Today on the show I’m talking to Keesa Schreane, an author, speaker and consultant who has written not one but two books covering the complex issues of corporate culture, compassion in the workplace, ESG, as well as sustainability. You can see and read her in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, and more, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council. As we’ll talk about, we also have worked together in various capacities - I’m the producer of her new podcast Climate Money Work. We talk about Keesa’s journey to get to where she is, how she went about writing a book on top of having a demanding day job, and she gives some great advice on the art of consistency, the different kinds of power, and her connections to both Kevin Durant’s mom and Dr. Maya Angelou. I also ask for her thoughts on how the corporations who pledged support are doing three years after George Floyd’s murder. Stick with me for the Coda, where I talk about teachers and what they have meant to me throughout my life. Connect with Keesa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keesa-c-schreane-fsa-cams-6b45bbb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeesaCamille Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keesaschreane/ Website: https://www.keesaschreane.com/ Climate Money Work podcast: https://www.keesaschreane.com/podcast Connect with the show Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConnectRequest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectionrequest/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@connectionrequest TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@connectionrequest Email: connect@shrugcontent.com Connect with Joel Twitter: https://twitter.com/joelleeman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jleeman/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/joelleeman About Connection Request Connection Request is a podcast about career journeys, produced by Shrug Content. Hosted by Joel Leeman, a producer and strategist who has spent the past 10 years making media for the Internet, the show profiles a variety of fascinating people, digging into how they spend their waking hours, what they’ve learned along the way, how they make decisions, and why they do what they do. In Season 1 we hear from a drummer turned coffee entrepreneur, a journalist who popularized the term “doomscrolling,” an executive who’s plotting her next chapter, and much more. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.shrugcontent.com/connection-request