach Who Gets Coached Resources mentioned 🌱 Fundación Paraguaya: https://www.fundacionparaguaya.org.py · YouTube @fundapar · Instagram @fundacionparaguaya 🚦 Poverty Stoplight: https://www.povertystoplight.org · YouTube @povertystoplight3358 · Instagram @povertystoplight ▶️ What is the Poverty Stoplight? (1:31): https://youtu.be/13OQWAfUI0w 🎧 How it all began, with founder Dr. Martín Burt: https://youtu.be/4BvlcgmRnLQ About The Ripple Map Conversations with people tackling the world's hardest problems at the root. Not hero stories: honest conversations about how they found the root, and what it asks of each of us. Hosted by Yassaman Nouri. Every ripple shapes the world we share. Even yours. 🌊 A question to try, just for yourself: Who have you won over by meeting them where they are? If this conversation sparked something, we'd love to hear in the comments. 🌊 Join the Ripplers: share what you're doing with #Rippler · Newsletter + more: https://theripplemap.com · Want to go deeper? https://theripplemap.com/join-the-conversation Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/671ukxVaMo7EYzERgXVY3f · Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ripple-map/id6816687039 · Instagram: @theripplemap #PovertyStoplight #FundaciónParaguaya #EndPoverty #TheRippleMap #Rippler

  3. Oct 21

    What Really Causes Poverty? │ Martín Burt │ Fundación Paraguaya │ Poverty Stoplight │ The Ripple Map

    Why do so many fights against poverty fail? For decades, governments measured poverty in money and asked economists what it meant. Dr. Martín Burt and his team asked the families. Dr. Martin Burt is the founder and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya and the Poverty Stoplight, the tool families use to rate their own lives in red, yellow and green, now in more than 60 countries. We talk about growing up under a dictatorship, why money is the easy part of poverty, why change cannot happen alone, a neighbourhood competition in Paraguay to fix one woman's smile, why companies use the Poverty Stoplight with their own workers, and his advice: ask why, again and again. "We are not in love with our solution. We are in love with the people who are suffering." About Dr. Burt: a Paraguayan social entrepreneur and the founder (1985) and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, named Latin America's most impactful and innovative development organization by the Inter-American Development Bank. His latest books are "The Mirror and the Map" (2026), Paraguay without Poverty: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide (2023) and "Who Owns Poverty?" (2019). Fundación Paraguaya: https://www.fundacionparaguaya.org.py · Poverty Stoplight: https://www.povertystoplight.org · What is the Poverty Stoplight? https://youtu.be/13OQWAfUI0w · Follow @fundacionparaguaya, @povertystoplight and @burtmartin on Instagram The question at the end, just for yourself: If you rated your life red, yellow and green, what's one area you'd move closer to green this year? And if this conversation sparked something, we'd love to hear from you on YouTube or Instagram. 🌊 Join the Ripplers: https://theripplemap.com · Hosted by Yassaman Nouri. Every ripple shapes the world we share. Even yours.

  4. Oct 14

    Housing Crisis: Who Made Homes Unaffordable? │ Leilani Farha, The Shift │ The Ripple Map

    Why is housing so expensive? From Madrid to Vancouver, rent is out of reach and people are taking to the streets. Leilani Farha can tell you who made the housing crisis, and how communities are fighting back. Leilani is Global Director of The Shift, the 2026 CBC Massey Lecturer, and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing. Her new book is Housing, Inc. From the jasmine she still remembers in Beirut to six years as the UN's housing expert, she found the same story everywhere: a crisis that was made, by people with names. We talk about who turned homes into investments, how banks, pension funds and big landlords profit when rents rise, why 2008 became a shopping spree, the case she lost against Canada, a community in Jakarta that found a way to stay, and her advice to every 20-year-old who feels something is wrong. "Housing and home is tantamount to breath. You need it to exist." Listen to the end, answer the question, and share this with someone who can't keep up with their rent. 🌊 Join the Ripplers: share what you're doing about housing with #Rippler, and join the conversation: https://theripplemap.com/join-the-conversation 🎟️ Greater Vancouver post-secondary students: win 1 of 8 free spots at Leilani's Massey Lecture + Rippler Talks (Fri Oct 23, York Theatre). To enter: answer the question at the end on our Instagram or LinkedIn post with #Rippler and tag 2 friends. First 8 win. Not sponsored or run by Instagram or LinkedIn. Chapters 0:00 Where the Ripple Begins 0:59 Chanel Lipstick and Jasmine 6:11 Why a Literature Student Chose Law 10:18 From the Dinner Table to East Jerusalem 17:40 Ten Kilometres an Hour 22:19 House, Home or Asset? 29:36 Is There Really a Global Housing Crisis? 32:46 Who Did This? 1: The Economist 38:46 Who Did This? 2: The Politicians 42:10 Who Did This? 3: The New Landlords 44:17 Who Did This? 4: The Banks 47:58 Failed Fixes 1: Second-Class Rights 55:11 Failed Fixes 2: No Accountability 57:55 Failed Fixes 3: The 2008 Bailout 1:04:15 Her Fight 1: The Case She Lost 1:10:31 Her Fight 2: UN Special Rapporteur 1:17:50 Her Fight 3: Starting The Shift 1:22:19 What Would Fix It? 1:31:08 Look Up, Look Down 1:34:58 Advice 1: To Every 20-Year-Old 1:39:04 Advice 2: If You've Lost Your Home 1:42:50 Next Time, She Asks the Questions 1:44:39 Where Your Ripple Goes Your move Tell the UN what's happening where you live: https://academy.ishr.ch/learn/special-procedures/requesting-a-communication Ask your pension plan or university where its money is invested. Join The Shift's campaign: https://maketheshift.org/community-members-experts-demand-government-keep-speculative-investors-out-of-housing-market/ Housing, Inc.: https://houseofanansi.com/products/housing-inc The question at the end: Does everyone in your community have a safe, affordable place to call home? If not, what's one thing you could do about it? Hosted by Yassaman Nouri. Every ripple shapes the world we share. Even yours. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRippleMap Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theripplemap/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ripple-map/ Newsletter + more: https://theripplemap.com

