Great leadership is undoubtedly rare. Establishing the best leadership credentials is a tricky task for any board. Every culture has their preferences, and it would be foolish to suggest that the best perceived schools are bad credentials anywhere....
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Is digital marketing transparency necessary? See if Naked Juice = Naked Truth
Some brands have latched onto the concept of digital marketing transparency, integrating rapid response mechanisms, an open social media policy and a threshold for error. Others (most) seem to be paying lip service to it. In the world of digital marketing, greater...
Digital marketing strategy: Strategic SEO – Give before you Get
When discussing digital marketing strategy, still so often I hear talk about how to acquire fans and views for the cheapest amount. I tend to find that a misplaced, old-fashioned discourse that will likely create accidents online and even bigger headaches down...
Words are so revealing: Time says it all!
WIth my long-time love of words, especially when it comes to translation, I thought about how the French translate the word "timing." The word the French use is "delai" or "delay." How ironic! Certain words can have such a way of explaining a culture. And, since the...
Adrien Henni, East West Digital News co-founder and Chief Editor (MDE54)
Minter Dialogue #54 This interview is with Adrien Henni, co-founder and chief editor of East West Digital News, an English language media focused on the evolving Russian digital market. He is also advisor to FaberNovel, the innovation consultancy out of Paris....
The digital marketing mindset: the DM brief and why digital marketing will get more expensive
The right digital marketing mindset is an elusive concept in a world of short-term results. As companies continue to pour resources into their digital marketing efforts, the pressure is heightening on marketers and agencies to perform. Briefs -- even if...
Is your name scrabbled? Do you have a mind-scrabbling name? See what your name say about you!
I have a few Polish friends whose names stand out as exceptional point scores for Scrabble. At least, that is, if you can find a way to throw in a few extra zzz's into your word. My own name (N Minter Dial) is rather uninteresting from a Scrabble perspective in that...
MDE53: Matt Stempeck – LazyTruth wins at Netexplo 2013 cc @mstem
Minter Dialogue #53 - Reports from Netexplo In the second of the series, here is an interview with Netexplo Forum 2013 award winner, Matt Stempeck. Matt created LazyTruth, an open source system to help us vet the false from the true with those mails coming...
Blue Nod: A new Twitter influence and community visualization tool at #Netexplo 2013
Aside from the feast of interesting people, fascinating material and the discovery of new technology trends from around the world that you can find at the Netexplo Forum, I came across a nifty app that brings a whole new type of discovery to a conference. It is called...
MDE52: Interview with Nanshu Lu, Electronic Tattoos at #Netexplo 2013
Minter Dialogue #52 - Reports from Netexplo Some of you will hopefully have followed the Netexplo Forum 2013, 14-15 February, where we look at the new technology trends the world over. I was able to catch up with a few of the prize winners. This first...

To Book Minter!
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.