by Minter Dial | Jun 15, 2021 | Leadership, Mental Health, Politics
A divided and existential experience This pandemic has allowed many of us more time and new reason to think. It seems that time went through some kind of vortex as we slowed down to deal with the sanitary issues. Our appreciation of time evolved, too. Sure, we...
by Minter Dial | May 22, 2021 | Avatar Trap, Branding, Social Media
As a speaker, I’ve been working hard to refine my “voice.” The challenge is in making the content and the form consistent and congruent with who I am. In an audio-infused world, finding your voice is now a first-degree question. What voice should you...
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 | Avatar Trap, 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 | Jan 6, 2021 | Digital Transformation, Health
I like this quote by actor Denis Leary: “Crisis doesn’t create character; it reveals it.” Denis Leary, Irish-American actor and writer Have you noted that during the various locked down phases where we were condemned to Zoom calls for our outside...
by Minter Dial | Oct 13, 2020 | Health
The other day, my daughter sent me a photo of herself about to attend an in-person class at her university. I was stunned. Screen shot! It made me realize a couple of things. First, it brought home to roost how extremely different (and difficult) life as a student is...
