by Minter Dial | May 25, 2017 | Collaboration, Leadership
In a recent conversation I had with a CEO of an online site, we exchanged on the almost conflicting nature of giving bold direction and vision versus empathic collaboration and listening skills. On the one hand, if we adhere to the ‘modern’ school of...
by Minter Dial | Feb 9, 2017 | Marketing
If being “customer centric” is still being bandied about in boardrooms around the world, the reality is that most companies struggle to marry the mindset of “the customer is always right” with the quest for optimal profits. One of the ways to help galvanise an...
by Minter Dial | Dec 14, 2014 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast
Minter Dialogue Episode #125 — This interview is with Nathalie Nahai, the Web Psychologist, who is a great speaker, trainer and author of “Webs of Influence,” published in 2012. Nathalie brings together psychology, design and technology to understand better online...
by Minter Dial | Sep 16, 2014 | Marketing
With the massive proliferation of sites and apps, most will suffer the ignominy of remaining incognito. For some, they may think of themselves as the world’s best kept secret. For others, I would argue, it is just as well! Why? Because so many...
by Minter Dial | Aug 8, 2012 | Business
People talk quite a lot about empathy as an important quality of modern leaders. There are blogs and sites vaunting its beneficial powers (See below for a good list of resources). The issue is that empathy is not a natural skill. It takes time to develop...