Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue

Minter 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. I...

Minter 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,...

Minter 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...

Minter 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...

Minter 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 Globa...

Sophie 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 Ba...

Minter 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 experi...

Minter 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. P...

Minter 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...

Minter 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...

Minter 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 w...

Minter 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...

Minter 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 ou...

Minter 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...

Minter 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. Jona...

Minter 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...

Nikki 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 N...

Minter 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...

Minter 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...

Minter 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,...

Minter 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...

Minter 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 shoul...

Minter 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...

Minter 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...

Minter Dialogue Episode #318 Jay Baer is a 7th generation entrepreneur, a New York Times best-selling author of 6 books and the founder of 5 multi-million dollar companies. His latest book makes for a great read as it's all about getting your brand to stand out with these famed "Talk Triggers." In this podcast, Jay and I discuss how your brand can look to stand out, develop an enduring word of mou...