Sean Pillot de Chenecey
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Sean Pillot de Chenecey is a seasoned public speaker with a track record of delivering keynotes in diverse regions such as the US, EU, MENA, and Asia for over a decade. He has spoken at a wide range of venues, including boardrooms, congress halls, stadiums, and festivals. Additionally, Sean has an extensive background as a university lecturer, where he has shared his expertise in strategy, foresight, and communications for two decades.
Sean’s most sought after topic:
Strategic Foresight: Preparing Your Business for the Future.
In this presentation, Sean Pillot de Chenecey delves into the critical role of foresight in business planning and decision-making. He explains how to navigate the complexities of strategic decision-making in an environment marked by ongoing uncertainty. Sean’s approach involves scanning emerging issues and future signals, using catalytic foresight and scenario planning to identify potential opportunities and threats for businesses. This process challenges entrenched assumptions, illuminates critical issues shaping strategic direction, creates meaningful scenarios, clarifies plausible futures, and supports the development of strategies, innovation, and risk management. By building trust, enhancing resilience, reducing risk, and fostering creative thinking, organizations can successfully adapt, evolve, and thrive in an ever-changing world through the dynamic futures approaches highlighted in his presentation.
When he’s not engaged in public speaking, Sean serves as an independent foresight strategist with deep experience across multiple sectors. He provides #NowNextWhy insights to clients spanning from corporations and agencies to NGOs, and collaborates on national and international projects.
The content presented in his keynotes is often updated to incorporate the viewpoints of other thought leaders, think tanks, and cutting-edge reports. Sean’s talks are an amalgamation of research, semiotics, applied philosophy, and psychology, intertwined with references to influential thinkers. These talks are typically centered around three overarching themes:
- Trust & Authenticity
- Innovation & Trends
- Hope, Foresight & Strategy
Regarding his work with NGOs, Sean serves as an Associate Partner with the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS), an organization renowned for its thought leadership in areas like scenario planning, risk analysis, innovation, and strategic foresight. His collaboration with CIFS involves speculative futures and future-proofing tasks, assisting clients in becoming #FuturesReady.
Lastly, Sean takes pride in being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Sean Pillot de Chenecey is also a published author with two books to his name. His first book, “The Post-Truth Business,” achieved the remarkable status of reaching No. 1 in the business-bestseller charts. His second book, “Influencers & Revolutionaries,” was shortlisted for the ‘Business Book of the Year’ Awards. (He is currently working on his next book, focused on applying futures thinking to business.)
In addition to his written work, Sean hosts the podcast #TheNewAbnormal, featuring guests from academia, business, and activism, with over 150,000 downloads.
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