Which tastes better: organic or conventional food? This Hammy the Hamster Goes Organic video (and especially the out-takes further below) is bound to produce a smile. And, if you are sensitive to the quality of the food you eat, then you could find the experiment of...
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Oye Oye! My Blog Now Talks — WebReader Application
Friends, Romans and World Citizens, Lend me Your Ears.... Some INSEAD classmates, at VoiceCorp*, have launched a new service (just a month old) called ReadSpeaker: a way to listen to online content read out loud. I have added the new function to this blog (see...
LIDL – A web campaign that merges value and values
MEANINGFUL MESSAGES AND SINGULAR SHOPPING EXPERIENCES... A consumer's journey with a brand Ever since I latched on to the Firebrand (RIP) site, I have been interested in the concept of advertising as content, beyond merely being a reflection of contemporary society....
RCA – the earliest precursor of Worldwide Wireless Web?
This morning, I was piling through some old notes from a lecture I attended with Professor Miklos Sarvary at INSEAD, and this led me to plunge into the story of RCA whose 70-year tale is very rich. There is a great timeline available on NationMaster. RCA is a...
McDOPEY? Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Comes to Paris
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP): Implementation that is a whisker too long?Microsoft has launched this ad campaign for its MDOP in France. I took a couple of blackberry photos (sorry for the quality) in the metro (tube) station at l'Etoile /Charles de...
Music to soothe your wings
The E-volution of the Book… Kindle, Sony, Google weighing in
The evolution of all media is fascinating to follow, but today I am going to zero in on the printed word. Whether it's the future of magazines, books, mainstream newspapers or even research & professional journals, the internet platform is causing radical...
Convergence – In search of the Uber Consolidation
Are you like me, Seeking the Consolidation & Convergence of all Applications, Tools and Electrical Wires? I enjoyed this article from Engadget “What Apple could learn from Palm Web OS” and it spurred me to consider my state of un-convergence, with the multiplicity...
In case you didn’t know about the Woman with the Longest Nails in the World
A woman, named Lee Redmond, with longest nails in the world suffered a bad car accident over the weekend and lost all her nails. It is hard to imagine, but she had not cut her nails since 1979. The combined total length was nearly 9 metres, with the...
Webiquity – a new age neologism
My wonderfully witty friend David, in Schweiz land, came up with a new term that I would like to share with you: webiquity It is a neologism for web & ubiquity. As in "Minter is definitely webiquitous." If you google webiquity, the word has been used before in web...
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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