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The New Abnormal — 230 episodes

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Sabrina Sullivan "Unlocking What's Next"

2

Marie Stafford 'The Future 100, 2026'

3

Geci Karuri-Sebina ‘The African Foresight Network, Post-Activism, and Interconnected Capacities’

4

Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Review 2026'

5

Clare Stark 'Futures Literacy: Building Better Decisions for an Uncertain World'

6

Fatima-Zahra Ma-el-ainin 'Foresight, Social Transformation and Systemic Wellbeing'

7

Mark Bloomfield 'Making Sense of AI'

8

Tommaso Cesano 'The future role of design'

9

Jonas Drechsel ‘Futurist Archetypes and Futures Thinking’

10

Alice Dimond 'Building Hopeful Futures'

11

Marianna Maki-Teeri 'Futures Intelligence and AI-Native Foresight'

12

Mikko Dufva 'Megatrends 2026 - towards a new social contract'

13

Ramila Khafaji Zadeh 'The liberation of Imagination'

14

Warren Hatch 'Superforecasting - how to see the future first'

15

Maija Knutti 'Developing Futures-Orientated Policies'

16

Muhammad Alaraby 'Futurists & Foresight in the Arab World'

17

Lisa Giuliani 'Teach the Future: a bridge to action'

18

Deborah Hayek 'An expert guide to Corporate Foresight'

19

Kateryna Ostrovska 'Ukraine, strategic healthcare management, and anticipatory governance'

20

Petra Hurtado 'Embracing Uncertainty - the 2026 Trend Report for Planners'

21

Klaus Dodds 'Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic'

22

Marie Roussie 'Future of Conflicts: A Vision of What Is to Come'

23

Lena Tunkers 'Exploring futures with collective imagination'

24

Riel Miller 'Why futures literacy is so important today...'

25

Jost Wagner 'Countering the Futures-Thieves'

26

Jan Berger 'How to steer organisations towards better futures'

27

Stephen Dupont 'Anticipating Change re: Opportunities and Risks'

28

Erik Ostergaard 'Futures Thinking and Anticipatory Leadership'

29

Isabella Hermann 'Sci-fi re: New Technologies and Socio-Political Value Systems'

30

Cynthia Scharf 'Climate Tech - The Technologies of Desperation'

31

Diana Stafie "Don't wait for the future - actively create it"

32

Velislava Petrova 'We shape the future - so shape it well'

33

Jonathan Barth 'Escaping Collapse - What Killed Economic Liberalism and What To Do Next'

34

Loes Damhof 'Times are urgent - we must slow down'

35

Nardia Haigh 'Scenario Planning for Climate Change'

36

Bulent Duagi 'Exploring new thinking and connecting the dots'

37

Jordi Serra del Pino 'Postnormal Times and the Three Tomorrows...'

38

Andre Spicer 'The Art of Less'

39

Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'

40

Jim Dator 'Living Make-Belief: Thriving in a Dream Society'

41

Dr Joseph Voros 'Futures Thinking in Real-World Contexts'

42

Neil Shearing 'The Fractured Age: how the return of Geopolitics will splinter the Global Economy'

43

Gergely Nemeth 'Strategic Foresight and Defence Innovation'

44

Lourdes Rodriguez 'Embodied Futures - the next evolution in foresight'

45

Marie Stafford 'The Future 100 - trends and change to watch'

46

Peter Cunliffe-Jones 'Fake News - what's the harm?'

47

Faris Yakob 'Collaboration is the way to solve problems'

48

Gareth Kay 'Creating tangible value from intangible assets'

49

Epaminondas Christophilopoulos 'The Future is always uncertain...'

50

Jan Berger 'Anticipating Change for Corporate Foresight'

51

Nils Muller 'Helping companies to stay relevant in the future'

52

Chris Arning 'Semiotics: how to make the invisible...visible'

53

Michael Beverland 'Brand Management: Co-creating Meaningful Brands'

54

Phil Balagtas 'Making Futures Work: integrating futures thinking for design, innovation, and strategy'

55

Matt Boffey ‘Brands that move people, move the world’

56

Stephanie Vilner-Sheppard 'Dare, disrupt and be kind'

57

Max McKeown 'Innovation Strategy, Leadership & Culture'

58

Sohail Inayatullah 'Visioning the Futures'

59

Alexis Tennent 'The intricate relationship between memory, time and plurality'

60

Monika Bielskyte 'Challenging the binaries of dystopia vs utopia and society vs technology'

61

Roman Krznaric 'History for Tomorrow: inspiration from the past for the future of humanity'

62

Falk Fuhrmann 'Investigative Anthropology, Cultural Empathy and Brand Strategy in China'

63

Lesley-Ann Noel 'Design Social Change: take action, work towards equity, and challenge the status quo'

64

Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions 2024 Review'

65

Catherine Roy 'Change Agents, Foresight Strategy and Organisational Disruption'

66

Chloe Markowicz 'Creativity is Contagious'

