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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Teresa Havvas #PresentProofing = #FutureProofing
December 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Teresa Havvas, an award-winning creative communication consultant and educator (inc UCA Business School, Westminster, University of the Arts London, Conde Nast College and the British School of Fashion) regarding her blend of brand expertise, design sensibility and applicable theory. Teresa is also the founder of 'The Advisory &' a space to sense-check strategies and inspire good ideas on a collaborative basis via 1-1 counsel an...
Randell Beckford "How to build a brand that won't get cancelled"
December 14, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interview Randell Beckford, Senior Strategist at the dynamic independent creative agency Atomic London. (She previously worked at Spark44, Redwood BBDO, TBWA Toronto and DDB Toronto.) We discuss her views on a range of topics, but in particular her perspectives on how to build a brand that won’t get cancelled, at a time when the culture wars show no signs of dissipating. This, of course, links directly to a business-context in which brand...
Jack Godfrey Wood 'Making what's next: why great design is an engine of hope'
December 12, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Jack Godfrey Wood, VP Design at Native Design in San Francisco. They're an independent design company who 'drive growth by creating what people love', with a client roster including Audi, Bentley, Diageo, Google, Microsoft, Oxfam and Santander. Jack leads physical, digital, research and engineering design teams, whose work 'solves tricky problems beautifully'. In the interview, we discuss issues including a career path that l...
Lucy von Sturmer 'Challenging the status quo to create positive impact'
December 08, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview the dynamic Lucy von Sturmer, founder of thought leadership agency The Humblebrag and Co-Initiator of global network Creatives for Climate. The Humblebrag works with some of Europe’s best agencies, brands, artists and sustainable fashion initiatives to use the power of ideas, opinions and creativity to challenge the status quo and create impact. (Lucy's mission is to support leaders to take a stand on social, cultural ...
Andy Middleton 'Experiential Learning, the Do Lectures, and Planet B'
December 07, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBSeries One In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I talk with the inspirational Andy Middleton. He's the Chief Exploration Officer of the adventure pioneers TYF, who introduced the world to coasteering and are at the forefront of low-impact adventures and experiential learning. In addition to supporting TYF, Andy's role is to enable leaders to deliver radical and transformational innovation to help solve carbon, biodiversity, resource and wellbeing challenges by re-thinking education, amb...
Paul Kemp-Robertson 'The Power of Creativity and the Contagious Commandments'
December 03, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBSeries One This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features Paul Kemp-Robertson, the co-founder of Contagious Communications and co-author of 'The Contagious Commandments'. To put it mildly, he has a very deep knowledge of the global marketing communications industry. A graduate of Goldsmiths, and the ex-worldwide director of creative resources for Leo Burnett, in 2004 he then co-founded Contagious - the marketing innovations resource and creative excellence consultancy. Paul has written for nume...
Scott Goodson 'How to rebuild business momentum'
December 01, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBSeries One In this early episode of 'The New Abnormal' I spoke with the founder of the world's first "Movement" marketing / transformation / advertising and design company: the famous Strawberry Frog. Prior to this, I'd last spoken with Scott Goodson, the agency's founder/CEO, just after they'd won the coveted 'Best Marketing Agency of the Year' award c/o The Drum. In this podcast, he explains the inspiring journey that Strawberry Frog has been on to deal with / adapt to the business re...
Lauren Razavi 'The Future of Work and the Digital Nomad Community'
November 29, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBSeries Three In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview the award-winning multimedia journalist Lauren Razavi, who specialises in subjects including the Future of Work, Future Cities, Tech Policy and Ethics. She therefore reports on topics at the intersection of technology, business, policy and human behaviour - and has also spent years delivering talks and appearing on panels about big tech, surveillance, blockchain, internet culture etc, alongside her past work with those inc Googl...
