Best Jonathan Scharf Podcasts (2026)

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Riel Miller 'Why futures literacy is so important today...' 47:35

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The episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast featured Riel Miller, who for over forty years has been co-creating innovation, leadership and transformation in both the public and private sectors around the world. He pioneered the 'discipline of anticipation' as one of the leading tools for engaging in both research and capacity building around futures …

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Jost Wagner 'Countering the Futures-Thieves' 47:44

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This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Jost Wagner, Managing Director of The Change Initiative and Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Futures Network, the largest network of futurists in the region. Over the last 20 years, he's designed and facilitated over 600 workshops and conferences worldwide for organisations such as the Asian…

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Jan Berger 'How to steer organisations towards better futures' 51:59

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This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Jan Berger, who advises business leaders on how to steer their companies towards a profitable future. He's the Founder & CEO of the renowned Themis Foresight in Berlin, which he founded to anticipate the economic, technological, social and political drivers of future change. The team at Themis are…

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Stephen Dupont 'Anticipating Change re: Opportunities and Risks' 48:14

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This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Stephen Dupont, Principal at Dupont Foresight, who brings a futures mindset to marketing/communications planning and strategy. He also serves on the board of the nonprofit 'Teach the Future' and is a Future Fellow of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Stephen's expertise in foresight…

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Erik Ostergaard 'Futures Thinking and Anticipatory Leadership' 37:27

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Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Erik Korsvik Ostergaard, who is a futures-thinker and strategic foresight consultant. He uses futures-thinking to be curious about current and coming trends, and to turn them into strategies. He focuses on transformation and the future of work, leadership, and collaboration; with a par…

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Isabella Hermann 'Sci-fi re: New Technologies and Socio-Political Value Systems' 43:54

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Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Dr Isabella Hermann, a political scientist who analyses and speaks on the subject of science-fiction. She focuses particularly on how the genre reflects emerging technologies, socio-political value systems, and global politics. This includes various topics like artificial intelligence …

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Cynthia Scharf 'Climate Tech - The Technologies of Desperation' 49:13

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Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Cynthia Scharf, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Future Generations, a European think tank, leading their work on Climate Interventions. Issue of trust, global equity, behavioural psychology, archetypes and narrative are key to their work. She served as the senior strategy director fo…

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Diana Stafie "Don't wait for the future - actively create it" 50:32

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Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Diana Stafie, founder of Future Station, the renowned strategic foresight consultancy that empowers organizations to navigate change, identify emerging trends, foster innovation, and effectively prepare for the future. Future Station specializes in guiding companies through scenarios-b…

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Velislava Petrova 'We shape the future - so shape it well' 45:19

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Velislava Petrova, Chief Programme Officer at the Centre for Future Generations. She oversees CFG's technical and cross-cutting programs, monitoring impact, aligning with political priorities and identifying strategic directions. Velisalva is also an ex-Senior Policy Consultant with the …

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Jonathan Barth 'Escaping Collapse - What Killed Economic Liberalism and What To Do Next' 49:23

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Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Jonathan Barth: Founder, Think-Tanker, Brussels Expert and Author of the forthcoming book #EscapingCollapse. His passion is to illuminate how Europe needs to respond to the geopolitical turn and make our institutions ready for a security and climate-disrupted world, with particular foc…

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Loes Damhof 'Times are urgent - we must slow down' 57:14

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Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Loes Damhof - UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies, award-winning pioneer in higher education, and TEDx speaker. As UNESCO Chair Futures Literacy in Higher Education, she designs, facilitates and researches learning spaces that are potentially transformative, where participants explore mult…

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Nardia Haigh 'Scenario Planning for Climate Change' 45:21

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Series Five This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features the author, academic and consultant Nardia Haigh, who has spent nearly two decades helping people navigate uncertainty using scenario planning. She has taught hundreds of people how to apply scenario planning methods, and advised individuals and organizations across corporate, nonprofi…

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Bulent Duagi 'Exploring new thinking and connecting the dots' 34:03

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Bulent Duagi, a 'cross-pollinator' in the Romanian futurists-ecosystem. He works with high-stakes decision makers, facilitating strategy execution and acting as a guide for organisations tackling tough challenges. He also works as a futures-skills trainer to help 'curious people stay rel…

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Jordi Serra del Pino 'Postnormal Times and the Three Tomorrows...' 51:30

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Jordi Serra del Pino, who is a consultant with more than 40 years experience in foresight, strategy and intelligence. As a professor, he’s participated in numerous academic programmes and currently holds several positions:Deputy Director at the Centre for Postnormal Policy & Futures Stud…

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Andre Spicer 'The Art of Less' 40:32

