by Minter Dial | Jan 27, 2015 | New Tech, Responsibility
As companies grapple with the process of digital transformation, there is a rampant search for best practices, secret recipes and potential shortcuts. The truth is that each company will need to find its own path, based on its business, strategy, client base, company...
by Minter Dial | Dec 21, 2014 | Cyber Security, Leadership, Responsibility
We live in an increasingly transparent world, like it or not. In the wake of the SONY hack attack, I have been ruminating about the request by the company for the media NOT to broadcast the private (and embarrassing) emails. In September, when the Apple iCloud was...
by Minter Dial | Nov 9, 2014 | Responsibility, Social Media
It is far from a unanimous belief that personal branding is a good thing. It can become particularly contentious when it comes to an employee’s personal branding. I have heard of top executives talk about “disloyalty.” Others talk about...
by Minter Dial | Oct 14, 2014 | Leadership, Responsibility
As much as some cultures and companies try to refrain from mixing personal and professional, reality is that these two spheres are inevitably intertwined. For this reason alone, I keep emphasizing the mantra: branding gets personal. And I believe that the...
by Minter Dial | Oct 8, 2014 | Responsibility, Social Media
In order to get their ideas through parliament and, more broadly, to survive, politicians need to “market” their ideas. In democracies, they are voted in by their constituents and then need to keep a regular pulse on their stakeholders...
by Minter Dial | Jun 17, 2014 | Responsibility, Social Media
I sometimes marvel at how the business card remains so prevalent in this digitally connected world. The are numerous ways to create and exchange virtual digital cards, via specific apps (e.g. Qikshare), emails with an attached VCF or an aggregated service (e.g....
How to tag someone on LinkedIn if their name doesn’t come up?
