004 Sima Kumar (pt 1): Fashion, racism and accountability.

‘When you’re really doing the work you have to prioritise impact over intention’

Sima Kumar is CEO of ‘The Other Box’ and is first and foremost a storyteller. A self-described ‘Island Girl with An English Heart’, Sima was born in Fiji, raised in Canada, and now lives and works in London. She has over 25 years of experience working in fashion, film, television, and other creative industries, and values the importance of staying true to yourself in your work and wider life.

In Part 1 Sima shares from her wealth of experience and insights, including:

Building a career from her first retail job, through 25 years of creative experience across different fields, to Sima’s consultancy and coaching business ‘Sima Says’. Racism and the experience of being othered, and the work Sima does as CEO of ‘The Other Box’, an award-winning diversity and inclusion company. Cancel culture, the difference between calling people out, calling people in, and calling people forward, and the importance of holding people accountable. The need for us to do the work to address your own racism, acknowledge your privilege, and recognise when you are part of the problem.

Look out for Part 2 of our conversation with Sima next week, where we continue to explore cancel culture, privilege and white supremacy, and the active role we all must play in making a change.

https://www.theotherbox.org/

https://www.simakumar.com/

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Our thanks go to Tom Seals for his wonderful piano playing at the end of this episode – find him on Instagram @tomseals and www.tomseals.co.uk

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