Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue

Minter Dialogue Episode #242 -- Dennis Berkhof and Marco van der Werf are the co-founders of BIT Students Foundation, based in Amsterdam, a not-for-profit way for students to learn to code for free. On the heels of this successful venture, Dennis and Marco are now looking to start the equivalent of Ecole 42 (the famous coding school started by Xavier Niel in Paris) in Amsterdam. In this conversati...

Minter Dialogue Episode #241 — Andy Abramson is CEO and founder of Comunicano, Inc., a strategic communications agency. He is also co-founder of Velocity Growth Inc, a strategic development and social markets services company. Andy’s a contributing writer to MoneyInc and an acknowledged influencer in all things VOIP. Beyond that, Andy worked with NHL Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey team and is an a...

Minter Dialogue Episode #240 — Jean-Yves Chainon is a bi-national American-Frenchman, Digital Entrepreneur, Content creator, media consultant, and founder and CEO of JYC, a production studio dedicated to VR, AR and 360 videos. He’s also founder of OOAworld, a website dedicated to original, creative and qualitative multimedia storytelling, that boasts a community of over 10,000 people. It’s worth t...

Minter Dialogue Episode #239 — Catherine Nielsen is Chairman of Handpresso, a French based start-up that makes expresso coffee makers on the go. Founded by Henrik Nielsen, Catherine found herself thrust into the role of running her husband’s company after his untimely death. It’s a thriving success story built on a great base of products, a spirit of innovation and a web of interesting alliances a...

Minter Dialogue Episode #238 -- Bryan Falchuk is an accomplished business executive, and he’s also the author of the inspiring book “Do A Day,” that despite being his first and being self-published hit the best seller lists on Amazon. In this conversation, we discuss the genesis of his book, about his life-changing day and the Do a Day philosophy that he now coaches and speaks about at conferences...

Minter Dialogue Episode #237 — Robert McIntosh is a professional speaker, blogger and all-around authority on wine, known as @thirstforwine. In this conversation, we discuss the state of the wine business and the impact of new technologies. We look at the complex world of branding in wine industry and some of the keys to success for winemakers. We also look at digital community building and how an...

Minter Dialogue Episode #236 — Tiffany St James, digital transformation strategist and international speaker. Tiffany is the former Head of Public Participation for the UK Government and an Executive Director of the British Interactive Media Association. In this podcast, we discuss the best ways to accelerate digital transformation, how to create intrapreneurs and fulfilling impact versus creating...

Minter Dialogue Episode #235 -- Giles English is co-founder of the leading luxury British watchmaker, Bremont. With a mission to bring back luxury watchmaking to Britain and a desire to follow his passion, Giles and his brother Nick founded Bremont in 2002. In this chat, Giles shares with us his strategic approach, the way he has built and differentiated his brand, as well as the marvellous storie...

Minter Dialogue Episode #234 Alan Stevens is known as THE Media Coach. He’s a reputation specialist, journalist, PR expert, speaker and author. In this podcast, Alan and I discuss the art of storytelling in this frenetic world and the challenge of getting your message out. We look at the lessons to be learned from the Trump and Macron presidents, as well as the keys to managing a PR crisis. Alan a...

Minter Dialogue Episode #233 Charles Hall is the CEO and co-founder (along with Simon Kelton and Stuart Hall) of PepperHQ, a white label mobile platform for retailers to provide greater convenience, increase revenues and create more powerful loyalty programmes. For now, Pepper is focused on the hospitality sector, but the future is much broader. In this podcast, we explore how consumer and retail...

Minter Dialogue Episode #232 — Noor Tagouri is a first generation Libyan-American, who is on a special mission to help everyone find their personal legend. Journalist, anchor, producer and speaker, Noor has created a streetwear clothing line, been featured in Playboy, and has produced a number of stirring documentaries for Newsy where she works full-time. With a very strong social media presence,...

Minter Dialogue Episode #231 - Dave Parkinson, the Geordie Geek, is a 26-year ex-veteran of Nissan, having been head of social and digital. He recently created his own startup consulting partnership, Brave & Heart, that promises to be “the antidote to juggernaut consultancies.” In this interview, we look at some of the sterling key lessons learned of driving the social media and digital agendas at...

