The New Abnormal

John Shaw 'Cockroach brands, cultural dynamics, and the future of work'

January 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

Series One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed John Shaw, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Superunion 'a next-generation agency built on a spirit of creative optimism'. (His past roles inc being Chief Strategy Officer of WPP Team Red, Strategy & Planning Partner at Rapier, Regional Planning Director EAME / Joint Worldwide Planning Director at Ogilvy, and Planning Director at Wieden + Kennedy). During the episode, John illuminates his views on issues regarding the ong...

Sean Pillot de Chenecey "Authenticity, Ethics and Innovation"

January 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 minute - 1010 KB

This isn’t actually an episode of #TheNewAbnormal at all…but as it’s my podcast series, I’m taking the outrageous liberty of linking to a separate one that features me - as opposed to my guests. Hence linking to 'The Speaker Show' which is run by the renowned global speaker-bureau, Speakers Associates. In this episode, their brilliant host Maria Franzoni interviewed me as the launch episode for the year. We discuss some of the key trends impacting culture / society / brands etc, and of ho...

Chemical X 'From ecstasy to Skid Row'

December 31, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MB

Series One In this episode, I interview the leading-edge artist Chemical X. We start by discussing his latest work in Los Angeles, that led to him appearing on America's TV screens in the world's most surreal car chase c/o the LAPD; due to a series of 'provocative artistic statements' that saw the homeless community juxtaposed with the world of luxury brands. I last saw him after he'd returned from a show in Lisbon to launch a superb collection in London, in those happy days when we cou...

Kate Shepherd 'Why the future client/agency model = expert freelance collaboration'

December 27, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

Series One In this episode of The New Abnormal, I interview Kate Shepherd, Director and Co-founder of The Future Collective. She specialises in strategic design direction and cultural intelligence, based on 25+ years experience in the design industry where her clients ranged from Rolls-Royce to adidas to P&G. After working for leading agencies inc Imagination, Checkland Kindleysides, and Fitch, she then co-founded The Future Collective - an alternative consultancy specialising in brand...

Gideon Wilkins 'Natural language analysis, brand deprivation and disruption'

December 26, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

Series One This episode of #TheNewAbnormal featured Gideon Wilkins, Head of Research at McCann Central. (Part of McCann Worldgroup, who have an integrated network of advertising agencies in over 120 countries). Prior to joining McCann's, Gideon was the Global Brand Guidance Director at Kantar Millward Brown, based in Shanghai. In this podcast, he discusses the findings and implications of some fascinating natural language analysis that the agency has been conducting. In doing so, Gid...

Alex West 'Luxury, Artisanship and Creativity as Soft Power'

December 22, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MB

Series One This episode features a masterclass in luxury branding advice from Alex West (co-founder of Maker London), a consultant who is renowned for being at the epicentre of the luxury sector. He discusses his viewpoints on areas ranging from quality control and consumer touchpoints, to brand actions and communication reflecting the authentic values of the brand in question. Alex also illuminates the creation and development of the staggeringly successful 'GREAT' campaign. It's one t...

Sarah Rabia 'Culture After Covid: Trend Forecasting and Brand Futures'

December 18, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB

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 Arts London. ...

Michael Cohen: 'Developmental psychology: Chernobyl to 9/11'

December 17, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

This was the first episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast and features a deeply interesting individual. Michael Cohen, based in New York, is a developmental psychologist and the President of MCG NYC, He has a great international reputation, partly due to his immense experience at dealing with crises: ranging from Chernobyl to 9/11. For example, in the aftermath of the 9/11 World Trade Centre attacks, he counselled the New York City Mayor on the effects of public trauma and advised on the hug...

Kevin Braddock 'Everything Begins With...Asking for Help'

December 15, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

Series One In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I speak with a truly inspiring individual, Kevin Braddock; who has 25 years' experience as a writer-editor and consultant, leading storytelling projects from conception into reality. He was Features Editor of The Face, Contributing Editor (GQ, Esquire) and Editor-in-Chief (Sleek) and well as being the founder & publisher of Torchlight System: Storytelling For Recovery. In addition, he's author of the renowned "Everything Begins With Askin...

