Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue
570 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWith the Minter Dialogue podcast, your host Minter Dial is on a mission to help elevate the debate and insert more meaningfulness into our lives. He gives weekly interviews around leadership, brand strategy and transformation, featuring top business leaders, personalities, entrepreneurs and authors from around the world who are making things happen! The show was ranked as the #6 Leadership and #5 Branding Podcast 2021 by Feedspot, Julie Livingstone’s Top 15 Marketing Podcasts 2020 and Top 50 Marketing Blog/Podcasts by Linkedin.
Minter Dial is a filmmaker and author of four award-winning books, The Last Ring Home, Futureproof (FT Press), You Lead (Kogan Page) and Heartificial Empathy, 2nd edition (2023). He's currently writing Dialogos on Substack, to foster more meaningful conversation.
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Sleep With Me! Life Lessons and the Podcast Founder Story with Drew Ackerman (MDE368)
April 12, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #368 Drew Ackerman, aka Dear Scooter, aka Scoots, is the host of the soporific, mellifluously boring Sleep With Me podcast that has 3 million monthly downloads. In this conversation with Drew, we discuss his journey to making Sleep With Me, his creative process and some of the behind the curtain work that goes into making of each episode. We hear about how Drew deals with the online celebrity status and we also hear about his own battle with sleep issues. It's a deepl...
The Art of Compassionate Business with Dr Bruno Cignacco (MDE367)
April 05, 2020 00:00 - 41 minutesDr Bruno Cignacco is an international business consultant, speaker and business coach. For over 20 years he has advised and trained hundreds of companies on International Trade activities and International Marketing. He is also a Principal Lecturer in Marketing and has published several books on business as well as one on Ho'oponopono, an ancient technique used to solve problems and difficulties. His latest book, published in April 2019, is called :"The Art of Compassionate Business: Main Pri...
How to Build Resilience and Confidence While Being Vulnerable, with Dr Phil Hopley (MDE366)
March 29, 2020 01:00 - 37 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #366 Dr Phil Hopley is an MD, psychiatrist, revered coach, speaker, and wellbeing and performance expert. In his youth, he is Wasp's legend, having been capped 57 times and scored 113 points for famed Wasp rugby club. He founded and runs Cognacity, a leading health and performance consultancy, based in London. In this conversation, we discuss the values and role of rugby in his life, the issues of mental health for high performance athletes -- and in parallel top exec...
Are You Ready for Firecracker Content for your Brand? Listen to Jon Burkhart's Insights and Provocations (MDE365)
March 22, 2020 01:00 - 47 minutesJon Burkhart is a speaker, firecracker content strategist, and author of two books including Newsjacking and Hacker, Maker, Teacher. He also cofounded Fast Forward Forum, the ultimate non-conference where guests share the stage. In this conversation, we discuss the issues, challenges and solutions for brand marketers in today's roller coaster world, how to create a powerful brand story and generate standout content. We also look at how to supercharge your webinars. If you've got comments or ...
The Neuroscience behind Creativity with Neuroscientist, Artist and Entrepreneur Shama Rahman (MDE364)
March 15, 2020 01:00 - 51 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #364 Dr Shama Rahman is an accomplished musician, vocalist, songwriter, with a PhD in philosophy, neuroscience and complexity. She has founded several initiatives including Jugular Productions, Deep Science Ventures and Neurocreate of which she is CEO. In this conversation with Shama, we discuss her pluri-disciplinarian approach, the concept and process of creativity viewed through neuroscience, how to get into the flow state of mind, what her startup Neurocreate is s...
How To Boost Your Creativity and Get Great Ideas with Dave Birss (MDE363)
March 08, 2020 01:00 - 49 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #363 Dave Birss is a public speaker, consultant, educator and author. He published How To Get Great Ideas (Nicholas Brealey Nov 2018) and also contributed to Fast Forward Files volume 2, Changing Perspective (Harriman House, Mar 2020). In this conversation with Dave, we discuss creativity, how to define it, recognize it, stimulate it. What should someone in a business be doing to nourish it in the team, mental health and creativity and Dave's experience as a trainer o...
