by Minter Dial | Oct 7, 2020 | Marketing, Politics
Has the “new normal” become a regular term in your lexicon? At the very least, I seem to keep hearing references to it, whatever normal may be. To wit, in his recent address to the Tory party convention, Boris Johnson emphatically said that we can’t...
by Minter Dial | Aug 18, 2020 | Business, Politics
“There is almost total partisanship, both on the right and the left…. neither side talks to the other, and the divide just seems to be getting worse.” Does this sentence resonate at all? It was written by my great-grandfather, Nathaniel Barksdale...
by Minter Dial | Mar 15, 2020 | Politics
In an effort to divert our attention from panic and to focus it on the future, I wanted to put out a couple of polls about how this Covid-19 pandemic might change our lives. I wonder what (if any) long-term effects there will be? What impact will it have on us...
by Minter Dial | May 22, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Transformation, Genomics, Internet of Things, New Tech, Politics, Self Driving Car
As we move toward an increasingly digitalized society, it’s clear that there is a growing tension – if not outright rift – between the proponents and organizations leading the digital revolution (e.g. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber…) and those defending and/or worried...
by Minter Dial | Apr 9, 2019 | Guest Post, Leadership, Politics
Guest post by Dan Mikkin The Estonian economy is small – and we have made the size work to our advantage. Our country has long been a test ground for e-solutions that affect every level of life, from banking and parking to government services. This is what Estonia is...
by Minter Dial | Mar 15, 2018 | Branding, Politics
The question of whether your brand should be political is a hot topic these days. There was a great presentation I attended at SXSW 2018 by Latia Curry (from Rally) on the merits of politics in branding and how to get there. The idea of mixing politics and business,...