Carsten Beck, The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies 'The Post-C19 Future'

December 13, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MB

In this reposted episode, I interview Carsten Beck, who heads up research at the famous Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS). I've known him for years, and we've given speeches together in various parts of the world over the last decade. He also kindly gave highly insightful quotes for my books. CIFS specialises in scenario planning and trend analysis for clients in a wide number of countries inc: the US, Norway, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, The Czech Republic, Dubai, Ch...

Raja Habre 'Hope, Community and Resilience in Lebanon'

December 10, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

In this reposted episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Raja Habre. He's Executive Director of the LFA, a highly influential business organisation based in Beirut, comprising a mixture of those from top Lebanese and international brands. He's also responsible for the innovative economic congresses #BIFF and #BIFEX events, that promote the Lebanese economy. A widely travelled and deeply experienced individual, in this interview Raja gives a no-holds barred account of the situation with...

Tom Morton 'Having a Positive Impact...and Transformation at Speed'

December 06, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MB

Series One This episode of 'The New Abnormal' features Tom Morton, a member of the leadership team at R/GA, one of the world's most creative and innovative companies, where he's the Global Chief Strategy Officer. R/GA advise brands on what they should stand for and how they should behave and innovate in order to thrive in the connected world. Tom's work extends into media and popular culture, he's been a political pundit for the BBC and The Guardian, an Effies judge and a jury chair for...

Neil Boorman 'From the Shoreditch Twat to TikTok...and why creativity & joy are so vital'

December 04, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MB

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed 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". And...he...

Jen Urich 'Inequality & Protest, Community Cohesion, and why Truth is Cool'

December 03, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

Series One In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interview Jen Urich, a marketing strategist and founder of Sparrow Strategy in Portland, Oregon. She's also the ex-Group Planning Director of Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, ex-Director of Account Planning at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky in Miami, and Director of Account Planning at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide, in Mexico City. (Previously, she was also at Bain & Co, and took her Masters at Yale). In this reposted episode (an early one from the...

Stephen Hayward 'Does it feel like you're an extra in Black Mirror?'

December 02, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MB

In this reposted episode of #TheNewAbnormal (one of the earliest from the series) I interviewed Stephen Hayward, an anthropologist and historian. After completing his PhD at the Royal College of Art, he's worked as a consultant on a number of exhibitions, and has been published widely on design history and theory. For nearly twenty years, he's been responsible for the critical context element of MA design programmes at Central Saint Martins. In this podcast, we debate widespread attempt...

Simon Armstrong 'The Culture Wars - and why everything interesting is happening at the edge'

November 30, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview 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 & Contemporary Art, Photog...

Tom Hodgkinson 'Slow Down, Have Fun, Live Well'

November 06, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

In this reposted episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview the writer Tom Hodgkinson. His philosophy is of a relaxed approach to life, enjoying it as it comes rather than toiling for an imagined better future. After lounging around at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played bass in the thrash band Chopper, he took the natural step of getting a job in Rough Trade records before moving on to becoming an importer of absinthe. Later, he and his partner Victoria Hull launched The Idler Acad...

Phil Rowley 'A Rebooted Future re: Media, Tech & Culture'

October 24, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

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 Innovators Aw...

Alison Taylor 'How business can do the right thing in a turbulent world'

October 23, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features the dynamic Alison Taylor, who works on challenges at the intersection of corporate integrity, risk and responsibility. She's the Executive Director of Ethical Systems, which is part of NYU Stern School of Business and is a collaboration between leading academics working on behavioural science, systems thinking and organisational psychology. Currently writing a book for HBR Press on how the landscape for business ethics is transforming, she'...

