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...
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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...
Can we half like? New frontier for Facebook social media marketing and an URGENT need for change
With Facebook's Graph Search rolling out, social media marketing may well be getting ready for the next generation. Specifically, it seems LIKELY that some people may now regret having liked so many things, songs, brands and people along the way. As it...
Netexplo 2013 – Observing New Technology Trends And Our Changing World #netexplo
The Netexplo Forum is a magical two-day annual event that is held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This year's event was no exception. Founded by Thierry Happe and Martine Bidegain, the Netexplo Observatory and Forum is a landmark event, observing new technology...
Uniqlo Digital And Social Happening – A Qualified Digitail Experience
In this second post on Uniqlo (read the first post here), I wanted to continue to explore UNIQLO's digital marketing strategy and how they are finding ways to innovate and stay ahead of the pack. In the first post, I wrote about Uniqlo's global web site strategy and...

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 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.










