leonardo's notebook

The social impact sector has always had to choose between listening deeply and listening widely. The research on AI-led interviews suggests that choice was always a question of cost. Explore the potential of AI in IMM and how we use it.

We are proud to partner with Karma Capital on the impact architecture for their steward-ownership fund, built to measure and report impact at the level a systemic investing approach requires

A case study on how Foreword Coffee used voi to measure job satisfaction, belonging, and financial autonomy among staff with disabilities and mental health conditions.

A case study on how Impact Hub Istanbul and voi tracked six years of Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) alumni to see whether a food-and-agriculture accelerator's impact actually held up over time.

Stitch by Stitch is a Frankfurt based social business and professional textile manufacturer. They used voi to understand how its combination of employment, vocational training, language support, and social integration affects women with refugee and migration backgrounds. They used voi to turn their impact into structured, measurable evidence, capturing changes in professional skills, confidence and long-term career prospects.

Beyond headcount: How Impact Hub Vienna uses voi, the first AI impact researcher, to uncover the true ecosystem effects of Impact Days 2026.

Pomona Impact Foundation is an accelerator for Central American SMEs. They used voi to measure whether its ESCALA program actually changed how 17 founders run their businesses.

We are proud to present the Microfinance Women Client Study, conducted for Oxus Tajikistan and led in partnership with the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation.

We are proud to partner with the Kreuzpunkt im Viertel, an initiative by the Bistum Mainz, to measure the social impact of an open neighbourhood meeting place that brings people of different ages, backgrounds and confessions together in one of Mainz's newest quarters.

We are proud to present the Microfinance Women Client Study, conducted for Oxus Kyrgyzstan and led in partnership with the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation.

Impact investors have long struggled to prove their contribution to portfolio outcomes. The answer may be simpler than you think. Explore how your investees can help you make it visible.

We are proud to partner with the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Oxus to provide the evidentiary backbone for their Central Asian impact assessments, delivering the actionable insights needed to design more responsive, client-centered financial services for women.

We are proud to present the baseline report of the SOLCO Partnership, a multi-country impact study with Last Mile Climate on the transition from biomass to solar electric cooking in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

What the Impact Performance Reporting Norms mean for impact fund and asset managers and how we support them following this new industry standard.

We are proud to partner with wellplayd in the development of their Theory of Change (ToC) and the set up of their initial impact framework to support their great solution for good governance and integrity in sports.

We are proud to partner with Last Mile Climate (LMC) to provide the evidentiary backbone for their flagship initiative: SOLCO – The Solar Electric Cooking Partnership for Humanitarian Contexts, supported by the IKEA Foundation.

Explore why fund managers often face a complex trilemma in impact reporting and how to solve it by structural fix und technology usage.

We are proud to turn thousands of stakeholder voices into verified evidence you can see in patterns, feel in stories, and trust in data. Together with TUM, Impact Hub Trento and the Impact Hub Network we create impact measurement, where every voice counts.

We are proud to present the impact report of the first two cohorts of our educational programme - Impact Pioneer.

Explore how IMM data collection can be smarter, cheaper, and more inclusive.

We are proud to partner with Groundbreaker to enhance their monitoring and evaluation systems, strengthening their mission to empower women and promote social justice in Uganda.

We are proud to partner with SOS Children’s Villages International to strengthen their monitoring and evaluation systems through a clear, actionable roadmap for smarter impact data.

Discover how contribution-focused tools balance credibility, complexity, and cost in impact measurement.

On May 6, 2025, our team at leonardo left the usual office setting behind for an amazing hiking workshop in the Taunus Mountains.

We are proud to partner with Villa Gründergeist to help them place impact at the core of their work, strengthening social entrepreneurship and church innovation by making meaningful impact data accessible.

For many early-stage entrepreneurs, measuring social or environmental impact feels less like a strategic advantage and more like a reporting chore. But what if it could be both?

We are proud to partner with Development Partners International (DPI) and their ADP III Fund, one of the largest Africa-focused funds, providing a holistic solution for ESG and Impact Measurement and Management.

The relevance of stakeholder insights, why we need representativity and how to increase response rates.

In March 2025, Alan Fortuny Sicart, our Lead Data Scientist, presented his new book at the Degrowth Alumni Conference - after running 170km along the Costa Brava coastline to Barcelona in four days. Discover more about his remarkable journey.

We are proud to partner with Serengeti Energy to support them in their efforts to ensure the availability of high quality impact data across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Does the true heartbeat of social impact can be find in hard numbers or in the stories, emotions, and lived experiences of the people you serve?

Imagine a world where every data point tells a story - of impact, progress, and change. But how do we know these stories are real?

We are proud to partner with Energy Peace Partners (EPP) to support them in their efforts to provide energy access in hard-to-reach areas.