Livia Fioretti 'A dynamic viewpoint on MegaTrends & LATAM trends c/o TrendWatching'
November 14, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBSeries Two This episode of 'The New Abnormal' features Livia Fioretti, Head of Insights Academy at TrendWatching. She's ex-head of their amazing Global Insights Network, made up of 900+ professionals and trend enthusiasts across 80+ countries, that helps clients understand what's happening across regions as well as different cultures. Livia's responsible for leading a global team and the conceptualization and delivery of TrendWatching’s insights to clients across a range of industries. I...
William Higham 'From The Stranglers to The Next Big Thing...'
November 11, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBSeries One In this episode of my podcast, I interview William Higham. He's had a fascinating career that's taken him from working with some of the most iconic cultural figures of our time (Lydon / Strummer / McLaren) during his years in the music industry; before setting up his strategic consultancy 'The Next Big Thing' which looks into social & cultural trends and their impact on brands. (He’s also the author of an excellent book with the same title.) It's not every day that you can ta...
Emily Hare 'Hyper Localisation, Diversity and Adaption'
October 21, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBSeries One In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I interview Emily Hare, the Global Content Strategy Director of the Publicis Groupe. (Prior to this, she was Head of Content for Make Honey, before which she spent over a decade with Contagious Communications, where she was the Managing Editor.) In our discussion, which is a reposted episode, she explains her views on a wide range of issues including behavioural influencers, how to develop an informed and educated brand voice, the vital fo...
Lore Oxford 'Cultural Insights re: Brave New Worlds'
October 05, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBSeries Two This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Lore Oxford, Global Head of Cultural Insights at We Are Social, where she combines academic research methods with a digital-first approach to understand and track culture on a global scale. Her work is designed to unearth cutting edge insights that drive cultural impact for multinational brands inc Guinness, Bumble, adidas and Instagram. When she’s not busy analysing her fellow humans, she can be found defending TikTokers and t...
Steve Beale 'Radical subcultures, and capturing Banksy'
October 04, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSeries One This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features the multiple award-winning magazine editor and brand consultant Steve Beale, who's observed / written about / been part of leading-edge subcultures for many years. The ex-editor of the legendary Sleaze Nation, he then went on to write for an array of titles, including being Editor at Large of The Face and Senior Editor of Arena...before making the entirely obvious move to join Fighters Only, the world's largest mixed martial arts mag, as...
Maurice NDiaye 'Reinventing strategy-making under uncertainty'
October 03, 2023 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBSeries Three This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Maurice NDiaye, Founder and CEO at Descartes & Mauss, the first Stratech and a new breed of AI-powered consulting firm. Maurice has devoted his career to using artificial intelligence to solve the most complex business challenges: with a dual professional background as an Ecole Polytechnique Engineer and a Columbia University business graduate, he's convinced that technology can, and should, enable companies to be both more e...
Elodie Marteau 'Connecting the dots - trend analysis'
September 26, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBSeries Two In this episode of The New Abnormal, I interview Elodie Marteau, a Paris-based foresight strategist & cultural analyst, who helps businesses identify cultural opportunities to future-proof their brand strategy. Her viewpoints have been published by a wide range of organisations including the Fashion Network, LS:N Global, Trend Atelier, Canvas8 and the Global Scanning Review c/o the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, etc. In the interview, we discuss her thoughts on a ...
Chris Sanderson 'The New Extraordinary: making better futures happen for global businesses'
September 25, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Chris Sanderson, co-founder of The Future Laboratory, one of the world's most renowned futures consultancies. Via their unique blend of trend forecasting, consumer insights, foresight, brand strategy and innovation, they inspire and future-proof organisations. Clients include Louis Vuitton, Google, L'Oreal, Facebook, Diageo, Spotify, Unilever and Nissan. Chris discusses the practicalities of running a forecasting business, an...
Ole Petter Nyhaug, 'The new Punk Generation meets Orwell'
August 31, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Ole Petter Nyhaug, who is a high-profile trend researcher from Oslo, who conducts research across Scandinavia and, further afield, in numerous countries around the world. He's the Global Head of Research for Opinion AS, and works with clients such as Coca-Cola, IKEA, Unilever, Audi and Vodafone. I first met him years ago, when we specialised in youth-culture research and often used to be on the speaker-list at seemingly endle...