  5. Oct 7

    He Came for His Teeth. She Saw the Whole Person. | Amber Lombardi, Mainely Teeth | The Ripple Map

    Amber Lombardi sees the whole human being, and teeth are just the door. Amber was almost born in her dad's dental office, learned "street dentistry" beside her dad in Haiti, and later, as a young single mom, needed help she couldn't find. In 2020 she founded Mainely Teeth in Maine, where every patient is screened for what else is going on in their life before the dental exam, social workers are part of the team, and Findhelp is built in from day one. We talk about why access to care is a symptom, a veteran who hadn't cried in thirty years, a teenager who wouldn't smile, the gaps she still sees, and what she'd tell policymakers. "So the whole message is that teeth are just part of what we do. You're not meant to go it alone." Mainely Teeth: https://mainelyteeth.org/ Find help near you (US): https://www.findhelp.org Episode 1 with Erine Gray (Findhelp): https://youtu.be/rSmxe24D8Gg Whole-person care at Mainely Teeth (Findhelp): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVHXmSx720 Filling the Gaps (2024), Findhelp Films documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7FM0Xo1sZo Support Mainely Teeth's work: donate https://mainelyteeth.org/donations/ volunteer https://mainelyteeth.org/volunteers/ Poem: Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan (1258), trans. Edward Rehatsek (1888), lightly modernized. About The Ripple Map The Ripple Map is a conversation series with people tackling the world's hardest problems at the root — some from inside their own lives, some from the field, some building the fixes. Not hero stories: honest conversations about how they found the root, and what it asks of each of us. Hosted by Yassaman Nouri. Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRippleMap Website + newsletter: https://theripplemap.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theripplemap/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ripple-map/ Every ripple shapes the world we share. Even yours. What's your ripple? Tell us on YouTube or Instagram.

  6. Sep 30

    Where Do You Go When You Need Help, and Who Connects You to It? | Erine Gray, Findhelp

    Where do you go when you need help, and who connects you to it? At 17, Erine Gray watched his mom lose her memory almost overnight, and later spent 24 years as her legal guardian navigating the system. He tried to fix it from inside government; when that wasn't fast enough, he started Findhelp, the platform millions of people now use to find food, housing, help with bills and more. We talk about the stigma of asking for help, a $99 company and the seven-page signup form that almost ended it, why Findhelp chose to be a for-profit, what trust really costs, what millions of searches reveal, and why every line in a database is a human being. "If I knew how hard it was going to be, I never would have done it. But it's the best thing that ever happened." (Erine Gray) Resources mentioned Find help near you (free, just your ZIP code): https://www.findhelp.org Learn more about Findhelp: https://company.findhelp.com Findhelp and GaiaVerse (search-data insights): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8pNKHILXE About The Ripple Map The Ripple Map is a conversation series with people tackling the world's hardest problems at the root. Not hero stories: honest conversations about how they found the root, and what it asks of each of us. New episodes every Wednesday. Hosted by Yassaman Nouri. What's your ripple? Tell us on Instagram or LinkedIn, and follow the show so you don't miss the next conversation. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rSmxe24D8Gg Website and newsletter: https://theripplemap.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theripplemap/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ripple-map/ Every ripple shapes the world we share. Even yours.

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    Introducing The Ripple Map

    Our world is facing some really hard problems. The Ripple Map is a conversation series with people tackling them at the root — two parents on opposite sides of a war, people who know poverty from the inside, and people going deep into people and systems. Not hero stories: honest conversations, down to the root. Hosted by Yassaman Nouri. Every ripple shapes the world we share. Even yours.

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Ever feel like the world's problems are too big, too broken, for anything you do to matter? The Ripple Map says otherwise. We go behind the scenes on the social, environmental, and economic problems that won't quit — honest conversations with the people who lived them, the ones doing the ground-level work, and the founders, CEOs, and policymakers from around the world trying to fix them at the root. What failed. What's actually working. What they learned the hard way. No hero worship, no polish. Real change starts with one ripple — and this is where you find out how to start yours.

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  • Creator
    The Ripple Map
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Ripple Map
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