The New Abnormal
268 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratings#TheNewAbnormal podcast (which has over 200,000 downloads) focuses on understanding today and anticipating the future. Discussing these subjects via the stories and viewpoints of my guests has led to some fascinating conversations with activists, creatives, writers, philosophers, strategists, psychologists, lecturers, futurists, etc. Re: my bio, I'm a strategist, author and public speaker. My first book went to No1 in the business charts, whilst my second was shortlisted for the 'Business Book of the Year' Awards. ('The New Abnormal' is bought to you in partnership with The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, a global leader in applying futures studies to solve strategic challenges, helping clients to be #FuturesReady.) So, we hope you enjoy listening to the series! Please note that the podcast was set up during the early days of Covid, and is divided into Series One [2020-21] Series Two [2021-22] Series Three [2022-23] Series Four [2023-24]. All rights reserved. #TheNewAbnormal podcast series © Sean Pillot de Chenecey 2020
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Anna Kirah 'Think long-term in a short-term world'
March 11, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features the renowned design anthropologist and psychologist Anna Kirah. She's an expert in pioneering qualitative research methods used to gather deep insights to understand people's motivations and expectations as well as their articulated and unarticulated needs, and to link this understanding to the design of services, products and organisational change. Anna's experience in Boeing and Microsoft has given her global recognition for...
Mark Shayler 'Helping big companies think small and small companies think big'
March 10, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview Mark Shayler, owner at Ape. He's a Thinker / Doer / Creator / Speaker / Author, who helps companies grow sustainably by developing people, strategies and brand - whilst reducing impact. (Mark has saved his clients in excess of £120,000,000). He's also author of the excellent books "Do Disrupt" and "Do Present". In the interview, we discuss his highly specialised knowledge of sustainability, in which he has many year...
Thierry Malleret 'The Great Narrative - for a Better Future'
March 09, 2024 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Thierry Malleret, the co-author of both the international best-seller 'The Great Reset' and the newly published 'Great Narrative' which he wrote with Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Exec Chairman of the World Economic Forum. Thierry is the founder and managing partner of #MonthlyBarometer. Its eponymous flagship monthly 'predictive newsletter' is Thierry’s brainchild and the product of his innovative and exacting approach to resea...
Cailin O'Connor 'The war against truth and the social dynamics of alternative facts'
March 08, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Cailin O'Connor, who is an associate professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California. She's also the co-author of 'The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread' (published by Yale University Press. In our interview, we discuss Cailin's most recent writings on the subject of 'why we trust lies' re: the most effective misinformation starting with seeds of truth. In doing so, she explains the cru...
Jacob Ellis 'Policy Development re: the needs of Future Generations'
March 07, 2024 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Jacob Ellis, an experienced public affairs and international relations advisor with a demonstrated history of working to improve policy-making in Wales and globally. He's worked with United Nations, World Cities Culture Forum and One Young World, and is committed to ensuring the needs of future generations are central to policy development. We therefore discuss all of these areas, and in particular his work with the Office of...
Phil Rowley 'A Rebooted Future re: Media, Tech & Culture'
March 06, 2024 07:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Phil Rowley, Head of Futures at Omnicom Media Group UK. In addition to this, he's also a Media Futurist, Tech Advisory Board Member, AdWeek Columnist, and Power MBA lecturer. Phil specialises in talking to brands about the future, turning thought-leadership and emerging tech trends into actual strategies. He has over 22 years’ experience working in London, Dublin & Auckland – and is a recipient of ‘The Internationalist’ Agency...
Stephanie Benedetto 'Queen of Raw - Turning Pollution into Profit'
March 05, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interview the incredibly dynamic Stephanie Benedetto. A corporate attorney turned climate fintech entrepreneur, Stephanie is the Co-Founder of Queen of Raw, no-code enterprise software to intelligently resell and recycle unused inventory on Raw Chain, measure, report, and turn pollution into profit. Prior to starting Queen of Raw, Stephanie worked as a lawyer in the fashion, media/entertainment, start-up, and technology industries and c...
