Scoop.it : Curation Made Easy Scoop.it is a French startup, co-founded by the world-traveled and eminently interesting Marc "Fuseki" Rougier. [Fuseki, Marc's twitter handle, stands for the open board of the Japanese board game GO]. Curation opportunity for Brands...
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The Grey Matter(s) – Cut out the extremities and get positive (Part 3 of 3)
The Bell Curve Tolls for Thee This bell toils for thee When people argue against Facebook, they often like to cite the one or two negatives cases that have been heavily mediatized (people getting fired because of a posting on a Facebook wall, a girl who tragically...
The Grey Matter(s) – Managing Diversity and Grey Hairs (part 2 of 3)
A touch of grey (hair) proud of your greys? Companies talk a lot about bringing "diversity" into their organization. But, for all their stated desires, the fact of the matter is that it is easier said than done. Introducing or increasing...
The Grey Matter(s) – The Brain & Getting Energy (part 1 of 3)
Paler shades of grey... How much does the the Grey Stuff matter? It may not have been a question you had asked yourself recently, or perhaps not posed that way; but, I believe it has a deeper relevance today, especially if you are in need of energy, looking for...
What happens in a second … in social media?
The pace of change in digital media "The world is moving fast," is one of the more trite comments that one can hear these days (right up there with banal commentary on the weather). In fact, the average orbital speed of the earth is 29.78 km/second (according...
Digital Deeds & the Digital Marketer Myndset
Digital Deeds done dirt cheap... Do you have your own list of digital deeds for the day? With the implicit mindset in the collaborative web 2.0 world, it is important to give before hoping to receive. As such, I believe it might be appropriate for each of us to draft...
The power of silence in digital media
The pregnant pause Whether a comedian, teacher or an orator, there is no doubt that silence is a powerful tool. Its use must be used with discretion and timing is primordial. It can be learned and, hopefully, be mastered. But, is this also the case in digital...
Time is (not) on our side – Digital Spaghetti
If there is one phrase I hear over and over, it is: "I don't have the time...I'm super busy." In conjunction with an ever growing realization of the need for digital education in organizations, I believe there is an even more urgent need to rethink time management...
MDE #11: François Pétavy, CEO Of Eyeka – Co-creation & crowdsourcing for brands
I had the chance to meet François Pétavy, a fellow INSEAD alum, who is CEO of Eyeka, a successful French start-up providing a co-creation and crowdsourcing platform for brands around the world. Eyeka manages a community of over 140,000 creative consumers who...
Really Virtual or Virtually Real? A social media experiment
A SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIMENT Minter and Lisa Porter Dial, NY, circa 1938 I am on a mission. I have launched a social media experiment (over on Minter Dialogue Blog) regarding the 100th anniversary of the birth of my grandfather, Lt Cdr N Minter Dial, after...

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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.