All the New Trends in Marketing with Tom Goodwin, Head of Futures and Insights at Publicis (MDE362)
March 01, 2020 01:00 - 46 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #362 Tom Goodwin is head of Futures and Insights at the Publicis Groupe worldwide. He's the author of Digital Darwinism and is the top influencer on marketing in Linkedin with over 700,000 followers. In this conversation with Tom, we discuss some of the biggest challenges for marketers and how to overcome them, emerging trends in marketing and how to take advantage of them as well as a look at the different available tools for marketers to stay ahead of the curve. If...
The Making of Empathy Week 2020 with founder Ed Kirwan (MDE361)
February 23, 2020 01:00 - 44 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #361 Ed Kirwan, filmmaker, teacher, coach and founder of the Empathy Week UK which runs Feb 24 through Feb 28th 2020. The ambition of Empathy Week to invite 200,000 young people -- at secondary schools -- to put empathy into action and create a better world. I'm an ambassador for Empathy Week and was delighted to get Ed on to talk about his ambitious project. In this chat, we discuss his route to leading this Empathy Week, the phenomenal films and assets that he's pro...
Leadership by Influence and Building Trust with Theresa Caragol, CEO of AchieveUnite (MDE360)
February 16, 2020 01:00 - 34 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode with Theresa Caragol Theresa Caragol is CEO of AchieveUnite, providing leadership training programs that change lives. In this conversation with Theresa, we discuss her journey to become an influential woman in tech, her ACE leadership program, how to hold compelling conversations, to build trust and some of the keys to building a successful channel partner. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@g...
Putting Purpose into the Center of Your Business, with Petco CMO Tariq Hassan (MDE359)
February 09, 2020 01:00 - 46 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #359 Tariq Hassan is CMO of Petco, a leading specialty retailer, serving pets and the people who own them for more than 50 years. Petco has about 1,500 locations throughout North America and employs approximately 26,000 partners. In this conversation with Tariq, we discuss the journey that Petco has undertaken in putting its mission and vision (Healthier Pets. Happier People. Better World.) into the centre of its business. Tariq takes us through the challenges and d...
The Importance of Making Your Brand Meaningful, with Maria Garrido (MDE358)
February 02, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #358 Maria Garrido is SVP of Vivendi, in charge of the Brand Marketing practice. She's also Global Chief Insights and Analytics Officer for the Havas Group, and champion of the Meaningful Brands global study. In this conversation, we discuss some of the important findings in the study, the impact of meaningfulness for brands, how to bring and measure it? What are the limits and challenges of bringing meaningfulness into a business? How does Havas bring its own meanin...
Putting Emotions, Expression and Humanity into Machines, Soul Machines CEO and CoFounder Mark Sagar (MDE357)
January 26, 2020 01:00 - 49 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #357 Dr Mark Sagar, a double Academy Award winner, is the CEO and co-founder of Soul Machines and director of the Laboratory for Animate Technologies at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute. WIth his team, Mark is looking to bring technology to life, pioneering in the creation of autonomously animated virtual humans. In this conversation with Mark, we discuss people's relationship with machines, the challenges of making emotions appear in a machine, we explore the wa...
How to successfully lead talented people in an organisation with Laurent Choain, head of Mazars Human Resources (MDE356)
January 19, 2020 01:00 - 45 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #356 Laurent Choain is Chief People Officer, head of people, education and culture at the Mazars Group, a global audit and consulting company employing over 40,000 professionals around the world. In this conversation, we discuss how Human Resource management has changed, Mazars' strategy for recruiting and retaining the best talent (or the Creative Class), their focus on hiring naturally insecure over-achievers; how to create and maintain a powerful culture, the par...
