I was mildly amused to receive the Alpha Invitation to join Diaspora. Just after having written about social media fatigue and the continuing appearance of new choices in social media, here comes yet another choice. A long time in the making, Diaspora*...
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The culture of social media – is it universal, international or local?
The challenges of an international social media campaign If brands may be having difficulty tackling the social media strategy in their home country, when it comes to taking the brand across borders, the task does not get any simpler for the marketing teams. I...
How to unlock, download and save NOTES stuck on my iphone? Here’s the solution.
The two-step solution to unlocking your NOTESFor well over two years, ever since I transferred over fully to iOS i.e. the iPhone (from the world of the Blackberry) and from Outlook over to gmail, I have had one lingering regret: how to recuperate my 915 notes which...
The five greatest productivity tools: Doodle to help set up meetings (#3 of 5)
Are you available on the....? Hate ‘em as you may, meetings are a mainstay in business because of the underlying power of conversation. And communication is the lifeblood of a business. However, one of the biggest hurdles is in finding a time that...
Speculation & Accountability – Can they lie together?
Gut & Data: Two sources of direction This post is inspired by a wonderful quote from Duncan Watts, of Yahoo Research, made on this McKinsey Quarterly podcast (May 2011): "Our enthusiasm for making predictions is matched only by our reluctance to be held...
The five greatest productivity tools: Evernote #2 of 5
KEEPING MULTIMEDIA NOTES (in the cloud) In this series, I want to present the top 5 productivity tools that I use on a daily basis. Business life is a long list of things to do, to read, to remember and, increasingly, to share. We have to remember so many...
Life could be better On – ON Voicefeed Review
ON: a service to help manage your contacts and mobile in a new way... For the past several months, I tried out the service "ON Voicefeed," which was developed by Orange Vallée, a subsidiary of the Orange Group, in charge of innovation and development. The...
Chase Manhattan Bank App: A great example of an innovative service
Apps - too often, all bells, not whistle. There are a lot of companies that have jumped on the bandwagon to create mobile applications. The problem is that so many of them are meaningless. I can think of several where, aside from sloppy functionality, the app...
Mde#14: Cedric Hutchings, Ceo Of Withings, Innovator & Manufacturer Of Connected Objects (for Health)
The internet of things useful... arrives Having heard Cedric Hutchings, co-founder and CEO of Withings, speak at LeWeb 2010 last year, I had the chance to meet him at the Université d'Ete 2011 for the MEDEF (an organization for French business executives and...
The five greatest productivity tools: Dropbox #1 of 5
It still takes time to save time...Below is the first of a "thread" on the five best productivity enhancing tools that I use on a regular basis. What I find is as important as the specific tool itself is the selection of the category for these tools....
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.
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