RAISEimpact

Raising AI Safety Effectiveness and Impact

RAISEimpact is a program designed to help organizations working on reducing AI risks strengthen their management and leadership practices to amplify their effectiveness and reach their full impact potential. RAISEimpact is fully funded by Open Philanthropy.

What does our program offer?

We combine in-depth discovery, collaborative problem-solving, and targeted interventions into a process that’s tailored to your context and designed to create lasting improvements.

Step 1 - 30-Minute Call

Each engagement begins with a 30-minute exploration call to discuss the program, the potential for increasing your impact, answer your questions, and mutually evaluate our fit for working together.

Step 2 - Leadership Team Workshop

We facilitate a two-hour workshop that brings your leadership team together to uncover opportunities, surface blind spots, and align on what matters most for increasing effectiveness and impact.

Step 3 - Review of Recommendations

We deliver a set of clear, high-impact recommendations based on our findings, followed by a discussion to review them, address your questions, and align on next steps.

Step 4 - Implementation Support

From there, we work alongside you to implement tailored interventions—practical, evidence-based changes designed to address your unique challenges and help your organization operate at its full potential.

Who can participate, and what does it cost?

To be eligible, organizations must be working to reduce global catastrophic risks (GCRs) from AI and have at least five paid staff.

We currently have four AI safety organizations as clients, and are still offering at least two more RAISEimpact leadership team workshops to candidates. Pending the results of the workshops, we’ll proceed with one additional organization for the first round of implementation support, based on fit and where we can create the most value.

Thanks to our May 2025 Open Philanthropy grant, all costs are covered for these initial participants.

Who is leading the program?

RAISEimpact is a program of Successif, led by:

Adam is an experienced EA leadership coach who bridges organizational development with AI safety context. He is a former Amazon tech leader known for building high-performance teams.

Program Lead

Patrick is a business leader and entrepreneur who is on the board of Effective Ventures UK and Talos Network. He leads operations at Successif and manages the team of advisors.

COO, Successif

Chloe brings years of experience in project management, operations, quality assurance, and auditing to the team. Her background spans corporate, start-up, and non-profit environments.

Project Manager

What is our approach?

  • Mission-aligned: We tie our interventions to tangible positive impact on organizations’ goals, mission, effectiveness, and impact

  • Fast and focused: We deliver visible ROI within weeks, while exploring and setting the foundation for longer engagements

  • Customized: We deeply engage with organizations, learn their unique context, and establish trust

  • Collaborative: We co-create solutions grounded in evidence and best practices, with clear success metrics

  • AI safety-aligned: We tailor our approach to the unique culture of organizations in the AI safety community 

  • Expert-driven: We partner with experienced coaches, organizational experts, and consultants. We provide a necessary bridge between them and the AI safety domain.

  • Culture engineering: We help teams intentionally design cultures that support truth-seeking, retention, and high performance

What is our theory of change?

The following is a condensed version of our theory of change.  

  • Example interventions (not exhaustive):

    • Consulting on role clarity, governance, and policy

    • Team / individual performance system design

    • Conflict management training and facilitation

    • Hiring process consulting

    • Leadership coaching for directors and managers

    • Team retreats focused on trust and team dynamics

    • 360 feedback process implementation

    • Stronger manager skillsets and confidence

    • Clearer roles and responsibilities

    • Stronger governance systems 

    • New or improved systems for performance, feedback, and hiring

    • Surfaced and addressed team conflicts

    • Staff feedback / employee survey data improvements

    • Employees have documented goals and development plans

    • More effective leadership and decision-making

    • Healthier, more effective work culture

    • Increased organizational performance and resilience

    • Increased talent retention and attraction

    • Higher trust and motivation

    • Work better aligned with strategic priorities

    • Leaders' time optimized for high-leverage work

    • Widespread adoption of robust AI safety measures by governments and industry

    • Resilient safety ecosystem capable of adapting to emerging AI risks

    • Reduced risk of internal dysfunction

    • Sustained funding and support for AI safety

    • Consistently high impact, consistently growing impact 

    • Reduced catastrophic risks from AI

Interested in learning more?

Book a 30-minute call with Adam or email adam@successif.org.