Inspirational Thought Leader, Bestselling Author and Speaker, David Meerman Scott, just launched Fanocracy (MDE355)
January 12, 2020 01:00 - 43 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #355 David Meerman Scott, the man who invented newsjacking, a world renowned author, speaker and strategist on the key topics of sales, marketing and PR. His books include Real-Time Marketing & PR, a Wall Street Journal bestseller, the new hit book The New Rules of Sales & Service and my personal favorite: Marketing Lessons from The Grateful Dead. In this interview, we discuss his new book, Fanocracy, cowritten with his daughter, Reiko Scott. We look at how to develop...
Putting Empathy into Your Business and AI with Alan Trefler, CEO of Pegasystems (MDE354)
January 05, 2020 01:00 - 35 minutesMinter Dialogue #354 Alan Trefler, founder and CEO of the publicly traded Pegasystems, a leader in cloud software for customer engagement and operational excellence, which he founded in 1983. In this podcast with Alan, we discuss the founder story, Pega's mission, the state of AI, Pega's focus on empathy in its CRM solution, the challenges of measuring empathy and the transformation path that Pega is leading its clients on. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, se...
Connecting Dots, Digital and Life with Cyborg Shamanism and Adah Parris (MDE353)
December 15, 2019 01:00 - 37 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #353 Adah Parris is a futurist, cultural innovator, keynote speaker and Board advisor. Adah's an enthusiastic curator of people, patterns and stories. In this conversation with Adah, we discuss some of the biggest challenges facing business and society, her take on storytelling, the idea of a human blockchain and cyborg shamanism. A wide-ranging and delightful discussion. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to...
Solving the World's Big Problems with the Innovative Zinc VC cofounder Ella Goldner (MDE352)
December 08, 2019 03:00 - 48 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #352 Ella Goldner, co founder and General Manager of Zinc VC, which exists to build and scale a brand new way to solve the most important societal problems faced by the developed world. In this conversation, we discuss Zinc's overall mission and business model, a deeper dive into the three first missions -- Mental Health, Globalisation & Automation & Later Life -- that Zinc launched, how to make social impact work, and how Ella leads this highly entrepreneurial and me...
How One Question Can Move The World with Sarah Parsonage (MDE351)
December 01, 2019 01:00 - 39 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #351 Sarah Parsonage previously MD at PerformanceIN and publisher of The Memo, founded One Question, a unique event asking all speakers to tackle just one question. In this interview, we discuss the inspiration behind One Question, which was the best one and why, the state of the events industry, how to create great events, what the big challenges business executives face that One Question answers and why to become a member. A passionate conversation. If you've got c...
How to develop the Disruption Mindset with author and keynote speaker, Charlene Li (MDE350)
November 24, 2019 07:00 - 41 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #350 Charlene Li, is the founder & Senior Fellow of Altimeter, a Prophet Company, giving business leaders the insights to thrive in the face of change. Charlene is a celebrated keynote speaker and has written or co-authored six books, the last of which is The Disruption Mindset. In this interview with Charlene, we discuss how disruption itself has changed, when or if you can get too big to be disrupted, the role of bravery and how to go about changing culture. If you...
Turning out Rough Diamonds with Nicole Yershon, Author, Speaker and Disruptive (MDE349)
November 17, 2019 01:00 - 44 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #349 This week's interview is with Nicole Yershon who has been identified by The Drum as one of 25 women who have shaped the British digital industry over the last 25 years. Nicole is founder of the NY Collective, author of Rough Diamond, speaker and in 16 years at Ogilvy, founded the Ogilvy Lab. In this conversation with Nicole, we discuss how to be an intrapreneur -- bringing that entrepreneurial spirit into big business, the challenges for agencies to provide bette...
The Benefits of Happiness at Work by Mining the Real Data with Matt Phelan, cofounder of The Happiness Index (MDE348)
November 10, 2019 01:00 - 42 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #348 Matt Phelan is an investor, advisor and entrepreneur, having successfully cofounded and sold his 4Ps Marketing Agency. In 2014, he cofounded The Happiness Index, using technology and data to give employees and customers a voice to help transform organisations. In this podcast, Matt reveals a scoop as we discuss the importance and opportunities for business to explore happiness, using data and insights. We look at how to measure happiness, how to view and garner e...