67

Paolo Gallo 'The Seven Games of Leadership'

68

Ari Wallach 'A Brief History of the Future'

69

Philippa Wagner 'PeoplePlacesSpaces'

70

Jonas Gissel Mikkelsen 'Futures Capabilities, Progressive Endeavours and Strategic Transformation'

71

Colin Strong 'Behavioural Change and Behavioural Science'

72

Hilary Sutcliffe 'The Seven Signals of Trustworthiness'

73

Diego Gilardoni 'Connecting the dots...helping leadership teams to navigate complexity'

74

Tom Morton 'How to create value c/o new experiences and new technology'

75

Tom Lombardo 'A Masterclass in Sci-Fi Movies'

76

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

77

Cecile Cremer 'How to start a Ministry for the Future'

78

Andrew McLuhan 'The Medium is the Message'

79

Adam Chmielowski 'How brands can avoid being cultural parasites'

80

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

81

Louise Mowbray 'Future-focused Leadership'

82

Tom Lombardo ‘Review: The Most Inspiring/Informative Futures Books’

83

Keely Adler 'Helping brands understand themselves in shifting contexts'

84

Suzette Brooks Masters 'Actioning futures-thinking for a better tomorrow'

85

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

86

Victoria Robson 'Sirens Bay, and the Real Writers Circle'

87

Alexandra Whittington 'Navigating complexity and uncertainty'

88

Ben Holt 'Effective Strategic Foresight - Preparing for Possibilities'

89

Andrew Koppelman 'Burning Down the House: how libertarian philosophy was corrupted by delusion and greed'

90

Lauren Razavi 'The Future of Work and the Digital Nomad Community'

91

Jacob Ellis 'Policy Development re: the needs of Future Generations'

92

Jonathan Wise 'Adland confronts the myth of Infinite Growth'

93

Gary F. Bengier 'Unfettered Journey - the impact of tech changes, and finding purpose in the future'

94

Nikolas Badminton 'Foresight: the missing link...'

95

Roger Spitz 'The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption'

96

Thomas D'hooge 'Pondering the future - looking at the unknowable'

97

Jan Oliver Schwarz 'Strategic Foresight - Winning the Uncertainty Game'

98

Randell Beckford "How to build a brand that won't get cancelled"

99

Thierry Malleret 'The Great Narrative - for a Better Future'

100

Frank Spencer 'Implementing foresight - pulling the future towards us'

101

Tim Stock 'Understand subcultures to understand the future'

102

Katharina Michalski 'Helping business navigate and capitalise on change'

103

Martin Lindstrom 'Predicting the future - before anyone else'

104

Lasse Jonasson 'Anticipatory Leadership, Scenario Planning and being #FuturesReady'

105

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

106

Jon Alexander 'Citizens - Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us'

107

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

108

Tom Lombardo 'The History of Futurism & Futures Studies'

109

Sylvia Gallusser 'The Ethics and Philosophy of Futures'

110

Alice Charles 'Emerging Challenges re: the Cities of Tomorrow'

111

Henry Coutinho-Mason 'The Future Normal - how we will live, work and thrive in the next decade'

112

Johanna Hoffman 'Speculative Futures: illuminating the way ahead'

113

Ian Peters 'Having an ethical compass, and applying business ethics'

114

Laura de Moliere 'ChatGPT and Behavioural Science'

115

Florencia Lujani "The Four D's and Regenerative Capitalism"

116

Stephanie Benedetto 'Queen of Raw - Turning Pollution into Profit'

117

Giana Eckhardt 'In Praise of Inconvenience'

118

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

119

Maurice NDiaye 'Reinventing strategy-making under uncertainty'

120

Rob Hopkins 'From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination'

121

Stefan Rollnick 'Using behavioural science to fight misinformation'

122

Gustav Martner 'Campaigning + Activism: No Awards on a Dead Planet’

123

Alex Quicho 'Understanding patterns, echoes and shadows'

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

Christian van Nieuwerburgh 'Hope vs Optimism re: Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing'

131

Jennifer Mercieca 'Demagogue for President - the rhetorical genius of Trump'

132

Lucie Greene 'Humane Capitalism, the Social Contract and Super-Agile Teamwork'

133

Graham Black 'Collaboration is the creative driving force'

134

Simon Kreitem 'How to tell emotional stories'

135

Sophy Roberts 'The Lost Pianos of Siberia'

136

Ian Williams "Why democracies need to push-back against China's digital totalitarian state"

137

Julian Boulding 'Radical Collaboration, Behavioural Economics, and Acts not Ads'

138

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

139

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

140

Richard Watson "Why the only certainty about the future is that it's uncertain"

141

Matt Rivitz 'How to stop funding hate - and change the Internet'

142

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

143

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

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Martin Jensen 'Me, Myself, Online: Music and the New Abnormal'

146

Taji Chesimet 'Dismantling injustice, and creating safe spaces'

147

Jenny Southan 'Travel Trends and the Future of Travel'

148

James Bidwell 'Connecting the dots: business as a force for good'

149

Ian Olasov 'Ask a Philosopher - answers to the most important questions'

150

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

151

Lucy von Sturmer 'Challenging the status quo to create positive impact'

152

Amy Daroukakis 'Using signals and experiences to develop innovative concepts'

153

Art Kleiner 'The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology'

154

Dermot McPartland 'If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere'

155

Luca Morena 'Generate: a major milestone in the evolution of trend forecasting'

156

Nick Shackleton-Jones 'Learning & Cognition: why Plato and Descartes got it all wrong'

157

Tamira Snell 'Understanding emerging trends and forecasting consumer behaviour'

158

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

159

Andrew Copson "What's it all for and how can I be happy?" (A guide to Humanism).

