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Loneliness Busters

#LonelinessBusters is a podcast where I talk to founders, researchers, policymakers, investors, community builders and more, on how to build a more connected world.

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I posted my personal blog "Let's rethink social" and woke up to a million views. When I got thousands of personal messages from those who wanted to help, I realized 2 things:
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2. People want to help but don't know how.

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1 in 2 American adults are lonely today.

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Loneliness Busters

Episode 4 - Mikkel Krenchel, Partner at ReD Associates

November 22, 2023 • Saumya Gupta • Season 1 • Episode 4

In this episode I talk to Mikkel Krenchel on the state of belongingness and meaning making in the age of AI, and how companies can help create a more connected world.

Mikkel is a partner at ReD associates, advising executives for over a decade on the practice of human science in the business world. He is an advisor to world’s largest social media companies, telecom providers, and electronics manufacturers, financial institutions, energy companies and more. Mikkel built ReD’s emerging practice of integrating human science and data science, and is deeply interested in all the ways data, AI, and human meaning-making collide. He focuses on how ideas around disruptive technologies shape our lives, for better or worse. In this capacity,

His work has been published in Wired, Foreign Affairs, and VentureBeat. Mikkel was born and raised in Denmark, holds a degree in Sociology and International Studies from Yale University and is a former Danish national team rower.

Follow Mikkel and his work here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikkel-krenchel/
https://www.redassociates.com/belonging

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