Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue

Minter Dialogue Episode #416 Scott Shute is Head of the Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn, building characteristics like emotional intelligence, resilience, and a better sense of well-being. He is also an accomplished photographer and the author of Full Body Yes, Change your Work and your World from the Inside-Out, which comes out May 11, 2021. In this conversation with Scott, we dis...

Minter Dialogue Episode #415 Leslie Ehm, former singer, TV host, advertising creative director, and now entrepreneur, training professional, and coach. In her words, she is “the Chief Fire Starter" at Combustion, a creativity-fuelled training company that transforms people so they can transform their organizations. Leslie is also the author of Swagger, Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everyth...

Minter Dialogue Episode #414 AlexAnndra Ontra is cofounder and President of Shufflrr, helping B2B sales and training teams who need a fast, simple way to create, give and share presentations, all while ensuring brand and message compliance. She also co-author of Presentation Management, The New Strategy for Enterprise Content. In this conversation, we look at the problems that companies face with...

Minter Dialogue Episode #413 Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author. His blog {grow} is perennially considered as one of the top marketing blogs in the world. His latest (9th) book is a keeper: "Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds", which explores the art and science of momentum w...

Minter Dialogue Episode #412Patrick Jinks is a certified leadership & strategy coach specialised in helping not-for-profit organisations, boards and leaders. Patrick has had considerable experience in nonprofits having served twice as CEO. He's also an author, having coauthored two books (one of which, Success Starts Today, was with Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield) as well as being sole au...

Minter Dialogue Episode #411 Ryan Berman is cofounder of Courageous Leadership, a consultancy that helps you believe again. He's co-host of the Courageous podcast with Ryan Thompson and author of the book, Return on Courage: A Business Playbook for Courageous Change. In this conversation, we discuss the role of courage in entrepreneurship and in big business. We look at some of the courageous myth...

Minter Dialogue Episode #410 Graham Allcott is CEO of Think Productive, offering practical support to organisations that want to increase productivity. He's also a multiple time bestselling author, having written the very successful "How to Be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do." In this conversation, we discuss his approach to time management, the keys to being pr...

Minter Dialogue Episode #409 Karin Hurt is cofounder and CEO of Let's Grow Leaders, a speaker and multiple-time author, who recently published her newest book, Courageous Cultures, How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates (HarpersCollins). In this conversation, we discuss the importance of courage in business, a very practical approach to creating a courageou...

Minter Dialogue Episode #408 Yetunde Hofmann is a portfolio NED, speaker, advisor, founder of Solaris as well as author of the book, Beyond Engagement: The Value of Love-Based Leadership in Organisations, which came out in August 2020. In this conversation, with her background in HR in major global corporations, we discuss how and why to bring the concept of love into the workplace, even in the bo...

Minter Dialogue Episode #407 Dr. Pippa Malmgren is an economist and an award-winning author who served President GW Bush in the White House and on the National Economic Council. She is focused on simple sense-making of the world economy and all its complexities. She was a co-founder of a firm in the drone/autonomy space that won a 2020 CogX award and the 2020 National Technology Award and has been...

Minter Dialogue Episode #406 Julie Cottineau is an author, a brand passionista, who is founder and CEO of BrandTwist brand consultancy. In this conversation, we discuss the origin of her Brand Tattoo Test, her work at and lessons learned while working as head of brand for Virgin USA, the evolution of branding, the power of purpose and Julie's work at BrandTwist, which is also the name of her best...

Minter Dialogue Episode #405 Jen Thornton is founder and head of 304 Coaching, helping companies to drive strategic talent development. Having worked as an HR professional with teams in China, Mexico and the UK, Jen brings a fresh and international perspective to HR planning, management and leadership. In this conversation, we delve into the pinpoints of HR, what is holding back employee engagemen...

Minter Dialogue Episode #404 Trena White, principal of Page Two, a new kind of publishing house for non-fiction books. Based in Vancouver BC, Trena was a finalist for the RBC Women Entrepreneur's Award, cofounded Page Two in 2013 and has gone from strength to strength. In this conversation, we discuss Trena's entrepreneurial journey, the lessons learned, trends and shifts in the book publishing in...

