Why should we care about caring in the workplace? This is the question that Chris and Blessing Adesiyan will delve into in this episode. Blessing Adesiyan is the Founder & CEO of Mother Honestly, a complete ecosystem reshaping the future of women and families at home and in the workplace. 

A chemical engineer by training, Blessing has worked  for Microsoft, HP, PepsiCo, Cargill, DuPont, and BASF where she rose to senior leadership delivering value across Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America and Asia. The pandemic has laid bare the disproportionate burdens many women shoulder in caring for children or aging parents and highlighted the vital roles they have long played in the labor force. Indeed has partnered with Mother Honestly to elevate women and families, as the US grapples with nearly 1.5 million mothers yet to return due to the pandemic.  How can we fix this?  Chris and Blessing will try to find some answers.  

Join us for a best of episode where Chris sits down with Annie Murphy Paul. Annie is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and The Best American Science Writing, among many other publications.

Chris speaks with Paul about her latest book “The Extended Mind”, which tells the stories of scientists and artists, authors and inventors, leaders and entrepreneurs—Jackson Pollock, Charles Darwin, Jonas Salk, Friedrich Nietzsche, Watson and Crick, among others—who have mastered the art of thinking outside the brain. It also explains how every one of us can do the same, tapping the intelligence that exists beyond our heads—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.

Hyams and Paul dive into how ‘experts’ are people who have mastered the art of thinking outside the brain and what the “naked brain” is and how it is severely limited in what it can do. 

Join us for a best of episode where Chris catches up with Emmy Award-winning journalist, author of "Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley", and anchor at Bloomberg TV, Emily Chang.

As executive producer and host of daily show Bloomberg Technology and the interview series Studio 1.0, Chang speaks to top tech executives, investors, and entrepreneurs, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and CEO Sheryl Sandberg.

Chris learns what Emily has discovered about the staggering gender inequality in the tech industry, and to understand more about how we got here and how we can foster real change.

Adam is the co-owner and general manager of L'Oca d'Oro and co-founder of Good Works Austin. Good Work Austin (GWA) is a socially responsible community of local businesses in Austin invested in creating good jobs for all workers, ensuring a quality workplace, and supporting and amplifying the voices of like-minded businesses. They value cooperation, inclusion, shared opportunity, equality, and fairness in the operation of Austin businesses. Chris talks to Adam about his mission to get better jobs for everyone, how he kept his business going during the pandemic while helping others and how he learned about the dark history of the tipping culture in the US.  Please join us for this important conversation. 

After being sentenced to several years in prison, Vincent Bragg quickly learned that some of the most outside-of-the-box thinking happens inside the box. During his incarceration he watched as his fellow convicts were able to make something from nothing—books, music, entire meals—all created between four barren concrete walls. Still inspired by the sheer amount of talent he saw in prison, he founded ConCreates, a creative agency that crowdsources ideas from incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated men and women. Chris and Vincent talk about his mission - to challenge the stigma of how society views people with a criminal history, as well as how people with a criminal history view themselves.  An episode not to be missed. 

Chris Hyams meets social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, about his life, work and latest book "Laziness Does Not Exist" that examines the “laziness lie”—which falsely tells us we are not working or learning hard enough.  Price's research has appeared in Slate, Business Insider, Financial Times, HuffPost, Psychology Today, and on NPR and PBS. Like many Americans, Dr. Devon Price believed that productivity was the best way to measure self-worth. Price was an overachiever from the start, graduating from both college and graduate school early, but that success came at a cost. After Price was diagnosed with a severe case of anemia and heart complications from overexertion, he was forced to examine the darker side of all this productivity.  Using in-depth research, Price explains that people today do far more work than nearly any other humans in history yet most of us often still feel we are not doing enough. If you are looking for advice to overcome society’s pressure to do more and understand the psychological underpinnings of the “laziness lie" this episode is not to be missed.

To celebrate national Hire a Veteran Day Chris Hyams is in conversation with executive sponsor of the Vets and Allies IRG, CIO and CSO of Indeed, Anthony Moisant. They will explore Anthony's experience in the military, the skills and lessons learned during his service and his transition to leading some of the world's most innovative technology companies. They will also discuss Anthony's advocacy for the homeless and why he is passionate about helping all people get jobs. If you are interested in what movies inspired Anthony to teach himself coding or why he is committed to fostering a culture of security at Indeed then this episode is not to be missed.

In this week’s episode Chris speaks with Al Lundy, Senior Director of Tech Recruiting at Indeed. They discuss the state of recruiting in 2022, the impact of Indeed’s Inclusive Interview rule and how Indeed puts equity at the core of our recruiting strategy. Al began his career in recruiting at Abercrombie and Fitch and has worked at Nike, Gartner and spent some time as a firefighter in Miami. If you are interested in how Indeed attracts talent in today’s complex marketplace this episode is for you. 

Join Chris Hyams and Robert Jones Jr., New York Times bestselling author, as they discuss Jones’ debut novel, The Prophets.

In this conversation, Jones delves into his passion for Black history and literature and why he felt this novel — which took him 13 years to write — needed to send a message of hope to its readers. 

Has there ever been a time when you looked at someone’s face and thought you knew exactly what they were feeling? Well, you were probably wrong.

Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is a neuroscientist, a university distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, an author, and among the top one percent most-cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. 

Dr. Barrett, author of “Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain” and “How Emotions are Made,” joins Indeed CEO Chris Hyams for a fascinating conversation - originally aired in October 2021 - about the role that emotions play in hiring — and whether everyone experiences happiness, sadness, and anxiety the same way. We also find out whether the concept of objectivity really exists.