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Fast Track Impact
by Mark Reed
The podcast for researchers who want to be more productive and achieve real-world impacts from their research. Every week, Mark Reed gives you practical tips and discusses how you can enhance the impact of your research, based on the latest research.
Episodes
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Episode 44: What is good practice engagement and impact?
This week, Mark talks through a series of good practice principles for engagement and impact, published in his recent blog post - Add your own feedback and ideas here The blog builds on a number of sources, including: Mark’s Impact Culture book (see the bottom of this page for his impact culture...
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Episode 43: Evidencing engagement and impact for REF2029
This week, Mark explores what the recent REF2029 guidance means for impact, including a discussion of what we might be expected to write about in the new engagement and impact narrative, and an evidence-based approach to writing a 4* impact case study. NCCPE engagement guidance My “Re-thinking...
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Episode 42: Interview with Michael Parker from The Conversation about generating and evaluating impact from media engagement
This week, Mark talks to Michael Parker, Director of Operations at The Conversation, a news outlet that specialises in working with researchers, giving them editorial control on a global platform. Drawing from their work together creating the Media Impact Guide and Toolkit, Mark and Michael…
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Episode 41: Tips for evidencing impact with evaluation expert Eric Jensen
Eric Jensen is an expert in impact evaluation who has written a textbook on many of the most useful methods you'll need and leading two companies that specialise in impact evaluation consultancy and training alongside his academic research on environmental issues. In this interview, he provides...
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Evaluation Episode 40: Can software take the pain out of impact monitoring and evaluation?
This week, Mark interviews Laura Tucker (Vertigo Ventures), Tobias Schoep (GrowImpact), and Sarah Morton (Matter of Focus) about the platforms they have developed to help researchers keep track of their impacts. Find out more about each platform: GrowImpact OutNav from Matter of Focus Impact...
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Episode 39: How arts-based methods can enrich your evaluation of impact - with Dr Rachel Blanche
This week, Mark interviews Rachel Blanche from Queen Margaret University Edinburgh to find out how arts-based methods can provide depth and rigour to an impact evaluation. They discuss a range of approaches including visual, performative and narrative methods, the types of evidence these methods...
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Episode 38: What does a real impact evaluation look like?
Mark discusses a range mixed methods evaluation designs that can help you collect data to evidence impacts arising from industry, policy, media, and public engagement. The methods are easy to use without any specialist training or experience, and can generate useful data in some of the trickiest...
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Episode 37: Getting creative with impact evaluation
How do you design an impact evaluation? There is no blueprint, but in this episode, Mark gives you the tools you will need to choose an evaluation design with methods that can deliver convincing evidence while giving you win-wins for your research. Evidencing impact paper | Decision tree You can...
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Episode 36: How to monitor and evaluate your impact
In this first of a series of episodes on monitoring, evaluating and evidencing impact, Mark discusses one of the biggest mistakes that people make when the evaluate their engagement instead of their impact, and provides simple tools anyone can use to keep track of their impact with minimal time…
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Episode 35: How to work with skeptics and achieve impact from your research online without risking your mental health: interview with George Hope
This week, Mark interviews George Hope, Communications Manager at Oxford Net Zero and Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, based at University of Oxford, about how you can reduce the risks of engaging with social media and achieve more impact online. They discuss challenges of engaging with skeptics and...
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Episode 34: Are you really doing all you can to make a difference?
What do you see when you hold the mirror up to your attempts to achieve impact? Are you doing enough? If not, what are your excuses and assumptions, and what could you do to do more? This week, Mark shares what he learned from a book that transformed how he saw the world, and with it his research...
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Episode 33: New platform for researchers to communicate their work simply and drive impact: in conversation with Sarah Wijesinghe, Founder of Brijjd
Disillusioned with how academia works, Sarah Wijesinghe left academia to set up Brijjd, a new social platform for researcher to communicate their research simply to the widest possible audience. Mark learns about her personal journal and the platform she has created, and discusses recent...
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Episode 32: A story from "the middle of it": our collective experience of a broken system
In this final episode on mental health, Mark questions the assumption that we need to be fixed and find a happy ending, when so many people feel stuck in the middle of a story that has no end in sight. He shares stories from from researchers who are in a messy "middle" and argues that it is…
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Episode 31: Getting academics to engage with mental and physical health issues and build resilience
Building on the success of the “health resilient researcher” course and the launch of health coaching for academics by Fast Track Impact, Dr Joyce Reed discusses some of the most common challenges driving researchers to the brink of burnout, and how she has motivated people to turn things around…
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Episode 30: Normalising failure - learning from a fieldwork fail with Ruby Annand-Jones and Paris Tuohy
When Paris Tuohy and Ruby Annand-Jones failed to collect the data they needed for their research, they felt frustrated and guilty - not just about the project, but for the community they were seeking to serve. But as they shared their feelings with more senior researchers in their team, they...
