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The New Abnormal — 233 episodes

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Fredy Vargas Lama, PhD ‘Beyond Foresight: The Rise of Anticipatory Governance’

2

Soha Rashed ‘Rethinking Foresight Through an Arab Lens’

3

Clare Beaton-Wells "Using Foresight to Reimagine Australia’s Tomorrow"

4

Sabrina Sullivan "Unlocking What's Next"

5

Marie Stafford 'The Future 100, 2026'

6

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

7

Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Review 2026'

8

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

9

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

10

Mark Bloomfield 'Making Sense of AI'

11

Tommaso Cesano 'The future role of design'

12

Jonas Drechsel ‘Futurist Archetypes and Futures Thinking’

13

Alice Dimond 'Building Hopeful Futures'

14

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

15

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

16

Ramila Khafaji Zadeh 'The liberation of Imagination'

17

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

18

Maija Knutti 'Developing Futures-Orientated Policies'

19

Muhammad Alaraby 'Futurists & Foresight in the Arab World'

20

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

21

Deborah Hayek 'An expert guide to Corporate Foresight'

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

Lena Tunkers 'Exploring futures with collective imagination'

27

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

28

Jost Wagner 'Countering the Futures-Thieves'

29

Jan Berger 'How to steer organisations towards better futures'

30

Stephen Dupont 'Anticipating Change re: Opportunities and Risks'

31

Erik Ostergaard 'Futures Thinking and Anticipatory Leadership'

32

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

33

Cynthia Scharf 'Climate Tech - The Technologies of Desperation'

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

Nardia Haigh 'Scenario Planning for Climate Change'

39

Bulent Duagi 'Exploring new thinking and connecting the dots'

40

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

41

Andre Spicer 'The Art of Less'

42

Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

Gergely Nemeth 'Strategic Foresight and Defence Innovation'

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

Faris Yakob 'Collaboration is the way to solve problems'

51

Gareth Kay 'Creating tangible value from intangible assets'

52

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

53

Jan Berger 'Anticipating Change for Corporate Foresight'

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

Max McKeown 'Innovation Strategy, Leadership & Culture'

61

Sohail Inayatullah 'Visioning the Futures'

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions 2024 Review'

68

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

69

Chloe Markowicz 'Creativity is Contagious'

70

Paolo Gallo 'The Seven Games of Leadership'

71

Ari Wallach 'A Brief History of the Future'

72

Philippa Wagner 'PeoplePlacesSpaces'

73

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

74

Colin Strong 'Behavioural Change and Behavioural Science'

75

Hilary Sutcliffe 'The Seven Signals of Trustworthiness'

76

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

77

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

78

Tom Lombardo 'A Masterclass in Sci-Fi Movies'

79

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

80

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

81

Andrew McLuhan 'The Medium is the Message'

82

Adam Chmielowski 'How brands can avoid being cultural parasites'

83

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

84

Louise Mowbray 'Future-focused Leadership'

85

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

86

Keely Adler 'Helping brands understand themselves in shifting contexts'

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

Alexandra Whittington 'Navigating complexity and uncertainty'

91

Ben Holt 'Effective Strategic Foresight - Preparing for Possibilities'

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

Jonathan Wise 'Adland confronts the myth of Infinite Growth'

96

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

97

Nikolas Badminton 'Shifting Organisational Mindsets: from Foresight to Action'

98

Roger Spitz 'The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption'

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

Tim Stock 'Understand subcultures to understand the future'

105

Katharina Michalski 'Helping business navigate and capitalise on change'

106

Martin Lindstrom 'Predicting the future - before anyone else'

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

Tom Lombardo 'The History of Futurism & Futures Studies'

112

Sylvia Gallusser 'The Ethics and Philosophy of Futures'

113

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

114

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

115

Johanna Hoffman 'Speculative Futures: illuminating the way ahead'

116

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

117

Laura de Moliere 'ChatGPT and Behavioural Science'

118

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

119

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

120

Giana Eckhardt 'In Praise of Inconvenience'

121

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

122

Maurice NDiaye 'Reinventing strategy-making under uncertainty'

123

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

124

Stefan Rollnick 'Using behavioural science to fight misinformation'

125

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

126

Alex Quicho 'Understanding patterns, echoes and shadows'

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

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

136

Graham Black 'Collaboration is the creative driving force'

137

Simon Kreitem 'How to tell emotional stories'

138

Sophy Roberts 'The Lost Pianos of Siberia'

139

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

140

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

141

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

142

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

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

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

147

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

149

Taji Chesimet 'Dismantling injustice, and creating safe spaces'

150

Jenny Southan 'Travel Trends and the Future of Travel'

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

Tamira Snell 'Understanding emerging trends and forecasting consumer behaviour'

161

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

162

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

163

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

164

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

165

Lore Oxford 'Cultural Insights re: Brave New Worlds'

166

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

167

Matt Klein 'Trend Spotting: AI vs Human'

168

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

169

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

170

Elodie Marteau 'Connecting the dots - trend analysis'

171

Andy Crysell 'Creating culturally charged commercial advantage'

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

Ian McGarrigle 'The Future of Retail'

176

Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions Review'

177

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

178

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

179

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

180

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

181

Sarah Rabia 'Trend Forecasting and Brand Futures'

182

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

183

Sean Pillot de Chenecey "Authenticity, Ethics and Innovation"

184

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

185

Charlie Waterhouse 'Rebel for Life'

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

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

190

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

191

Joakim Noren 'Progressive National Branding and Cultural Positivity'

192

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

193

Emily Hare 'Hyper Localisation, Diversity and Adaption'

194

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

195

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

196

Nicole Fall 'Brand management and organisational leadership in Asia'

197

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

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

Raja Habre 'Hope, Community and Resilience in Lebanon'

203

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

204

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

205

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

206

Scott Goodson 'How to rebuild business momentum'

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

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

211

Steve Beale 'Radical subcultures, and capturing Banksy'

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

Teresa Havvas #PresentProofing = #FutureProofing

219

Will Skeaping 'Extinction Rebellion and The Great Reset'

220

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

221

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

222

Chemical X 'From ecstasy to Skid Row'

223

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

224

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

225

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

226

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

227

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

228

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

229

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

230

Joanna Catalano 'Redefining community and demonstrating leadership'

231

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

232

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

233

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