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  • AI Chatbots in Humanitarian Crises: GOAL's Hard-Won Lessons

    October 21, 2026 · 29 min

    What does it actually take to deploy AI chatbots safely in humanitarian response? Liz Devine, Head of the Program Technical Team at GOAL Global, joins Amie Vaccaro, Jonathan Jackson, and Dimagi's Erin Quinn to share hard-won lessons from…

  • Joey Savoie: Why Grantmaking, Not Money, Is the Bottleneck

    October 15, 2026 · 60 min

    Effective grantmaking is now the real bottleneck in philanthropy, says Joey Savoie, founder of Elevate Philanthropy and co-founder of Ambitious Impact, the charity incubator behind more than 65 new organizations. After years of scarcity, a…

  • Justin Steele on the Legibility Trap in Philanthropy

    October 12, 2026 · 50 min

    Justin Steele gave away nearly $700 million leading Google.org’s philanthropy across the Americas, and he watched funding flow to the nonprofits closest to power rather than those closest to the problem. Now the founder of Kindora, a…

  • AI Philanthropy Is Coming. Are You Legibly Excellent?

    September 21, 2026 · 56 min

    What happens when AI philanthropy actually arrives? Jack Lewars advises donors giving up to nine figures a year — and he argues the wave of wealth expected from AI company IPOs is more locked in than skeptics think, with potentially $130…

  • Disability Inclusion in Global Development, with Dr. Victor Pineda

    September 17, 2026 · 46 min

    Disability inclusion in global development starts with a question most teams never ask: who is your technology quietly leaving out? Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda, executive director of Berkeley's Center for Independent Living, president of…

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  • Grow the Pie: GiveDirectly's CEO on Absorbing the Third Wave

    August 21, 2026 · 52 min

    Five years ago, they were mid-level software engineers. Today, they hold giving accounts larger than major foundations — and the sector they want to fund may not be ready to absorb the money. Nick Allardice, CEO of GiveDirectly and former…

  • From Embracing Complexity to Solving the Right Problems

    August 18, 2026 · 46 min

    Could a funder deploy $100 million in global health tomorrow and know where every single dollar went? Dimagi CEO and co-founder Jonathan Jackson believes verified service delivery finally makes the answer yes. In this candid mid-2026…

  • Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Go Bad

    August 7, 2026 · 56 min

    What does it really mean to make a profit — and why do so many mission-driven companies eventually betray the very things that made them great? In this episode, Eric Ries, creator of The Lean Startup and founder of the Long-Term Stock…

  • The Last Mile of Family Planning: Lessons from Lafiya in Nigeria

    July 30, 2026 · 43 min

    In a single program area in northern Nigeria, contraceptive use climbed from 2% to over 70%. This change wasn't caused by a new technology, but happened because of one new strategy: centering trust. In this episode, Jonathan Jackson and…

  • Why Development Needs More Innovation, Not Less with DIV Fund

    July 23, 2026 · 50 min

    When USAID was dissolved, Sasha Gallant didn't let the work she'd spent years building disappear with it. As the former head of Development Innovation Ventures (DIV), USAID's evidence-driven innovation fund, Gallant watched stop-work…

  • Who Actually Owns This? Naming What's Broken with Nithya Ramanathan

    June 26, 2026 · 49 min

    What does it actually take for a country, government, or community to truly own a technology or an outcome? In this fast-paced and candid episode of High-Impact Growth, Dimagi CEO Jonathan Jackson and co-host Amie Vaccaro welcome back…

  • 40,000 Health Workers, One AI-Powered Lifeline

    May 15, 2026 · 49 min

    What happens when a health extension worker in rural Ethiopia faces a complex case and there's no doctor nearby? This episode goes beyond the AI hype cycle to explore a live, working answer: HEP Assist, a generative AI-powered call center…

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About the show

A podcast for social entrepreneurs, global development funders, nonprofit leaders and anyone grappling with the challenge of how to build solutions that are both immensely impactful and also achieve high-growth. Join Dimagi CEO and co-founder, Jonathan Jackson, along with co-host Amie Vaccaro as we unpack learnings from 20 years building digital solutions for global health and development, explore barriers to and opportunities for high-impact growth, and speak with industry leaders from around the world. Find us at: https://dimagi.com/podcast/