Independent media · AI, society & our shared future

Conversations for building a brighter future in the age of AI.

Building Brighter cultivates conversations with people developing AI, putting it into practice, and exploring its effects on our work and lives.

We dive into their work, the questions they’re pursuing, and the challenges they face. We connect what’s happening now with what it could mean for our shared future.

Niku Dhillon speaking and gesturing during a conversation at HumanX Amsterdam
Niku DhillonFounder & hostAt HumanX Amsterdam
September 2026
01The conversations

Meet the first voices.

Leadership, science, security and care. Five initial conversations as we open the inquiry.

Rasmus Holst, CEO of Zensai, smiling

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.

After our HumanX conversation

“Thank you for one of the most thoughtful interviews in a long time.”
Rasmus HolstCEO, Zensai · Interview guest
Sören Wacker

Recorded in the Netherlands · Coming soon

Sören Wacker, PhD

Senior Research Engineer, TU Delft

Machine learning, scientific discovery and research infrastructure, explored with a researcher whose background spans AI and computational biophysics.

Greg Nelson, CEO of RSA, smiling in a navy blazer

Recorded at World Summit AI · Coming soon

Greg Nelson

CEO, RSA

Greg leads RSA, a global identity security company, as AI brings new questions of trust, access and human accountability.

Adiba Zeito, founder of AICANcer Patient Advocacy Group, smiling outdoors

Recorded at World Summit AI · Coming soon

Adiba Zeito

Founder, AICANcer Patient Advocacy Group

Adiba founded AICANcer to bring patient voices into the design and governance of AI in cancer care, with a focus on fairness, trust and empathy.

Roy Singh, co-founder and CEO of Korza, in a navy blazer and pale pink shirt

Recorded at World Summit AI · Coming soon

Roy Singh

Co-founder & CEO, Korza

Roy co-founded Korza to help businesses put AI into practice, drawing on his experience leading AI globally at Bain & Company.

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02Out in the world

Building Brighter
meets the world.

Conversations with the people developing AI and putting it into practice. Exploring their work, what they’re learning from successes and challenges, and what it means for our lives.

22–24 September 2026 · RAI Amsterdam

HumanX Amsterdam

How can AI help people grow and teams succeed?

We joined HumanX through its media programme, meeting researchers, builders and leaders. With Rasmus Holst, CEO of Zensai, we explored Human Success: bringing learning, engagement and performance together.

Meet Rasmus Holst

7–8 October 2026 · Taets Art & Event Park

World Summit AI

What does it take to put AI to work with care and trust?

Our conversations included Greg Nelson of RSA, Roy Singh of Korza and Adiba Zeito of AICANcer. They brought perspectives from identity security, business and patient advocacy to the questions shaping AI in practice.

Meet the summit guests

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03The inquiry

Understand what’s changing.
Help shape what comes next.

Understand the world we’re living in and the challenges we face. Explore what’s possible, and identify practical steps we can take together toward a brighter future.

The wider question runs through them all

What brighter future is possible, and what would it take to build it together?

Work & well-being

How can AI lead to better work, shared prosperity and lives worth living?

Learning & collective action

What helps people learn, collaborate and make good decisions through rapid change?

Safety & stewardship

How can we develop advanced intelligence safely and coexist with it wisely?

Power & participation

How do we preserve democratic agency when AI can shape what we see and believe?

Niku Dhillon, founder, host and facilitator

Niku Dhillon · Founder, host & facilitator

04The host

A welcoming space
for honest inquiry.

I’m Niku. I bring 15 years of facilitation experience alongside a background in business, sales, team management and entrepreneurship.

Studies across business, science, philosophy and the arts inform how I connect ideas across disciplines. I’m interested in how organisations work, how people learn, and how technology changes both.

My approach combines careful preparation, attentive listening and constructive questions. I aim for a conversation that is open, focused and useful: space to examine ideas, clarify what matters and connect the work to its wider context.

Building Brighter is growing toward a wider ambition: helping people understand the world, find one another and work together toward a future worth building.

How our conversations work
05The people behind the conversations

The people behind it.

Different expertise. A shared purpose. Bringing together facilitation, research and production to understand AI’s impact and explore how we can build a brighter future.

Niku Dhillon, founder and host of Building Brighter.

Niku Dhillon

Founder & Host

A background in business, team leadership and facilitation, brought to conversations about AI, organisations and society.

Alma Bandemer, head of production, looking into the camera.

Alma Bandemer

Head of Production

Alma brings each conversation to an audience through recording, visual design and production.

Sören Wacker, AI and machine learning contributor, looking into the camera.

Sören Wacker

AI & Machine Learning Contributor

A Senior Research Engineer at TU Delft with a PhD in computational biophysics. Sören contributes expertise in AI, photography and videography.

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06Work with Niku

Compelling conversations.
Meaningful connections.
Better work together.

Facilitation, team building and consulting for leaders and teams working to strengthen their organisation’s people, culture and capacity to adapt.

I help teams connect strategic priorities with the human realities of work: learning, collaboration, conflict resolution and change. That might mean a workshop, consulting to navigate a transition, or space to address the human and cultural factors that shape how work gets done.

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07Widen the conversation

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we speak with next?

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