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Andre Spicer, Dean and Professor at Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London. He's an expert in the fields of organisational behaviour, leadership and corporate social responsibility, and is the founding director of ETHOS: The Centre for Responsible Enterprise at Bay…

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Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine' 52:05

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Dr Emma Louise Briant, an internationally recognised expert and professor of information warfare & propaganda. She helps policymakers, governments, business leaders, journalists and the public understand and respond to the challenge of contemporary online threats. Her research, testimony…

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Jim Dator 'Living Make-Belief: Thriving in a Dream Society' 27:23

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Series Five I’m honoured that the focus of this episode of ‘The New Abnormal’ podcast is Jim Dator, who’s had an extraordinary impact on futures-thinking. Indeed, I believe one would struggle to find someone else who could today be genuinely given the title of “the world’s leading futurist”. Although Jim is far too self-effacing to bestow that titl…

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Dr Joseph Voros 'Futures Thinking in Real-World Contexts' 54:53

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the famous physicist and futurist Dr Joseph Voros, who helps people and organisations think about the future in serious ways through futures-orientated intelligence and strategic foresight capability-building. He’s been a professional futurist for over 25 years, initially as a practition…

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Neil Shearing 'The Fractured Age: how the return of Geopolitics will splinter the Global Economy' 38:48

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Series Five In this episode of The New Abnormal podcast, I interview Neil Shearing, the Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics, where he leads a world-class team of economists and oversees the firm’s global research agenda. A trusted voice in international finance, Neil is known for his clear, insightful analysis of the global economy - insight…

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Gergely Nemeth 'Strategic Foresight and Defence Innovation' 54:35

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Gergely Nemeth, former Head of Strategic Foresight at NATO and now CEO of Hungary’s Defence Innovation Research Institute (VIKI), who reflects on a career ‘impacted by coincidence’ but marked by increasing responsibility in defence planning, policy, and foresight. Beginning as an intelli…

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Lourdes Rodriguez 'Embodied Futures - the next evolution in foresight' 31:16

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal features Lourdes Rodriguez, a Strategic Foresight Consultant with the European Commission and Co Exec Director at Teach the Future. With a background in Psychology, her work has been focused on trends research and foresight for more than 15 years, and she's therefore deeply experienced in discovering new…

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Marie Stafford 'The Future 100 - trends and change to watch' 51:24

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Marie Stafford, Global Director (Intelligence) at VML. She's a strategic foresight consultant skilled in creating inspiring future narratives, transforming futures insights and trends into commercial opportunity across a top tier multinational client portfolio. Specialised in foresight a…

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Peter Cunliffe-Jones 'Fake News - what's the harm?' 50:46

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Peter Cunliffe-Jones, visiting researcher at the University of Westminster and Director of Facts Matter Research, a misinformation research and strategy consultancy, where he advises organisations in effective ways to both counter the harmful consequences of misinformation and protect wi…

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Faris Yakob 'Collaboration is the way to solve problems' 38:05

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Faris Yakob, co-founder of Genius Steals, who began his career as a strategist during the first dot com explosion, before moving into agency world. He worked for some dynamic agencies inc Naked Communications (as their 20th employee) before moving on to be EVP Chief Tech Strat at McCann …

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Gareth Kay 'Creating tangible value from intangible assets' 33:28

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal features Gareth Kay, Partner at The Intangibles 'the transformation consultancy for the intangible world'. He's spent over two decades working in, and learning from, some of the best creative companies in the world. In that time, Gareth realized there is no ‘one way’ to shape and deliver valuable brands …

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Epaminondas Christophilopoulos 'The Future is always uncertain...' 41:35

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Series Five This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Epaminondas Christophilopoulos, who is a Foresight, Strategy, Innovation and long-term planning advisor to government, private corporations and NGOs. A highly experienced foresight researcher with an extensive track-record on international projects and sound academic credentials, he's an…

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Jan Berger 'Anticipating Change for Corporate Foresight' 43:54

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Jan Berger, the Founder & CEO of Themis Foresight. Based in Berlin, his company anticipates economic, technological, social and political drivers of future change. He and his team are driven by the conviction that outstanding futures research is key for the strategic direction of Europe'…

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Nils Muller 'Helping companies to stay relevant in the future' 40:26

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Series Four In this episode of 'The New Abnormal' I interview Nils Muller, CEO & Founder of TrendONE - a specialist agency that's a market leader in identifying key trends in fast moving branches of business. In our discussion, Nils discusses their methodologies and approach to working for clients such as BMW and Airbus, his viewpoints on developin…

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Chris Arning 'Semiotics: how to make the invisible...visible' 53:07

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Series Four In this episode of The New Abnormal, I interview Chris Arning, Founder of the boutique consultancy Creative Semiotics Ltd, co-founder of Semiofest, and course leader of 'How to do semiotics in seven weeks'. He works with best-in-class virtual teams to analyse brands in order to make them more coherent and true to themselves, more distin…

