Feeling penned in, Philadelphia Flies the Coop to live another day...winning Conference Final Game 4 by 4-2 The Philadelphia Flyers have had a great 2008 season when all is said and done and, regardless of the outcome of game 5 in Pittsburgh (the chances of a comeback...
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Sports Sponsorship from Lovemark Emirates Airline
I had a marvelous marketing moment recently. I was walking down the Champs Elysées and, having just flown and enormously enjoyed Emirates Airline, I saw a photograph [left] on this storefront of a Paris St-Germain (PSG) football player wearing his uniform emblazoned...
No Country for Old Men – Film review
No Country for Old Men - Film Review: 4.7/5.0 stars "No Country for Old Men" was one of two films that I saw on the plane from Dubai to Paris, both of which featured Vietnam veterans. And, I was totally surprised by the strength of this film since I hadn't read up...
Music Within Film Review – based on true story of Richard Pimentel
Music Within - Film Review 4.0/5 stars Directed by Steven Sawalich (second feature film after Sunday in the Park with George and Phil in 2000), Music Within is a film much less to do with music (as much as all the wonderful 1960s hits strike the nostalgic chord), but...
Flyers bully Montreal out of Conference Playoffs 2008
Well, it's time I fessed up. Our Philadelphia Flyers bullied the Montreal Canadiens 6-4 (in Montreal) in Game 5, enough to win a convincing Conference Semi-Final playoff by 4 games to 1. My prediction had been for a Habs victory in 6 or less games. Got that wrong (at...
Emirates Airline marvels again on Nairobi-Dubai-Paris
After a first experience on Emirates Airline, two weeks ago (post here), I have since taken three more flights with Emirates (EK). Turns out our first experience was not one-off. We flew from Dubai to Nairobi a week later, then on Thursday we did a double header:...
Boris Johnson voted in Mayor of London 2008-2013
Boris Johnson has won a most interesting and widely publicized London mayoral race. Congratulations Boris! And, perhaps, fittingly, it was a May Day [2008] victory. This "Observers" article [removed] pitting a pigeon-on-his-head Ken Livingstone (Labour) and a...
Twitter Tweet Clouds versus Blog Clouds
Thanks to Greg Verdino's post, I was inspired to find out what my Twitter or "Tweet" cloud would look like. I attach it [above] in order to compare whether my twittering is consistent or not with my blogging. Per Greg's comments, a lot more "doing" than being...no...
Comments and Thoughts after Visit to Dubai 2008
Our visit to Dubai for family holidays Rarely does one get a chance to see a city in the making, especially if you have lived all your life in "old" Europe and/or the East Coast of America. For those in the Shanghai's of the world, it is perhaps current currency....
Liverpool v Chelsea & Flyers vs Capitals, now the Habs
As is frequently the case, in the big games, it is all about creating your 'luck'. But in sports fan-dom (sitting in your canapé or reading BBC.co.uk, etc), you win some and you lose fun (oops, I meant 'some'). The Reds of Liverpool (my team in the English...

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.










