Group buying with a purpose For this week, I thought I would point out a fairly new initiative that is a twist on Groupon. It is group buying with an ethical flavor: ethicalDeal. As the site explains, ethicalDeal helps you discover the best green stuff...
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Wave that [French] flag!
Is France doing some media marketing? It seems that this week, France has managed to capture the bulk of the headlines in the press in the international section. And there is a captivating, if not liberating theme! The liberation of the two French France Television...
eCrisis? Whose eCrisis? Have you defined the roles & responsibilities?
Whose line is it anyway? In business, communication has long been and continues to be equated to a one-way outward-bound message. Whether we’re talking Corporate Communications, P.R., marketing or even Human Resources, companies have used communication much like...
Real Social Networking at Meetings – A Poken Effort
Wireless networking tools Physical Bump for Virtual Exchange Attending conferences is a great opportunity to meet new people, to network and exchange ideas. That's why, theoretically, it is better than watching a live stream or reading the Twitter hashtag from afar....
Interesting Site: Who gets through the Great Chinese Firewall?
Friday's here, time for an #interestingsite Last week, I started this idea that from now on, on Friday's, I would post an interesting site. If nothing else, it gets me looking around for new and different concepts out there. This week, the choice is for a site that...
Is Twitter’s future before it? Or will it wilt with the Weinergate?
Twitter to Fizzle or Flare? There has been a fair amount of chatter (not just tweeting) suggesting that the Twitterevolution is beginning to fade. On the heels of the news that 6 million Americans and 1.5 million Canadians have "left" Facebook, there is much...
Where’s the real value in Twitter?
Discretion in Selection To the extent that Twitter is becoming the go-to resource for finding information and staying up to date, the real value of Twitter is in the quality of those you follow. This means that you need to be selective about who you follow. There are...
Women in Social Media – A golden opportunity for and in business
Have you noticed that the social media frontier is lined with women? An article in USA Today “Groupon Mania ignites fight for ad dollars with deals” alerted me to a fact: women are playing a larger role in social media business than is the case in ‘regular’ business....
Interesting Site: Famecount, social media counter for the stars
Friday's here!Starting today, Friday I am going to create a new "corner" on The Myndset. It is going to be a place where I feature an interesting site that caught my attention recently. I will endeavour to explain why it is interesting. Think of this...
Why companies need to get IT to move upstream?
Technology is strategic Having just attended Orange Business Services' Live Munich 2011 as a blogger journalist (#live11 for live blogging on Twitter), I wanted to report back on a couple of key thoughts about the importance of technology in business. As suggested by...

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.










