via bbc.co.uk The power of positive thinking... reduced to just avoiding negative thoughts? Hardly. This study brings to light the way the optimist functions... I count myself among the lucky to be an optimist. This follows another report from 2009 that said that...
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Giving and Making Sense: How can brands make this their mantra?
Digital Evolution to Revolution This week, I attended the Hub Forum 2011, the 2nd edition of this new media executive congress. There was a stacked line-up of people on stage throughout the 1 1/2 days and a good-sized audience. On the social media front, there was...
INSEAD mobile app – technology helping learning and networking
Networking in the 21st century I am very happy to report that my business school, INSEAD, has taken on social media, podcasting and mobile with great vigor. Not that I have followed their every action at INSEAD, nor can I reasonably compare with what its fine...
The five greatest productivity tools: the wow desktop search Greplin (#4 of 5)
Where's that file? As so much of what we do dematerializes into some form of digital matter, the way we organize our digital assets will be as important as the old filing systems we used to hang physical papers in our cabinets. That said, thanks to random...
Digital Identity Graveyard – remembering to clean up your past
The ghosts of Christmas past...This post is NOT about how to manage people's online identities after they die, although this is surely a business add-on opportunity for funeral homes. Rather, I am thinking of the many sites where you might once have signed up/in...
Diaspora* Social Network Alpha Version is going mainstream… slowly. A first review.
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*...
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...
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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