The New Abnormal

By Sean Pillot de Chenecey

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My podcast The New Abnormal focuses on 'Now / Next / Why'. Discussing these subjects has led to some fascinating discussions with activists, philosophers, strategists, writers, psychologists, futurists, etc.  I set up the podcast back in 2000, it has over 250,000 downloads and the series has featured a wide range of guests based in locations from Stockholm to Rio, Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi, Beijing to Casablanca, and Toronto to Melbourne. The series is produced in association with the World Futures Studies Federation. A global NGO of leading futurists with a network of members in 60+ countries, it's a forum for the exchange of actionable ideas about alternative futures, through long-term, big-picture thinking and radical change. #TheNewAbnormal podcast series © Sean Pillot de Chenecey 2020. All rights reserved.


 


Episode Date
Paulo Carvalho 'The Power of the Future(s)'
Oct 16, 2026
Nik Badminton "The Hope Engineer's Playbook"
Oct 06, 2026
Tanja Schindler 'Collective Visioning: From Imagination to Participation'
Oct 02, 2026
Fredy Vargas Lama, PhD ‘Beyond Foresight: The Rise of Anticipatory Governance’
Sep 01, 2026
Soha Rashed ‘Rethinking Foresight Through an Arab Lens’
Aug 18, 2026
Clare Beaton-Wells "Using Foresight to Reimagine Australia’s Tomorrow"
Aug 07, 2026
Sabrina Sullivan "Unlocking What's Next"
Jul 23, 2026
Marie Stafford 'The Future 100, 2026'
Jul 18, 2026
Geci Karuri-Sebina ‘The African Foresight Network, Post-Activism, and Interconnected Capacities’
Jul 17, 2026
Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Review 2026'
Jul 16, 2026
Clare Stark 'Futures Literacy: Building Better Decisions for an Uncertain World'
Jul 01, 2026
Fatima-Zahra Ma-el-ainin 'Foresight, Social Transformation and Systemic Wellbeing'
Jun 08, 2026
Mark Bloomfield 'Making Sense of AI'
May 06, 2026
Tommaso Cesano 'The future role of design'
Apr 30, 2026
Jonas Drechsel ‘Futurist Archetypes and Futures Thinking’
Apr 20, 2026
Alice Dimond 'Building Hopeful Futures'
Apr 15, 2026
Marianna Maki-Teeri 'Futures Intelligence and AI-Native Foresight'
Apr 08, 2026
Mikko Dufva 'Megatrends 2026 - towards a new social contract'
Mar 25, 2026
Ramila Khafaji Zadeh 'The liberation of Imagination'
Mar 10, 2026
Warren Hatch 'Superforecasting - how to see the future first'
Feb 27, 2026
Maija Knutti 'Developing Futures-Orientated Policies'
Feb 26, 2026
Muhammad Alaraby 'Futurists & Foresight in the Arab World'
Feb 16, 2026
Lisa Giuliani 'Teach the Future: a bridge to action'
Feb 09, 2026
Deborah Hayek 'An expert guide to Corporate Foresight'
Feb 04, 2026
Kateryna Ostrovska 'Ukraine, strategic healthcare management, and anticipatory governance'
Jan 30, 2026
Petra Hurtado 'Embracing Uncertainty - the 2026 Trend Report for Planners'
Jan 27, 2026
Klaus Dodds 'Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic'
Jan 23, 2026
Marie Roussie 'Future of Conflicts: A Vision of What Is to Come'
Jan 21, 2026
Lena Tunkers 'Exploring futures with collective imagination'
Jan 20, 2026
Riel Miller 'Why futures literacy is so important today...'
