It is far from a unanimous belief that personal branding is a good thing. It can become particularly contentious when it comes to an employee's personal branding. I have heard of top executives talk about "disloyalty." Others talk about "outsized" egos. Reality is...
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Luxury digital marketing – Interview with Steve Grout, CEO of Tangent Snowball
Minter Dialogue Episode #120 This interview is with Steve Grout, CEO of Tangent Snowball, a digital agency based in the UK with some 115 employees, and specialized in connecting data, technology and creativity with strategy. In this interview, Steve and I...
Luxury window shopping at Van Cleef & Arpels, Place Vendome
Van Cleef & Arpels (VCA), the famed luxury jeweller, has just launched a new initiative in the windows of its flagship store in Paris at Place Vendôme. Could it be a real luxury window shopping experience? Ever curious, I went to explore and experience the look...
Interview With @odile_roujol, Chief Strategy And Chief Data Officer At Orange France (mde119)
Minter Dialogue Episode #119 — This interview is with Odile Roujol, Chief Strategy and Data Officer at Orange France. This is Odile's second time on the show; last time it was when she was SVP of Brand and Communications at Orange. In this podcast, Odile and I...
Customer Centricity – 4 keys to putting the core customer in the center
As brands and organizations try to come to grips with the "omnichannel" customer and make customer centricity a reality, it is evident that there is no clear-cut solution or single path to success. The complications are legion, especially when the organization...
How to save time – The digital tip every marketer needs to know
Would you agree that it is rather difficult to stay up with everything that is going on in the digital world? Even for someone who has totally embraced digital as I have, there is a seemingly never-ending stream of news and novelties. Finding the time to keep...
Digital leadership with Kevin Ryan, Chairman and founder of Gilt, Business Insider and more
Minter Dialogue Episode #118 — This interview is with Kevin Ryan, a serial and highly successful entrepreneur. Kevin is the founder and Chairman of GILT, the luxury flash sale members-only site with over 9 million members, as well as the founder of Business Insider...
To influence influencers – the key points of influence marketing
Influence marketing is a rather new field, brought to mainstream marketing thanks to a slew of new technologies and the disintermediation of the internet. One of the components of any advanced marketing program these days is blogger outreach. And, for the even more...
Why I love the iPhone 6 Plus (and it’s not what you are thinking!)
So, have you yet held an iPhone 6 Plus in your hand? Between #bendgate* (BTW you shouldn't put it in your back pocket anyway because it can easily be swiped from there, just like your wallet) and initial challenges with iOS8, the iPhone 6 and its big...
Digital Transformation via Georges-Edouard Dias @gedias, ex Chief Digital Officer at L’Oreal (MDE117)
Minter Dialogue Episode #117 — This interview is with Georges-Edouard Dias, my former digital sparring partner and ex-CDO at L’Oreal, and now co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Quantstreams Agency, helping big companies master customer data. In this...

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I’m Minter Dial and I serve my clients by elevating the debate and energy, telling powerful stories and connecting people and ideas. My mission to insert more meaningfulness into our lives and at work. I relish being an engaging professional speaker on leadership, transformation and branding. I’m known for being someone who walks the talk and delivers on or above expectations. I’m the author of four award-winning books, including the second edition of my award-winning book, Heartificial Empathy (April 2023, available in English and French), You Lead published by Kogan Page that won the Business Book Award 2022, and Futureproof (FT-Press/Pearson) that won the Business Book Award 2018. I’m also the producer of the award-winning WWII book and documentary film The Last Ring Home.
My new project is Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations that is being published weekly via Substack, which will be converted into a book end of 2023.