The New Abnormal
#TheNewAbnormal podcast (which has over 250,000 downloads) focuses on understanding today and anticipating the future. Discussing these subjects via the 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 speaker. My 1st book went to No1 in the business charts, whilst my 2nd was shortlisted for the 'Business Book of the Year' Awards. (The podcast partners 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 - which was set up during the early days of Covid, and is divided into Series One [2020-21] Two [2022] Three [2023] Four [2024] and Five [2025]. All rights reserved. #TheNewAbnormal podcast series © Sean Pillot de Chenecey 2020. Please note that it's currently on hold, as I literally don’t have the time to record any episodes at the moment, but it’ll return in late summer...
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 188
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Paul Kemp-Robertson 'The Power of Creativity and the Contagious Commandments'
Series 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 dee…
Anne-Lise Kjaer "Building a bridge to the future - don't apply old thinking to new problems"
Series One
In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview the leading futurist, author and speaker Anne-Lise Kjaer.
Her wholebrain methodology bridges the rational and emotional universe – shaping th…
Carl Miller 'The Death of the Gods, and the manipulation of Truth'
Series 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 …
Tom Hodgkinson 'Slow Down, Have Fun, Live Well'
Series One
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 bette…
Rachel Lawes 'Demystifying Semiotics - what it is and what it can do for you'
Series 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…
Joakim Noren 'Progressive National Branding and Cultural Positivity'
Series 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…
Gareth Kay 'Today, people expect more from their brands'
Series 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, Airb…
Emily Hare 'Hyper Localisation, Diversity and Adaption'
Series 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 wh…
Emma-Louise Boynton "Generating Inspiring Advice: Sharing Women's Career Stories"
Series 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…
Jen Urich 'Inequality, Community Cohesion, and why Truth is Cool'
Series One
In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interviewed Jen Urich, a marketing strategist and founder of Sparrow Strategy in Portland, Oregon.
She's also the ex-Group Planning Director of Wieden +…
Nicole Fall 'Brand management and organisational leadership in Asia'
Series 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 Asi…
Martin Raymond 'The Shifting of the Overton Window and the push for Transformation'
Series One
Martin Raymond is an author, journalist and co-founder of The Future Laboratory - one of the world's most renowned futures consultancies.
Established in 2000, they've worked with more than …
Steve Lacey 'The Outsider - on a mission to challenge the wisdom of convention'
Series One
Steve Lacey has a reputation for being a genuine outsider, in an industry where being 'inside the bubble' is the 24/7 reality for the vast majority of its workforce.
(Hence him founding 'Th…
Simon Armstrong 'The Culture Wars - and why everything interesting is happening at the edge'
Series 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 bac…
Sabrina Faramarzi 'Internet Culture, Lifestyle Journalism and Trend Analysis'
Series 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 …
John Grant '...from Margaret Mead to Spiral Tribe to Greener Marketing'
Series 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'…
Raja Habre 'Hope, Community and Resilience in Lebanon'
Series One
In this 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 fro…
Geoff Glendenning 'Why one of the greatest-ever launches was basically two-fingers to the industry'
Series 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.…
Neil Boorman 'From the Shoreditch Twat to TikTok...and why creativity & joy are so vital'
Series 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 clas…
Andy Middleton 'Experiential Learning, the Do Lectures, and Planet B'
Series 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 …