Jan 09, 2026
Jost Wagner 'Countering the Futures-Thieves'
Jan 08, 2026
Jan Berger 'How to steer organisations towards better futures'
Dec 19, 2025
Stephen Dupont 'Anticipating Change re: Opportunities and Risks'
Dec 14, 2025
Erik Ostergaard 'Futures Thinking and Anticipatory Leadership'
Dec 13, 2025
Isabella Hermann 'Sci-fi re: New Technologies and Socio-Political Value Systems'
Dec 11, 2025
Cynthia Scharf 'Climate Tech - The Technologies of Desperation'
Dec 05, 2025
Diana Stafie "Don't wait for the future - actively create it"
Dec 03, 2025
Velislava Petrova 'We shape the future - so shape it well'
Nov 29, 2025
Jonathan Barth 'Escaping Collapse - What Killed Economic Liberalism and What To Do Next'
Nov 27, 2025
Loes Damhof 'Times are urgent - we must slow down'
Nov 18, 2025
Nardia Haigh 'Scenario Planning for Climate Change'
Nov 12, 2025
Bulent Duagi 'Exploring new thinking and connecting the dots'
Nov 03, 2025
Jordi Serra del Pino 'Postnormal Times and the Three Tomorrows...'
Oct 27, 2025
Andre Spicer 'The Art of Less'
Oct 24, 2025
Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'
Oct 22, 2025
Jim Dator 'Living Make-Belief: Thriving in a Dream Society'
Oct 17, 2025
Dr Joseph Voros 'Futures Thinking in Real-World Contexts'
Oct 10, 2025
Neil Shearing 'The Fractured Age: how the return of Geopolitics will splinter the Global Economy'
Sep 23, 2025
Gergely Nemeth 'Strategic Foresight and Defence Innovation'
Aug 28, 2025
Lourdes Rodriguez 'Embodied Futures - the next evolution in foresight'
Jul 10, 2025
Marie Stafford 'The Future 100 - trends and change to watch'
Jun 10, 2025
Peter Cunliffe-Jones 'Fake News - what's the harm?'
May 03, 2025
Faris Yakob 'Collaboration is the way to solve problems'
Apr 03, 2025
Gareth Kay 'Creating tangible value from intangible assets'
Feb 03, 2025
Epaminondas Christophilopoulos 'The Future is always uncertain...'
Jan 03, 2025
Jan Berger 'Anticipating Change for Corporate Foresight'
Dec 30, 2024
Nils Muller 'Helping companies to stay relevant in the future'
Dec 03, 2024
Chris Arning 'Semiotics: how to make the invisible...visible'
Nov 30, 2024
Michael Beverland 'Brand Management: Co-creating Meaningful Brands'
Nov 03, 2024
Phil Balagtas 'Making Futures Work: integrating futures thinking for design, innovation, and strategy'
Oct 30, 2024
Matt Boffey ‘Brands that move people, move the world’
Oct 03, 2024
Stephanie Vilner-Sheppard 'Dare, disrupt and be kind'
Oct 03, 2024
Max McKeown 'Innovation Strategy, Leadership & Culture'
Sep 30, 2024
Sohail Inayatullah 'Visioning the Futures'
Sep 03, 2024
Alexis Tennent 'The intricate relationship between memory, time and plurality'
Aug 30, 2024
Monika Bielskyte 'Challenging the binaries of dystopia vs utopia and society vs technology'
Aug 13, 2024
Roman Krznaric 'History for Tomorrow: inspiration from the past for the future of humanity'
Aug 03, 2024
Falk Fuhrmann 'Investigative Anthropology, Cultural Empathy and Brand Strategy in China'
Jul 30, 2024
Lesley-Ann Noel 'Design Social Change: take action, work towards equity, and challenge the status quo'
Jul 05, 2024
Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions 2024 Review'
Jul 04, 2024
Catherine Roy 'Change Agents, Foresight Strategy and Organisational Disruption'
Jul 03, 2024
Chloe Markowicz 'Creativity is Contagious'
Jul 02, 2024
Paolo Gallo 'The Seven Games of Leadership'
Jul 01, 2024
Ari Wallach 'A Brief History of the Future'
Jun 30, 2024
Philippa Wagner 'PeoplePlacesSpaces'
Jun 29, 2024
Jonas Gissel Mikkelsen 'Futures Capabilities, Progressive Endeavours and Strategic Transformation'
Jun 28, 2024
Colin Strong 'Behavioural Change and Behavioural Science'
Jun 27, 2024
Hilary Sutcliffe 'The Seven Signals of Trustworthiness'
