by Minter Dial | Jul 17, 2019 | Business, Leadership
A few years ago I started to think about the most untapped levers of productivity in business being empathy, sleep and purpose, which I have converted into the acronym ESP. I penned a blog post in 2018 that summarized my opinion. It turns out that, beyond the data...
by Minter Dial | Aug 8, 2018 | Futureproof, Leadership
A Freakonomics podcast from Nov 2017 discussed how productivity gains (and exponential ideas) were grinding to a halt (“Are we running out of Ideas?”). At the very least, the idea of endless productivity gains was called into question. If Moore’s Law may have held...
by Minter Dial | Sep 20, 2016 | Social Media
On the one hand, marketers are trying desperately to find shortcuts to spare up some of their valuable time. On the other hand, there are now thousands of social media platforms offering to help “automate” the social media interactions. It seems like a...
by Minter Dial | Oct 18, 2015 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast
Minter Dialogue Episode #168 This interview is with Leon Ho, the founder of LifeHack.org, a site whose purpose is to share beneficial tips for life to its over 20 million monthly visitors. In this podcast, we discuss Lifehack’s business, its community, and get...
by Minter Dial | Jun 20, 2014 | Leadership, WWII
I wrote recently about the innovation-confidentiality conundrum and how the code or veil of secrecy can have a negative impact on the spirit of creativity and innovation. The main point of that article was to invite senior management to make...
