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Journey Towards Anti-Racism Ep10: Conversation with Kit Hughes

Journey Towards Anti-Racism Ep10: Conversation with Kit Hughes

Released Thursday, 23rd June 2022
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Journey Towards Anti-Racism Ep10: Conversation with Kit Hughes

Journey Towards Anti-Racism Ep10: Conversation with Kit Hughes

Journey Towards Anti-Racism Ep10: Conversation with Kit Hughes

Journey Towards Anti-Racism Ep10: Conversation with Kit Hughes

Thursday, 23rd June 2022
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In episode ten of the 12-part podcast series, "White Men & the Journey Towards Anti-Racism," Tim interviews Kit Hughes, Co-Founder and CEO of Look Listen, a consulting company working at the intersection of creativity, data, and technology.

This series was created to be a resource for white men who might be wrestling with questions like, “What’s my role in anti-racism, equity, inclusion, and justice work as a white man with power and privilege?” and “How might my personal commitment to do this work manifest itself in the organization I help lead?”

Are you new to the series? Check out episode 54 where podcast co-hosts Lauren Ruffin and Tim Cynova introduce and frame the conversations. Download the accompanying study guide. And explore the other episodes in this series with guests:

  • Raphael Bemporad (Founding Partner) & Bryan Miller (Chief Financial Officer), BBMG
  • Ted Castle (Founder & President) & Rooney Castle (Vice President), Rhino Foods
  • Ron Carucci, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Navalent
  • David Devan, General Director & President, Opera Philadelphia
  • Jared Fishman, Founding Executive Director, Justice Innovation Lab
  • Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-Founder, B Lab; CEO, Imperative21
  • Marc Mannella, Independent Consultant, Former CEO KIPP Philadelphia Public Schools
  • John Orr, Executive Director, Art-Reach
  • David Reuter, Partner, LLR
  • Sydney Skybetter, Founder, CRCI; Associate Chair & Senior Lecturer, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies Department, Brown University


Want to explore related resources primarily *not* by white guys? Check out our compilation of 30 books, podcasts, and films.

Bios

KIT HUGHES is a typical technology entrepreneur. He dropped out of college to start a company (it failed), spent a period of time homeless (by choice), and became an overnight success (slowly). Eventually, Kit returned to school as a two-time research fellow at the University of Georgia leading experimental technology research projects exploring mobile computing and connected devices. He credits his business smarts to his studies in strategy and innovation at MIT Sloan. Kit co-founded Look Listen in 2007 as a mash-up of a digital studio and a consulting company working at the intersection of creativity, data, and technology. Look Listen grew to have offices in Atlanta, Denver, and Portland with three centers of excellence: Brand Experience, Performance Media, and Marketing Automation. He has worked with a variety of B2B and B2C brands across multiple touchpoints: Anheuser-Busch, Arrow, BP, Char-Broil, Coca-Cola, Flextronics, GE, NCR, Philips, and Steve Harvey. Under Kit’s leadership as CEO, Look Listen was recognized as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the US by hitting #408 on the Inc 500 in 2015—staying on the list three years in a row—and has been in the top 100 fastest growing companies in Atlanta three years in a row, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter Awards. Find out more about Kit

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