by Minter Dial | Jun 12, 2007 | Leadership, New Tech
Well, what goes around comes around. I enjoyed this BBC story about how geeks are the new highly sought-after prospective husbands in India. Notwithstanding, of course, the old fashioned component of the practice, it is still funny to see that the Geek is the new...
by Minter Dial | Jun 8, 2007 | Leadership
Taking the cue from my good blogging friend Eric, here is an 8 minute excerpt of Gates and Jobs being joint interviewed at the D5 WSJ Executive Conference. Sterling comments, jabs and complicity. Two greats quotes (both from Jobs) from the interview: At Apple, we have...
by Minter Dial | Apr 12, 2007 | Health, Leadership, Politics, Travel
As is my wont on any first time in a country, I love to jot down the first impressions that hit me… if only to confirm some generalizations and, probably, regurgitate very obvious observations. First surprise, the “noise free” Stockholm (Arlanda)...
by Minter Dial | Mar 30, 2007 | Business, Leadership, Sports
Two people yesterday spoke to me about an overwhelming link between the mindset of a great tennis player and the mindset of a great leader. Not that I am going to make a definitive analysis here, but a couple of fun, if not provocative, concepts: [in doubles,] best to...