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Mark Reed
Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship at Scotland's Rural College and CEO of Fast Track Impact, a research-impact training company.
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Oct 7, 2026
Impact | From impact ambition to real-world change
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6:15But what does this relational view of impact change about the way researchers should approach their work? So maybe we can talk a little bit about that as well.
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6:29Mark ReedGUEST
So it's not that I wait until I've finished my work and I've got the big ideas, uh, that I then try and find some kind of audience for those ideas.
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6:39Mark ReedGUEST
I start by saying, "Who is that potential audience? Who are the people who have need? And now, how can I adapt my research to meet those needs?" And so you know from the outset, and where possible, with their input, you're building something that actually matters, and of course, that engenders trust.
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6:58Mark ReedGUEST
There's more published this month that I'll be highlighting in, in my monthly newsletter.
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25:23So when does encouraging an impact culture become simply asking researchers perhaps to do one more thing again? And what should institutions stop doing if they genuinely want to create and support meaningful impact and also support their researchers with that endeavor?