by Minter Dial | Feb 8, 2009 | Leadership, Marketing, Politics
At the NetExplorateur Forum 2009, I attended the Obama_online presentation by Tom Gensemer, Managing Partner at Blue State Digital (BSD), who explained the inner workings behind President Obama’s online campaign. Gensemer, who is not one to hide his partiality, gave...
by Minter Dial | Jan 15, 2009 | Leadership, Sports
Cricket as Life – A philosophy to follow Considering the space that sports has taken in my life, I can hardly help thinking that sports are, at the same time, a part of my life as well as a microcosm of life itself. I have written on several occasions in the...
by Minter Dial | Nov 12, 2008 | Leadership
The World Economic Forum have just released the results of the Global Gender Gap Report 2008. There are a few surprising facets to this WEF report, now in its third year, authored by Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Centre for International Development, Harvard University,...
by Minter Dial | Sep 25, 2008 | Leadership, Politics
President Nicolas Sarkozy made a startlingly strong speech tonight (September 25, 2008) in Toulon, at the Zenith, in front of 4,000 people. His speech was marked by personal engagement & responsibility, a bold acknowledgment of the unpopularity of certain of his...
by Minter Dial | Sep 22, 2008 | Leadership, Politics
We all need a role model. Call it a (Wo-)Man’s Condition.* I have found this true for me in life as well as in work. Among other things, a role model or icon helps to inspire you and shape your response to unknown situations; and it is in those moments that...
by Minter Dial | May 28, 2008 | Leadership, Sports
Leadership means getting the team to row in the same direction! In Time Magazine’s December 3, 2007 issue, I read with great passion the article “Ready All, Row” [article no longer online] by Thomas K. Grose (so much so that I cut out the article and am still keen to...