Minter Dialogue Episode #230 — John Fortson is a filmmaker, living in LA, who produced, directed and starred in the much acclaimed short film, Rated, which has won 19 festival awards thus far. In this interview, we discuss the inspiration for his film, the meaning and purpose behind the film, which looks at how society is increasingly able to rate everything and everyone openly. John is an innate...

Minter Dialogue Episode #229 — Thomas Power is the author of 7 books, a speaker and a man of influence. Thomas was the founder of Ecademy, and today runs Electric Dog, to act as CDO in support of Executive Boards, where he is member of numerous boards around the world. In this conversation we discuss the changing world of boards, how leaders should or could be using social media, influencer market...

Minter Dialogue Episode #228 — Dan Priestley is Director and co-founder of DENT GLOBAL, delivering next-level business strategy and technology to entrepreneurial organisations. Dan’s a highly successful entrepreneur in his own right, having built and sold businesses in Australia, Singapore and the UK. He’s also an international speaker and best-selling author, with a new book about to come out. In...

Minter Dialogue Episode #227 — Nathan Thornburgh is co-founder and CEO of Roads & Kingdoms (R&K), an independent media company, with a refreshingly strong voice, that recently brought in Anthony Bourdain as its first strategic investor. Before R&K, Nathan spent almost a decade working at TIME Magazine as foreign correspondent and editor. In this conversation, we discuss the genesis and path of R&K...

Minter Dialogue Episode #226 — Cheryl Hodgson is General Counsel to companies in the music industry, digital media, and publishing, providing global brand strategy and trademark protection. Author and Speaker, Cheryl is also founder of BrandAide, providing and curating advice from Experts on topics of global brand strategy and trademark protection, trademark litigation. In this conversation, Chery...

Minter Dialogue Episode #225 — Barney Loehnis is a thought leader and the Global Digital Leader at Mercer Consulting, one of the top 10 consultancies in the world. With a mixed background in industry and agency, in Europe, Asia and the US, Barney has great insights on the world of digital transformation. In this conversation, we discuss the state of the business, what are the keys to succeed in on...

Minter Dialogue Episode #224 — Roger Gorman is Founder and CEO of ProFinda, an innovative employee-centric collaboration platform that intelligently organises people around work, “a next generation knowledge exchange matching people to work.” Roger is at the cutting edge of the workforce of the future. In this chat, we discuss the keys to making a more collaborative environment at work, the Execut...

Minter Dialogue Episode #223 — Mike Baxter is an author, a psychologist and data scientist with Chartered Designer status. He is also a renowned expert on digital transformation, practicing as a consultant for over 15 years and as a trainer with Econsultancy. He has also been an advisor to tech startups for 10 years. In any digital transformation process, getting organizational alignment is always...

Minter Dialogue Episode #222 — This interview is with Jane Frankland who is a Cyber Security entrepreneur, and the founder of KnewStart, helping cyber security entrepreneurs in their startups. Jane is a sought-after speaker and author of the soon to be released 'Women in Cyber Security.' In this conversation we talk about the state of cybercrime and cyber security, how executives and entrepreneurs...

Minter Dialogue Episode #221 — Internet pioneer Rod Banner founded and built Banner Corp into the largest B2B agency in Europe before selling it to WPP. A man of great renown and influence in the UK, Rod is a fellow Tech London Advocate, agent of change at 3LA and an angel investor in a host of tech startups. In this conversation, we look at the challenges of brand building in this new tech world,...

Minter Dialogue Episode #220 — This interview is with Lisette Sutherland, an expert in remote work, and Director of Collaboration Superpowers. With her powerful workshop, Lisette helps corporations increase and improve distance work. In this conversation, we discuss the future of work, the differences between cultures in on-boarding remote work, and some of the keys to making the best remote worki...

Minter Dialogue Episode #219 — David CM Carter is one of the world’s leading CEO mentors, author and a sought-after inspirational public speaker. In this conversation, we talk about David’s vision of a successful CEO, the importance of having a make-a-difference mindset and how he plans to bring digital disruption to his own mentoring world and supply high quality mentoring to the public with his...

Minter Dialogue #218 — After a long absence where I was away doing a tour for my new documentary film and book, The Last Ring Home, this interview is with a different kind of guest, consistent with my latest project: mixing a personal passion, a digital platform, crowdfunding and IRL experiences. I let you discover the remarkable young man, Rishi Sharma, on a mission to make a meaningful mark in o...