Gustav Martner 'Campaigning + Activism: No Awards on a Dead Planet’
August 28, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBSeries Two This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features Gustav Martner, Head of Creative (Nordics) at Greenpeace. Having worked with numerous leading agencies (inc being Exec Creative Director , EVP (Europe) and MD (Sweden) at CP+B ), he's also been a member of numerous award juries, including The ONE Show, Art Directors Club, Cannes Lions, D&AD, and NY Festivals. Gustav has also been the Chairman of the Swedish Association of Communication Agencies and a featured speaker at conferences such ...
Carl Ratcliff 'Reframing Brand Values - from Purpose to Action’.
August 23, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interviewed Carl Ratcliff, just after he’d set-up his consultancy 'This is the Day'. Prior to that, he was Chief Strategy Officer at DDB Group Australia, whilst other previous roles included being CEO of One Green Bean in Sydney, CEO of Naked Communications and MD of BWM Dentsu in Melbourne. Back in the day, he was Exec Planning Director at MCBD/Elvis in London, Head of Marketing at Channel Five TV, and Planning Partner at TBWA London. ...
Alex Durussel-Baker 'Design-thinking, design-sprints, and community innovation'
August 21, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Alex Durussel-Baker. The founder of CreativeMornings/Edinburgh, she's also a certified Design Sprint coach, an award-winning UX designer, produces awareness campaign @diabetesbydesign and is a coach at Tribe Women. With a background in startups and agency design, she founded Korero Studio - a design collective that brings together “plug-and-play” talent to deliver Design Sprints, an innovation methodology to help solve tricky ...
Sabrina Faramarzi 'Internet Culture, Lifestyle Journalism and Trend Analysis'
August 15, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview the features journalist, trend analyst and data storyteller Sabrina Faramarzi, who's particularly fascinated by internet culture and online communities. She's written for The Guardian, Wired, Vice and Culture Trip, and is the international newsrooms & content lead for Opinary in Berlin, and the Contributing Data Editor of Vogue Business. Her previous experience inc the likes of the Future Lab, Spacestor, Canvas8 and Tren...
Steve Vranakis 'Leading-edge creativity and reinventing the agency model'
August 14, 2023 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Steve Vranakis. He's an award winning creative who worked on the launch of the iPhone, with Amazon, NASA (Space Lab), The United Nations, UNICEF and headed up the Creative Lab at Google in EMEA for nearly a decade. Appointed as the first ever Chief Creative Officer for Greece, he developed a new country narrative as a Special Advisor to the Prime Minister. Some of his past projects inc a machine learning musical instrument,...
Harriet Posner 'Buying What You Stand For...Rewiring the Fashion Sector'
August 08, 2023 03:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed the fashion educator, writer and consultant Harriet Posner. She's the BA Programme Director at Conde Nast College of Fashion Design. Harriet has spent her working life designing, teaching, writing about and generally immersing herself in the world of fashion and design; and specialises in the sector's branding, marketing, promotion and communication. She's also the author of 'Marketing Fashion: Strategy, Branding and Promotion...
Chris Mayer 'West Point: Philosophy, Leadership and Combat'
July 25, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBSeries Three In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast I interview Chris Mayer, Assoc Dean for Strategy & Initiatives at West Point Military Academy in the USA. We discuss his belief that the intersecting futures of higher education, work, and leadership (and the uncertainty associated with these intersecting futures) will create challenges and opportunities for people and organisations. And he points out that we're feeling the impact of these challenges and opportunities right now. ...
Carl Miller 'The Death of the Gods, and the manipulation of Truth'
July 09, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Carl Miller, who specialises in how technology is changing society and politics. He co-founded the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital world, at Demos (Britain's leading cross-party think tank) nearly a decade ago, and has been their Research Director ever since. Carl writes widely on tech and society for titles inc The Economist, Wired, New Scientist, The Sunday Times, the Telegraph and the Guardi...
Navaz Batliwalla 'Counter-Culture, Design Thinking and...Where Next?'