Andy Crysell 'Creating culturally charged commercial advantage'
March 03, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview Andy Crysell, Founder & CEO at Crowd DNA, the dynamic cultural insights and strategy consultancy who have offices in London, Amsterdam, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Stockholm and Los Angeles. Formed in 2008, and operating across 70+ markets, they bring together trends specialists, researchers, strategists, data analysts, designers, writers and film-makers for the world's most exciting brands. So, we talk about all of t...
Rachel Lawes 'Demystifying Semiotics - what it is and what it can do for you'
March 02, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBSeries One This episode of 'The New Abnormal' features the renowned semiotician Dr Rachel Lawes. One of the earliest providers of British commercial semiotics, her PhD was in social psychology, hence bringing a unique perspective to semiotics, placing her at the exact intersection of psychology, linguistics and cultural studies. Rachel has been using semiotics for nearly 20 years to rejuvenate brands, innovate products and services, and steer communication. As she points out in her e...
Rob Hopkins 'From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination'
March 01, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Rob Hopkins, cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network, and author of numerous books including 'The Transition Handbook, The Power of Just Doing Stuff, and most recently, From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want'. He presents the podcast series 'From What If to What Next' which invites listeners to send in their “what if” questions and then explores how to mak...
Tom Lombardo ‘Review: The Most Inspiring/Informative Futures Books’
February 29, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBSeries Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the renowned futurist Tom Lombardo, Director at the Center for Future Consciousness, Exec Board Member of the World Futures Studies Federation, and Editor at the Journal of Futures Studies. He returns to the series to give an overview of his choices of the top futures books in science fiction (author/topic clustered) which are roughly chronologically sequenced as follows: Late Nineteenth Century Classics (Future of Human Socie...
Hilary Sutcliffe 'The Seven Signals of Trustworthiness'
February 28, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBSeries Three This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Hilary Sutcliffe, Director of SocietyInside, who bring together people and ideas to help tech and its governance earn the trust of society. The name #SocietyInside is a riff off the famous brand ‘IntelInside’ and aims to encapsulate their aspiration that we reverse-engineer innovation from the needs of society rather than just create technologies which are in an eternal search for a home. Hilary explores the purpose, risks,...
Wyn Baptiste 'The System isn't broken, it was built that way...'
February 27, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBSeries Two In this reposted episode of 'The New Abnormal' I interviewed the filmmaker, broadcast journalist and presenter Wyn Baptiste. He's currently senior producer of the hugely successful TV drama 'MTV Shuga' which, for anyone not in the know, is essentially an entertainment show with a message aimed at young people; with the action set in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Cote D'Ivoire and most recently in India. He's made films on the Grenfell Tower disaster, EU Referendum, California D...
Frank Spencer 'Implementing foresight - pulling the future towards us'
February 26, 2024 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Frank Spencer, Founder & Creative Director at TFSX (Foresight, Innovation, Strategic Design and Learning). TFSX, based in Florida, help their clients to thrive in a world of complex ideas and practices, uncover emerging trends on the horizon that will impact their business, and discover unseen opportunities for strategic advantage and development. Frank holds an MA in Strategic Foresight from Regent University, and has worked...
Amy Daroukakis 'Using signals and experiences to develop innovative concepts'
February 25, 2024 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview the cultural strategist Amy Daroukakis, who "inspires teams, keep brands culturally relevant and re-imagines products, communication and design". She's worked across a wide range of sectors, including Retail (Target), Luxury (LVMH), Social (Facebook), Automotive (Hertz), Insurtech (Coya), FMCG (Danone), Hospitality (Park Hyatt), Tourism (NYC GO), Food and Beverage (AB InBev), Entertainment (HBO), Electronics (Bang & Olufsen), a...