Jun 26, 2024
Diego Gilardoni 'Connecting the dots...helping leadership teams to navigate complexity'
Jun 25, 2024
Tom Morton 'How to create value c/o new experiences and new technology'
Jun 24, 2024
Tom Lombardo 'A Masterclass in Sci-Fi Movies'
Jun 23, 2024
Shermon Cruz 'From Future Shock to Gamification to Indigenous Futures'
Jun 22, 2024
Cecile Cremer 'How to start a Ministry for the Future'
Jun 21, 2024
Andrew McLuhan 'The Medium is the Message'
Jun 20, 2024
Adam Chmielowski 'How brands can avoid being cultural parasites'
Jun 19, 2024
Erik Korsvik Ostergaard 'Reinventing Organisations c/o Anticipatory Leadership'
Jun 18, 2024
Louise Mowbray 'Future-focused Leadership'
Jun 14, 2024
Tom Lombardo ‘Review: The Most Inspiring/Informative Futures Books’
Jun 13, 2024
Keely Adler 'Helping brands understand themselves in shifting contexts'
Jun 12, 2024
Suzette Brooks Masters 'Actioning futures-thinking for a better tomorrow'
Jun 11, 2024
Maarten Leyts 'Generation ZAlpha - connecting with the next micro generation'
Jun 10, 2024
Victoria Robson 'Sirens Bay, and the Real Writers Circle'
Jun 09, 2024
Alexandra Whittington 'Navigating complexity and uncertainty'
Jun 08, 2024
Ben Holt 'Effective Strategic Foresight - Preparing for Possibilities'
Jun 07, 2024
Andrew Koppelman 'Burning Down the House: how libertarian philosophy was corrupted by delusion and greed'
Jun 05, 2024
Lauren Razavi 'The Future of Work and the Digital Nomad Community'
May 28, 2024
Jacob Ellis 'Policy Development re: the needs of Future Generations'
May 27, 2024
Jonathan Wise 'Adland confronts the myth of Infinite Growth'
May 26, 2024
Gary F. Bengier 'Unfettered Journey - the impact of tech changes, and finding purpose in the future'
May 25, 2024
Nikolas Badminton 'Shifting Organisational Mindsets: from Foresight to Action'
May 24, 2024
Roger Spitz 'The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption'
May 23, 2024
Thomas D'hooge 'Pondering the future - looking at the unknowable'
May 22, 2024
Jan Oliver Schwarz 'Strategic Foresight - Winning the Uncertainty Game'
May 21, 2024
Randell Beckford "How to build a brand that won't get cancelled"
May 20, 2024
Thierry Malleret 'The Great Narrative - for a Better Future'
May 19, 2024
Frank Spencer 'Implementing foresight - pulling the future towards us'
May 16, 2024
Tim Stock 'Understand subcultures to understand the future'
May 15, 2024
Katharina Michalski 'Helping business navigate and capitalise on change'
May 14, 2024
Martin Lindstrom 'Predicting the future - before anyone else'
May 13, 2024
Lasse Jonasson 'Anticipatory Leadership, Scenario Planning and being #FuturesReady'
May 12, 2024
Alison Taylor 'How business can do the right thing in a turbulent world'
May 11, 2024
Jon Alexander 'Citizens - Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us'
May 10, 2024
Phil Rowley 'A Rebooted Future re: Media, Tech & Culture'
May 09, 2024
Tom Lombardo 'The History of Futurism & Futures Studies'
May 08, 2024
Sylvia Gallusser 'The Ethics and Philosophy of Futures'
May 07, 2024
Alice Charles 'Emerging Challenges re: the Cities of Tomorrow'
May 06, 2024
Henry Coutinho-Mason 'The Future Normal - how we will live, work and thrive in the next decade'
May 05, 2024
Johanna Hoffman 'Speculative Futures: illuminating the way ahead'
May 04, 2024
Ian Peters 'Having an ethical compass, and applying business ethics'
May 02, 2024
Laura de Moliere 'ChatGPT and Behavioural Science'
May 01, 2024
Florencia Lujani "The Four D's and Regenerative Capitalism"
Apr 30, 2024
Stephanie Benedetto 'Queen of Raw - Turning Pollution into Profit'
Apr 29, 2024
Giana Eckhardt 'In Praise of Inconvenience'
Apr 28, 2024
DuBose Cole 'Do marketers and consumers see the world differently?'
