C-CRETS

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Keith and Ricky sit down with executive and founder of Kanda Chocolates, Karen Blackwell. They talk with Karen about her story and career journey and the dilemma of taking the corporate coin vs. betting on yourself. Keith and Ricky will provide receipts on the barriers that black women continue to face in Corporate America, and Karen will share 3 C-CRETS on how you can find your voice and follow your dreams.

In this episode, Keith and Ricky discuss the conflict between perceived loyalty and disloyalty along their career journeys, provide you with the receipts on the impact of loyalty (or disloyalty) in the workplace, and close out with 3 C-CRETS on how to lock in mutually beneficial loyalty agreements with your organization.