by Minter Dial | Nov 27, 2018 | Leadership, Marketing
I listened to a recent (and rather epic 4-hour-long) Joe Rogan podcast with his frequent guest and brilliant mathematician, Eric Weinstein, who proposed that we are in the Era of Disagreeability. Paraphrasing him, it’s about not being easily swayed from your...
by Minter Dial | Nov 25, 2018 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast
Minter Dialogue with Kalle Palling Kalle Palling has been an MP of the Estonian parliament starting in 2007, when he was just 22 years old. He was very active in pushing through legislation around technology and e-governance, helping Estonia to accelerate its...
by Minter Dial | Nov 20, 2018 | Futureproof, Leadership
At a recent and jovial countryside lunch, I landed on a new word that I’d not come across before: a passionist. [To be clear, we were not talking about a Roman Catholic Passionist.] To be a passionist we reasoned would be someone with a strong passion. I loved...
by Minter Dial | Nov 18, 2018 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast, Retail
Minter Dialogue with Doug Stephens Talk about a timely podcast! Jeff Bezos apparently told his employees: “‘One day, Amazon will fail’ but our job is to delay it as long as possible” [from CNBC on Nov 15 2018]. That’s exactly the...
by Minter Dial | Nov 13, 2018 | Business, Futureproof, New Tech
The prospects and possibilities of self-publishing are entirely fascinating. Now that I have written and published three different ways, I can conclusively say that none is perfect. And there’s no magic beyond hard work (and cash) in all cases. Moreover,...
