by Minter Dial | May 13, 2014 | Business
BOF is a funny old word. In French, “bof” basically is the equivalent of a verbal, almost indolent, shrug of the shoulders. However, BOF is also the Business of Fashion, a fabulous online resource for anyone in fashion, that was started in 2007 by Imran...
by Minter Dial | Mar 14, 2014 | Branding, Business, Travel
Heathrow Terminal 5 is in need of an urgent look at its customer journey… literally I recently took a British Airways flight in business class on a brand new 787 “Dreamliner” on one of the first ever non-stop flights between London and Austin Texas (it was...
by Minter Dial | Jan 8, 2014 | Business, Cyber Security
As “new” technology gradually becomes more embedded into “business as usual,” defining tech trends and hot tickets for a specific timeframe can seem almost anachronistic. Technologies arrive and mature at different times according to the...
by Minter Dial | Jul 15, 2013 | Business
Emails are a plague for so many people, it’s a wonder that not more attention is spent on improving email practices. We’d all benefit from a better email hygiene. One rather underused (and/or misused) tool is the BCC. I thought...
by Minter Dial | Oct 2, 2012 | Business
The Cults of Perfection and SecrecyA couple of days ago (Sept 28) both the US Intelligence and Apple did something simultaneously and quite counter cultural: they both admitted that they had made mistakes. Both the US intelligence and Apple have a history of not...
by Minter Dial | Sep 5, 2012 | Business
On my recent trip to beautiful Sydney, AUS, I stayed at the Pullman Hotel at Olympic Park. Pullman is one of the higher end chains of the Accor Group (which also owns Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis and more), where I am a Gold Level client. This Sydney Pullman is a fine...