Christian van Nieuwerburgh 'Hope vs Optimism re: Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing'
February 24, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Christian van Nieuwerburgh, Executive Director of 'Growth Coaching International' and Professor of Positive Psychology at University of East London. An international authority in the field of coaching, he's a renowned public speaker who regularly presents on the topics of motivation, engagement and leadership. We discuss his latest book and his motivation for creating coaching cultures for learning which allow people to pursue t...
Henry Coutinho-Mason 'The Future Normal - how we will live, work and thrive in the next decade'
February 23, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features Henry Coutinho-Mason, who is obsessed with new perspectives on the biggest question in business: "what will people want next?" I've been lucky enough to have been given an advance copy of his new book “The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work & Thrive In The Coming Decade” which was written in conjunction with Wall St Journal bestselling author Rohit Bhargava and is out soon. The book is the focus of our conversation, hence discussing...
Sarah Rabia 'Trend Forecasting and Brand Futures'
February 22, 2024 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBSeries Two This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features Sarah Rabia, the Global Director of Cultural Strategy & Backslash Co-Founder at TBWA\Chiat\Day. Based in Los Angeles she's an award-winning Content Marketer and Cultural Insight Expert, who was previously a Strategist at BBH London and Mother London; having been the Senior Trends Analyst at The Future Laboratory and a journalist at The Face, which she joined after studying journalism at the London College of Fashion / University of the A...
Tim Stock 'Understand subcultures to understand the future'
February 20, 2024 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Tim Stock, Global Cultural Foresight Leader at ScenarioDNA, who are experts at analysing trends and developing frameworks for understanding how & why culture is changing. He's also an Associate Teaching Professor at Parsons School of Design - The New School, one of the world's leading art and design schools, committed to inspiring society through inquiry, radical ideas, iterative experimentation and creative collaboration. We...
Lydia Caldana 'The Way Ahead - Trend Research, Analysis & Forecasting'
February 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBSeriesTwo In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Lydia Caldana, a global brand strategist, trend forecaster and consumer insights analyst. She identifies emerging behaviours and technologies that guide macro shifts in society to help brands navigate change and develop long-lasting relationships with consumers. Working on strategic projects that answer “what is the future of..?” her research, analytical, and forecasting skills are applied to a series of clients with various chall...
Nikolas Badminton 'Foresight: the missing link...'
February 14, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Nikolas Badminton, a world-renowned futurist who mentors leaders to create more connected, curious and creative teams that embrace futures design. He's spent 30+ years working with leaders at over 300 leading organisations at the frontline of foresight, strategy and disruption - including NASA, United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, and many more. His new book ‘Facing Our Futures’ will be r...
Paolo Gallo 'The Seven Games of Leadership'
February 13, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBSeries Four This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Paolo Gallo, a renowned executive coach, bestselling author and keynote speaker. He's the author of two superb books: 'The Compass and the Radar - the art of building a rewarding career while remaining true to yourself' and the newly published 'The Seven Games of Leadership - navigating the inner journey of leaders'. In his dynamic career he's been chief human resources officer at World Economic Forum in Geneva, chief learning of...
Alice Charles 'Emerging Challenges re: the Cities of Tomorrow'
February 12, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast I interview the incredibly dynamic Alice Charles, who leads the World Economic Forum's cities work streams, inc the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization and its workstreams on City Climate & Resilience, Urban Inclusion, City Digital Transformation and City Financing. She's also created the City Dialogues series, which enables curated discussions between city leaders and leaders of business, civil society and academia on th...
Jonathan Wise 'Adland confronts the myth of Infinite Growth'
February 11, 2024 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Jonathan Wise, co-founder of Purpose Disruptors, who believes that the advertising industry needs to step into the responsibility of helping to address our climate and ecological emergency. His background is as a strategic planner, with 15 years experience in major London advertising agencies and a Masters degree in Sustainability & Responsibility. Jonathan then co-founded the ‘Purpose Disruptors’ group, whose goal is to create...
