What can we do about loneliness? The human body needs connection like it needs food, water, and shelter, yet we’re losing points of in-person connection in a tech-enabled world.

Join Melissa Wirt, CEO and Founder of Latched Mama, and host Ann Somers Hogg as they discuss tiny habits to reduce loneliness, the need to simplify progress, and how to show up for somebody else.

Resources:

• Latched Mama - latchedmama.com
• Melissa's book, I Was Told There'd Be a Village: Transforming Motherhood through the Power of Connection - www.amazon.com/Was-Told-Thered-Village-Transforming/dp/1538759055
• The “hug” that America’s mothers need now (Clayton Christensen Institute) - www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/the-hug-that-americas-mothers-need-now/

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Imagine the difference if we can change our product environment so that it creates health, not disease. The impact can be enormous if we make our everyday environment healthy by design, rather than letting life be unhealthy and then challenging people to overcome it with health behaviors and interventions.

Join Steve Downs, Co-Founder at Building H, and host Ann Somers Hogg, as they discuss the need to align innovation to our values and the design challenge of optimizing for community building.

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When we think about how to best leverage AI in support of making health outcomes better, we should think about how to support humans, not replace them.

Join Blake Madden, Founder of Hospitalogy, and host Ann Somers Hogg as they explore how generative AI supports or hinders human health and some of the promising offerings that serve humans' desires for relationships, accountability, and community.

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As longevity care soars in popularity, health consumers still have to connect the dots across various market offerings to gain benefits.

Join host Ann Somers Hogg and Max Marchione, co-founder of Superpower, as they explore how Jobs To Be Done Theory can be leveraged to make preventive, longevity-focused medicine accessible to millions of people.

Resources:

• Are Forward’s Carepods “competing against luck”?
• Forward’s Secret Masterplan (and will CarePods work)

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Acute stressors aren't what makes us sick; it's the constant, modern-day "lions" that are creating chronic stress, and thus the short-term and long-term health issues that stress creates.

Join Dr. Molly Dickens and host Ann Somers Hogg as they discuss how child care in the U.S. is a big modern-day "lion" for parents — especially mothers — and how fixing the child care crisis will help diminish the mental health crisis.

Resources:

• Publication: If health is wealth, America’s working mothers are living in extreme poverty: A framework for proper diagnosis and effective treatment
• Article: What the Child Care Crisis Does to Parents
• The Maternal Stress Project

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In health care, trust is paramount because patients seek care in some of their most vulnerable moments. So can AI ever be as trustworthy as a provider with whom a patient has a relationship?
Join innovation executive Todd Dunn and host Ann Somers Hogg as they discuss challenges and opportunities for generative AI in health care. Topics include the disconnect between the money makers and clinical decision makers, the role of Jobs to Be Done in addressing issues surrounding AI, the process for establishing trust criteria at the service line level, and more.

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Despite recent progress in women’s health and wellness services, significant gaps still exist between what women are seeking and available solutions.

Join Roma Van der Walt, CEO and Co-founder of Vitelle, and host Ann Somers Hogg as they explore how to address the struggling moments of new life phases such as postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause. They discuss how lessons from coaching athletes can be applied to women's wellness, and how better outcomes are achieved through personalization, adaptation, empowerment, and fulfillment.

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Jhaymee Tynan, Principal, Healthcare Services at Korn Ferry, and Founder of 100x2030, shares how the Schools of Experience throughout her life and career have positioned her to lead as a founder, principal, author, and more. Join Jhaymee and host Ann Somers Hogg as they discuss how sponsorship is more than mentorship, why leadership is about connecting with people, and the importance of creating your own community and investing in your personal wellness.

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