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...
by Minter Dial | Apr 14, 2020 | Health, Leadership, Meaningfulness
Everyone agrees on one thing: that we are living through a unique moment. Yet, as befits a diverse world, whether at the civilian, societal, business or governmental level, there has been a wide range of reactions. Invoking more lizard brain reactions (flight or...
