Recorded at HumanX · Coming soon
Rasmus Holst
CEO, Zensai
A conversation about leadership, learning and engagement, and how people can grow as AI changes the way we work.
Independent media · AI, society & our shared future
Conversations for building a brighter future in the age of AI.
Building Brighter explores how humanity can evolve well alongside AI. Through thoughtful conversations, we connect technical and human perspectives, make complex ideas accessible, and help people turn understanding into wise individual and collective action.
September 2026
01The conversations
Meet the first voices.
Leadership, science and the human side of AI. Two initial conversations as we open the inquiry.
Recorded in the Netherlands · Coming soon
Sören Wacker, PhD
Senior Research Engineer, TU Delft
A longer conversation with a researcher working across machine learning, scientific software and research infrastructure, with a background in computational biophysics.
Have a perspective that could deepen the inquiry? Explore being a guest
02Out in the world
Building Brighter
at HumanX Amsterdam.
22–24 September 2026 · RAI Amsterdam
How do we turn advances in AI into better work and better lives?
We joined HumanX Amsterdam through its media programme, meeting researchers, builders and leaders to explore what their work means for people.
A highlight was Niku’s interview with Rasmus Holst, CEO of Zensai, about Human Success: bringing learning, engagement and performance together to help people grow and teams succeed.
Explore the forthcoming interview03The inquiry
Understand what’s changing.
Help shape what comes next.
Take the risks seriously. Explore the possibilities. Connect understanding with choices we can make in our work, communities and public life.
How can we develop advanced intelligence safely and coexist with it wisely?
How do we preserve democratic agency when AI can shape what we see and believe?
How can AI lead to better work, shared prosperity and lives worth living?
What helps people learn, collaborate and make good decisions through rapid change?
The wider question runs through them all: what brighter future is possible, and what would it take to build it together?
Niku Dhillon · Founder, host & facilitator
04The host
A welcoming space
for honest inquiry.
I’m Niku. I bring 14 years of facilitation experience to conversations about AI and our shared future.
My work starts with careful preparation, attentive listening and a warm, curious space to think together. I’m interested in both the ideas and the people behind them.
Building Brighter is growing toward a wider ambition: helping people understand the world, find one another and work together toward a future worth building.
On Niku’s facilitation
“Niku has an incredibly warm presence that creates welcoming energy in the group, yet is capable of keeping activities moving with firmness and direction.”
05The people behind the conversations
The people behind it.
Different perspectives. Shared curiosity. Exploring how we can build a brighter future together in the age of AI.
Niku Dhillon
Founder & Host
Facilitation, human development and systems thinking, brought to conversations about AI and humanity.
Alma Bandemer
Head of Production
Recording, visual design and production. Alma helps bring the conversations to life, from the people in the room to the stories that reach beyond it.
Sören Wacker
AI & Machine Learning Contributor
Sören is a Senior Research Engineer at TU Delft with a PhD in computational biophysics. He contributes a technical perspective on AI, alongside photography and videography.
Explore Sören’s work06Work with Niku
Compelling conversations.
Meaningful connection.
Better work together.
Facilitation, team building and thinking partnership for people who care about the work they do and how they do it.
I help teams build connection, work through important questions and find useful next steps. That might mean a workshop, support thinking through a decision, or space to explore the human side of AI.
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07Widen the conversation
Who would you recommend
we speak with next?
Recommend someone whose ideas, experience or way of seeing could deepen the inquiry. Self-nominations are welcome.