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
232 episodes
Soha Rashed ‘Rethinking Foresight Through an Arab Lens’
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Soha Rashed, founder of the Arab Futures Society and a research fellow at the Carboun Institute.We spoke about the development of futures thinking across the Arab world and why the global...
Clare Beaton-Wells "Using Foresight to Reimagine Australia’s Tomorrow"
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Clare Beaton-Wells, based in Melbourne, who is a Strategic Policy Advisor and Future Generations Fellowship Lead at Foundations for Tomorrow.As a leader and specialist driving systems cha...
Sabrina Sullivan "Unlocking What's Next"
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the renowned strategist / futurist / facilitator, Sabrina Sullivan.In our conversation, she discusses her unconventional journey into foresight, the importance of imagination, and the lea...
Marie Stafford 'The Future 100, 2026'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast feature, Marie Stafford, Global Director, Intelligence at VML. In it, she spoke about the latest edition of VML’s Future 100 report and the broader forces shaping consumers, brands and culture. ...
Geci Karuri-Sebina ‘The African Foresight Network, Post-Activism, and Interconnected Capacities’
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the Johannesburg-based ‘thinker, researcher, and sometimes do-er’ Geci Karuri-Sebina, who is an Assoc Professor at the WITS Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, Organiser at the Civic Tech In...
Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Review 2026'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Julian Boulding, Owner of TheNetworkOne.The organisation works with over 1000 agencies in over 100 countries, providing ‘open-source creativity’ and communications services from independe...
Clare Stark 'Futures Literacy: Building Better Decisions for an Uncertain World'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Clare Stark, Head of Futures Literacy and Foresight at UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.They’re a specialized UN agency dedicated to promoting...
Fatima-Zahra Ma-el-ainin 'Foresight, Social Transformation and Systemic Wellbeing'
This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Fatima-Zahra Ma-el-ainin, who is a psychologist, poet, and narrative architect reimagining how societies cultivate wellbeing. Her work sits at the intersection of systems work, knowl...
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 '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...