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Episode 29: Alternatives to the word "stakeholder"
Mark reports back on the workshop to discuss alternatives to the word stakeholder, where the group discussed whether or not we should in fact be trying to replace the word, or encouraging people to find the right word for their purpose and context. Alternatives were discussed as well though,...
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Episode 28: Should we banish the word "stakeholder"?
This week, Mark discusses problems with the word "stakeholder" and discusses alternatives that could enable us to decolonise our vocabulary as researchers, ahead of a discussion workshop to discuss the issue further. You can also read a blog post version of this podcast here Join the discussion...
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Episode 27: Being well in academia - Interview with Petra Boynton
This week Mark talks to Petra Boynton, social psychologist academic, consultant and trainer, about her work on "being well in academia". They discuss how systems in academia perpetuate burnout and health problems, and discuss ideas that could help fix the system, providing colleagues with the...
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Episode 26: Working with difficult line managers
Do you have a toxic relationship with your line manager or supervisor? This week, Mark discusses three ways you can tackle your relationship so you can stop dreading your meetings and start thriving again at work. Impact Culture is available as a hardback, e-book and audio book:...
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Episode 25: Why we are made with mistakes
This week, Mark considers how to move beyond simply learning from mistakes, to understand how our mistakes have shaped who we are, transforming regret into an experience of being more authentic. He tells a story of a mistake that was used by his boss to blackmail him, and how this one mistake...
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Episode 24: Fear of failure and transcending labels
This week, Mark discusses how to transcend the labels we often hide behind as academics, so we can embrace failure and mistakes as a necessary part of who we are, sitting with discomfort and being able to feel the full range of human emotions. By accepting and living with the less comfortable...
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Episode 23: Self-compassion and workplace anxiety
Anxiety is baked into many academic cultures, but for some that fear can be debilitating. In this episode Mark talks about his own struggle with anxiety after a failed attempt to return to face-to-face work post-COVID, and brings a message of hope and healing for anyone struggling to give...
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Episode 22: Making friends with your imposter
Most researchers suffer from imposter syndrome at some point in their careers, but few talk about it, so it can feel like you are alone in feeling the way you do. In this episode Mark shares his own experience of imposter syndrome and introduces another audio chapter of his book, Impact Culture,...
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Episode 21: Tackling the root causes of people-pleasing and perfectionism
Why do we say "yes" to things we later regret, or struggle to share early drafts of our work with collaborators? Why we get upset when colleagues ask for help and then don't follow our advice? Are you really driven by a desire to help others, or are you seeking external validation? Why do we need...
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Episode 20: Leadership for impact (part 5): the radical transparency, humility and presence of empathic leaders
In this episode, Mark considers the difference between influential versus manipulative impact, and shares insights and practical tips that can help you identify early warning signs that you might be about to cross a line and say or do something you might later regret. He builds on previous…
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Episode 19: Why ECRs are leaving academia, and what we can do
This week, Mark interviews Dr Katerina Cidlinska from the Institute of Psychology at the Czech Academy of Sciences about research she conducted with Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who left academia. Her work identifies four trajectories and impact could be part of the problem as well as part of...
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Episode 18: Why every researcher needs a coach
In this episode, Mark is joined by Dr Joyce Reed, health coach and CEO of Fast Track Impact, to talk about the transformative power of coaching for academics, and how it can increase both productivity and resilience. They talk about individual and group coaching, and the benefits of upgrading…
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Episode 17: How to write an impact strategy
Mark interviews Saskia Gent (Insights for Impact) and Jennifer Locket and Dawn Ashby (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) to learn from research that reviewed over 70 impact strategies from around the world. The research suggested there are just two types of impact strategy to choose from - enabling…
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Episode 16: How to avoid your research generating "grimpact"
Mark interviews Professor Gemma Derrick from University of Bristol about her work to understand the characteristics and drivers of negative unintended consequences from research, what she calls "grimpact". Read the paper Gemma led on her work here:...
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Episode 15: Leadership for impact part 4 - the influence of empathic leaders
This week, Mark concludes his series on empathic leadership for impact by considering evidence from studies of expert negotiators that suggests empathic leaders can be significantly more influential. As he revises the empathic leadership model to move beyond service, he suggests that the third…
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Episode 14: Leadership for impact part 3 - being an expert at finding expertise
In this episode, Mark discusses how leaders that want to facilitate impact need to cultivate bridging expertise to bridge ideas and networks, bringing people and solutions together to make a difference. Read the blog version of today's episode here In the episode Mark refers to an earlier episode...
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Episode 13: Leadership for impact part 2 - the purpose of leaders who facilitate impact
In this episode, Mark discusses how leaders need to have a deep understanding of their impact, to be authentic and therefore be able to connect empathically with their teams, drawing people to impact. Read the blog version of today's episode here Impact Culture is available now, as a hardback,...
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Episode 12: Leadership for impact part 1 - introduction to empathic leadership
In this episode, Mark looks at a range of leadership models and discusses the sort of leadership needed to drive impact, drawing on his new book, Impact Culture. He presents a new leadership model, empathic leadership, based on purpose, bridging expertise and service, and discusses the tools and...
