My sharp-witted friend, David (arigato gozaimasu), sent me this stunning news: you can buy this 30-room castle, plus several other buildings and 15,000 square meters of surrounding land for just over 1.1 million euros. Here is the story. The château in question is the...
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Review of Manila Hotel Philippines — December 2008
A historical landmark built in 1912, the 5***** Manila Hotel is a "venue for big events and grand aspirations" as is emblazoned all over the place, including in each room over the television. As for our two nights, just before Christmas, it was not exactly a grand...

Align and Shine with Brand Consultant, Designer and Author, Marianne Hartley (MDE504)
Minter Dialogue with Marianne Hartley Marianne Hartley is a brand consultant and designer who loves to create irresistible brands through her consultancy, Hartley & Soul. Having worked on such projects and brands as The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant,...

Defining Your Social Legacy and Leading with Authentic Purpose with Emily Chang, CEO McCann Worldgroup-China (MDE455)
Minter Dialogue with Emily Chang Emily Chang is CEO, McCann Worldgroup-China. Prior to joining McCann, Emily has been the CMO for Starbucks China, CCO for InterContinental Hotels Group, Greater China, headed Retail Marketing for Apple across APAC and spent the first...

How Do You Count? Charting Your Path through the Pandemic
Just because you can… should you? In countries around the world grappling with the pandemic, executives are being faced with a large number of difficult decisions. We've already seen many companies announce layoffs or, worse, having to shut their doors. For the...

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.