With a toothpick in his mouth..a cross between a Dietrich cigarette and an Eastwood reed in ..The Good, The Bad & The Ugly....Dick sat back smugly in his stark wooden armchair. The five guests, all five to ten years younger, listened with an eagerness reminiscent of...
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The Philadelphia Flyers Flunk
Well, the Flyers may be hoping to gain something out of the last few games of the season: early rest? I have a feeling that there are few friends of mine in Montreal who are laughing at my expense these days... all I can aspire for is that the Flyers capitalize on the...
Freedom — another view?
Furrowing through an old newspaper lying about ("thelondonpaper" 21 Feb 2007), I read an article entitled "Pupil loses veil battle." This polemic subject (integrating Muslims in Western cultures) is certainly grounds for much heated debate and one feels that one has...
Virutouso Musician Playing Shostakovich
Had the pleasure of attending a concert in Prague with the Czech Philharmonic this week. The performance consisted of three set pieces of which two featured the cello virtuoso Alexander Knjazev (conductor: Stephane Deneve) and finished with two encore's. The main...
Tennis versus Golf — playing through the ages
Are you golf or tennis? When you hear golf fans, you hear about the tranquility, the variety of courses, the "good nature of the other players" and the chance to chat over the 5 hours it typically takes to play 18 holes. Listening to the same people, tennis on the...
“Old Friends” vs newbies
After a little discussion with Cyril, my step-brother-slash-old-friend, made me think twice about the value of old friends versus new ones. Being someone forced to compare the "American" way versus "old Europe's" in virtually every domain, the notion of friendship and...
The young & the old – Japan and France
A country known for its long living citizens, Japan is ironically at risk of halving its population by the end of the century (currently at around 125 million). The Japanese Ministry of Healthy already projects, quite realistically, 100 million by 2050. The challenges...
Computer Geek TBC LOL
I am wondering whether I will achieve Geek status... Somehow I missed out on thinking it was an attractive moniker in the old days. Today, I am not so sure. At the very least, I might not get lost when the kids rotate from one game to another or gravitate to more...
Flyers’ Fo(u)rsberg Traded
Ten days before the trade deadline and about twenty days since Forsberg finally looked like he had found a skate that worked (enough for him to participate at a level close to his capacity), the Philadelphia Flyers complete the trade. The one-for-four trade seems like...
Promoting France – good news/bad news
I read with some amusement, the International Herald Tribune (Jan 26 2007) advertising section promoting doing "business in France." A front page article--an interview of Philippe Favre, Chairman of Invest in France Agency--caught my attention. To the question, "What...
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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.
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