C-CRETS

Keith Powell & Ricky Robinson
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Hosts, Ricky Robinson & Keith Powell, share their 20-year adventures and pitfalls climbing the career ladder and offer advise (“C-Crets”) on avoiding the traps and thriving.

  1. 12/17/2025

    Who is Worthy of Wealth

    Who DESERVES Wealth in America? In this episode, Keith & Ricky talk about the genesis and current state of wealth creation in this country, provide you with the receipts on the generational wealth gaps state in America and Black professionals in Finance, and close out providing a double dose of C-CRETS on how to individually close the wealth gaps, and what companies can do to close the gap.

    48 min

  2. 11/19/2025

    DEIsign for the Future: A Conversation with Jovon Overall

    Design Leader, Educator, and Coach Jovon Overall joins the podcast to share her career journey. Keith and Ricky will explore how Jovon got inspired to become a thought leader and teacher on digital product design and artificial intelligence. We will provide some receipts on the changing dynamics of technology and its impact on our immediate future and close out with C-CRETS from Jovon on how to navigate working in male-dominated industries and ways to increase Ai literacy.

    53 min

  3. 10/08/2025

    Checking All the Boxes and Still Not Enough?

    What happens when you break records, earn top awards, and still get passed over for a promotion? In this powerful episode of C-CRETS, we share the story of a Black female sales leader who transformed her team into the best in the country, only to be told she was “too confident” for the next step.

    40 min

  4. 09/03/2025

    RACE Healing with Dorit Cypis of PeoplesLab: Bridging Our Differences to Build Possibility

    Keith, Ricky, and Dorit return for part two of the conversation where they will redefine what RACE can really be and how to effectively build broad relations across our differences.

  5. 08/27/2025

    Back to Humanity or Insanity?: Real Talk with Dorit Cypis of PeoplesLab

    Keith and Ricky join listener favorite, Dorit Cypis from PeoplesLab, for another riveting conversation. The gents chop it up with Dorit - analyzing what is going on with our world today, how it has roots to the past, and how we prepare for the future.

  6. 08/20/2025

    Season 7 Opener: This is a Revolution NOT a Revolt!

    In the Season 7 opener, Keith and Ricky return to recap how 2025 was a multi-year journey and what we need to do to thrive and show humanity amongst the insanity.

  7. 05/29/2024

    Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number: A Conversation with Philip Loew

    Reverse ageism is real. In this episode, Keith & Ricky have a conversation with Philip Loew, founder of What is Next, to talk about his experiences as a young, ambitious leader.

    56 min

  8. 05/22/2024

    Surviving and Thriving A Leadership Change

    Everyone of us will experience several leadership changes during our careers. Surviving and thriving through leadership changes is one of the potentially trickiest and precarious events that can impact your career trajectory. Keith and Ricky will provide examples of their personal experiences with leadership changes and how they have impacted our careers, provide receipts on how leadership changes can impact leaders of color and organizations, and close out providing 3 C-CRETS on how to survive and thrive during leadership changes.

    45 min
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Hosts, Ricky Robinson & Keith Powell, share their 20-year adventures and pitfalls climbing the career ladder and offer advise (“C-Crets”) on avoiding the traps and thriving.

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  • Creator
    Keith Powell & Ricky Robinson
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    124
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 C-CRETS Keith Powell & Ricky Robinson
  • Show Website
    C-CRETS