by Minter Dial | Nov 27, 2018 | Digital Transformation, Futureproof, Leadership
When Caleb and I wrote Futureproof, we came up with a model for helping to implement change. For each force in Futureproof, we created a small action plan for individuals to get started on their transformation. The model is called a Slice of a PIE: Personal Internal...
by Minter Dial | Nov 20, 2018 | Futureproof, Leadership
At a recent and jovial countryside lunch, I landed on a new word that I’d not come across before: a passionist. [To be clear, we were not talking about a Roman Catholic Passionist.] To be a passionist we reasoned would be someone with a strong passion. I loved...
by Minter Dial | Nov 13, 2018 | Business, Futureproof, New Tech
The prospects and possibilities of self-publishing are entirely fascinating. Now that I have written and published three different ways, I can conclusively say that none is perfect. And there’s no magic beyond hard work (and cash) in all cases. Moreover,...
by Minter Dial | Sep 13, 2018 | Branding, Futureproof, Marketing, Responsibility
To avoid discounting product or potential flooding of the market, luxury brands have been to known to go to extremes. Burberry’s intentional burning of excess inventory this summer caused a big stir. {See the Huffpo writeup} Following a fairly common industry...
by Minter Dial | Sep 3, 2018 | Blockchain, Cyber Security, Futureproof, New Tech
Authors: Minter Dial & Caleb Storkey Review by: Perry Timms (published in HR Director) NOMINATED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2018 Disruption is an oft-used term for that fact that we can rent out someone’s spare room online or order a restaurant’s food to take...
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...
