perspectives podcast series 2

Ep 9: Loneliness: the US$154b workplace problem

Managers can’t afford for their workers to feel disconnected

May 15, 2024

Meet our speakers

Simone Heng

Author and human connection specialist
Simone Heng
Author and human connection specialist

Singapore-based Simone Heng is a human connection specialist, author, and former international broadcaster. She has spoken at Harvard University, Google, Meta, Amazon, ByteDance and the United Nations. Her latest book Let’s Talk About Loneliness explores how to build meaningful relationships and the importance of authentic connections in a lonely world.

Nathan Sri

Executive director, workplace and experience, JLL Work Dynamics
Nathan Sri
Executive director, workplace and experience, JLL Work Dynamics

Nathan leads the workplace experience practice at JLL. He has been involved in many transformation initiatives, some affecting workforces of 30,000+ people across Asia Pacific. He draws on his workplace experience, strategic thinking, and change management skills to enable positive people outcomes and sustainability agendas through human-centered design and change programming.

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