Rapid Response: Holding business accountable from Meta to McDonald’s, w/Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson
Masters of Scale
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4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to racial justice, many companies and organizations haven't matched their reality to their words. Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change, the largest online racial justice organization in the U.S., is holding major corporations accountable. Hear Rashad talk through the difficulties of changing systems from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, to Washington DC, getting help from President Barack Obama, and what business leaders can do to actively change racial injustice.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, this is Chris Gotier, I'm one of the producers of Masters of Scale. |
| 0:04.8 | I want to tell you about a show from our friends at Harvard Business Review that might help |
| 0:08.5 | you better understand the world of business. |
| 0:11.2 | It's called HBR IdeaCast. |
| 0:14.2 | Each week, Harvard Business Review editors bring you the world's leading business and management |
| 0:18.5 | experts. |
| 0:19.5 | But it isn't just another business podcast. |
| 0:21.9 | We think you will find so many connections from IdeaCast to how we hear at Masters of |
| 0:26.6 | Scale think about scaling our business. |
| 0:29.8 | For instance, they often approach business challenges from contrarian points of view, |
| 0:33.8 | telling surprising stories like, what can we learn from NASA about managing high risk |
| 0:38.9 | projects? |
| 0:40.4 | And what can a comedian teach us about using humor to lead a team? |
| 0:45.0 | Subscribe to HBR IdeaCast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:50.2 | Now onto the show. |
| 0:53.5 | When I think about all of the things that actually motivate people, racial justice is |
| 0:58.7 | one of the strongest force multipliers we have in our society to move people to action. |
| 1:07.9 | Facebook is the largest communications platform the world has ever seen. |
| 1:12.3 | They're not going to put the dollars behind it because there's not the consequence for |
| 1:16.3 | violating rules and regulations. |
| 1:21.4 | There is no greater protagonist in the story of American democracy than Black people. |
| 1:27.0 | And Black people win. |
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