The Making of Juji, an Empathic Bot, with Michelle Zhou, Juji cofounder and CEO (MDE347)
November 03, 2019 01:00 - 45 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #347 Dr Michelle Zhou PhD is cofounder and CEO of Juji, an entrepreneurial initiative to help create responsible and empathic chatbots (or AI Helpers)) that can converse naturally, listen actively, and automatically infer users' interests, preferences, and needs to provide personalized guidance. In this conversation with Michelle, we look at how the team have been using AI to understand the other via text-based interactions, what have been some of the key challenges a...
Keen Insights into the Chinese Tech Landscape with Gang Lu, Founder and CEO of TechNode (MDE346)
October 27, 2019 10:00 - 42 minutesGang Lu is the founder and CEO of TechNode, the leading bilingual tech media in China, covering startups and large listed companions, the entrepreneurial community and angel/VC investment activities. TechNode is also the official partner of TechCrunch China. Gang is also the co-founder of OpenWeb.Asia a network of premium blogs that focus on the Asian web industry. In this conversation, we talk about running a business in China, how Gang manages the four different versions of TechNode, the tr...
Finding Your Diversity Dividend at Work, with Arrival Education cofounder Daniel Snell (MDE345)
October 20, 2019 00:00 - 38 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #345 Daniel Snell, Director and cofounder of Arrival Education, an award-winning talent and development business, offering total diversity solutions to forward-thinking businesses. Daniel has overseen 10,000 hours of classroom delivery, which has given him unique insights and knowledge about education. In this conversation, we dig in to his work on diversity and inclusion, how to tap into the potential of your team and unlock the diversity dividend, how to make educat...
Human-centered design for the world's first empathy engine for finance, with Uday Akkaraju, CEO of Bond.AI (MDE344)
October 13, 2019 00:00 - 35 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #344 Uday Akkaraju, CEO and founder of Bond.AI is on a mission to bring empathy to the finance world. Bond.ai is a human-centred AI Platform for financial institutions, powered by the world's first empathy engine for finance. Uday is a bona fide innovator, technologist and designer. In this conversation with Uday we talk about his entrepreneurial journey on why he started, how he's creating an empathic AI, his increasingly sophisticated work with personas, the challen...
Helping Humans to Achieve the Fullest Potential with Dr Vivienne Ming (MDE343)
October 06, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #343 Frequently featured for her research and inventions in The Financial Times, The Atlantic and the New York Times, Dr. Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, serial entrepreneur, and author of two books and many research papers. Vivienne has had a truly fascinating life journey as you'll discover. She co-founded Socos Labs, her fifth company, an independent think tank exploring the future of human potential. In her free time, Vivienne has invented AI system...
Inserting Empathy and Care into Business for Impact with Nora Gherbi, founder of Who Cares!? Chronicles (MDE341)
September 14, 2019 22:00 - 41 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #341 Nora Gherbi is the founder of WHO CARES!? Chronicles, a New York-based international caring initiative aiming to promote and provide insight into everything related to CSR. WHO CARES!? Chronicles focuses on great leadership and best practices for the socially conscious business. Nora is also on the advisory board of several non for profit, tech and fashion companies. In this discussion with Nora, we discuss how companies should be or could be creating high value ...
Under the Hood with Facial Recognition with Shaun Moore, CEO of TrueFace (MDE342)
September 14, 2019 16:00 - 39 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #342 Shaun Moore is the founder and CEO of TrueFace AI, providing facial recognition for real world applications. Shaun's at the cutting edge of object and facial recognition, a hot and sometimes controversial topic. In this conversation with Shaun, we look at the state of the art of facial recognition, some of the key ethical and privacy issues, the regulatory environment, and how TrueFace is working with government and Fortune 500 customers -- including age verifica...