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Michael Beverland 'Brand Management: Co-creating Meaningful Brands' 55:42

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Michael Beverland, Professor of Brand Strategy, Strategy & Marketing, at the University of Sussex Business School. He's an innovator in marketplace authenticity and strategic design research, as well as cultural marketing insights. Michael is also the author of 'Building Brand Authentici…

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Phil Balagtas 'Making Futures Work: integrating futures thinking for design, innovation, and strategy' 49:35

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Series Four This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features Phil Balagtas, author of the superb new book 'Making Futures Work'. Phil is also a former Design Director at McKinsey Design and General Electric (Digital & Aviation) with over 20yrs of experience as a Digital Interaction Designer and Design Leader working across sectors inc aviation, …

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Matt Boffey ‘Brands that move people, move the world’ 54:58

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Matt Boffey, Chief Strategy Officer at Design Bridge and Partners. He’s part of its Senior Leadership Team and Executive Committee, managing a business of nearly 300 people in London, where he leads a strategy team of ‘the brightest and best brand & design thinkers on the planet’! We dis…

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Stephanie Vilner-Sheppard 'Dare, disrupt and be kind' 52:25

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the brand innoventor & commercial strategist Stephanie Vilner-Sheppard, who consults globally on strategy to help clients innovate and futureproof their P&L (for people and planet). She’s a problem solver for brands and businesses, through a lens of planet-centred design-led thinking. Th…

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Max McKeown 'Innovation Strategy, Leadership & Culture' 46:06

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Series Four This episode of ‘The New Abnormal’ podcast features the strategic psychologist Dr Max McKeown - a writer, consultant & researcher specialising in innovation strategy, leadership and culture. He’s written a series of influential books and conducts research with Warwick Business School. An advocate of innovation culture, he also argues th…

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Sohail Inayatullah 'Visioning the Futures' 45:56

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Series Four This episode of 'The New Abnormal' podcast features the political scientist and university professor Sohail Inayatullah, who is the inaugural UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies at the Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability & Humanity, and instructs at the Metafuture think tank. He helps individuals and organisations create alternative and pre…

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Alexis Tennent 'The intricate relationship between memory, time and plurality' 41:38

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Series Four This episode of the New Abnormal podcast features Toronto-based Alexis Tennent, who is an innovative leader, design & foresight strategist. She firmly believes that foresight should not be confined to the realms of academia, politics, or privilege; rather, it should be an opportunity accessible to all. That's why Alexis aims to inspire …

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Monika Bielskyte 'Challenging the binaries of dystopia vs utopia and society vs technology' 49:54

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the renowned futurist and speculative designer, Monika Bielskyte. She's also the founder of Protopia Futures, a life-centric design and collaborative foresight platform that centres previously marginalised perspectives. The project's mission is to inspire a new wave of future visions sho…

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Roman Krznaric 'History for Tomorrow: inspiration from the past for the future of humanity' 45:40

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal features the leading social philosopher Roman Krznaric, whose books focus on the power of ideas to create change. His international bestsellers, which include The Good Ancestor, Empathy, and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than twenty-five languages. His new book History for Tomorrow is …

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Falk Fuhrmann 'Investigative Anthropology, Cultural Empathy and Brand Strategy in China' 37:56

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Falk Fuhrmann, Executive Director at Shanghai HuiLue Business Consulting Co, and Visiting Professor teaching International Brand Communication & Innovation, Consumer Behaviour & Insights, at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. He also is an award-winning creative strategist with more t…

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July 14th, 2024

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July 7th, 2024

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Lesley-Ann Noel 'Design Social Change: take action, work towards equity, and challenge the status quo' 47:42

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features the designer, researcher, and educator Lesley-Ann Noel, who is the author of Design Social Change and co-editor of The Black Experience in Design. She’s also created several design tools for critical reflection, such as The Designer’s Critical Alphabet and the Positionality Wheel. Lesley…

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Julian Boulding 'The Cannes Lions 2024 Review' 50:40

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal features Julian Boulding, Owner of The Network One. They provide “open source creativity” and communications services from around 1200 independent agencies in 109 countries, worldwide. His annual review of the Cannes Lions Festival is always eagerly sought after, and the actual version will be sent out a…

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Catherine Roy 'Change Agents, Foresight Strategy and Organisational Disruption' 43:42

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Series Four This episode of The New Abnormal features Catherine Roy, Foresight & Design Leader at Thales. She sets their foresight and design strategy, and helps to drive futures thinking & business growth. Overall, she aligns futures, business, product and service strategy with the needs of users / consumers in order to achieve goals. In this podc…

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June 30th, 2024

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By Pastor Jonathan Scharf