June 28, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBSeries Two In this episode of The New Abnormal, I interviewed the Creative Director & Editorial Consultant, Navaz Batliwalla. A fashion journalist and stylist regularly contributing to international publications, Navaz is the author of 'The New Garconne' (which identified a new tribe of 'considered consumers'), the publisher of the renowned blog #Disneyrollergirl and co-founder of The Beauty Conversation. She's collaborated with a huge range of brands; recently including Agnes b, Chanel...
John Grant '...from Margaret Mead to Spiral Tribe to Greener Marketing'
June 26, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBSeries One In this early episode of the series, I talked with John Grant, who spent his early career at JWT and BMP-DDB, before becoming co-founder and Head of Strategy for the revolutionary St Luke's . (As you'll hear, it narrowly missed being named after...well listen and find out). John has since become a highly sought-after consultant, and somehow managed to write several excellent books along the way, inc 'The New Marketing Manifesto', 'The Green Marketing Manifesto', Co-opportuni...
Katrina Dodd 'Knowledge is Power...Impactful Advertising...Asking Heretical Questions'
June 23, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSeries One In this early episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interviewed Katrina Dodd, Editor at Large, Head of Trends and a writer at the mighty Contagious. She's also a former consultant at Contagious Insider, and has worked on diverse projects for clients inc BBC Worldwide, Universal Music, Louis Vuitton and Diageo. Katrina was also the launch editor of Contagious FEED, a bespoke intelligence service delivering targeted news and insights to a wide range of agency and brand clients. In thi...
Gustav Martner 'Campaigning + Activism.’
June 12, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBThis episode of #TheNewAbnormal features Gustav Martner, Head of Creative (Nordics) at Greenpeace. Having worked with numerous leading agencies (inc being Exec Creative Director , EVP (Europe) and MD (Sweden) at CP+B ), he's also been a member of numerous award juries, including The ONE Show, Art Directors Club, Cannes Lions, D&AD, and NY Festivals. Gustav has also been the Chairman of the Swedish Association of Communication Agencies and a featured speaker at conferences such as Eurobest,...
Update on / background to #TheNewAbnormal series…
April 02, 2023 07:00 - 2 minutes - 1.97 MBHi there – this is an introduction to ‘The New Abnormal’ regarding me (your host), the sponsors and the background to the series. I’m Sean Pillot de Chenecey from the independent foresight/strategy /innovation consultancy Brand Positive, who specialise in #NowNextWhy projects for clients ranging from corporates to agencies to NGO’s, on a national and international basis. My podcast was set up at the start of the first Covid lockdowns, and features dynamic conversations with guests includi...
Andrew Copson "What's it all for and how can I be happy?" (A guide to Humanism).
March 31, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBSeries Two In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I interview Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, the national charity working towards a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail. He's also President of Humanists International, the global umbrella organisation for humanist and other non-religious organisations, building the international humanist network and representing humanism at the UN and other international institutions. Andrew has represented the huma...
Gerry Hopkinson 'Making sense of a changing world'
March 29, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBSeries Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Gerry Hopkinson, CEO of Selbey Labs, part of Selbey Anderson - the UK's fastest growing independent marketing group. The mission of Selbey Labs is to deliver prediction powered by data, people and imagination. Gerry's interested in finding patterns and short-cuts to understand and predict human behaviour, market shifts, cultural shifts, new market and business models - anything that might minimise threats or maximise opportunit...
David Shah 'Social Polarisation, Accelerated Trends, and the Rise of the Oligopolies'
March 20, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview David Shah, the renowned Publisher and Owner at View-Publications; five leading-edge magazines specialising in textiles, colours and branding strategy. He's also the Director of DRS Consulting, which specialises in the design of private label brands for menswear and womenswear, and is a consultant to numerous companies on future consumer trends. In addition, he's a Fellow at the Royal College of Art, and is a regular speechmake...
