I’ve been called an entrepreneur, writer, artist, humanitarian, and speaker…
My name is Justin Dillon. I founded and run a tech company called FRDM that helps Global Fortune 500 brands address social injustice in their supply chains. I used to play music professionally (Universal) which allowed me to tour the world. It was on a tour to Russia that I first learned about human trafficking. I wanted to help, so when I made a rockumentary film about the issue called Call+Response which included activists (Cornel West), journalists (Nicholas Kristof - New York Times), and celebrity activists (Ashley Judd), along with Grammy winning artists. Call+Response was released to theaters becoming one of the highest grossing documentaries in 2008. We gave all the ticket sales away to projects saving kids from slavery.
The film campaign caught the attention of the Obama Administration who asked me to develop something similar to carbon footprint, but for modern slavery. My team and I developed Slaveryfootprint.org, which can tell you how many slaves it takes to run your life. It was a global success. Today over 30 million people know their slavery footprint. The project received support from Google and went on to win SXSX and Cannes. I was invited to speak all over the world about technology and movement building.
I’ve spoken at places like
SXSW, HARVARD, GOOGLE IDEAS, CHICAGO IDEAS WEEK, WHITE HOUSE, UNITED NATIONS, SAP, PRINCETON, COLUMBIA, STANFORD, MILKEN INSTITUTE, THE VATICAN, ASPEN INSTITUTE
Almost every company wants to movement and almost every individual wants to be part of one. If you want to stand out, you have to stand up. Any company or organization can run itself like a movement. All you need to do is find your power, and leverage it. I’m proof that you don’t need the right university, the right connections, or the right promotion to leverage power. All you need to do is run your life or company like a movement. Thats what I help people to do. I even wrote a book about it called A Selfish Plan To Change The World (Harper Collins).
“Justin's talk at Google inspired us to harness our passions”
Bennett Gibson, Google
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