Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue

Minter Dialogue with Don Armand Don Armand is an ex-professional rugby player, having played for the Stormers in South Africa and the Exeter Chiefs in England, the latter with which he won the Premiership twice (voted Man of the Match for the 2017 final) and became European champions. He also captained the Chiefs and won two caps playing for England. Since retiring from rugby, Don runs SampsonArma...

Minter Dialogue with Nikita Mikhailov  Nikita Mikhailov is the self-declared Chief Neuroticism Officer at PsyPub. A highly influential trained occupational psychologist in the business world, Nikita is a coach, speaker, and comedian. An expert in psychometric assessments, he's also coauthor along with Georgi Yankov of "Personality: A User's Guide" published by Robinson. We discuss all things perso...

Minter Dialogue with Dr Chris Kerr Dr Chris Kerr is a hospice physician and end-of-life researcher. He's also the acclaimed author of "Death is But a Dream" as well as one of the most viewed TEDx speakers, with over 5 million views for his talk, "I See Dead People: Dreams and Visions of the Dying." In this conversation, we discuss his work, what he has observed about people dying and death, the wa...

Minter Dialogue with Emmet O'Sullivan Emmet O'Sullivan is 17-years-old, lives in New York. Four years ago, he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, an auto-immune disease about which so many people don't know or understand. Son of my friend, Margaret Molloy, Global CMO of Siegel+Gale, Emmet embarked on a new and life-changing journey. He was inspired to use this diagnosis for good and has written an...

Minter Dialogue with Sarah Rozenthuler Sarah Rozenthuler is a chartered psychologist, dialogue coach, leadership consultant and published author with nearly 20 years' international experience consulting. With extensive expertise in dialogue, Sarah specialises in coaching senior leaders and their teams to access their individual and collective intelligence respectively, resolve difficult challenges...

Minter Dialogue with Mihkel Jäätma Mihkel Jäätma is cofounder and CEO of Real Eyes, Attention Measurement, a software that measures human response at the speed and scale of Artificial Intelligence. In their words, they are "the only fully Responsible AI for computer vision." Real Eyes, which was founded in 2007, has been leveraging the evolution in AI to create a state of the art technology, able...

Minter Dialogue with George King George King is a young man on a mission. His calling is to run toward fear. In 2019, at the age of 19, he scaled The Shard in London, a 310 metre-tall building, without any strings or attachments. It's called free climbing. For doing so, he was charged and jailed for 6 months, another experience in itself. He has done stunts and feats that are death defying. Litera...

Minter Dialogue with John Hervey John Hervey started out his career working as a research analyst at prestigious banks, before becoming global head of Reuters Insights. He then made a career switch and was appointed CEO of Cota Healthcare, COO at Inspire before his latest venture, as CEO of PatientsLikeMe, the world’s largest personalized health network, boasting 830,000+ people who are living wit...

Minter Dialogue with Evelina De Lain Evelina De Lain, born in the Ukraine, is a London-based classical and jazz pianist, composer, author, performance coach, educator and producer known for her crossover composition style. In this conversation, we discuss her journey from a small town in Ukraine to London, the astonishing encounter of her husband, her travels around the world through playing music...

Minter Dialogue with James Kerr James Kerr is the author of bestselling book, "Legacy, What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life." It contains 15 remarkable lessons in leadership. James is also an international speaker and high-performance consultant based in England. In this conversation, we discuss why he wrote this book about the All Blacks, what he learned through writing the...

Minter Dialogue with Paul Assaiante "Coach" Paul Assaiante is one of the greatest coaches in the history of intercollegiate athletics. He's labelled as the “winningest coach in college sports history,” sporting a 252-match winning streak over 13 years, a 507-29 all-time record, and winning 17 NCAA Championship titles as head coach at Trinity College. Paul systematically brought together great play...

Minter Dialogue with Patrick Mork Patrick Mork is a career transition & leadership coach, motivational speaker, startup CEO mentor. He is the founder and CEO of LEAP, a cultural transformation company that helps leaders build company cultures of meaning and purpose. Prior to starting LEAP he spent over 20 years in various marketing leadership roles in several high profile technology startups and a...

Minter Dialogue with Felix Velarde Felix Velarde is a serial entrepreneur, with a long track record in the agency side of the business. He's currently CEO at The 2Y3X® Programme, chair and board advisor, and Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at AVA Acquisitions. He's also a keynote speaker and the author of "Scale at Speed: How to Triple the Size of Your Business and Build a Superstar Team," publ...