Martin Jensen 'Me, Myself, Online: Music and the New Abnormal'
March 15, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal series, I interviewed the billion-streamed, multi-platinum songwriter and producer Martin Jensen, who topped off a crazy year as an X-Factor judge. Martin’s breakthrough 'Solo Dance' had over a million streams daily upon its release and was the second-most played track of the past decade across BBC Radio 1, as well as going 8x platinum with international success. He also collaborated with #1 artist James Arthur, and The Vamps, and was appr...
Matt Rivitz 'How to stop funding hate - and change the Internet'
March 13, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBSeries Two In this reposted episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interviewed Matt Rivitz, founder of the activist community "Sleeping Giants". (He's also a freelance copywriter - his past jobs inc being Creative Director of TBWA/Chiat/Day and Senior Copywriter at Goodby Silverstein & Partners). After witnessing the public rise of racism and sexism in the media and social media in 2016, he started Sleeping Giants, a crowdsourced campaign dedicated to advertiser safety and responsibility in the ...
Mark Hanis 'The Ukraine Corporate Index: on which side of the war does your brand stand?'
February 24, 2023 06:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBThis episode of The New Abnormal podcast was recorded soon after the Russian attack on Ukraine, and features the serial social entrepreneur Mark Hanis, who co-founded the Ukraine Corporate Index, which tracks corporate stance re: Putin's Russia in the aftermath of its invasion. He also co-founded two startups: Inclusive America (a nonprofit to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in government) and Progressive Shopper (a technology company to harness conscious consumption). Previous...
David Nottoli 'Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Value Creation'
February 23, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview David Nottoli. He's an award-winning brand and communications strategist re: some of the world's top advertisers inc Hershey, Nike, Levi's, Coca Cola, Samsung, Best Buy, and Bank of America. Dave's built a track record of re-energizing big brands, helping small brands get noticed, and finding new ways into the consumers heart. Along the way, he was the Director of Brand/Comms Strategy at 22squared, Group Planning Director at CP+...
Joanna Catalano 'Redefining community and demonstrating leadership'
February 21, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBIn this episode, I interviewed the dynamic Joanna Catalano. Her cv is daunting - President of Dentsu Aegis Network Asia Pacific / Board Member of WGI Worldwide / Advisor to Enrupt / the D&AD Impact Council / and President of the Female Founders - Singapore Chapter. Previously, she spent several years as a Regional Head at Google, and she has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. In the podcast, we discuss her views on issues ranging from leadership in our contemporary social / busi...
Ben Hughes 'Design Theory, the Consumer Experience and Creativity in China'
February 19, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Ben Hughes, Professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology. He's also a consultant at, and an ex-professor of, the Central Academy of Fine Arts School of Design in Beijing; and was previously a consultant at the Innovation Centre, Central St Martins + the Course Director MA Ind Design at CSM. In this episode, we discuss his fascinating experience of working in China over the last decade, and of his viewpoints on all things rel...
Taji Chesimet 'Dismantling injustice, and creating safe spaces'
February 10, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBSeries Two This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features an interview with Taji Chesimet, who is an activist, advocate, and student. He's Executive Director of 'Raising Justice' a nonprofit organization actively working to dismantle systems that deny young people their basic public safety. Their work combines Policy Advocacy, Grassroots Organizing and Education and Training that proves when we dismantle racial, generational, and class injustice and create safe public spaces, we validate young ...
Joakim Noren 'Progressive National Branding and Cultural Positivity'
February 02, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interviewed Joakim Noren, who is now a consultant, having been the Marketing Director and Vice President of Artipelag - a unique international venue for art, culture and design, beautifully set among pine trees on Varmdo in the Stockholm archipelago. Previously, Joakim was at the Swedish Institute, where he developed the 'Brand Sweden' platform into a complete brand strategy. Prior to that he'd been head of their strategy unit, whi...
Felix De Laet aka Lost Frequencies 'From DJing at student parties to worldwide success'
February 01, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBSeries Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Felix De Laet aka Lost Frequencies, who would normally be found manning a DJ booth somewhere in Paris, Tokyo, Berlin or New York. The global pandemic put a stop to that - but he didn't sit around watching TV. Instead, he performed a spectacular show on the roof of the Royal Palace in Brussels, and remixed music for the likes of Major Lazor, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Ellie Goulding , and LSD Labyrinth / Diplo / Sia. His fi...
