by Minter Dial | Jan 22, 2014 | Branding
Having read the compelling biography on Jeff Bezos, ‘The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Brad Stone, I came away believing that Amazon is a long-term short and the main reason pertains to the Amazon Brand. I must qualify that it...
by Minter Dial | Jan 6, 2014 | New Tech
The figures for 2013 tend to show that eBook sales slowed. According to the US data from the Association of American Publishers, adult eBooks grew less than +5% year/year for the eight months ending August 2013 compared to double and triple digit growth in the...
by Minter Dial | Nov 4, 2013 | New Tech, Responsibility
As abstract as digital might be, there is a distinctly human component to what makes digital work. Maybe the French have it right when they kabosh the term digital, which literally means “of the finger” in French. In organizations and executive...
by Minter Dial | Jul 23, 2013 | Marketing
Big data is Dead, or Big Data* is really a Big Headache Specifically, for 99% of companies, big data is dead before we even started talking about it. Why? Because it is a vast, vague and unfriendly term for businesses to grapple with. As a core business-building...
by Minter Dial | Jun 5, 2013 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast
Minter Dialogue #63 This interview is with Christian Holst, co-founder of The Baymard Institute, based in Copenhagen, a research firm focused on how to improve the user experience. In this conversation with Christian, we discuss the challenges of making a good...
