Lasting Change

About Lasting Change

If you’re looking around at all of the problems in our world today and asking “is real change actually possible?” - this podcast is for you. Creating lasting change is hard. Often problems are complex, and solutions can feel short-sighted or unsustainable. Leaders with good intentions can hurt instead of helping - and communities can stay trapped in cycles that have lasted for generations. But using holistic and sustainable strategy, innovative ideas, and a lot of humility - there are leaders around the world making a difference today. Change is possible - and on this podcast, you’re going to learn how you can be part of creating it. Each episode, we’ll talk with some of these experienced, innovative leaders - and you’ll learn strategies you can use around the world or in your neighborhood to create lasting change.

Publisher

One Collective

Category

business · business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Feb 2023

Latest episode

1 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

14 of 41 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #039: Creating Space for People to Experience Jesus - Jim Olsen

   Host Scott interviews Jim Olsen about how El Refugio creates space for people to experience Jesus through nature and discipleship in Ecuador.

2. 

   31 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #38: How to Lead Without Being the Hero

   Most of us want to help, but it’s easy to step in like the hero and accidentally keep people stuck. In this episode, Scott Olson talks with Hector Chavez De La Rosa, a One Collective Catalyst, about a different kind of leadership: coming alongside in ways that help people rise up. Hector shares the idea of being a “window and a mirror”, showing others what’s possible while reflecting hope in a way that feels possible. You’ll hear how his story, shaped by hardship, military service, and good mentors, led him back home to build lasting change through local ownership. Listen in and consider what it could look like to lead without being the hero.

3. 

   12 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #037: How One Leader Sparked Community Transformation Through Beekeeping

   Pradeep from One Collective shares how empowering a local beekeeper in northeastern India creates jobs and restores dignity, sparking community transformation in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

#039: Creating Space for People to Experience Jesus - Jim Olsen

Published 1 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So really for us, it's all about discipleship. It's all about relationship. It's helping people come to know and understand who Jesus is and deepen their relationship with him, walk with him, walk in his ways, and provide this space where they can have an encounter with him in an incredible country, mountainous backdrop and setting. Yeah, it's a beautiful, beautiful place with ropes courses and hiking trails. I mean, just you name it, you can do it there. What would it look like if you were a young person coming to El Refugio? What would a weak camp look like? What kind of things do they do that you guys use to start drawing them closer to Christ? […]

Who has been a guest on Lasting Change

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jim Olsen
• Pradeep
• Emily Hooper
• Andrew Larson
• Brandon Weidman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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