Khalil Zafar 'Human Engagement and Technology - simplifying the Future of Work'
January 29, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Khalil Zafar, who is a renowned HR & Strategy Consultant in the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. He's also travelled widely around the world, teaching and consulting about human resources and leadership. An ex-journalist, who still writes for a range of international magazines and newspapers, he's also the author of the recently published 'Future of Work: Simplified'. In it, he explores the issues of business management, leadership, employ...
Ian McGarrigle 'The Future of Retail'
January 28, 2023 16:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBSeries Two This episode of #TheNewAbnormal is a masterclass in retail c/o a renowned specialist. Ian McGarrigle, an ex-senior retail journalist and Parter at Bell Pottinger, is Chairman of the World Retail Congress, the major annual event that attracts personnel from throughout the retail sector, on a truly global basis. In this interview, Ian discusses the key issue impacting retail, namely the game-changing macro issue of the global pandemic. But he also explains more specific ones ...
Jens Laugesen 'Ground Zero, Hybrid Reconstruction and C19 as a Creative Catalyst'
January 23, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Jens Laugesen, the Danish Fashion Design Practitioner / Advisor / Educator / Video Artist, who is known for a conceptual approach to creative design thinking. He's recently launched an innovative Global Graduate Design Showcase in partnership with the art & design portfolio platform ARTSTHREAD and i-D Magazine. Jens is very interested in how C19 can be seen as a creative catalyst and an opportunity for change. In this podcast we discuss ho...
Leon Kreitzman 'The Resilient 24hr Society vs Fragmentation & Chaos'
January 16, 2023 06:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I interviewed the futurist and serious big-thinker Leon Kreitzman. He's the author of 'The 24 Hour Society' which took an incredibly prescient look at the world today, when it was published back in the 1990's. He also co-wrote the superb 'Rhythms of Life' and 'Seasons of Life' with Professor Russell Foster. His particular area of specialisation is in the relationship between biological and social factors in determining human behaviour, including consumer...
Jussi Solja 'Putting agency superpowers to good use - helping brands to reinvent themselves'
January 14, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBSeries One This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features Jussi Solja - 'one of the beasts' at the Finland-based ' Sexy Beast' who are an 'anti-agency for startups and bold brands'. Nicely put! Jussi has many years of global experience in marketing strategy, digital marketing, service and user experience design to branding, content strategy and beyond. Over the years he's founded and managed agencies, launched a Finnish hiphop phenomenon, ran the marketing of the biggest classifieds platfo...
John Dunleavy 'Leadership re: Transparency, Collaboration and Resilience'
January 10, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBThis reposted episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features John Dunleavy, Global Chief Client Officer, Ogilvy Group & IBM Global Client Leader, WPP. He's spent over a decade leading agencies and working with some of the most iconic tech brands in the world. (He's the ex-Global President of m:united//McCann, before which he was Exec-VP/MD of Saatchi & Saatchi NYC, and MD of G2 Worldwide.) John describes agency leadership today and how agencies can & must provide great service for their clie...
Nilgin Yusuf 'How to identify and build a positive personal strategy’
January 09, 2023 20:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBSeries One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview the writer, educator and consultant, Nilgin Yusuf. The ex-Creative Director of the School of Communication at London College of Fashion and a graduate of Central St Martins. She's also been a journalist of over 30 years, including being Fashion Editor of the Sunday Times. Nilgin is currently working on her third fashion book and studying for a BA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck. With work that spans print, film curation, exhib...
Will Skeaping 'Extinction Rebellion and The Great Reset'
January 07, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBSeries One In this early episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed the incredibly dynamic Will Skeaping, an activist and strategist with Extinction Rebellion. He's co-editor of the best-selling XR handbook 'This is not a Drill', and is currently challenging the advertising industry and art world to act now on the climate & ecological crisis. When he's not haunting meetings and social occasions as the ghost of our climate & ecological future, he specialises in brand strategy for start-up...