BIG ideas. Bite sized.
Alexander conducts industry-leading research on how to improve social health on a national scale. His research builds off 15 years as a professional futurist, startup founder, game designer, and more.
He also speaks publicly and consults for companies and governments. He helps these organizations build systems to people together meaningfully.
His research falls into 3 buckets:
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Mapping underreported forces impacting Social Health
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Novel approaches and interventions to increase society-wide social health.
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Creating resources for people who want to improve their social health
Surprising forces impacting Social Health
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The meaning epidemic and access to purpose
What would it take to shift society back to social thriving?
A taste of the research
Biography
Alexander has been studying the relationship between people, culture, and technology professionally for 15 years.
In his work at Institute for the Future, he traveled the world helping Fortune 500s, global governments, and foundations understand & build strategies around emerging trends.
He's also been both a startup founder and UX Researcher at some of the world's most important Fintechs and Legaltechs.
Understanding the profound and invisible impacts tech has on human behavior is essential. The solution to loneliness isn't more tech, but must be viable in a world where tech competes for human mindshare.
Background:
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5 years as a professional futurist at Institute for the Future
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Running a VR lab in the early days of VR, building world-scale experiences, virtual dining, and more
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Founding and running an AI-powered dating app w/ paying members
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6+ years Leading UX Research at publicly traded B2B and B2C companies
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2 Master's Degrees in Game Design, publishing both board and VR games
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15 years researching the cutting-edge of human-human connection
Mission
Deepen our understanding of the forces contributing to human disconnection through compelling, accessible research-driven insights.
Help design systems solutions that return us to a place of social thriving.