During my stay in Shanghai, I was lucky enough to be invited to a very unusual fashion show entitled Glam Dogs, a fashion show for dogs. Put on by the flash sales site, Glamour Sales China -- whose founder and CEO, Thibault Villet, I interviewed a few months...
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How To Avoid Showrooming? A Major Concern For Many Stores…
Showrooming - Show me the money "Oh-oh, here comes another whipper-snapper equipped with a smartphone to show up our inefficiencies.” There are a large number of retailers who feel threatened by the showrooming trend. For those not aware, showrooming is...
Interview with Greg Verdino on Innovation and Digital Transformation (MDE81)
Minter Dialogue Episode #81 This interview, recorded on October 23, 2013, is with Greg Verdino, author and well-respected digital marketing expert. He comes from Digitas and Crayon (with Joe Jaffe), and most recently EVP Strategy at the Dachis Group, he has launched...
Is the QR code dead, yet…? QR codes in the strangest of places…
People often ask me whether QR (short for Quick Response) codes are "for real"? The short answer is that QR codes will likely not have a long shelf life. That said, in certain countries -- such as South Korea, Japan (from whence they come), South Africa and even in...
Let’s get digital – Why the human finger points to digital
As abstract as digital might be, there is a distinctly human component to what makes digital work. Maybe the French have it right when they kabosh the term digital, which literally means "of the finger" in French. In organizations and executive minds...
Jeremy Goldman on eCommerce, Digital Marketing and Branding (MDE80)
Minter Dialogue Episode #80 This interview, recorded on October 23, 2013, is with Jeremy Goldman, aka @Jeremarketer, who has started his own agency, Firebrand Group, based in Manhattan. Sharing a passion for branding and digital, and having both passed through...
The 7 Archetypes of Twitter Users – Accounts to follow and those to avoid [#Infographic]
With Twitter's user base eclipsing 550 million, it can be a daunting task -- especially for newer users -- to find the right people to follow. Leveraging an article entitled, "Who to follow on Twitter," also published on Social Media Today, I created an...
Big Data And Social Crm? 3 Steps To Getting The Small Data And Communications Right First
Before evaluating the new shiny object of big data and social CRM, it seems that many top executives would do better just to manage their own inbox and contact list properly. It is my observation that many executives have a very difficult time managing their email...
Why the Obamacare site disaster is good for business! Three lessons for business
Ironically, I think that the whole uproar about the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) website, healthcare.gov, could be good for business! Why? Because the issue has definitely raised the visibility of the need for senior management to be more knowledgeable about...
Interview with Richard Lucas and Ian Patterson, Discerning Digital and Digital transformation (MDE79)
Minter Dialogue Episode #79 This interview, recorded on October 21, 2013, is with Richard Lucas and Ian Patterson, respectively, Managing Director and Project Director at Discerning Digital. In this conversation, we discuss their experience in making the digital...

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.