Matt Klein 'Trend Spotting: AI vs Human'

October 15, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Matt Klein. He's a Cultural Theorist + CyberPsychologist + Strategist who helps organisations understand emerging social shifts and author preferred futures. As a quantitative futurist, Matt advises brands like Disney, L'Oréal and American Airlines, as well as TV producers, VC investors, startups, nonprofits, government agencies and journalists. His insights can be found in The New York Times, Wall St Journal, Forbes, WARC, VICE + Rolling S...

James Hurman 'Pay attention to attention...and the case for creativity'

October 12, 2022 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB

This episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features James Hurman 'a creative person from Auckland, New Zealand'. He founded and continues to lead Previously Unavailable, an innovation studio that provides innovation and CX consulting and new product, brand and business design and development. James is also a co-founder and director of Tracksuit, a SAAS business that provides brand tracking at a fraction of the normal cost and operates across New Zealand, Australia, the UK and US. In addition...

David Nottoli 'Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Value Creation'

October 10, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

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+B, SVP Accou...

Leon Kreitzman 'The Resilient 24hr Society vs Fragmentation & Chaos'

September 27, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MB

In 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...

John Grant '...from Margaret Mead to Spiral Tribe to Greener Marketing'

September 05, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

In this reposted episode I talk 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-opportunity', 'Made With', and 'Bett...

Sarah Rabia 'Culture After Covid: Trend Forecasting and Brand Futures'

September 01, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB

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 Arts London. ...

Ben Hughes 'Design Theory, the Consumer Experience and Creativity in China'

August 27, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

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 relating to des...

Livia Fioretti 'A dynamic viewpoint on MegaTrends & LATAM trends c/o TrendWatching'

August 23, 2022 06:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

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. In addition, as...

Navaz Batliwalla 'Counter-Culture, Design Thinking and...Where Next?'

August 21, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MB

In this episode of The New Abnormal, I interview 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, Dior, Smyths...

Thierry Malleret 'From #TheGreatReset to #TheGreatNarrative'

August 20, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB

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 research and analys...

Phil Rowley 'A Rebooted Future: Megatrends in Media, Tech & Culture'

August 12, 2022 15:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

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 Innovators Aw...

Sean Pillot de Chenecey "Authenticity, Ethics and Innovation"

August 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 minute - 1010 KB

This isn’t actually an episode of #TheNewAbnormal at all…but as it’s my podcast series, I’m taking the outrageous liberty of linking to a separate one that features me - as opposed to my guests. Hence linking to 'The Speaker Show' which is run by the renowned global speaker-bureau, Speakers Associates. In this episode, their brilliant host Maria Franzoni interviewed me as the launch episode for 2022. We discuss some of the key trends impacting culture / society / brands etc, and of how th...

Tom Hodgkinson 'Slow Down, Have Fun, Live Well: a Post-Covid Manifesto'

July 23, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview the writer Tom Hodgkinson. His philosophy is of a relaxed approach to life, enjoying it as it comes rather than toiling for an imagined better future. After lounging around at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played bass in the thrash band Chopper, he took the natural step of getting a job in Rough Trade records before moving on to becoming an importer of absinthe. Later, he and his partner Victoria Hull launched The Idler Academy; whic...

Gustav Martner 'Campaigning + Activism.’ (And the #CannesLions…)

July 10, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

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 as Eurobest,...

Gustav Martner 'Campaigning + Activism = a Marathon'

July 10, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

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 as Eurobest,...

Gustav Martner 'Campaigning and Activism is a Marathon'

July 10, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

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 as Eurobest,...

Anna Kirah 'How to think long-term in a short-term world'

June 21, 2022 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MB

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 her work relate...

Jen Urich 'Inequality & Protest, Community Cohesion, and why Truth is Cool'

June 16, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interview Jen Urich, a marketing strategist and founder of Sparrow Strategy in Portland, Oregon. She's also the ex-Group Planning Director of Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, ex-Director of Account Planning at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky in Miami, and Director of Account Planning at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide, in Mexico City. (Previously, she was also at Bain & Co, and took her Masters at Yale). In this reposted episode (an early one from the series) she...

