by Minter Dial | Jan 26, 2016 | Cyber Security, Marketing, Meaningfulness
Last week, I published the first section of the business trends predictions for 2016, focusing on the new technology trends. This week, I present the other two sections, looking at the trends for marketing and in terms of mindset. The truth is that, if organizations...
by Minter Dial | Dec 8, 2015 | Business, Meaningfulness
A lot of conferences, books and businesses are talking about disruption. With so much banter, it’s hard to get to the bottom line truth about disruption. On Google, there are now 43.4 million search results for the term, with some massive spikes over the last 10...
by Minter Dial | Nov 24, 2015 | Branding, Meaningfulness
Not all TED Talks are breathtaking or inspirational. But, like anything you come across, if you stay open, bigger messages and thoughts may arise. This happened to me listening to a TED Talk given by a female chaplain, Debra Jarvis in 2014. I really got to thinking...
by Minter Dial | Nov 17, 2015 | Leadership, Meaningfulness
Peace for Paris A photo posted by @jean_jullien on Nov 13, 2015 at 3:05pm PST As I wrote on my personal blog, #ParisAttacks Aftershocks and the Urge to Find Meaning, there seems little doubt that we are going to see a lasting effect of the cumulative terrorist...
by Minter Dial | Nov 16, 2015 | Meaningfulness, Politics
I think it is finally dawning on all of us that we are living in a radical new era. It seems that little by little, methodically interspersed with several months and country by country, we find a new date to mark on the calendar as a day of memorial, of grief and of...
by Minter Dial | Jun 9, 2015 | Marketing, Meaningfulness
Branding is everyone’s responsibility When I am talking about branding with smaller company (SMB) leaders, I often find the interest level in their own brand to be, at best, primitive. I hear statements such as: Branding is not relevant for my size of business;I...