He was born in The Democratic Republic of the Congo, has travelled a lot for business, studies and fun, he’s a lawyer by profession, a policy-designer, entrepreneur and he currently lives in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda.

This Paris Talks Podcast episode features Bernard Muhindo.

Bernard was on Christmas holidays in France with his family when he first heard of the Coronavirus but, just like many of the guests we’ve featured on this podcast, he thought this was just another one of those diseases that come and go.

A few weeks after returning home, Bernard found himself locked down in Kampala, homeschooling and doing basically everything at home until his wife managed to catch the next available flight from Kinshasa, where she was on a business trip.

In this episode, Bernard raises tough questions related to our crisis management policies and communication crisis management.

If we were to start a New Normal, what and how should it be?

That’s the question we’re asking Bernard today.

For Bernard, the New Normal is “the deliberate mindset shift or a collective consciousness...It’s simply the acceptance that life is dynamic and we need to adapt to our new lifestyle”.

Welcome to the Paris Talks Podcast.

The season two of the Paris Talks Podcast is trying to understand the post-COVID-19’s New Normal through inspiring stories and testimonies from innovators, community influencers and policy-designers.

Paris Talks is produced by Michael Bahati

Our theme song is Nipe Story by Charmant Mushaga

For more information about this episode podcast and our other projects, please visit www.paris-talks.com