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.
Episodes
224 episodes
Mark Bloomfield 'Making Sense of AI'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Dr Mark Bloomfield, who has leveraged AI and advanced technology for over fifteen years to drive innovation, transformation, and measurable impact across an array of businesses.Operating...
Tommaso Cesano 'The future role of design'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Tommaso Cesano, Founder of Osmo, a Strategy+Design studio focused on creating impactful products and experiences, aiming to build products for clients that can 'change their tomorrow'. ...
Jonas Drechsel ‘Futurist Archetypes and Futures Thinking’
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the independent futurist Jonas Drechsel, who is also a member and co-initiator of the dynamic collective practice youngK Berlin; which is interdisciplinary, exploratory, and holistic.His ...
Alice Dimond 'Building Hopeful Futures'
Series SixThis episode of The New Abnormal features Alice Dimond, who leads Mō Āpōpō Future-Makers at Tokona te Raki, a project that equips young people to imagine and create better futures. This includes designing a toolkit ...
Marianna Maki-Teeri 'Futures Intelligence and AI-Native Foresight'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Marianna Maki-Teeri, Director of Foresight at Futures Platform. She’s an internationally recognized futurist with 15 years of experience in strategic foresight & futures studies,...
Mikko Dufva 'Megatrends 2026 - towards a new social contract'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Mikko Dufva, the Leading Foresight Specialist at Sitra.Mikko works on projects across an array of areas including those related to the futures of synthetic biology, platform economies, fo...
Ramila Khafaji Zadeh 'Iranian Futures and the liberation of Imagination'
This episode of the New Abnormal podcast features Ramila Khafaji Zadeh, who is a trainer and designer in Futures Literacy at Hanze University of Applied Sciences and part of the UNESCO Chair in Futures Literacy. She leads projects w...
Warren Hatch 'Superforecasting - how to see the future first'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the renowned superforecaster Warren Hatch, CEO of Good Judgement Inc. He joined the organisation as a volunteer forecaster in a research project sponsored by the US government / fund...
Maija Knutti 'Developing Futures-Orientated Policies'
This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Maija Knutti, a Policy Analyst in the EU Policy Lab Foresight Team, which is part of the European Commission Joint Research Centre.As Maija explains, it's a collaborative place for inno...
Muhammad Alaraby 'Futurists & Foresight in the Arab World'
This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Muhammad Alaraby, an award-winning Arab futurist, policy analyst, and editor.He's also Head of Strategic Foresight at the independent think tank Future for Advanced Research and Studies...
Lisa Giuliani 'Teach the Future: a bridge to action'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Lisa Giuliani M.A., who is an experienced educator with over ten years of work in higher education, K-12, the private sector, and nonprofits. Dedicated to empowering young people and...
Deborah Hayek 'An expert guide to Corporate Foresight'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Deborah Hayek, who leads Foresight & Innovation at Servus Credit Union, in Canada.She brings over a decade of experience integrating strategic foresight into business strategy within ...
Kateryna Ostrovska 'Ukraine, strategic healthcare management, and anticipatory governance'
This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Kateryna Ostrovska, who is a health policy and systems strategist with a background in family medicine and leadership experience across Ukraine’s public and private healthcare sectors. <...
Petra Hurtado 'Embracing Uncertainty - the 2026 Trend Report for Planners'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Petra Hurtado, Ph.D. who's the Chief Foresight & Knowledge Officer at the American Planning Association, leading their foresight program and knowledge portfolio; including research, publicat...
Klaus Dodds 'Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic'
This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Klaus Dodds, a leading geopolitical analyst specialising in polar affairs, territorial sovereignty, border disputes and great power competition, with over 30 years of experience bridging academic...
Marie Roussie 'Future of Conflicts: A Vision of What Is to Come'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Marie Roussie, a futurist from the Paris-based collective Making Tomorrow.Marie has spent the past three years examining approaches to the future development of the French armed forces. I...
Lena Tunkers 'Exploring futures with collective imagination'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Lena Tunkers, a renowned independent futurist and facilitator, who has a mass of experience in applying Futures Literacy, Experience Design and innovation methods to navigate change.She's...
Riel Miller 'Why futures literacy is so important today...'
Series SixThe episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast featured Riel Miller, who for over forty years has been co-creating innovation, leadership and transformation in both the public and private sectors around the world. He pio...
Jost Wagner 'Countering the Futures-Thieves'
Series SixThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Jost Wagner, Managing Director of The Change Initiative and Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Futures Network, the largest network of futurists in the region.
Jan Berger 'How to steer organisations towards better futures'
Series FiveThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Jan Berger, who advises business leaders on how to steer their companies towards a profitable future. He's the Founder & CEO of the renowned Themis Foresight in Berlin, w...
Stephen Dupont 'Anticipating Change re: Opportunities and Risks'
Series FiveThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Stephen Dupont, Principal at Dupont Foresight, who brings a futures mindset to marketing/communications planning and strategy. He also serves on the board of the nonprofit 'T...
Erik Ostergaard 'Futures Thinking and Anticipatory Leadership'
Series FiveThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Erik Korsvik Ostergaard, who is a futures-thinker and strategic foresight consultant. He uses futures-thinking to be curious about current and coming trends, and ...
Isabella Hermann 'Sci-fi re: New Technologies and Socio-Political Value Systems'
Series FiveThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Dr Isabella Hermann, a political scientist who analyses and speaks on the subject of science-fiction.She focuses particularly on how the genre reflects emerging techno...
Cynthia Scharf 'Climate Tech - The Technologies of Desperation'
Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Cynthia Scharf, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Future Generations, a European think tank, leading their work on Climate Interventions. Issue of trust, global equity,...
Diana Stafie "Don't wait for the future - actively create it"
Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Diana Stafie, founder of Future Station, the renowned strategic foresight consultancy that empowers organizations to navigate change, identify emerging trends, foster i...