Apr 27, 2024
Maurice NDiaye 'Reinventing strategy-making under uncertainty'
Apr 26, 2024
Rob Hopkins 'From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination'
Apr 25, 2024
Stefan Rollnick 'Using behavioural science to fight misinformation'
Apr 24, 2024
Gustav Martner 'Campaigning + Activism: No Awards on a Dead Planet’
Apr 23, 2024
Alex Quicho 'Understanding patterns, echoes and shadows'
Apr 22, 2024
John Seabrook 'The intersection between creativity and commerce re: tech, design, and music’
Apr 21, 2024
James Hurman 'Pay attention to attention...and the case for creativity'
Apr 20, 2024
Jon Cohen "Understanding what people think, when you can't trust what they say"
Apr 19, 2024
Sara Wheeler 'The minute curiosity of the travel writer - tales from the Arctic to the Antarctic'
Apr 18, 2024
Tom Johnson 'The Optimism Index, and why 'Myths of Decline' are often wrong...'
Apr 17, 2024
Dr Steven MacGregor 'The Daily Reset - how to move your life forward'
Apr 16, 2024
Christian van Nieuwerburgh 'Hope vs Optimism re: Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing'
Apr 15, 2024
Jennifer Mercieca 'Demagogue for President - the rhetorical genius of Trump'
Apr 14, 2024
Lucie Greene 'Humane Capitalism, the Social Contract and Super-Agile Teamwork'
Apr 13, 2024
Graham Black 'Collaboration is the creative driving force'
Apr 12, 2024
Simon Kreitem 'How to tell emotional stories'
Apr 11, 2024
Sophy Roberts 'The Lost Pianos of Siberia'
Apr 10, 2024
Ian Williams "Why democracies need to push-back against China's digital totalitarian state"
Apr 09, 2024
Julian Boulding 'Radical Collaboration, Behavioural Economics, and Acts not Ads'
Apr 08, 2024
Dan Burgess 'Radical Collaboration...and grass roots innovation'
Apr 07, 2024
Stephen Colegrave 'Radical Thinking, Independent Journalism & Catalytic Entertainment'
Apr 06, 2024
Richard Watson "Why the only certainty about the future is that it's uncertain"
Apr 05, 2024
Matt Rivitz 'How to stop funding hate - and change the Internet'
Apr 04, 2024
Mark Vernon 'Everything in philosophy is a footnote to Plato'. (And quite a lot is a footnote to Kant).
Apr 03, 2024
Kathleen Higgins 'From Daoism to Nietzsche...and why deception has become a modern way of life'
Apr 02, 2024
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Apr 01, 2024
Martin Jensen 'Me, Myself, Online: Music and the New Abnormal'
Mar 31, 2024
Taji Chesimet 'Dismantling injustice, and creating safe spaces'
Mar 30, 2024
Jenny Southan 'Travel Trends and the Future of Travel'
Mar 29, 2024
James Bidwell 'Connecting the dots: business as a force for good'
Mar 28, 2024
Ian Olasov 'Ask a Philosopher - answers to the most important questions'
Mar 25, 2024
Chris Mayer 'West Point: Philosophy, Leadership and Combat'
Mar 24, 2024
Lucy von Sturmer 'Challenging the status quo to create positive impact'
Mar 22, 2024
Amy Daroukakis 'Using signals and experiences to develop innovative concepts'
Mar 19, 2024
Art Kleiner 'The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology'
Mar 18, 2024
Dermot McPartland 'If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere'
Mar 17, 2024
Luca Morena 'Generate: a major milestone in the evolution of trend forecasting'
Mar 16, 2024
Nick Shackleton-Jones 'Learning & Cognition: why Plato and Descartes got it all wrong'
Mar 15, 2024
Tamira Snell 'Understanding emerging trends and forecasting consumer behaviour'
Mar 14, 2024
Livia Fioretti 'A dynamic viewpoint on MegaTrends & LATAM trends c/o TrendWatching'
Mar 13, 2024
Andrew Copson "What's it all for and how can I be happy?" (A guide to Humanism).