The State of Play of Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence with Sam Charrington, host of the TWiMLAI podcast (MDE340)
September 08, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #340 Sam Charrington is an industry analyst, specialized in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He's also the host of the very successful podcast, TWiMLAI aka This Week in Machine Learning and AI. In this conversation with Sam, we plunge into how and why businesses are using ML and AI, the biggest learnings Sam has had after doing nearly 300 episodes, who was his favorite guest, as well as the outlook for AI/ML in 2020. If you've got comments or questions y...
The Power and Insights of Emotion in Voice & Speech with Rana Gujral, CEO of Behavioral Signals (MDE339)
September 01, 2019 00:00 - 43 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #339 Rana Gujral is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor and the CEO of Behavioral Signals, an enterprise software company that delivers a robust and fast-evolving emotion AI engine that introduces emotional intelligence into speech recognition technology. Rana has been awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine, the ‘US China Pioneer’ Award by IEIE. He was also recently listed in Inc. Magazine as an “AI Entrepreneur to Watch”. In this stimulating conversat...
Marketing and New Retail in China with author and China marketing expert Ashley Galina Dudarenok (MDE338)
July 27, 2019 16:00 - 57 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #338 Ashley Galina Dudarenok is a China marketing expert, founder of two companies, Alarice a social media agency and ChoZan, for training, keynotes and masterclasses on marketing in China. Based in HK, Ashley is also an influencer and best-selling author who has just published her third book, New Retail Born in China Going Global: How Chinese Tech Giants Are Changing Global Commerce. In this conversation, we talk about some of the important things to get right when m...
How to Act Superfast and Lead at Speed with Sophie Devonshire, CEO of The Caffeine Partnership (MDE337)
July 21, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutesSophie Devonshire is CEO of The Caffeine Partnership, an award-winning strategic consultancy, specialised in brand-led business growth. Sophie is also a keynote speaker and author, having published Superfast, Lead at Speed, How pace can drive performance, by John Murray Learning. Superfast was shortlisted for Best Leadership Book at the Business Book Awards 2019. Sophie has also been founder of Babes with Babies, was Board Director at Quintessentially, a leading Luxury Lifestyle group. In thi...
How to Make a Great Podcast and Be A Fabulous Podcast Guest with Tom Schwab, CEO of Interview Valet (MDE336)
July 14, 2019 01:00 - 57 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #336 Tom Schwab is a speaker, author (Podcast Guest Profits and The Mastermind Blueprint), coach, and successful online entrepreneur. Tom's passionate about helping brands grow from obscure to acclaimed, and, having founded Interview Valet, is an expert in helping getting guests onto the podcasts they need in order to get heard. In this conversation, we discuss Tom's experience in the USNA, the successful trajectory of his startup Goodbye Crutches, and a deep dive int...
How to Pivot your Life and Invest Successfully in Startups with Fabrice Grinda, Serial Entrepreneur and Prolific Angel Investor (MDE335)
July 07, 2019 07:00 - 43 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #335Fabrice Grinda is an entrepreneur, speaker and renowned angel investor. He was ranked #1 in Forbes, nearly 2x the #2, based on investment volume + number of exits. He's invested in banner names such Alibaba, Airbnb, Dropbox, Tencent, Uber & Palantir. He's currently cofounder of FJ Labs, a venture capital/PE company investing in ambitious founders solving big problems. Previously, he founded and successfully sold several startups, including Aucland (a European Ebay)...
Practicing Empathy in Business for Better Results with Dr Lidewij Niezink (MDE334)
June 29, 2019 22:00 - 51 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #334Dr. Lidewij Niezink is an independent scholar and practitioner who focuses on the development of empathy theory and education. She dedicates her professional life to the integration of fundamental and applied research from science in psychology, philosophy, social neuroscience, arts, and anthropology, with practice-based experiential methods. In this delightful podcast with Lidewij, we discuss what is empathy, how and why it's useful in business and organisations, ...
