The New Abnormal
The New Abnormal podcast (which has over 250,000 downloads) focuses on 'Now / Next / Why'. My guests have include a wide variety of experts based in locations from Los Angeles to Shanghai, Rio to Beirut, and Helsinki to Melbourne. Those guests have included activists, creatives, writers, philosophers, strategists, psychologists, lecturers, futurists etc, and asking them to explain their views has led to some fascinating conversations. Re: my bio, I'm a futurist, public speaker, and author whose written two books - my first went to No1 in the business charts whilst my second was shortlisted for the 'Business Book of the Year' Awards. (I'll be writing a third as soon as time allows.) So, I hope you enjoy listening to the series - which was set up during the early days of Covid and is therefore divided into a series per year. All rights reserved. #TheNewAbnormal podcast series © Sean Pillot de Chenecey 2020.
The New Abnormal
Thomas D'hooge 'Pondering the future - looking at the unknowable'
Series Three
This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Thomas D'hooge, who watches trends, explores futures, develops concepts, builds communities and coaches game-changers. In this interview, we discuss his curation of the Futures Festival, his viewpoints around digital innovation and disruptive innovation, how he 'Teaches the Future' to students. He also highlights the Museum of Futures - an exhibition of 'futures thinking' which includes his viewpoints relating to this subject as a form of activism and which also reflects a crisis of the contemporary imagination linked to the 'colonisation of forecasting'. Along the way, we discuss a wide range of social / cultural issues and whilst doing so, Thomas also talks about his own personal experiences with regards to developing hope and resilience.