Episodes 124
Avg. Duration 47m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (72)
Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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About This Podcast

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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S7E124 Who is Worthy of Wealth

Dec 17, 2025 48m

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…

S7E123 DEIsign for the Future: A Conversation with Jovon Overall

Nov 19, 2025 52m

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…

S7E122 Checking All the Boxes and Still Not Enough?

Oct 08, 2025 40m

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…

S7E121 RACE Healing with Dorit Cypis of PeoplesLab: Bridging Our Differences to Build Possibility

Sep 03, 2025

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.

S7E120 Back to Humanity or Insanity?: Real Talk with Dorit Cypis of PeoplesLab

Aug 27, 2025

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…

S7E119 Season 7 Opener: This is a Revolution NOT a Revolt!

Aug 20, 2025

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.

S6E118 Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number: A Conversation with Philip Loew

May 29, 2024 56m

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.

S6E117 Surviving and Thriving A Leadership Change

May 22, 2024 45m

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…

S6E116 Translating Experiences & Opportunities into Corporate Leadership: A Conversation with Karen Blackwell

Apr 24, 2024 1h

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.…

S6E115 These #*!& Ain't Loyal: The Company Loyalty Paradox

Apr 17, 2024 46m

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…

S6E114 The Wrath of Comfort and Certainty

Apr 10, 2024 46m

How comfort and certainty holds all of us back.

S6E113 The End of DEI?: Welcome to a Raceless Culture

Apr 03, 2024 45m

Is DEI Dead?

S6E112 Oreo Cookie Trauma

Oct 25, 2023 27m

Have you encountered an Uncle Tom on the job? While it may be easy to spot an Uncle Tom, it isn’t always easy to discern an Oreo. In today's episode, we'll talk about the Oreo cookie, including how…

S6E111 The White Disadvantage Myth: Why We Must Stay on Code

Oct 18, 2023 49m

The myth of ‘white disadvantage’ is a dangerous narrative that actually protects the advantages of being white in America. It serves as an intentional and dangerous push in our country, akin to the…

S6E110 Blackness, Death & Grief

Oct 11, 2023 46m

Do you know your company’s employment policy on grief? Have you ever faced obstacles at work when dealing with personal grief? While new employees focus on benefits such as vacation and sick leave…

S6E109 Gaslighting & Psychological Manipulation - Who’s Zoomin’ Who?

Oct 04, 2023 39m

Have you ever encountered a coworker or situation at work that made you second guess yourself? Have you ever felt incompetent in your workplace? Maybe it’s you–or maybe you were actually being…

S6E108 The Data Don’t Lie: A Conversation with Mark Palmer

Sep 27, 2023 58m

These 4 P’s are held against Black people every day. And we’ve already shared some receipts, but we wanted to bring in an expert to talk about how all of these subjective things are not truly…

S6E107 The 4 P's of Black Expectation

Sep 20, 2023 41m

There are 4 P’s of black expectation. The impact of having to live up to these expectations adds another layer of trauma, and puts up barriers that many BIPOC employees must overcome, in order to…

S6E106 No More Okie Doke! Using Your Power for Good

Sep 13, 2023 34m

Have you ever been asked to accept a lateral move on the job? Is taking on an interim position always beneficial to your career? There are many circumstances when underrepresented employees believe…

S6E105 Going to School and Getting on Code with Dr. Gene Harris

Aug 30, 2023 59m

Inequitable educational systems led to inequitable generational outcomes for people of color. In today’s episode, we’re joined by Dr. Gene Harris as we talk about the public education system and how…

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How many episodes does C-CRETS have?

C-CRETS has published 124 episodes since August 2020, covering topics in Business, Careers.

Is C-CRETS still active?

C-CRETS is currently sporadic with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 47m.

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