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 | May 6, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cyber Security, Futureproof, Marketing
I attended the Pega World Inspire 2021 which, for the second year in a row, was held online. Let’s hope in 2022, it’ll be back in person (Las Vegas!). It was, overall, a highly polished and high-speed 2.5-hour affair with a lot of content delivered. I...
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 | Mar 12, 2021 | Business, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Health, Leadership, Meaningfulness, Mental Health, Politics, Social Media
I don’t often write about politics, even less do I tend to express strong opinions about my political leanings. However, as a leader and brand marketer, it’s impossible for me to stand by with what is happening these days. The fact is that anyone who...
by Minter Dial | Mar 2, 2021 | Leadership, Meaningfulness, Responsibility
It’s funny how when you re-read some texts, you can all of a sudden make totally different sense of it. In a time where capitalism is being raked over the coals by certain sets of society, I was delighted to rediscover Karl Marx’s concept of alienation. In...
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...