Ian Olasov 'Ask a Philosopher - answers to the most important questions'
February 10, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBSeries Two This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the author & philosopher Ian Olasov. An adjunct professor and doctoral candidate at the City University of New York, he's twice won the American Philosophical Association's Public Philosophy Op-Ed Prize. He's also the author of "Ask a Philosopher: answers to the most important - and unexpected - questions". In addition, he set up the first 'Ask a Philosopher' booth in New York City, to answer questions from passers-by. Over...
Lucie Greene 'Humane Capitalism, the Social Contract and Super-Agile Teamwork'
February 09, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interviewed Lucie Greene, who is a forecaster, strategist and author specialising in cultural trends, consumer insights and brand innovation. Having relocated to NYC from L.A. she set up her futures practice 'Light Years' having previously led JWT's global futures think tank JWT Intelligence. She also launched their renowned 'Future 100' annual trends report, which is now translated into ten languages. Her book 'Silicon States: t...
Ben Holt 'Effective Strategic Foresight - Preparing for Possibilities'
February 08, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSeries Four This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Ben Holt, Global Lead for Strategic Foresight at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Solferino Academy, who helps the network explore possible futures and learn the skills needed to make them useful in the present. He's also a Visitor at the Cambridge University Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) and a committee member at the Humanitarian Innovation Fund. In this episode, Ben discu...
Gary F. Bengier 'Unfettered Journey - the impact of tech changes, and finding purpose in the future'
February 07, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features the writer, philosopher and technologist Gary F Bengier - who is probably most known for being eBay’s first CFO and the person who was in charge of taking the company public. As a Silicon Valley executive, Gary also worked for several other tech companies and had a front-row seat in the development of technologies from streaming services to semi-conductor chip design. Meanwhile, his futuristic novel 'Unfettered Journey' has sold thous...
Laura de Moliere 'ChatGPT and Behavioural Science'
February 06, 2024 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Laura de Moliere, Partner and Co-founder at the Germany-based consultancy, Decision-Context. She's also the ex-Head of Behavioural Science at the UK Govt's Cabinet Office, before which she's was in senior roles at other Government Departments. In this podcast, she gives a fascinating overview of decision sciences, social psychology and behavioural economics. Therefore, we discuss everything from Nudge Theory to being 'Pred...
Jan Oliver Schwarz 'Strategic Foresight - Winning the Uncertainty Game'
February 04, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Jan Oliver Schwarz, professor of Strategic Foresight & Trend Analysis, and head of the Bavarian Foresight Institute at the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt. He's also known for his work on business wargaming, a dynamic simulation that helps leaders and organisations anticipate the future competitive dynamics in their industry, as reflected in his dynamic book 'Winning the Uncertainty Game'. His most recent book, the newly publis...
Simon Armstrong 'The Culture Wars - and why everything interesting is happening at the edge'
February 01, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBSeries One In this early episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Simon Armstrong, who has the incredibly enviable job of being the book buyer for The Tate. He's a fascinating individual, with a background across an array of leading-edge cultural positions. In this interview, he describes his journey from a working-class background in the North East, to running what many consider to be the finest art bookshop in the world. (Where the subject matter of the stock includes Modern & Con...
Ian Peters 'Having an ethical compass, and applying business ethics'
January 30, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast (available on all the usual platforms) features Ian Peters MBE, Director at Institute of Business Ethics; which has a guiding purpose of championing the highest standards of ethical behaviour in business. Ian is a specialist in business policy and strategic communications, and is highly experienced in media & government relations, and business policy. All organisations need to demonstrate they are trustworthy, and the IBE is an important ...
