Minter Dialogue with Jeffrey Shaw Jeffrey Shaw is a coach for small businesses, brand management consultant, TEDx speaker, host of The Self Employed Life Podcast as well as an author, with his newest book, The Self-Employed Life, Business and Personal Development...
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Is Every ‘Purpose’ Okay? Can a Purpose be Wrong?
With purpose being all the rage these days, it's normal to start hearing about wild and crazy purposes being bandied about. On one end of the scale, you've got grand missions like: “To stop Ocean Plastic by gathering a billion people together to monetize waste while...
Why Leadership in Rugby Inspires Business Leaders with Lee Mears, former member of the British & Irish Lions (MDE418)
Minter Dialogue with Lee Mears Lee Mears is a hooker of repute. He played sixteen years as a professional rugby player, appearing in 263 matches for the Bath Rugby Club, earning 42 international caps representing England and playing for the prestigious British and...
Are you still doing your (digital) marketing wrong?
After a spate of emails from a fairly large portal site (it's ranked around 50,000th on Alexa worldwide), I was appalled at the number of marketing sins they have committed. Either this organization is doing so intentionally, which is borderline unethical, or the...
Innovation Starts with I – Driving innovation with Saleema Vellani (MDE417)
Minter Dialogue with Saleema Vellani Saleema Vellani is a keynote speaker, innovation strategist, serial entrepreneur, adjunct Professor of Design Thinking + Entrepreneurship, an impact investor and author of the new book, Innovation Starts with I, Increase your...
The Five Urgent Implications of the Pandemic for Business and Brands
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece, entitled "How Much Freedom and Privacy Are We Prepared to Forsake?", that lays out how I see things playing out post pandemic. For all -- from politicians to civilians, entrepreneurs and business executives -- it is clearly going to...
Changing Work and Your World from the Inside Out with author and LinkedIn executive, Scott Shute (MDE416)
Minter Dialogue with Scott Shute Scott Shute is Head of the Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn, building characteristics like emotional intelligence, resilience, and a better sense of well-being. He is also an accomplished photographer and the author of...
How To Develop Your Swagger and Self-Belief with Leslie Ehm (MDE415)
Minter Dialogue with Leslie Ehm Leslie Ehm, former singer, TV host, advertising creative director, and now entrepreneur, training professional, and coach. In her words, she is “the Chief Fire Starter" at Combustion, a creativity-fuelled training company that...
Transparency, Truth and Trust. How Much Transparency Do We Really Want?
"If you are running elections anywhere in the world, and you go to the public and you tell the truth the whole truth, nothing but the truth about the nation, you have 100% guarantee of losing the election.... People don’t want to know the whole truth." This quotation...
The Great Presentation Makeover with Presentation Expert and coFounder of Shufflrr, AlexAnndra Ontra (MDE414)
Minter Dialogue with Alexanndra Ontra AlexAnndra Ontra is cofounder and President of Shufflrr, helping B2B sales and training teams who need a fast, simple way to create, give and share presentations, all while ensuring brand and message compliance. She also co-author...
To Book Minter!
I’m Minter Dial and I serve my clients by elevating the debate and energy, telling powerful stories and connecting people and ideas. My mission to insert more meaningfulness into our lives and at work. I relish being an engaging professional speaker on leadership, transformation and branding. I’m known for being someone who walks the talk and delivers on or above expectations. I’m the author of four award-winning books, including the second edition of my award-winning book, Heartificial Empathy (April 2023, available in English and French), You Lead published by Kogan Page that won the Business Book Award 2022, and Futureproof (FT-Press/Pearson) that won the Business Book Award 2018. I’m also the producer of the award-winning WWII book and documentary film The Last Ring Home.
My new project is Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations that is being published weekly via Substack, which will be converted into a book end of 2023.