Sway Them in Color
The status-quo when it comes to work, power, creativity, and inclusive relationships are crusty and broken, but the silver-lining of seeing the flaws in our systems is that we have the power and opportunity to build something exciting and new. Sway Them in Color explores acts of personal and professional courage and the leadership lessons gained from unconventional leaders who have gone against the status-quo to share new ideas and creations. From sex educators, tech entrepreneurs and performers, to spiritual advisors and corporate executives, each episode provides hilarious and enlightening universal lessons on some of the deeper questions of life and the leadership lessons anyone from any background can relate to and learn from. Created and hosted by Christina Blacken, Founder and Chief Narrative Strategist of TheNewQuo.com, a leadership and equity consultancy helping leaders use behavioral science based narrative strategies to disrupt bias, build better relationships, and communicate new ideas with deeper connection and influence to achieve status-quo breaking equity goals.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Being Liberal Is Not an Oppression Pass
Oppression pass (n): a term I’ve coined about the belief that because you are liberal, marginalized yourself, like black people/have one black friend/ are married to a black person/have black childre…
Creating Something From Nothing
With every growth spurt I’ve gone through, both physically and mentally, there’s been a mark left it its wake, a story no longer fitting cast aside.
When we cast off rituals or social expectations th…
Finding Your Self-Worth In a Sea of Racism
I can’t tell you the number of times I have talked with friends about social and political issues with deep sadness and anguish. From white nationalist protestors, hate crimes against innocent black …
Emotional Athleticism and Resilience in Times of Trouble
Pain is something we take large precautions to avoid. The psychical pain of accidents, ill health, and pushing our bodies to our limits. The mental pain of stress, fear, betrayal, and turmoil. Pain …
Innovation, Surviving recession, and Good leadership
What do you do when life hands you a big ol’ stanky basket of lemons? You make the most delicious remixed lemonade (with probably a splash of whiskey).
In this episode of Sway them my Color my guest …
Health, Weight, And Taking Risks
My relationship with my body and health is a complicated one. There are days where I feel strong, and curvy and sexy. I can kill an HIIT class. I’m at the top of intense spin classes on leaderboards.…
What They Don't Tell You About Love : 5 Ways To Love Better
Romantic love, that good good, is the type of love that’s fetishized as the ultimate achievement, the one type of love we must cherish and work on the most, so much so that a majority of the chatter …
I'm Rebranding Racism With Three Hilarious New Phrases and You Can't Stop Me
Racism and racist are triggering words. Use the R word and people clutch their pearls and run for the “not me, I’m not one of them!” hills no matter how accurate the term is to describe their behavio…
Hair and The Beauty of The Parts of You That Were Bullied
My Afro has always generated conversations well before I did. Entering rooms, blocking pictures, catching sunlight and an array of other things I'd pull out of it in surprise. Since wearing my hair n…
The Secret to Dealing with Rejection
"Think about the next big risk you want to take. The thing that makes you feel like your stomach is doing a backflip and you may shit your pants. The one that's terrifying to you and you've been hold…
Sex and Having Professional Joy Over Jealousy
We do it, we do it and we hope we do it well (shout outs LL Cool J), but we don’t talk about it. Sex plays such a massive role in our lives but there’s so much damn shame and secrecy and limiting bel…
Curiosity, Messing up, and Approaching Diversity and Inclusion as a Leader
Labels make life simple but they provide so many stumbling blocks to truly understanding and connecting with one another. Anyone who leads has big ol' blind spots when it comes to relating to people,…
Let Go of Conformity If You Want To Succeed
What does it mean to be a spiritual gangster and how can our spiritual life be integrated into our careers?
That's what my guest Makhosi Candiss Pitts and I dive into on today's episode. Mahkosi left…
How to Do The Things That Scare The Sh*t Out Of You
Your Purpose is Greater Than External Validation
Your Uniqueness is a Strength and Not Someone’s Punchline
What do you do when you feel like you don't fit in, and you're not living up to your potential? Those questions propelled my guest Tayo Rockson to take some major risks that changed his life forever.…
Pleasure as Activism
What does it truly take to create a path less trekked, especially a career path that's built on what society considers taboo?
That's what me and my guest Cameron Glover tackle in the first ever epis…