Sean Pillot de Chenecey

Last Updated on 13 February 2020 by Jan-Paul Steggerda

Sean Pillot de Chenecey has given speeches at marketing conferences and cultural events in cities around the world: from San Francisco to Berlin to Tokyo, and from Helsinki to Istanbul to Melbourne. In doing so, Sean’s spoken at venues ranging from the Empire State Building to the Houses of Parliament, boardrooms, theatres, sports centres and music festivals. He’s appeared on podcasts, TV and radio programmes, has written for international business magazines, been quoted across a wide range of international newspapers, and is also a university lecturer on marketing and social trends.

Sean’s first book “The Post-Truth Business” went to No1 in the ‘Business Bestseller’ charts and was a finalist in the 2019 Business Book of the Year Awards. It was the first business title to connect the areas of trust, privacy, disinformation, ethics and empathy. In speeches referencing his book, he takes an inspiring look at how to rebuild brand authenticity, consumer engagement and reputation capital in a distrusting world.

His new book “Influencers & Revolutionaries” focuses on best-practice and leading-edge innovation on an international basis. It describes exciting actions being taken by dynamic organisations across a variety of sectors in answer to emerging trends, social issues and changing behaviour. In doing so, Sean illuminates an extensive range of innovative ideas and solutions; and explains why numerous disruptive trends indicate what the future may hold.

His background is as an independent research/strategy consultant, and Sean has worked for some of the world’s biggest brands re: the ‘Real Now & Potential Next’. He’s done so in areas inc the motor, beauty, drinks, food, retail, IT, fashion, broadcasting, entertainment, finance and travel sectors, along with numerous NGO and Govt projects via ethnographic and trend research.