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 full lockdown....
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Accumulating your Advantage with Mark Schaefer, Author and Marketing Guru (MDE413)
Minter Dialogue with Mark Schaefer Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author. His blog {grow} is perennially considered as one of the top marketing blogs in the world. His latest (9th) book is a keeper:...
How Much Freedom and Privacy Are We Prepared to Forsake?
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 thinks of...
Getting Strategic and Building Success in the Non Profit Organization with Patrick Jinks (MDE412)
Minter Dialogue with Patrick Jinks Patrick Jinks is a certified leadership & strategy coach specialised in helping not-for-profit organisations, boards and leaders. Patrick has had considerable experience in nonprofits having served twice as CEO. He's also an...
What is the Best Solution to Marx’s Alienation at Work?
It's funny how when you re-read some texts, you can all of a sudden make totally different sense of it. In a time where capitalism is being raked over the coals by certain sets of society, I was delighted to rediscover Karl Marx's concept of alienation. In...
How and Why Business Leaders Need to Develop More Courage with Ryan Berman, author and cofounder of Courageous Leadership
Minter Dialogue with Ryan Berman Ryan Berman is cofounder of Courageous Leadership, a consultancy that helps you believe again. He's co-host of the Courageous podcast with Ryan Thompson and author of the book, Return on Courage: A Business Playbook for Courageous...
How to Insert Purpose into Your Business… Really?
The subject of purpose in business has become almost commonplace in discussions these days. I certainly have seen a lot of conversations online and, more recently, rooms on Clubhouse centered on the notion of developing purpose. The intentions are inevitably pleasant...
How to be a productivity ninja with author, speaker Graham Allcott, CEO of Think Productive (MDE410)
Minter Dialogue with Graham Allcott Graham Allcott is CEO of Think Productive, offering practical support to organisations that want to increase productivity. He's also a multiple time bestselling author, having written the very successful "How to Be a Productivity...
What Do Your Notifications Tell You?
When was the last time you were on a Zoom or other online gathering and you could hear the notifications of one or more of the participants pinging? Perhaps it was actually your own notifications beeping and sliding into the top right of your screen or rolling over...
Making Courageous Cultures and Leadership with author, speaker and CEO, Karin Hurt (MDE409)
Minter Dialogue with Karin Hurt Karin Hurt is cofounder and CEO of Let's Grow Leaders, a speaker and multiple-time author, who recently published her newest book, Courageous Cultures, How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates...
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.