by Minter Dial | Oct 21, 2021 | Ethics, Leadership, Politics, Social Media
“You’re a bigot and a racist!” Those were the words spoken to me after a speech I made three years ago. They came with not a little vitriol at an otherwise civilized meeting held at the BBC HQ, where about 200 journalists were on hand to discuss the...
by Minter Dial | Jul 7, 2021 | Business, Ethics, Marketing
How important is friendship for you? How strong are your relationships? These are two questions that have always been important but seem to be taking up a renewed and vital importance in a world of epidemic loneliness, acute mental health issues and a difficult work...
by Minter Dial | May 11, 2021 | Blockchain, Ethics, Meaningfulness, Politics
To be labelled as tribal these days is frequently considered a bad thing. Tribalism has negative connotations. At a minimum, it’s associated with driving a gap between “us and them” and often suggests some form of sense of superiority. At its worst,...
by Minter Dial | Apr 28, 2021 | Branding, Ethics, Marketing, Meaningfulness
With purpose being all the rage these days, it’s normal to start hearing about wild and crazy purposes being bandied about. On one end of the scale, you’ve got grand missions like: “To stop Ocean Plastic by gathering a billion people together to monetize...
by Minter Dial | Apr 21, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics, Marketing, Social Media
After a spate of emails from a fairly large portal site (it’s ranked around 50,000th on Alexa worldwide), I was appalled at the number of marketing sins they have committed. Either this organization is doing so intentionally, which is borderline unethical, or...
by Minter Dial | Feb 24, 2021 | Business, Ethics, Futureproof, Leadership, Meaningfulness
The subject of purpose in business has become almost commonplace in discussions these days. I certainly have seen a lot of conversations online and, more recently, rooms on Clubhouse centered on the notion of developing purpose. The intentions are inevitably pleasant...