by Minter Dial | Nov 14, 2017 | Internet of Things, Meaningfulness, Mental Health, New Tech, Responsibility
I’ve been known to start off conversations by saying: The more digital you become, the less digital you will want to be. #DigitalIQ Share on X Most Gen Y don’t agree with me; Gen Z typically frown at the thought; and Baby Boomers tend to split down the...
by Minter Dial | Oct 2, 2017 | Business, Collaboration, Futureproof, Meaningfulness, Responsibility
The $13.7B purchase of Whole Foods by Amazon this summer will be a bell-weather for Amazon's future. Share on X Will Amazon transform Whole Foods or vice versa? As this WSJ article posits, so far the impact seems to be the former. Naturally, the whole reason...
by Minter Dial | Sep 17, 2017 | Futureproof, Responsibility
Let’s start with a definition of Climate Change: for me, I describe it as the reduction of resources used by a company in order to create a sustainable business. As such, I think that Climate Change is not a disruptive force, at least not as a standalone item. It...
by Minter Dial | Sep 10, 2017 | Collaboration, Futureproof, Responsibility
What should be seen as a business case and common sense turns out to be a long-lasting challenge for people and organisations While differences have always existed in societies and certainly in business organisations, the phenomenon of diversity has become a...
by Minter Dial | Jul 11, 2017 | Responsibility, Social Media
Last week (July 3), Tencent’s market value dropped $15 billion. On a total base of $330 billion, that’s a 5% haircut. The media’s narrative was that the stock price drop was due to an announcement by Tencent that they were going to limit the amount...
by Minter Dial | Jul 5, 2017 | Futureproof, Responsibility
I met Antoine de Gabrielli and his wife Beatrice de Gourcuff, through my wife and, as with only those rare relationships with spouse’s friends, I totally co-opted them as if they were my friends originally. They are a most impressive couple, boasting...
