#013: Stories of Relationships
Today’s episode explores the power of relationships. Having relationships with people from different sectors, different disciplines, different countries, and different cultures can help us make sense ...
10 Juli 202325min
#012: Valuing Expertise
It’s no secret that the finance sector tends to undervalue and even demean non-financial expertise, in particular expertise on gender equality, social justice issues, and local context. This failure t...
10 Juli 202324min
#011: Five strategies for using finance for social change
What if, when we think about finance for social change, we didn’t think solely about the amount of money we can move to a certain impact goal? What if we focused instead on HOW that money moves and wh...
18 Maj 202321min
#010: A Couple Rants on Innovative Finance
At Criterion, we mostly try to focus on positives: possibilities, solutions, insights for how things could work better. But sometimes we need to call out when things just aren’t working. This episode ...
28 Apr 202322min
#009: Wandering Around Wondering
There is a common belief that, when we are creating something, we need to know specifically what to look for and how it will contribute to our end creation. In this episode, our host Joy Anderson flip...
28 Apr 202322min
#008: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: An Opportunity for Change?
In March of 2023, Silicon Valley Bank suddenly collapsed after its sale of long-term US treasury bonds at a hefty loss triggered investor panic and a run on the bank. The collapse has had widespread a...
4 Apr 202332min
#007: Knowledge and Power. Part One.
This is the first of many episodes around knowledge and power. In the first segment, Joy reflects on a story when she was fundraising for good capital and a VC put her and her knowledge in its place....
3 Mars 202345min
#005: Imagining Alternative Futures and Contingencies
In this episode, we explore imagining alternative futures and thinking through the contingencies in those futures. The first segment broadly introduces the importance of imagining alternative futures...
14 Feb 202330s
