I have been using the term Digital IQ for quite some time as a way to describe a person's digital aptness. It has a singular flaw as a term: people might mistakenly believe that it's just about digital intelligence. As much as we need to understand the digital...
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Luxury online: a subtle balance between aesthetics, innovation and practicality
The web is wonderful if you are happy to be transparent, collaborative, everywhere, fast, free and fluid. Moreover, it's better to have low resolution videos and images for faster load times. Taken individually and, worse, as a group, these are not the...
Sterling Proffer, Director of Platform at Vice Media – Navigating the digital channels (MDE62)
Minter Dialogue #62 This interview is with the ebullient Sterling Proffer, whom I met at SXSW2013. Sterling works at one of the more fascinating and disruptive companies: Vice Media. Vice are publishers, aggregators, curators, and social platforms....
Catch the wave – The right mindset on how to improve your digital IQ
With regard to the use of social media for your business, have you ever heard someone else say (or thought yourself): "Why bother? It probably won't be around in a couple of years!" The social media graveyard To each thought, one can find positive...
Retail is Detail, especially with Digitail (digital in retail)
The expression, "Retail is Detail" has long existed. As digital becomes integrated into the retail experience, what is being termed as "digitail," the notion of detail in digitail takes on a whole other scope and, potentially, level of importance. We...
Interview with Giles Corbett (@gicorb), Libon from Orange Vallee (MDE61)
Minter Dialogue #61 This interview is with Giles Corbett, a fellow INSEAD alumnus, who runs Libon, as part of the Orange Group. Libon is an innovative OTT service that provides a radically different experience to ordinary voice mail. For example, it...
Storygraphic ™ – A New Form Of Visual Storytelling
You have presumably seen how popular infographics have become. We also know the power of a great storyteller. I wanted to weave the two notions together and create a Storygraphic™. A storygraphic could be defined as a standalone image-based timeline that...
Emotional P&l – Making Your Financials Feel Your Brand
The P&L is, by all accounts, the bastion of all things rational in business. But, what if there were such a thing as an emotional P&L? For starters, why is it Profit AND Loss and not Profit OR Loss? The P&L serves as a central nervous system...
Doug Hewett, founder of People Made: Putting people at the heart of the brand (MDE60)
Minter Dialogue #60 This interview is with Doug Hewett, who is the co-founder -- along with Brook Calverly -- and Managing Director at the newly formed People-Made, a brand consultancy at the cross-section of brand, culture and social. Doug comes from a...
Mind the Gap – The best productivity gains are found under foot
Companies will forever continue to look for ways to make productivity gains. Consultants are brought in, new bosses plant their flags with their new big ideas, HR is called in to reduce headcount. Sound familiar? Yet, one of the biggest opportunities for...
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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 last major published project was Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations that was published weekly via Substack, over 79 weeks. I am currently working on a new book, The Avatar Trap.
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