by Minter Dial | Aug 17, 2022 | Padel, Sports
Last week, I read how Pickleball is “the fastest growing sport” in the US, where nearly 5 million people now play it [source NYT]. Having been brought up in Europe, as a kid, I always had the impression that sports in the US were going to be different, if...
by Minter Dial | May 29, 2019 | Digital Transformation, Leadership, Sports
In March 2011, I wrote a piece about the vortex of the 37th year. At the time of writing it, I was 46 years old and was reflecting back on my critical 37th year. I was 37 in 2001, running the professional haircare brand, Redken 5th Ave NYC, worldwide, part of the...
by Minter Dial | Jul 25, 2017 | Sports
Last week, I wrote a post about my experience at the Wimbledon Championships 2017 with IBM and their data center. One of the questions I posed the IBM team was whether we could find and use data with a purpose? Specifically, I was hoping to find numbers...
by Minter Dial | Jul 17, 2017 | New Tech
Wimbledon 2017 will be remembered for many things. Among others, this will include the first British woman, Johanna Konta, to make it to the semi-final since Virginia Wade in 1978. It marked the dramatic return of Ms Wimbledon, Venus Williams, 37, who reached her...
by Minter Dial | May 5, 2016 | Retail
Peugeot is promoting an “immersive tennis experience” as part of its showroom and online activation. As you can imagine, it’s a rather digital experience. Given my love of tennis and my familial link to Peugeot, I had to check it out. For those of...