Minter Dialogue with Dr Peter Sear Dr Peter Sear is a psychologist, senior member of the Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists (ACCPH), founder of The Empathic Mindset organisation, based in the UK, and author "Empathic Leadership, Lessons from Elite Sport," published by Routledge. His book explores coaching in a number of sports, such as rugby, football, hockey and...

Minter Dialogue with Jeremiah Owyang Jeremiah Owyang is a renowned industry analyst based in Silicon Valley, who has a beat on emerging tech. He's a General Partner at the Venture Capital outfit, Blitzscaling Ventures and a sought-after speaker. In this conversation, we discuss the explosion of AI, how he views and evaluates AI startups, to what extent ethics and transparency are used or necessary...

Minter Dialogue with Marty Neumeier To start off this new year, and just before I get back into the swing of brand new episodes for 2024, I wanted to re-release this wonderful conversation with Marty Neumeier (MDE314). Where so many people are needing to have a sense of belonging and find meaningfulness, working for a meaningful brand is one way to find fulfilment. Marty is a world recognised expe...

Minter Dialogue with Banahasta To ring in the new year, and before I get back into the brand new episodes for 2024, I wanted to re-release this powerful conversation with the fascinating John Purkiss (MDE474). John is also known as Banahasta, which is short for Sri Nithya Banahastananda. This spiritual name was given to him by his guru, HDH Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, known to his followers as S...

Minter Dialogue with Chris Voss Whether you are dealing with new contracts, starting new relationships or challenging your teams, our ability to negotiate remains a fundamental skill. Before I get back into the new episodes for 2024, I wanted to re-release this stimulating conversation with Chris Voss (MDE322), world-renowned negotiator and best-selling author. He was a member of the NYC joint ter...

Minter Dialogue with Sally Henderson Sally Henderson is a high-stakes leadership mentor, creator of The Real Method framework to address challenging leadership issues of transformation, growth and development. In this conversation, we discuss the definition and importance of the qualification of 'high-stakes' leadership, how to deal with the pressures and mental health issues at the top, creating...

Minter Dialogue with Michael Tennant Michael Tennant is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker and author of "The Power of Empathy, A Thirty-Day Path to Personal Growth and Social Change." In this conversation, we explore how to handle adversity, strain and addiction. We dive deep into the power of empathy and how important it is to work on yourself. We explore issues of mental health, finding your WHY...

Minter Dialogue with Davide Bollati Davide Bollati is the owner and chairman, since 2006, of Davines Group and Comfort Zone. Davide has steered Davines Group, which was founded in 1983, to be a worldwide recognised professional brand providing high-end haircare solutions for hairdressing salons and skincare (with Comfort Zone) for spas, that is known for its commitment to ethical sourcing and sust...

Minter Dialogue with Dan Egan Dan Egan is the world-renowned skier and pioneer of extreme sports. He is known for skiing the most remote regions of the world, and has been named one of the most influential skiers of our time. He has been a central feature, along with his brother, in a number of amazing Warren Miller films, including "Born to Ski," "Vertical Reality," and "Future Retro." Dan's also...

Minter Dialogue with Richard Earnest Richard Earnest is the founder of Earnest Enterprises and author of the book, "Leading with Ethics and Humanity -- Do you have the guts?" that came out in August 2022. Richard graduated by the US Naval Academy in 1964 to become an officer and highly decorated pilot during the Vietnam War. Then, having had over 30 years of experience as a top executive in high-t...

Minter Dialogue with Daniel Priestley Daniel Priestley, a repeat guest, is founder of Dent Global and ScoreApp. Daniel has been been awarded Entrepreneur of the Year, written half a dozen business books, founded multiple 7 and 8 figure ventures and is on a mission to help develop entrepreneurs who stand out, scale up and make a dent. In this conversation, we discuss his entrepreneurial roots, his...

Minter Dialogue with Paul Skinner Paul Skinner is an entrepreneur with a marketing flair. He's founder and Director at the Agency of the Future, he founded and runs MarketingKind and he has also written two books, "The Collaborative Advantage" and most recently, "The Purpose Upgrade, Change your Business to Save the World. Change the World to Save Your Business," published by Little, Brown Book Gr...