by Minter Dial | Nov 25, 2013 | Leadership
It’s a tough world out there capturing new clients. Managers around the world will talk about business in warlike terms: killing the competition, grabbing market share, digging up reserves… It is no surprise that, after years of...
by Minter Dial | Nov 20, 2013 | Leadership
If Internet has opened up many new opportunities and opened the way for Zuck-style leadership and Googlesque game rooms (see right), the competitive pressures for many senior management teams in “traditional business” seem to encourage a pavlovian return...
by Minter Dial | Nov 4, 2013 | New Tech, Responsibility
As abstract as digital might be, there is a distinctly human component to what makes digital work. Maybe the French have it right when they kabosh the term digital, which literally means “of the finger” in French. In organizations and executive...
by Minter Dial | Oct 29, 2013 | Leadership, Responsibility
Before evaluating the new shiny object of big data and social CRM, it seems that many top executives would do better just to manage their own inbox and contact list properly. It is my observation that many executives have a very difficult time managing their email...
by Minter Dial | Oct 28, 2013 | New Tech, Responsibility
Ironically, I think that the whole uproar about the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) website, healthcare.gov, could be good for business! Why? Because the issue has definitely raised the visibility of the need for senior management to be more knowledgeable about...