Rank Ripples – Autumn 2025 Edition

Working Together, Transforming Tomorrow

Every article in this edition speaks to the spirit of our RankNet community: curious enough to explore fresh possibilities and compassionate enough to do so with care. We’re exploring the three themes at the heart of our 2025 Annual Conference: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Leadership.

As Caroline Broadhurst prepares to lead her first Conference as CEO, she looks forward to the challenges the Rank Foundation faces, and how we might answer them by strategies such as working together and learning from those who have previously led effective change.

Alongside your regular Fellowship update, this issue brings together pieces that share insight, experience and inspiration from our Network members. Claudette Dawson challenges us to see EDIB not as a problem to fix but as a powerful solution for stronger, more resilient organisations. Lucy Jaffé calls on us to carry our charitable values into the digital realm. Amelia Wrighton, Dom Honey, Nina Karwalska and Kye Lockwood each explore how AI can support our mission-led work while keeping ethical, social and environmental concerns in sight.

Finally, our Director of Programmes, Kai Wooder, introduces The Change We Lead, a new programme designed to promote inclusion and offer space for reflection and learning on anti-racism, intercultural awareness and intersectionality.

We hope you enjoy reading this edition of Ripples!