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Episode 11: Transforming the impact culture of an entire University from the bottom up - interview with Ged Hall about their Building Impact Momentum programme
This week, Mark interviews Dr Ged Hall about an innovative rolling 3 month programme for researchers to build skills and community around impact, giving them permission, accountability and support to achieve impacts that align with their values, whether or not they are valued by funders or...
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Episode 10: How Universities can disrupt "old power" hierarchies to drive social change - interview with Jonathan Grant
Following his Reading Group appearance earlier this month, I'm interviewing Professor Jonathan Grant about his new book, The New Power University. He argues argues that universities must embrace “new power” values that focus on participation, networked governance and transparency, to put social...
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Episode 9: Building impact capacity
In the fourth and final episode that includes an audio chapter from his new book, Impact Culture, Mark discusses how to build capacity for impact, including the leadership and skills needed, as well as a discussion of the role that impact strategies can play, based on his recent pre-print with...
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Episode 8: Finding your impact community
In the third of four episodes that include audio chapters from his new book, Impact Culture, Mark discusses the importance of working strategically to foster relationships with institutional and disciplinary networks as well as stakeholders. In the introduction, he describes a new stakeholder...
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Episode 7: Purpose for a healthy impact culture
In the second of four episodes that include audio chapters from his new book, Impact Culture, Mark discusses some of the literature on purpose, and how researchers derive meaning from their work. In the introduction, he discusses the role of mentors versus coaches in academia, and the chapter…
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Episode 6: Impact culture - how you can get involved in the book launch and community of practice
My new book, Impact Culture, is released on 25th March, and this is your opportunity to join the launch team and get involved in the impact culture community of practice, which launches today! Get involved in the impact culture community Today I'm launching a new website for anyone who wants to...
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Episode 5: The research that underpins your impact culture
In the first of four episodes that include audio chapters from his new book, Impact Culture, Mark introduces the first of four components of a healthy impact culture: rigorous, ethical and action-oriented research. In the introduction, he discusses some of the common ethical traps researchers...
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Episode 4: Staying resilient in the transition back to in-person work - interview with Dr Joyce Reed, health coach and Managing Director of Fast Track Impact
In this episode, Mark is joined by his wife, Dr Joyce Reed, former hospital doctor turned health coach and Managing Director of Fast Track Impact. They talk about some of the hopes and fears of returning to in-person work, and how you can stay resilient in body and mind, whether you are staying…
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Episode 3: Extreme coproduction
In this episode, Mark delves into some of the assumptions and world views that can prevent us doing research that is genuinely coproductive. He draws on a realisation that some of his own early work was far from coproductive, and instead could be characterised as "helicopter research" that…
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Episode 2: 5 lessons to co-produce impact when you have limited time
This week, Mark shares his top 5 lessons for co-producing impact with limited time, based on his forthcoming book, Impact Culture Find out who’s interested in your research; Next, start with their needs, not your ideas; Give as much as you get; Base action on bodies of work rather than your…
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Episode 1: What is your impact culture?
In this episode Mark introduces Season 4, discusses why we need to think harder about the culture in which we do our work, and unpacks what a healthy impact culture looks like. To do this, he draws on his new book, Impact Culture, and provides some practical examples of how he is putting the…
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What made a 4* case study in REF2014? Discussion between Mark Reed and Bella Reichard
Bella Reichard and Mark Reed discuss how their new paper analysing high- versus low-scoring impact case studies from REF2014 can be used to write more effective case studies, drawing from their experience advising Universities across the UK on their REF submissions.
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What made a 4* case study in REF2014? Paper reading (part 2)
Bella Reichard and Mark Reed read from their new paper analysing high- versus low-scoring impact case studies from REF2014.
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What made a 4* case study in REF2014? Paper reading (part 1)
Bella Reichard and Mark Reed read from their new paper analysing high versus low-scoring impact case studies from REF2014
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Getting your most important work done
This week, Mark asks how you can make room for the most important work of your life. What priorities most authentically express your identity and values, that you need to make time for? The systems that hold you back and demotivate you might not be about to change. But you have the capacity to…
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Using a policy seminar to establish relationships and build long-term pathways to impact
In a bonus episode this week from the climate conference in Madrid, Mark provides a worked example of how to use a policy seminar to generate and build relationships that have the potential to deliver long-term impacts from research. There are lots of methods available to find out who attends a...
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Evidencing impact (part 2)
In this second part of his episode on evidencing impact, Mark reads the final sections of his forthcoming co-authored paper, describing five types of impact evaluation and a methodological framework to guide the selection of methods for evidencing impact. See the figures from the paper in this...
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The podcast for researchers who want to be more productive and achieve real-world impacts from their research. Every week, Mark Reed gives you practical tips and discusses how you can enhance the impact of your research, based on the latest research.
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