by Minter Dial | Mar 8, 2016 | Leadership
As Chris Brogan explained in his 2010 book, Trust Agents, trust is the new currency for brands. To the extent the polls continue to show that trust of business executives, salespeople and marketers remains dramatically low in polls from all nature of countries [Gallup...
by Minter Dial | Mar 2, 2016 | Leadership, Meaningfulness
These are interesting days, any way you cut it. Whether it’s the latest new tech innovations, magnificent astronomical discoveries, an ever-present terrorist threat, looming election fever in multiple countries or the fear of a financial bubble...
by Minter Dial | Feb 18, 2016 | Leadership
If you are a teacher at university, you are wholly — and daily — aware of the challenge of battling for your students’ attention beyond and behind the invading and invasive digital screens. In a school room, the tragedy of the situation is that the...
by Minter Dial | Feb 5, 2016 | Leadership
When I was first asked the question whether parenting skills were transferable to the work place (in terms of management skills), I shrugged off the idea. But, with some further reflection, I think it is entirely appropriate. Maybe it’s about letting the inner...
by Minter Dial | Jan 14, 2016 | Leadership
Have you ever heard the phrase: Nothing personal, it’s business” The hairs on the back of my neck bristle at the thought. This type of pre-emptive sentence is a barely veiled attempt to temper the blow. It typically accompanies a severe and/or harshly...
by Minter Dial | Dec 8, 2015 | Leadership
Last week, I conducted a survey and received nearly 200 responses. You can see the first post on the topic here, featuring the results across the 13 questions, each of which tackled a specific “digital” situation. For each question, the respondents were...