Tom Lombardo 'The History of Futurism & Futures Studies'
January 26, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features a fascinating interview with a renowned futurist, Tom Lombardo. He's a Director at the Center for Future Consciousness, which offers educational experiences that challenge and stimulate the mind, expand conscious awareness, empower creativity, deepen understanding, enhance ethics and promote social growth. Tom is also an Exec Board Member and Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation, and Editor at the Journal of Future...
Nicole Fall 'Adversity, brand management and leadership in Asia'
January 20, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBSeries One In this episode, I spoke with Nicole Fall, the CEO of the renowned strategic research, innovation consultancy and forecasting agency Asian Consumer Intelligence. She's spent 20 years in Asia working with leading brands in countries inc China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. In the interview, we discuss her expert views on decoding what's happening in Asia (on a cultural and social basis) regarding the pandemic, and what the implications are for business strategy and...
Jon Alexander 'Citizens - Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us'
January 18, 2024 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBSeries Three This episode of The New Abnormal features the dynamic Jon Alexander, author of "CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us". It's a book that seeks to reframe the moment in time we're living in as one of huge civic opportunity, not just crisis and collapse, and in doing so opens up a world of possibility for organisations and leaders across sectors and across the world. Jon is co-founder of the New Citizenship Project, a strategy and innovation consultancy that ...
Sylvia Gallusser 'Go-to-Metaverse Strategies & Metaverse Brand Activation'
January 17, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBSeries Three This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Sylvia Gallusser, who is a renowned Global Futurist and the CEO of Silicon Humanism. Based in San Fransisco, she's an inquirer of our future, conducting foresight projects on the future of health, well-aging, and social interaction, the future of work and life-long learning, as well as transformations in mobility and retail. Sylvia closely monitors the future of the mind and transhumanism, investigates Artificial General Inte...
Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions Review 2023'
January 16, 2024 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview Julian Boulding, President of TheNetworkOne, who work with around 1200 agencies in nearly 120 countries worldwide, providing 'open source creativity' and comms services from independent agencies, for a growing number of leading international marketing companies. Julian's been attending the Cannes Lions for nearly 20 years, and after each festival, TheNetworkOne publishes a renowned report of their analysis and viewpoints ...
Richard Watson "Why the only certainty about the future is that it's uncertain"
January 15, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interviewed Richard Watson, Futurist-in-Residence at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. He helps organisations to think, especially about emerging opportunities and risks. Particular interests include emerging tech, AI, robotics, education, energy, and water. Richard has written extensively on societal trends and the impact of technology, and has given over 300 talks to various organisations throughout the world. He's worked...
Emma-Louise Boynton "Generating Inspiring Advice: Sharing Women's Career Stories"
January 14, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBSeries One In this episode of The New Abnormal podcast, I interview the journalist and broadcaster Emma-Louise Boynton, who has a background as a broadcast producer, working with the likes of Sky News, the BBC and Tina Brown Media. She's the co-founder and CEO of Her Hustle, which launched in 2019 and lifts the veil on the world of work, empowering women to carve out a career they want, on their own terms. They believe that everyone should be given the opportunity to build a career tha...
Luca Morena 'Generate: a major milestone in the evolution of trend forecasting'
January 12, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Luca Morena, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO at Nextatlas. They're a leader in the global market of digitally empowered marketing intelligence and trend anticipation services, who use unique AI focused early adopter detection to reveal evolving consumer behaviour and provide confident trend prediction for what you can’t see on the horizon, helping clients easily visualize emerging trends. With a PhD in Philosophy from the University...
Johanna Hoffman 'Speculative Futures: illuminating the way ahead'
January 08, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features the designer, urbanist and strategist Johanna Hoffman, who explores the ties between design, planning, fiction and futures. She's the founder of California-based Design for Adaptation, a studio using strategic planning, interactive storytelling and speculative design to survey the impacts of potential futures and spur proactive adaptation. Johanna also works with other firms, implementing foresight assessment, futures researc...