Mar 12, 2024
Anna Kirah 'Think long-term in a short-term world'
Mar 11, 2024
Alex Durussel-Baker 'Design-thinking, design-sprints, and community innovation'
Mar 10, 2024
Lore Oxford 'Cultural Insights re: Brave New Worlds'
Mar 09, 2024
Chris Sanderson 'The New Extraordinary: making better futures happen for global businesses'
Mar 08, 2024
Matt Klein 'Trend Spotting: AI vs Human'
Mar 07, 2024
Lydia Caldana 'The Way Ahead - Trend Research, Analysis & Forecasting'
Mar 06, 2024
Felix De Laet aka Lost Frequencies 'From DJing at student parties to worldwide success'
Mar 05, 2024
Elodie Marteau 'Connecting the dots - trend analysis'
Mar 04, 2024
Andy Crysell 'Creating culturally charged commercial advantage'
Mar 03, 2024
Mark Shayler 'Helping big companies think small and small companies think big'
Mar 02, 2024
Wyn Baptiste 'The System isn't broken, it was built that way...'
Mar 01, 2024
John Dunleavy 'Leadership re: Transparency, Collaboration and Resilience'
Feb 29, 2024
Ian McGarrigle 'The Future of Retail'
Feb 28, 2024
Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions Review'
Feb 27, 2024
Cailin O'Connor 'The war against truth and the social dynamics of alternative facts'
Feb 26, 2024
Jack Godfrey Wood 'Making what's next: why great design is an engine of hope'
Feb 25, 2024
Ben Hughes 'Design Theory, the Consumer Experience and Creativity in China'
Feb 24, 2024
David Shah 'Social Polarisation, Accelerated Trends, and the Rise of the Oligopolies'
Feb 23, 2024
Sarah Rabia 'Trend Forecasting and Brand Futures'
Feb 22, 2024
David Nottoli 'Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Value Creation'
Feb 21, 2024
Sean Pillot de Chenecey "Authenticity, Ethics and Innovation"
Feb 20, 2024
Steve Vranakis 'Leading-edge creativity and reinventing the agency model'
Feb 19, 2024
Charlie Waterhouse 'Rebel for Life'
Feb 18, 2024
Paul Kemp-Robertson 'The Power of Creativity and the Contagious Commandments'
Feb 17, 2024
Anne-Lise Kjaer "Building a bridge to the future - don't apply old thinking to new problems"
Feb 16, 2024
Carl Miller 'The Death of the Gods, and the manipulation of Truth'
Feb 15, 2024
Tom Hodgkinson 'Slow Down, Have Fun, Live Well'
Feb 14, 2024
Rachel Lawes 'Demystifying Semiotics - what it is and what it can do for you'
Feb 13, 2024
Joakim Noren 'Progressive National Branding and Cultural Positivity'
Feb 12, 2024
Gareth Kay 'Today, people expect more from their brands'
Feb 11, 2024
Emily Hare 'Hyper Localisation, Diversity and Adaption'
Feb 10, 2024
Emma-Louise Boynton "Generating Inspiring Advice: Sharing Women's Career Stories"
Feb 09, 2024
Jen Urich 'Inequality, Community Cohesion, and why Truth is Cool'
Feb 08, 2024
Nicole Fall 'Brand management and organisational leadership in Asia'
Feb 07, 2024
Martin Raymond 'The Shifting of the Overton Window and the push for Transformation'
Feb 06, 2024
Steve Lacey 'The Outsider - on a mission to challenge the wisdom of convention'
