by Minter Dial | Sep 14, 2017 | Leadership
I was 30 minutes late for meeting the other day and when I got there, my rendez-vous was visibly annoyed. To my great relief, after fumbling through a few poor communication-related excuses, he seemed to get over it and we sat down promptly. He then launched into a...
by Minter Dial | Apr 19, 2017 | Marketing
Would you not agree that having wifi while you are travelling is beginning to feel more like a requirement than a gift? Being a regular traveller on the Eurostar wifi is important to me. I have forever been one of most vociferous passengers asking for...
by Minter Dial | Feb 1, 2017 | Branding
I often like to check out and juxtapose ads from the same industry. For this post, I wanted to look at two banking adverts: from HSBC and NatWest, both of which are headquartered in London. HSBC – Differing points of view I’ve long admired the HSBC...
by Minter Dial | May 24, 2016 | Marketing
I was invited to attend a press meeting to announce a repositioning of sorts of Relaxnews, run by Jerome and Pierre Doncieux, that was purchased by Publicis in July 2015. Relaxnews is setting itself out to be a press agency, including consultancy, production (of...
by Minter Dial | Mar 31, 2016 | Leadership
Everywhere you look, companies are knee-deep in some form of digital transformation program. To the extent the subject is high up on the ExCom’s list of priorities, the most likely conclusion is that the company feels that they are late to the game. The biggest...
