by Minter Dial | May 15, 2012 | Ethics, Leadership, Responsibility
Unless you live in a cave, you will have heard that JP Morgan has taken a (minor) hit to its balance sheet as well as its “balanced” management reputation. As several articles have pointed out (I refer you to the Daily Beast), there have been three...
by Minter Dial | Sep 4, 2010 | Leadership, Sports
It happens throughout every match — players uncork a first serve with as much force as possible, confident in the knowledge that another chance awaits. And on the second serve, they hit a much different, more timid, perceptibly slower serve.The ball is more likely to...
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 | Dec 6, 2009 | Politics
“If I were a rich man? Tweedle idle dyddle doo…” is a wonderful song and could probably be singled out as the common person’s most regular dream. But, little does one truly wonder about the plight of the rich. To begin with, there is the difficulty of sorting out the...
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...