It's takes a Village! A conversation with Hyma Menath

Hyma Menath and Pratima Gluckman discuss networks, sponsors, mentors, shifts in organizations and building a village to move the needle for women.

Hyma Menath is the Co-founder of Talking Cranes and works with organizations around the world to advance women in leadership and help companies build a stronger, more inclusive and equitable workplace.

As a founder and passionate diversity advocate, Hyma brings both vision and strong executive skills at her current venture at Talking Cranes. With early adopters such as Walmart, SAP, Visa, and others, she is on a mission to disrupt the existing power base and help companies include more women in positions of influence and power. She believes that building and managing diverse inclusive teams is the only way to foster an innovative culture to thrive in the current and future economies. Talking Cranes services are used by companies to build a pipeline of high potential women leaders, create professional women’s networks internally, and build high performing diverse teams.

Hyma also has over two decades of product development and global business development experience in content technologies, e-learning, scientific and educational publishing. She speaks on D&I topics and mentors young women in tech to advance their careers. She is also a member of the diversity committee at the Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton where she continues to commit to her passion for infusing diversity into all modes of learning content – whether it is in companies, in educational institutions or in the community.