A divided and existential experience This pandemic has allowed many of us more time and new reason to think. It seems that time went through some kind of vortex as we slowed down to deal with the sanitary issues. Our appreciation of time evolved, too. Sure, we...
To be labelled as tribal these days is frequently considered a bad thing. Tribalism has negative connotations. At a minimum, it’s associated with driving a gap between “us and them” and often suggests some form of sense of superiority. At its worst,...
Minter Dialogue with Mary Hasavari Mary Hasavari is a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Oslo Norway. With her mixed Thai/Iranian heritage, Mary has a most unique story and viewpoint in her filmmaking, leveraging her third culture life to make engaging films. In this...
After a Year of the Pandemic – What’s Changed? A year ago today, England started moving into lockdown mode v1. On March 16 2020, Boris Johnson said, “Now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact and travel.” Ten days later we were in...
I don’t often write about politics, even less do I tend to express strong opinions about my political leanings. However, as a leader and brand marketer, it’s impossible for me to stand by with what is happening these days. The fact is that anyone who...
Has the “new normal” become a regular term in your lexicon? At the very least, I seem to keep hearing references to it, whatever normal may be. To wit, in his recent address to the Tory party convention, Boris Johnson emphatically said that we can’t...