by Minter Dial | Mar 9, 2010 | New Tech
In Paris, yesterday, I attended a conference hosted by the MEDEF (the union of employers in France), where the ORSE (Observatory of Societal Responsibility in Enterprises) was promoting among other things the arrival of a new book, « Patrons...
by Minter Dial | Mar 4, 2010 | New Tech
Android smartphone Connected phones going global A wave of publications on 2009 results show that the smartphone invasion continued at a great and global pace, outstripping the wildest predictions of only a few years ago. Clearly, the people are voting with...
by Minter Dial | Dec 8, 2009 | Marketing
Momentum Effect by JC Larréché I attended a presentation last week by Jean-Claude Larréché, famed marketing professor from INSEAD (still teaching there and also was there when I attended in 1993). Jean-Claude gave a short and punchy overview of the key points of his...
by Minter Dial | Nov 24, 2009 | Leadership
I attended a GEF (Grandes Ecoles au Féminin [1]) conference yesterday, here in Paris, at which I listened to the results of an Ipsos study entitled, “How to improve the mix of women in management [in France].” You can read the French results here. This was...
by Minter Dial | Oct 31, 2009 | Travel
Among the slew of restaurants that line the port of St Tropez, it is a roll of the dice to find the right address — to avoid the overly expensive tourist trap, with slow or snobbish service, etc. Having entered and exited the smokey and hyper-touristic (if...