Making Digital Transformation Come Alive with Samuel Monnie of Campbell Soup (MDE333)
June 22, 2019 22:00 - 38 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #333Samuel Monnie runs digital transformation at Campbell Soup, in charge of Digital and eCommerce. In this talk with Samuel, we talk about the real operational challenges of driving change and digital transformation in a large consumer products company with many different brands, such as Plum Organic, Pepperidge Farm, V8 and Prego. Samuel delivers some tips and insights on what it takes, under the hood, to make change come about and to build the right capabilities.Ple...
How a Career in Sleep Led to a Meaningful and High Ranking Career with Dr. Mark Rosekind (MDE332)
June 16, 2019 08:00 - 46 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #332Dr Mark Rosekind is Chief Safety Officer at Zoox, developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments, on a mission to make the road far safer. Mark started out as a FSR at Stanford University, and we met when he was a fellow at Yale, teaching my first ever course on sleep. He then worked on sle...
Get your Punk CX out with Adrian Swinscoe, Author and Customer Experience Expert (MDE331)
June 09, 2019 00:00 - 46 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #331Adrian Swinscoe is a speaker, author and a renowned expert on customer experience, who runs the Rare Business Consultancy, focused on helping companies to improve their customer service and experience. After his book "How to Wow," , Adrian has just penned, Punk CX, edited by Oisin Lunny. It's a tremendous read for anyone interested in making waves and shaking things up for success. In this conversation, we look at some of the key points of the book, why and how to ...
Making Your Brand Stand Out, with Mitch Duckler, Author of The Indispensable Brand (MDE330)
June 02, 2019 00:00 - 37 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #330 Mitch Duckler is managing partner of the brand and marketing strategy consultancy, FullSurge, who previously spent many years working in brand management in blue chip companies such as Unilever and Coca-Cola. He's the author of brand new book, The Indispensable Brand: Move from Invisible to Invaluable. In this conversation, we focus on branding, how brands can stand out and avoid 'brand monotony,' the power of purpose and brand personality, the importance of empl...
From Meerkat Studies to Sleep Specialist, Dr Kat Lederle Helps Us To Sleep Better (MDE329)
May 26, 2019 00:00 - 39 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #329 Dr Katharina Lederle is an author and specialist in sleep, the circadian rhythm and fatigue. She's Founder and Director of Sleep Services at Somnia and author of the Sleep Sense (Exisle Publishing). Kat helps people improve their sleep and live their lives to the full. Among other things, we discuss why we sleep, the benefits of getting good sleep, the workings of our internal human clock, dreams, and some great tips and tricks for improving your sleep. Please...
Powered by Change agent, Jonathan MacDonald, best-selling author and man who leads by change (MDE328)
May 19, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #328 Jonathan MacDonald is a man who excels at many things, including being a CEO-whisperer, inventor, investor, renowned black belt in kickboxing, and most recently, author of the best-selling Powered by Change (published by Nicholas Brealey) that was a Sunday Times business book best seller, and that won the Embracing Change award at this year's Business Book Awards. Jonathan challenges himself to radically change his life every year. A most remarkable and inspirati...
Digital Transformation with the Human Touch - Isabel Naidoo from FIS (MDE327)
May 12, 2019 00:00 - 38 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #327 Isabel Naidoo is the head of People, Strategy & Analytics at FIS, the world's largest provider of financial technology solutions. Isabel has led the digital transformation programme of people services at FIS through the very disrupted and disruptive world of financial services. Isabel takes us through how she has successfully navigated the change, using data and other key mindsets. Many useful learnings for anyone deal with digital transformation. Please send ...
Getting Superengaged Employees and How To Have a Riot at Work with Author and Entrepreneur Nikki Gatenby (MDE326)
May 04, 2019 16:00 - 39 minutesNikki Gatenby is founder and MD of the marketing agency Propellernet, based in Brighton, UK. She has been consistently described as a Great Boss, running an agency that is cited as a Great Place to Work every year since 2013. Nikki is also author of the best-selling book, SuperEngaged, How to transform business performance by putting people and purpose first. In this conversation, we discuss how Nikki has created such a powerful agency with a super engaged workforce, the lessons learned and h...
