Henrie Meiresonne, CEO of Fost Plus Belgium and newly appointed President of PRO Europe, gave a speech in Paris on June 22, 2009, regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the Green Dot ("Grüne Punkt" or "point vert") in France. Here are some of the interesting...
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Announcing a Haredim Kosher Search Engine: Koogle
THE SEARCH MARKET GOES KOSHER This post is being published today, Wednesday, a day other than Saturday, on purpose. It is about yet another new search engine... In the wake of Wolfram Alpha and Bing, announcing Koogle (www.koogle.co.il), a cross between Google and...
Cats in a Cradle – Kittens sleeping any which way.
If you like cats, you ought to love this post. It is, as the title of the blog suggests, cute overload. The title of this particular post is "Powered by Ambien" which I find a little tragic (= prescribed happiness?). Otherwise, the shots are priceless. The photographs...
Perpetuum Jazzile Africa from Slovenia: Nature meets Music Storm
Nature meets Music. Here is a wonderful example of creativity, where a Slovenian chorus has created a superlative, supranatural segue into a wonderfully uplifting song, entitled Africa. The choir is called Perpetuum Jazzile, "Slovenia's only jazz choir, conducted by...
Review of Le Bamboche Gastronomic Restaurant in Paris
Le Bamboche Restaurant in the heart of the 7th arrondissement, Paris Aside from being open on Sunday evenings, Le Bambouche is a singularly good and gastronomic spot in Paris. In fact, run by Serge Arce & Philippe Fabert, Le Bamboche is open EVERY day, rather rare...
Love to laugh – Why we should all be doing more of it!
I love to laugh! Don't we all? Trouble is, as we grow older, the opportunities to belly ache, hoot and laugh out loud seem to diminish. It is said that kids on average will laugh 80 - 100 times in a day. Little children can laugh up to 400 times in a day. From...
Starlings Swarm – Fabulous Aerobatics Displays
At around dusk, from November through March, in various parts of the UK (and in other parts of the world too where they exist, such as west USA...), starlings will congregate in mass and provide natural entertainment in the form of a seemingly choreographed dance of...
Roland Garros French Open 2009 Winners – A Career Grand Slam signed Federer
French Open 2009 Men's Title Roger Federer (#2) rolled over Robin Soderling (#23) in 3 sets, 6-2, 7-6 (1), 6-4, the ninth time in a row that Federer has beaten the surprising finalist. The young Swede had been the giant killer for four rounds in a row, but folded...
Did you ever consider…
Below is a collection of random thoughts. Some are my own, others come from various emails in circulation. Scroll down and peruse. And if you feel so inclined, add to the fray! Have you ever considered why it is that we write Anno Domini (A.D.) in Latin for the...
… sent you photos on Tagged spam – Delete it immediately
There is a pernicious email spam that has recently been created in which your friend's email has been taken over. You are sent a mail from your friend and it looks very authentic. Because it has hacked your friend's mail, it always get through the spam filters. I can...

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.