Minter Dialogue Episode #403 George Brontén is the founder & CEO of Membrain, the Sales Enablement CRM that makes it easy to execute your sales strategy. A life-long entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the software space and a passion for sales and marketing, with the life motto "Don't settle for mainstream", George is always looking for new ways to achieve improved business results using...

Minter Dialogue Episode #402 Matt Phelan is co-founder and co-CEO of The Happiness Index that provides real-time employee engagement tech to build stronger workplace cultures. His passion is to understand how people experience happiness and, in Matt's words, his vision is to use data to visualise culture in a similar way to how Google Maps visualises the world. He just released the delightful book...

Minter Dialogue Episode #401 Molly Kellogg is the President and CEO of Hubbard-Hall, a specialty chemicals business that was founded in 1849. As the 6th generation head of the family business, Molly Kellogg is shepherding Hubbard-Hall through change, not least through the challenges of the pandemic. In this conversation, we discuss her leadership style, how she has led the company through a transf...

Minter Dialogue Episode #400 Ian O'Connell is a British businessman, inventor, technology visionary and Pepper’s Ghost expert. He is the co-founder of Musion IP Limited, Musion Events Limited and Musion 3D Limited. Ian is widely recognized as a pioneer of holographic image capture and display technology. In this conversation, we discuss the founder story, how he became attached to the hologram, hi...

Minter Dialogue Episode #399 Dan Snow is a historian, author, reputed oarsman, adventurer, Television presenter and entrepreneur, having founded and now successfully sold HistoryHit. In this conversation, we discuss the journey that took Dan from the creation of the HistoryHit podcast to the HistoryHit TV network. We look at his experience and lessons learned along Dan's entrepreneurial journey. W...

Minter Dialogue Episode #398 Mitch Joel, who was my first ever guest, kindly accepted to return for the 10-year anniversary episode of my podcast. Mitch is an investor, best selling author, brilliant speaker and decoder of the future. His two books, Six Pixels of Separation & CTRL ALT Delete have both been deeply influential in my life. He's an active blogger and is one of the original pioneers in...

Minter Dialogue Episode #397 Jarrod Haning is an acclaimed classical musician, upcoming author and a stimulating speaker having been four times on TED. In this conversation, we discuss how our brains function when we listen to music and what that can tell us to make us better people and leaders. We look at the power of being, some kernels from his soon to be published book The Thinking Patterns of...

Minter Dialogue Episode #396 Amit Varma is the first journalist to win twice the prestigious Bastiat prize (2007 and 2015), which aims to honor writers "whose work cleverly and wittily promotes the institutions of the free society”. Based in Mumbai, Amit was named by BusinessWeek magazine in its India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009 list, for his blog India Uncut. He's an author and host of The See...

Minter Dialogue Episode #395 Abhishek Rungta is an enduring entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Indus Net Technologies, providing Digital Consulting, Web and Mobile Apps, Analytics and Cloud Infrastructure services; and he's self-described Gardener at Seeders Venture Capital. In this conversation, we talk about Abhishek's journey, his leadership style, insights into his success, the role of purpose,...

Minter Dialogue Episode #394 Amy Balliett is a successful entrepreneur and author of Killer Visual Strategies, Engage Any Audience, Improve Comprehension, and Get Amazing Results Using Visual Communication. In this discussion, we discuss Amy's inspiring entrepreneurial journey, pivoting from SEO to infographics to killer visual strategies. We discuss the importance of context, image as part of per...

Minter Dialogue Episode #393 Heather Ellis, Customer Marketing Manager at Descript, talks us through the rise of Descript as a premier transcription service for podcasts, using an evermore sophisticated artificial intelligence. We discuss podcasting, the Descript business model, how the company manages to work in improvements and upgrades, and the learnings made so far in Descript's enterprising j...

Minter Dialogue Episode #392 Bob Bejan, Corporate Vice President: Global Events, Production Studios and Marketing Community at Microsoft. Aside from being a talented musician, Bob has always been a creative spirit, driving events in his personal and professional life. In this conversation, we discuss the differences in cultures between the French and American companies for whom he's worked, a behi...