In this episode Chris will be speaking with Sherise Bright, Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing at the the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization. Bright has spent her career defining, elevating, promoting, and safeguarding the brand, reputation, and impact of world-leading nonprofits and global media properties.  This conversation will go into detail on Sherise's experience in the worlds of LGBTQ+ advocacy, education, law, impact litigation, public policy and entertainment,

This episode of Here to Help was broadcast live from the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Join Chris Hyams in conversation with Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and actor Lena Waithe and CEO Hillman Grad Productions Rishi Rajani. Together they discuss how Season 2 of Indeed's Rising Voices truly demonstrates Indeed's belief that talent is universal, but opportunity is not and how Rising Voices supports the next generation of BIPOC filmmakers.  Lena Waithe was just this month listed in Fast Company's 2022 Queer 50 list alongside Indeed's SVP of ESG LaFawn Davis. In all of her work, Waithe is known for striving to tell honest stories of Black and queer life. Lena and Rishi will explain the importance of protest art and mentorship and what guides the projects that Hillman Grad gets involved in. 

In this episode of Here to Help Chris speaks to Katie Schmidt, Quality Assurance Engineer at Indeed. Katie will speak about her career in the gaming industry, how it led to a job in QA and the important role language plays in game design. Katie will also speak about Pride month and the importance of Indeed's internal Inclusion Resource Group -  iPride in her journey. If you have ever wondered what we can learn about our own reality through game design or what exactly is the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis then this episode is one worth a listen.

"We are not only composites of our biological mother and father, we also carry traits, tragedies and traumas of our ancestors for over 200 hundred years in our cellular biology." 

Chris' guest in this episode of Here to Help is Rajkumari Neogy, an Executive Coach utilizing epigenetics and neurobiology. Rajkumari is the creator of the iRestart framework, the Disruptive Diversity Boot Camp and the author of The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self. She is fascinated by team culture, especially in the tech arena and believes that every individual brings a superpower that often isn’t fully unlocked. She provides expertise in team culture cohesion, disruptive diversity & inclusion, and organizational epigenetics.  This episode will focus on understanding people - in particular, how neurobiology, culture and empathy intersect in today's business world.

In this week's Here to Help, Chris sits down with Svenja Gudell, Indeed Chief Economist. We are living through unprecedented change and upheaval in global labor markets and Svenja and her team at Hiring Lab are helping people understand what is happening and why it matters. If you have ever wondered what the Hiring Lab is, how the team works for Indeed and how they help people get jobs, this Here to Help episode is for you. 

This week on Here to Help, Chris reflects on Mother's Day in the US with Romney Donald, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Generalist at Indeed. 

Romney and Chris will discuss how caregiving and work intersect and what each of us can do to take care of ourselves while taking care of others. They will also explore our idea of what it is to be strong and soft at work that can lead us to misunderstandings. Romney will also explain why flexibility is a mindset that fosters resilience.  

This week, Chris is joined by Victoria Liu, a Senior Product Strategist at Indeed to discuss the Indeed Asian Network Inclusion Resource Group's theme of  “Passport through Asia” this year and highlight underrepresented minorities within the Asian community. 

They also discuss the power of intersectionality at work, what it takes to be a true ally and the importance of understanding and empathy when shaping and sharing a business or product vision. 

This week Chris is joined by Yaeji Myung – Workplace Strategies Manager, to discuss the future of the workplace at Indeed.  As Indeedians return to offices all over the world Chris and Yaeji will discuss the new ways that the workplace strategy team are thinking about flexibility and the hybrid work environment.  

Yaegi joined Indeed just before the pandemic sent all Indeedians to work from home and she will reflect on the changes and pivots that this great experiment in working at home had on her approach to workplace strategy. 

This week, Chris takes a seat with Silvia Ito, a Senior Sustainability Project Manager at Indeed to discuss Earth Day, and hear why she made the move from the small business program management team over to the sustainability team.

The pair also take a look at progress towards Indeed's sustainability commitments which were announced in 2021 – and how each of us can take action to help address the climate crisis.

This week on Here to Help -- Chris has a conversation with Annie Murphy Paul, 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.

Annie’s latest book The Extended Mind, 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.