160

Anna Kirah 'Think long-term in a short-term world'

161

Alex Durussel-Baker 'Design-thinking, design-sprints, and community innovation'

162

Lore Oxford 'Cultural Insights re: Brave New Worlds'

163

Chris Sanderson 'The New Extraordinary: making better futures happen for global businesses'

164

Matt Klein 'Trend Spotting: AI vs Human'

165

Lydia Caldana 'The Way Ahead - Trend Research, Analysis & Forecasting'

166

Felix De Laet aka Lost Frequencies 'From DJing at student parties to worldwide success'

167

Elodie Marteau 'Connecting the dots - trend analysis'

168

Andy Crysell 'Creating culturally charged commercial advantage'

169

Mark Shayler 'Helping big companies think small and small companies think big'

170

Wyn Baptiste 'The System isn't broken, it was built that way...'

171

John Dunleavy 'Leadership re: Transparency, Collaboration and Resilience'

172

Ian McGarrigle 'The Future of Retail'

173

Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions Review'

174

Cailin O'Connor 'The war against truth and the social dynamics of alternative facts'

175

Jack Godfrey Wood 'Making what's next: why great design is an engine of hope'

176

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

177

David Shah 'Social Polarisation, Accelerated Trends, and the Rise of the Oligopolies'

178

Sarah Rabia 'Trend Forecasting and Brand Futures'

179

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

180

Sean Pillot de Chenecey "Authenticity, Ethics and Innovation"

181

Steve Vranakis 'Leading-edge creativity and reinventing the agency model'

182

Charlie Waterhouse 'Rebel for Life'

183

Paul Kemp-Robertson 'The Power of Creativity and the Contagious Commandments'

184

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

185

Carl Miller 'The Death of the Gods, and the manipulation of Truth'

186

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

187

Rachel Lawes 'Demystifying Semiotics - what it is and what it can do for you'

188

Joakim Noren 'Progressive National Branding and Cultural Positivity'

189

Gareth Kay 'Today, people expect more from their brands'

190

Emily Hare 'Hyper Localisation, Diversity and Adaption'

191

Emma-Louise Boynton "Generating Inspiring Advice: Sharing Women's Career Stories"

192

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

193

Nicole Fall 'Brand management and organisational leadership in Asia'

194

Martin Raymond 'The Shifting of the Overton Window and the push for Transformation'

195

Steve Lacey 'The Outsider - on a mission to challenge the wisdom of convention'

196

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

197

Sabrina Faramarzi 'Internet Culture, Lifestyle Journalism and Trend Analysis'

198

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

199

Raja Habre 'Hope, Community and Resilience in Lebanon'

200

Geoff Glendenning 'Why one of the greatest-ever launches was basically two-fingers to the industry'

201

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

202

Andy Middleton 'Experiential Learning, the Do Lectures, and Planet B'

203

Scott Goodson 'How to rebuild business momentum'

204

Jens Laugesen 'Ground Zero, Hybrid Reconstruction and C19 as a Creative Catalyst'

205

William Higham 'From The Stranglers to The Next Big Thing...'

206

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

207

Khalil Zafar 'Human Engagement and Technology - simplifying the Future of Work'

208

Steve Beale 'Radical subcultures, and capturing Banksy'

209

Jussi Solja 'Putting agency superpowers to good use - helping brands to reinvent themselves'

210

Carl Ratcliff 'Reframing Brand Values - from Purpose to Action’.

211

Ole Petter Nyhaug, 'The new Punk Generation meets Orwell'

212

Nilgin Yusuf 'How to identify and build a positive personal strategy’

213

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

214

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

215

Teresa Havvas #PresentProofing = #FutureProofing

216

Will Skeaping 'Extinction Rebellion and The Great Reset'

217

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

218

Harriet Posner 'Buying What You Stand For...Rewiring the Fashion Sector'

219

Chemical X 'From ecstasy to Skid Row'

220

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

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

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

225

Katrina Dodd 'Knowledge is Power...Impactful Advertising...Asking Heretical Questions'

226

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

227

Joanna Catalano 'Redefining community and demonstrating leadership'

228

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

229

Mark Hanis 'The Ukraine Corporate Index: on which side of the war does your brand stand?'

230

Update on / background to #TheNewAbnormal series…