Why Artificial Intelligence Will be a Positive Force for the Future with futurist and author Calum Chace (MDE325)
April 27, 2019 23:00 - 44 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #325 Calum Chace is a well-regarded author and speaker, focused on Artificial Intelligence. He's the co-founder of The Economic Singularity Club, a futurist think tank. His books include Surviving AI, The Economic Singularity and Pandora's Brain. His latest book, "Stories from 2045," is a collection of short stories exploring through fiction how AI and new tech will impact our world. In this conversation we discuss the challenges, opportunities and perils of AI, the U...
Putting Heart and Ethics into Artificial Intelligence with John Havens (MDE324)
April 20, 2019 19:00 - 44 minutesMinter Dialogue with John Havens John Havens is a master keynote speaker, activist, consultant, and author who penned the book, Heartificial Intelligence. A concept close to my heart. John is also Executive Director at The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems as well as a member of the WEF Global Future Council on Human Rights and Technology. In this conversation with John, we discuss his book, the state of AI in business, interesting use cases of AI and emo...
The Making of a Hero Executive with Jeffrey Hayzlett, Entrepreneur, Speaker and Best-selling Author (MDE323)
April 14, 2019 00:00 - 35 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #323 Jeffrey Hayzlett is a Primetime TV And Radio Host, Keynote Speaker, and author of the best-selling business book The Hero Factor, How Great Leaders Transform Organizations and Create Winning Cultures. Jeffrey focuses on transformation, leadership, innovation, and change management to drive business growth, having bought and sold over 200 businesses. On Jeffrey's site, he writes: WARNING: Low energy, bad attitudes, negative moods, are ALL symptoms of a MUCH bigger...
Insights of a Great Negotiator with Chris Voss, best-selling author and CEO of the Black Swan Group (MDE322)
April 03, 2019 23:00 - 44 minutesMinter Dialogue with Chris Voss Chris Voss was the former FBI lead international kidnapping negotiator and now runs the Black Swan Group, a strategy consultancy. He is also the author of negotiation best-seller, "Never Split The Difference." In this conversation with Chris, we talk about the art of negotiation, and the art of making a deal, the role of negotiations in business and in life, how to distinguish between real and fake opportunities and the power of calm. We talk about BATNA and v...
How to Use AI in Marketing with author and keynote speaker, Katie King (MDE321)
March 31, 2019 03:00 - 39 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #321 Katie King is a keynote speaker and consultant on AI and digital transformation. She runs Zoodikers, a consultancy and content marketing agency. She's also author of the brand new book, AI in Marketing, that looks at how AI and machines are reshaping the business landscape. In this conversation with Katie, we dig in on the usages of AI in marketing, how companies should approach on boarding AI in their sales and marketing efforts, the difference between personifi...
Unpacking the Subscription Model - How to Succeed in Turning Up Sales with Patrick Campbell (MDE320)
March 24, 2019 05:00 - 46 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #320 Patrick Campbell is Co-Founder & CEO of ProfitWell and has seen inside more subscription and SaaS companies than anyone else in the world. By using their proprietary industry data on 8,000+ businesses, they help some well known companies (like Zapier and Wistia) identify the best pricing and growth opportunities that are working today. In this conversation with Patrick, we discuss the ins and outs of subscriptions, the keys to creating a successful sub model, the...
Scaling Life to Find Your Purpose - Lifescale with Brian Solis (MDE319)
March 17, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutesMinter Dialogue Episode #319 Brian Solis is an eight-time author, futurist, celebrated keynote speaker and Principal Analyst at Altimeter, a Prophet Company. In this conversation with Brian, we discuss his latest book, Lifescale, which was officially launched at SXSW 2019 in Austin. Lifescale is Brian's recent journey through burnout and how he clawed his way back to finding purpose and his North Star. We discuss his process, the challenges of finding purpose in this hyper-connected crazy wo...