by Minter Dial | Oct 29, 2015 | Leadership
In this hyper connected world, where we are “on” so much of the day, seven days per week, there are some real risks. Sure, there are important business issues with regard to communication and collaboration, but the hidden concern is employee health,...
by Minter Dial | Oct 15, 2015 | Leadership
In the Financial Times recently, there was an article entitled, “Europe lacks non-execs with digital knowledge.” The article, written by Maxine Boersma, cites a PwC survey that says that 9/10 chief executives believe they “should champion the use of...
by Minter Dial | Jul 21, 2015 | Leadership
In a fabulous 2008 HBR article, “How Star Women Build Portable Skills,” written by HBS Professor Boris Groysberg, he describes how women (Wall Street analysts) were more likely to ask the tough questions before being hired. Women look at the...
by Minter Dial | Jul 14, 2015 | New Tech
In a speech delivered on the occasion of Yahoo’s 20th anniversary, Frédéric Martel, journalist (NPR, France Culture) and author (Smart, Survey of the internets Stock editions, April 2014), said a sentence that piqued my interest: Every time I return from my...
by Minter Dial | Jul 2, 2015 | Leadership
Compromise can be such a dirty word, among purists, in particular. Aside from being the chronic condition of politicians and bureaucrats, compromise smacks of mediocrity, being average, selecting the middle road. The word, as a verb, gets even worse....