Feb 05, 2024
Simon Armstrong 'The Culture Wars - and why everything interesting is happening at the edge'
Feb 04, 2024
Sabrina Faramarzi 'Internet Culture, Lifestyle Journalism and Trend Analysis'
Feb 03, 2024
John Grant '...from Margaret Mead to Spiral Tribe to Greener Marketing'
Feb 02, 2024
Raja Habre 'Hope, Community and Resilience in Lebanon'
Feb 01, 2024
Geoff Glendenning 'Why one of the greatest-ever launches was basically two-fingers to the industry'
Jan 31, 2024
Neil Boorman 'From the Shoreditch Twat to TikTok...and why creativity & joy are so vital'
Jan 30, 2024
Andy Middleton 'Experiential Learning, the Do Lectures, and Planet B'
Jan 29, 2024
Scott Goodson 'How to rebuild business momentum'
Jan 28, 2024
Jens Laugesen 'Ground Zero, Hybrid Reconstruction and C19 as a Creative Catalyst'
Jan 27, 2024
William Higham 'From The Stranglers to The Next Big Thing...'
Jan 26, 2024
Tom Morton 'Having a Positive Impact...and Transformation at Speed'
Jan 25, 2024
Khalil Zafar 'Human Engagement and Technology - simplifying the Future of Work'
Jan 24, 2024
Steve Beale 'Radical subcultures, and capturing Banksy'
Jan 23, 2024
Jussi Solja 'Putting agency superpowers to good use - helping brands to reinvent themselves'
Jan 22, 2024
Carl Ratcliff 'Reframing Brand Values - from Purpose to Action’.
Jan 21, 2024
Ole Petter Nyhaug, 'The new Punk Generation meets Orwell'
Jan 20, 2024
Nilgin Yusuf 'How to identify and build a positive personal strategy’
Jan 19, 2024
Navaz Batliwalla 'Counter-Culture, Design Thinking and...Where Next?'
Jan 18, 2024
Leon Kreitzman 'The Resilient 24hr Society vs Fragmentation & Chaos'
Jan 17, 2024
Teresa Havvas #PresentProofing = #FutureProofing
Jan 16, 2024
Will Skeaping 'Extinction Rebellion and The Great Reset'
Jan 15, 2024
John Shaw 'Cockroach brands, cultural dynamics, and the future of work'
Jan 14, 2024
Harriet Posner 'Buying What You Stand For...Rewiring the Fashion Sector'
Jan 13, 2024
Chemical X 'From ecstasy to Skid Row'
Jan 12, 2024
Alex West 'Luxury, Artisanship and Creativity as Soft Power'
Jan 11, 2024
Gideon Wilkins 'Natural language analysis, brand deprivation and disruption'
Jan 10, 2024
Kate Shepherd 'Why the future client/agency model = expert freelance collaboration'
Jan 09, 2024
Kevin Braddock 'Everything Begins With...Asking for Help'
Jan 08, 2024
Michael Cohen: 'Developmental psychology: Chernobyl to 9/11'
Jan 07, 2024
Katrina Dodd 'Knowledge is Power...Impactful Advertising...Asking Heretical Questions'
Jan 06, 2024
Carsten Beck, The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies 'The Post-C19 Future'
Jan 05, 2024
Joanna Catalano 'Redefining community and demonstrating leadership'
Jan 04, 2024
Stephen Hayward 'Does it feel like you're an extra in Black Mirror?'
Jan 03, 2024
Mark Hanis 'The Ukraine Corporate Index: on which side of the war does your brand stand?'
Jan 02, 2024
Update on / background to #TheNewAbnormal series…
Jan 01, 2024