Chris Meyer 'West Point: Philosophy, Leadership and Combat'

May 31, 2022 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB

In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast I interview Chris Meyer, 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. In his role at ...

Steve Beale 'Radical sub-cultures, and capturing Banksy'

May 06, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB

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 Editor in C...

Scott Goodson 'How to rebuild business momentum' (What's possible...and what does "better" look like?')

April 12, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB

In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I talk 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 realities of C19 - wh...

Simon Kreitem 'How to tell emotional stories with hope'

April 05, 2022 04:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MB

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 the evaluation...

Ian McGarrigle 'The Future of Retail'

March 17, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

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 such as why ...

Carl Ratcliff 'Reframing Brand Values (from Purpose to Action), and Behavioural Economics'

March 14, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interview Carl Ratcliff, who's just set-up his new 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. In this podcast,...

Michael Cohen: 'Developmental psychology: Chernobyl to 9/11 to C19'

March 08, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

This early episode of #TheNewAbnormal featured an interview with a truly fascinating individual, who's led a truly fascinating life. Michael Cohen, based in New York, is a developmental psychologist and the President of MCG NYC, and he has a great international reputation. Part of this is due to his immense experience at dealing with crisis: ranging from Chernobyl to 9/11. For example, in the aftermath of the 9/11 World Trade Centre attacks, he counselled the New York City Mayor on the e...

Livia Fioretti 'A dynamic viewpoint on MegaTrends & 2022 LATAM trends c/o TrendWatching'

March 04, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

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. In addition, as...

Kevin Braddock 'Everything Begins With...Asking for Help'

March 03, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I speak with a truly inspiring individual, Kevin Braddock; who has 25 years' experience as a writer-editor and consultant, leading storytelling projects from conception into reality. He was Features Editor of The Face, Contributing Editor (GQ, Esquire) and Editor-in-Chief (Sleek) and well as being the founder & publisher of Torchlight System: Storytelling For Recovery. In addition, he's author of the renowned "Everything Begins With Asking For Help"....

Background to #TheNewAbnormal series…

February 15, 2022 15:00 - 1 minute - 1.1 MB

Hi! I'm Sean Pillot de Chenecey, host of 'The New Abnormal' podcast, which I set up during the first Covid lockdown in the UK. With an overall focus of 'hope, community and resilience' my guests include writers, activists, researchers, creatives, psychologists, futurists, university lecturers, senior marketers and political scientists. Debating these subjects and the context within they sit has meant I've had some really fascinating discussions with people who also illuminate their own p...

Sean Pillot de Chenecey "The Post-Truth Business + Influencers & Revolutionaries" (Hint: an interview with me...)

January 30, 2022 16:00 - 1 minute - 1010 KB

This isn’t actually an episode of #TheNewAbnormal at all…but as it’s my podcast series, I’m taking the outrageous liberty of linking to a separate one that features me - as opposed to my guests. Hence linking to 'The Speaker Show' which is run by the renowned global speaker-bureau, Speakers Associates. In this episode, their brilliant host Maria Franzoni interviewed me to launch their New Year show. We discuss some of the key trends impacting culture / society / brands etc, and of how tho...

Taji Chesimet 'Dismantling racial, generational and class injustice, and creating safe public spaces'

January 28, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB

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 people’s nee...

Sean Pillot de Chenecey 'The street and the boardroom - combining authenticity with foresight'

January 26, 2022 05:00 - 1 minute - 1010 KB

This isn’t actually an episode of #TheNewAbnormal at all…but as it’s my podcast series, I’m taking the outrageous liberty of linking to a separate one that features me - as opposed to my guests. Hence linking to 'The Speaker Show' which is run by the renowned global speaker-bureau, Speakers Associates. In this episode, their brilliant host Maria Franzoni interviewed me to launch their New Year show. We discuss some of the key trends impacting culture / society / brands etc, and of how tho...

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