by Minter Dial | Mar 14, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Meaningfulness
The Power of Words As a teenager, I discovered the Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 , by Gabriel Fauré, singing in my school choir at the age of 16. It’s a sublime piece. It elevates the spirit. And almost 50 years later, I return to this song to appreciate the...
by Minter Dial | Mar 7, 2024 | Responsibility, Sports
How and why struggle, sacrifice and hard work = success Over this past weekend, I read an interview in the Guardian that sparked a lot of thoughts. The interview [here] was with Aitana Bonmatí, a Spanish female footballer, playing for Barcelona, Ballon d’Or,...
by Minter Dial | Mar 3, 2024 | Education, Meaningfulness, Minter Dialogue, Podcast
Minter Dialogue with Evelina De Lain Evelina De Lain, born in the Ukraine, is a London-based classical and jazz pianist, composer, author, performance coach, educator and producer known for her crossover composition style. In this conversation, we discuss her journey...
by Minter Dial | Feb 7, 2024 | Ethics, Meaningfulness, Mental Health, Politics, Responsibility
The quest for safety is about something bigger “Have a safe flight!” people will often say to me before I fly off. But safety on board a commercial flight is far from any concern of mine. As reported by the Dutch consultancy To70, the rate of fatalities...
by Minter Dial | Jan 25, 2024 | Digital Transformation, Leadership, Meaningfulness, Politics
The more things change… There’s a French expression that we have long borrowed in English: “The more things change, the more things stay the same.” In French, it’s usually “plus ça change, moins ça change.” (The original...
by Minter Dial | Jan 16, 2024 | Health, Meaningfulness, Mental Health, Psychedelics
The power of psychedelics There is a lot of exciting news flowing from various prestigious universities and research centres (such as Imperial College, UCL and King’s College London in the UK, Harvard, Yale, UC Berkeley and Johns Hopkins in the US), about how...
