If you drive a car in Paris, then you know what a daily battle it is to find a parking place.... especially one that is not under a pigeon-infested tree which will cause the chrome paint to dissolve the following morning because of all the pigeon dooodoo. On national...
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Top Ten Recent Posts on Minter Dialogue Blog
Taking a cue from one of my favourite blogs Being Peter Kim, I thought I would take a step back and write down which are the top ten posts read on this blog over the last month. As Peter says, "blog content can be both highly perishable and easy to miss." Coffee Latte...
04:05:06 07/08/09 A Perfect Day in 2009
For all of you living outside of the US who write the date 'normally' (i.e. DD/MM/YY), tomorrow morning the time and date will read: 04:05:06 07/08/09 five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM in the morning of the 7th of August 2009 If nothing else, pause and smell the...
Ease Finger Soreness when Learning to Play Guitar – wikiHow
For the guitar players out there who don't play as often as they might like (or are just starting up), I thought this "how to" was rather good. Ease Finger Soreness when Learning to Play Guitar - wikiHow My favourite ideas in this list: "Practice with a capo on the...
A Worthwhile visit in Kent: Ightham Mote
If you are driving around Kent, England, and are wondering which National Trust sites to visit, I recommend putting Ightham (pronounced item) Mote, Sevenoaks, high on your list. This medieval moated manor house, dating from 1320, has a splendid history. After a...
Mystery solved: Swing your arms to save energy!
A recent study by team of three biomedical researchers from the USA and Holland (headed by Steven Collins at the University of Michigan) has, according to all the newspaper articles I ran across, solved the "burning mystery" why people tend to swing their arms...
Chimpanzee AI – Memory Experiment to Blow Your Mind
Here is a 10-minute video that had me giggling, at first, then laughing blissfully out loud. This video is from the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University in Japan, where scientists have managed to train a chimpanzee named AI (Artificial Intelligence?) to...
Film Review: Face cachée de la lune (Far Side of the Moon) by Robert Lepage
The 2003 Québécois film, "La Face Cachée de la Lune," -- or "Far Side of the Moon" -- by Robert Lepage (ingenuously written, directed, produced and headlined with dual lead roles) is a fabulous film that I highly recommend. Having just watched this film in the wake of...
Tetris helps in trauma therapy — But what about kids’ memories?
Via Sciences Humaines, a very insightful and thorough French magazine, I read [this article in the aug-sept 2009 issue] about how the video game, Tetris, has been identified as helping trauma victims recover. A study* by scientists at the University of Oxford...
Crazy signposts and driving habits in Southern Italy
Driving in Italy is quite an experience for most of us non-Italians. However, driving in the south of Italy is considerably worse, in my opinion, than driving in the north of Italy (cut off at Rome). Even if I consider myself a handy driver and get by in Italian...

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.










