{"podcast":{"title":"The Leadership Dance","slug":"the-leadership-dance-7102140","podcast_index_feed_id":7102140,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/553457/rss","website_url":"https://www.podpage.com/the-leadership-dance/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/2/3/0/a2301740c4acba27e55e3c100dce7605/TLD_Podcasst_cover_pink1400.jpg","author":"Alissa Hsu Lynch","episode_count":46,"summary":"Welcome to The Leadership Dance, where Alissa Hsu Lynch—former world-class dancer turned global business executive—shares insights and inspiration from visionary leaders who are breaking barriers in the arts and business worlds. Tune in to discover how to step into your star power and confidently choreograph your own leadership dance.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T08:18:37.480291+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leadership-dance-7102140"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 35: Cancer, risk, and resilience, with Lawton Cummings","slug":"ep-35-cancer-risk-and-resilience-with-lawton-cummings","published_at":"2026-02-16T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leadership-dance-7102140/ep-35-cancer-risk-and-resilience-with-lawton-cummings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leadership-dance-7102140","url":"https://b41db787-e5e6-4a3e-9e61-ff750a24b66c.libsyn.com/ep-35-cancer-risk-and-resilience-with-lawton-cummings","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/b41db787-e5e6-4a3e-9e61-ff750a24b66c/Copy_of_TLD_-_Lawton_Cummings_-_multicam_AUDIO_ONLY_020326_v2a.mp3?dest-id=4801357","summary":"Who gets funded depends on who's deciding. In this powerful episode of The Leadership Dance, Lawton Cummings, General Partner at Capital Factory, shares why women in venture capital matter—and how her experience navigating cancer has influenced her approach to life. Lawton gets vulnerable about navigating breast cancer twice while continuing to work and raise a family, and what survivorship taught her about rest, energy, and letting go of perfection. She also shares her nonlinear career journey: from practicing law to serving as a legal analyst for Fox News (while simultaneously serving on an ACLU board of directors) to now investing in tech startups. The conversation explores representation in decision-making and how curiosity and resilience shape leadership over time. 💡 Key Takeaways: Resilience isn't always pushing through. Sometimes leadership means resting, recalibrating, and being honest about your limits. Careers don't have to be linear to be successful. Following curiosity and depth can open doors that rigid paths never will. Representation shapes outcomes. Diverse perspectives drive better outcomes and stronger innovation. Connect with Lawton: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawtoncummings/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawtoncummings/?hl=en Website: https://capitalfactory.com/ ✅ Sign up for the newsletter: https://theleadershipdance.substack.com/s/the-leadership-dance 👉 Listen and follow: https://linktr.ee/theleadershipdance Music from InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ \"Catwalk Queen\"","meta_description":"Who gets funded depends on who's deciding. In this powerful episode of The Leadership Dance, Lawton Cummings, General Partner at Capital Factory, shares w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2857,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leadership-dance-7102140/episodes/ep-35-cancer-risk-and-resilience-with-lawton-cummings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leadership-dance-7102140/ep-35-cancer-risk-and-resilience-with-lawton-cummings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}