Why Human Connection Is Disappearing | Simone Heng on Loneliness, Belonging & Modern Life
In this episode of Eudaimonia with Rhitu, Simone Heng explores one of the biggest emotional realities of our time: why people feel increasingly disconnected despite constant digital connection.
The conversation explores loneliness, vulnerability, emotional safety, communication, belonging, relatio…
Could changing the way we date solve Asia's low fertility rates?
A slight uptick in South Korea’s notoriously low fertility rate in the last two years has begged the question - are government policies to encourage dating, marriage and babies working?
It’s a question governments across Asia are asking, a region where fertility rates are at very low levels, partic…
Jacinda Ardern, Bob Hawke, and the Secret Ingredient of Great Leadership
Empathy, relatability and lifelong learning: Simone Heng argues these are the real building blocks of connected leadership, not personality quirks but skills you can build. She opens with Jacinda Ardern's response to the Christchurch attacks, brings in the late Bob Hawke as proof intelligence and r…
People Are Falling for Their AI Friends - Here's the Problem
AI is changing how we connect at work, and Simone Heng doesn't think it's all good news. She unpacks why lonelier employees lean on AI companions over real people, what that actually costs us biologically, and how Jonathan Haidt's idea of asynchronous communication might be quietly weakening our ab…
The Zoom Trick That Builds Trust in Seconds
Always online doesn't mean always connected. Simone Heng explains why hybrid teams are struggling to build trust, what disappears the second a relationship moves to video, and why the tools we call "connection" are really just communication in disguise. She shares her actual definition of lonelines…
Boomers to Gen Z: You're All Speaking a Different Language at Work
Simone Heng grew up across 11 ethnicities and three continents, so cross-cultural connection isn't theory for her, it's how she was raised. She walks through Erin Meyer's Culture Map and the difference between high and low context cultures, tells the story of a Singapore performance review she comp…
The $154 Billion Problem No One's Talking About at Work
Simone Heng puts a number on workplace loneliness: $154 billion USD in attrition, tied to something as simple as never finding a work best buddy. She explains why remote and hybrid setups make connection harder, walks through a study on how a trusted person next to you can change how steep a challe…
Why Human Connection Is So Important with Simone Heng
Welcome to the Connected Leadership podcast with Andy Lopata. This week, Andy looks back at his interview with former radio broadcaster and inspirational speaker, Simone Heng, author of the book Secret Pandemic: The Search for Connection in a Lonely World. Simone shares with Andy, the importance of…
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