Series ThreeThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' features Florencia Lujani, a Strategy Director based in London who specialises in brand & creative strategy. She started her career a decade ago at TBWA Buenos Aires, where she learnt about 'Disru

Stefan Rollnick 'Using behavioural science to fight misinformation'

3 days ago 53m 22s

Series ThreeIn this episode of The New Abnormal, I interview Stefan Rollnick, Head of The Misinformation Cell at Lynn, a consultancy who believe that when you inject behavioural science into communications, you can build campaigns that do what

Maarten Leyts 'Generation ZAlpha - connecting with the next micro generation'

4 days ago 46m 44s

Series FourThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Maarten Leyts, the Founder of Trendwolves and an expert on translating trends into products, strategies campaigns and future brand value. He’s also the author of ‘Generation ZAlpha

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

5 days ago 58m 22s

Series OneIn 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 + Kennedy in Portland, ex-Director of Account

Dan Burgess 'Radical Collaboration...and grass roots innovation'

6 days ago 57m 6s

Series Two This episode features the amazing Dan Burgess. He's spent 25 years working at the leading edge of creative engagement, eco-innovation, creative activism and cause-led campaigning. As he says "there's an enormous regenerative and crea

Stephen Colegrave 'Radical Thinking, Independent Journalism & Catalytic Entertainment'

7 days ago 56m 34s

Series TwoIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Stephen Colegrave, the Executive Editor & Co-Founder of the Byline Times, Byline TV and Byline Festival. He's also a film producer and author of three books. The Byline Times is a fearle

Alex Quicho 'Understanding patterns, echoes and shadows'

8 days ago 47m 17s

Series ThreeIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal I interview Alex Quicho, Head of Cultural Intelligence at Canvas8. Her research into identity, ethics, and technology has been published widely, including in Wired, Bookforum, and a monograph for

Adam Chmielowski 'How brands can avoid being cultural parasites'

9 days ago 49m 48s

Series FourThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Adam Chmielowski, co-founder at the specialist cultural insight and brand strategy practice, Starling Strategy, who work for clients including Google, Nike, PepsiCo, Pan Macmillan a

Tom Johnson 'The Optimism Index, and why 'Myths of Decline' are often wrong...'

10 days ago 49m 53s

Series ThreeThis episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Tom Johnson, MD at the consumer insights and futures consultancy, Trajectory. He's a researcher, trends analyser and forecaster with a mass of experience leading complex insight and

Nicole Fall 'Brand management and organisational leadership in Asia'

11 days ago 56m 22s

Series OneIn 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 in

Erik Korsvik Ostergaard 'Reinventing Organisations c/o Anticipatory Leadership'

12 days ago 45m 56s

Series FourThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features the futures thinker and leadership advisor Eric Korsvik Ostergaard, who specialises in exploring and evaluating possible and preferable futures of work. He's also the author of 'The

John Seabrook 'The intersection between creativity and commerce re: tech, design, and music’

13 days ago 1h 2m

Series TwoThis episode of 'The New Abnormal' features Brooklyn-based John Seabrook, a staff writer at The New Yorker since the 90's as well as being the author of a range of superb books including 'The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory' / 'N

Sara Wheeler 'The minute curiosity of the travel writer - tales from the Arctic to the Antarctic'

14 days ago 47m 43s

Series Two In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I interview Sara Wheeler, a prize-winning non-fiction writer noted for her accounts of the polar regions. Her books include the international bestseller Terra Incognita, which tells the story of

Giana Eckhardt 'In Praise of Inconvenience'

15 days ago 46m 51s

Series ThreeIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Giana Eckhardt, Professor of Marketing and Vice Dean at King’s Business School, King’s College London. A leading expert in the field of consumer behaviour, consumer culture, consumer e

Shermon Cruz 'From Future Shock to Gamification to Indigenous Futures'

16 days ago 54m 9s

The episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Shermon Cruz, the Founder & Chief Futurist of the Center for Engaged Foresight, a global futures innovation and strategic foresight hub..He serves as the UNESCO Chair on Anticipatory Governance a

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

17 days ago 52m 51s

Series ThreeThis reposted 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 con

Keely Adler 'Helping brands understand themselves in shifting contexts'

18 days ago 48m 13s

Series FourThis episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Chicago-based Keely Adler, cultural futurist at Dentsu and core team at Radar. A brand strategist by trade, time-traveling futurist at heart and with a nearly decade-long career grou

Jon Cohen "Understanding what people think, when you can't trust what they say"

19 days ago 47m 33s

Series Two In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview Jon Cohen, the author of "Asking for Trouble: understanding what people think, when you can't trust what they say". The aim of the book is to enable the development of more cre

Mark Vernon 'Everything in philosophy is a footnote to Plato'. (And quite a lot is a footnote to Kant).

20 days ago 53m 53s

Series TwoIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interviewed Mark Vernon, a psychodynamic psychotherapist, writer and broadcaster, who has a keen interest in spirituality and the inner life. He has a PhD in ancient philosophy, as well as

Kathleen Higgins 'From Daoism to Nietzsche...and why deception has become a modern way of life'

21 days ago 53m 6s

Series ThreeIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Kathleen Higgins, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, at Austin. Kathleen's main areas of research are continental philosophy, philosophy of the emotions, and aesthe

Dr Steven MacGregor 'The Daily Reset - how to move your life forward'

22 days ago 55m 30s

Series ThreeIn this episode of The New Abnormal, I interview Steven MacGregor. He's a global expert in workplace health, wellbeing and performance with PhD and Master's degree in design thinking and virtual teams. Steven is also founder of The

DuBose Cole 'Do marketers and consumers see the world differently?'

23 days ago 46m 53s

Series ThreeThis episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features DuBose Cole, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at We Are Rival - a consultancy that helps businesses change (not just challenge) markets by being smarter about how they build brands, prod

Anne-Lise Kjaer "Building a bridge to the future - don't apply old thinking to new problems"

24 days ago 1h

Series OneIn 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 the strategies and core concepts driving the bu

Roger Spitz 'The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption'

25 days ago 56m

Series ThreeThis episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Roger Spitz, who is an international bestselling author, President of Techistential and Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute. Based in San Francisco, he’s an authority on foresig

Charlie Waterhouse 'Rebel for Life'

26 days ago 56m 26s

Series OneIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Charlie Waterhouse, Creative Director of This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll (with an ethos based on identity + activism for culture + causes) whose clients include those such as Amnesty Interna