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Hosted by Elena Petrova · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 67 episodes
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We live in the most connected era in history — and one of the loneliest. Connected Conversations, hosted by Elena Petrova, is the show about the art and science of human connection.Each week, Elena sits down with psychologists, technologists, community builders, cultural translators, and frontline practitioners to explore how we reach each other — through language, culture, body language, and human-centered technology — and how we build the communities that give our lives meaning.
Elena Petrova hosts Connected Conversations, a society show with 67 episodes published.
What if the most inclusive team you could build starts with one reframe: the human first, the role second? Lisa Mae Brunson has spent a decade building Wonder Women Tech, the conferences, hackathons, and STEAM programs f
Ten languages moved freely through the house Sheriff Issaka grew up in. Then he came to the US and watched the people he loved most be unable to say a word to each other. In this episode, Elena Petrova sits down with She
The story continues. And it gets stranger. In 1978, Rick Smolan was twenty-eight years old andphotographing an eleven-year-old girl in Korea when her grandmother made an impossible request. Part 1 of this conversation to
Rick Smolan has spent more than four decades telling stories that connect people across cultures, generations, and technologies.In this mini episode of Connected Conversations, Rick explains how storytelling has evolved
Rick Smolan was twenty-eight years old, photographing for Time magazine, when a dying grandmother in a Korean village asked him to take her eleven-year-old granddaughter to America. He said yes — and that yes set the sha
How do you know whether an AI solution is actually useful — or just good marketing?In this mini episode of Connected Conversations, Elena Petrova sits down with Muhammad Atif, President and CTO of PureLogics, to unpack o
Most organizations are racing to deploy AI. Far fewer are asking what responsible governance should look like before they do. In this episode of Connected Conversations, Elena Petrova sits down with Muhammad Atif, Presid
What happens when every business starts using the same AI tools? According to Masha Sharma, VP of Merchant Experience at Groupon, we are entering a world where marketing risks becoming predictable, repetitive, and forget
"In eighteen months, most small-business owners won't be talking to their customers. They'll be talking to their agents." Masha Sharma leads merchant experience at Groupon — over a million small businesses, many of them
AI, Inclusion, Digital Learning, and Why Human Connection Still Matters with Bryan Chicas In this episode of Connected Conversations, Elena Petrova sits down with Bryan Chicas, Program Engagement Specialist at ISTE+ASCD,
Most people think visibility builds a business. It doesn’t. Connection does. In this episode of Connected Conversations , Naowshaba Ferdous breaks down what it really takes to build a brand that people trust, remember, a
Jordana Cole explains how to navigate uncertainty, AI anxiety, and change—by focusing on what you can actually control.
You’re not as logical as you think. And that might be your biggest advantage as a leader. In this episode of Connected Conversations , hosted by Elena Petrova (Founder & CEO of Ad Astra, Inc. and AdAstraConnect), we sit
You don’t have to experience trauma directly to be affected by it. In this mini episode of Connected Conversations, Brooke Bralove breaks down the critical difference between burnout and vicarious trauma—and why so many
When your brain goes into survival mode, communication breaks down. In this episode of Connected Conversations , hosted by Elena Petrova (Founder & CEO of Ad Astra, Inc. and AdAstraConnect), we sit down with Brooke Bralo
Language access isn’t a service. It’s a human right. In this episode of Connected Conversations, Elena Petrova, Founder and CEO of Ad Astra Inc. and AdAstraConnect, sits down with Marilyn Lovo, Language Access Director a
AI isn’t the threat. Complacency is. In this episode of Connected Conversations , Elena Petrova speaks with Sree Sreenivasan — digital communications expert, former Chief Digital Officer of NYC, the Metropolitan Museum o
“At the center of healing is autonomy." In this mini episode, Jessica Muñoz connects trauma-informed communication to systemic power structures, and explains why survivor leadership, representation, and autonomy are esse
What if the systems designed to help survivors are causing more harm? In this powerful episode of Connected Conversations , host Elena Petrova speaks with Jessica Muñoz, mental health counselor and trauma-informed commun
How do you build a strong culture when AI feels both like an opportunity and a threat? In this mini episode of Connected Conversations , with Brian Kathman , CEO of OpsCanvas,, hosted by Elena Petrova, founder and CEO of
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Connected Conversations is hosted by Elena Petrova. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 67 episodes.
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