# How I Built Resilience: Lindsay Peoples Wagner of The Cut

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2021-04-15
- Length: 29m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut

## Summary

Lindsay Peoples Wagner, editor-in-chief at The Cut and co-founder of the Black in Fashion Council, discusses her journey from a Teen Vouge intern to leading digital media during the pandemic. She details the overt racism and classism she faced in the fashion industry, her strategies for managing remote teams with empathy, and her efforts to hold fashion corporations accountable for diversity through the Black in Fashion Council's corporate equity index.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=0) Introduction: Lindsay Peoples Wagner and The Cut
- [1:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=69) Early Career and Overt Racism in Fashion
- [6:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=382) Managing Remote Teams During the Pandemic
- [10:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=631) Coping with Burnout and Setting Boundaries
- [13:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=838) Co-founding the Black in Fashion Council
- [18:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=1094) Advice for Young Journalists and Career Growth
- [19:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=1158) Navigating Imposter Syndrome and Leaving Teen Vouge
- [27:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2021-04-15-how-i-built-resilience-lindsay-peoples-wagner-of-the-cut#t=1621) Future Plans for The Cut and Leadership Philosophy

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)

## Most relevant to

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## Mentioned

- The Cut (company)
- Teen Vouge (company)
- Black in Fashion Council (company)
- U.S. Bank (company)
- Human Rights Campaign (company)

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