Geoff Glendenning 'Why one of the greatest-ever launches was basically two-fingers to the industry'
January 06, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBSeries One This episode of 'The New Abnormal' coincided with the 25th anniversary of Sony Playstation's launch: one of the most successful (and in a marketing context - anarchic) launches of all time. The brains behind that activity is my guest, Geoff Glendenning. He's a renowned brand strategist and integrated marketing expert, who's also worked with iconic brands including Greenpeace, Microsoft, Vans, Coca-Cola, MTV, Olympus, Ben & Jerry's, Channel 4, Sega, Ministry of Sound, Volcom an...
Thomas D'hooge 'Pondering the future - looking at the unknowable'
January 04, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBSeries 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...
Dermot McPartland 'If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere'
January 03, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Dermot McPartland, Creative Director of Nederlander Studios NYC. He instigates cultural interventions for brands; doing things rather than making things, an assembler, a curator and an event organiser. A resolutely proud member of the London Irish diaspora, his background spans twenty years in publishing, advertising, activism, publicity and the arts. Obsessed with ideas and culture (wide & deep) he possesses an uncanny abi...
Nick Shackleton-Jones 'Learning & Cognition: why Plato and Descartes got it all wrong'
December 28, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBSeries Three This episode of 'The New Abnormal' features Nick Shackleton-Jones, HR Director / Learning at Deloitte UK. He's also the author of 'How People Learn' and has a revolutionary perspective on...how we learn. Nick began professional life as a psychology lecturer (having studied psychology and philosophy at university) and has since worked for major consultancies and corporates in roles encompassing learning strategy, culture, leadership, innovation, technology & multimedia. Re...
Jennifer Mercieca 'Demagogue for President - the rhetorical genius of Trump'
December 24, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBSeries Two This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Dr Jennifer Mercieca, author and Professor at Texas A&M University; an historian of American political rhetoric whose research combines history, political theory / philosophy / science. Her latest research is on how ubiquitous propaganda has ruined our public sphere and what we can do about it. As an author, she writes about American political discourse, especially as it relates to citizenship, democracy, and the presidency, and...
Neil Boorman 'From the Shoreditch Twat to TikTok...and why creativity & joy are so vital'
December 23, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Neil Boorman, Head of Creative Lab Europe at TikTok. He builds and leads their in-house creative service, dedicated to producing best in class work on the platform. Prior to TikTok, he was the Content Director at agencies including Wieden + Kennedy, Mother, Grey, and VCCP, before which he was a Content Strategist/Producer at Amnesty International. He's also the author of books inc "It's all their fault" & "Bonfire of the Brands"...
Gareth Kay 'Today, people expect more from their brands'
December 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBSeries One In this episode, I talk with the renowned strategist Gareth Kay, a founding partner of the cutting-edge independent creative studio Chapter, in San Fransisco, whose clients inc Google, Airbnb, Sonos, Dropbox, Uber, Facebook and PayPal. (Although , since we recorded the episode, Gareth has now moved onto to another incredibly dynamic start-up, in the health-tech space). Prior to setting up Chapter, he'd spent 20yrs at some of the world's best ad agencies, inc Goodby Silverstein...
Simon Kreitem 'How to tell emotional stories'
December 17, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview the filmmaker, photographer and story finder Simon Kreitem. He's also the CEO at Lonelyleap, a collaborative, transatlantic team of strategists, directors, cinematographers, designers and producers; whose films are based on human truths. They communicate at a deep level, stimulating intelligence, feeding curiosity and inspiring acton. In this episode, we cover how he approaches the 'story discovery' process, regarding t...
Graham Black 'Collaboration is the creative driving force'
December 16, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Graham Black, Owner/Creative Director at BureauxBlack Design, and a Lecturer at Falmouth University; whose particular areas of expertise are in the arts, culture, sport, literature and current affairs. His early agency career focused on the music industry, designing record sleeves and advertising campaigns for clients inc Virgin, EMI and Sony; and in the years that followed he's art directed editorial publications for some of th...