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Leadership by Influence and Building Trust with Theresa Caragol, CEO of AchieveUnite (MDE360)

Minter Dialogue 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 […]

How to Keep Your Energy at Work?

The subject of energy is not often discussed at work. We like to use terms like engagement and motivation, but rarely do we explore energy. If we talk of energy, it’s mostly associated with statements such as “she’s got positive energy.” Yet, energy comes in many forms and is affected by things both in and […]

Putting Purpose into the Centre of Your Business, with Petco CMO Tariq Hassan (MDE359)

Minter Dialogue with Tariq Hassan 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 […]

Do You Adore Me? A Less Adorable Brand

When brand comes to roost Among the many visible success stories out there, I have been intrigued by the Adore Me business, a members-only women���s intimates ecommerce site. Conceived while he was at Harvard Business School, Morgan Hermand-Waiche decided to take on the giant Victoria Secrets. After some initial venture capital funding, the company has […]

The Importance of Making Your Brand Meaningful, with Maria Garrido (MDE358)

Minter Dialogue with Maria Garrido 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 […]

Is Empathy Cultural?

When I speak on the subject of empathy,* one question keeps coming up in conferences around the world: Is empathy different from one country to another? In that vein, one might also ask a second question: Is empathy cultural? To the former question, I say definitively no. To the latter, I say maybe.  The main […]

Putting Emotions, Expression and Humanity into Machines, with Soul Machines CEO and CoFounder Mark Sagar (MDE357)

Minter Dialogue with Mark Sagar 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 […]

Should You Lift The Veil for the Sake of Transparency?

It seems like not a day passes without hearing someone, somewhere give a call for greater transparency. But is it a good idea?��One friend of mine laid out the belief that transparency is the end of hope. To the extent life is tough and humanity might be evil at its core, without transparency we can […]

How to successfully lead talented people in an organisation with Laurent Choain, head of Mazars Human Resources (MDE356)

Minter Dialogue with Laurent Choain 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 […]

Inspirational Thought Leader, Bestselling Author and Speaker, David Meerman Scott, just launched Fanocracy (MDE355)

Minter Dialogue with David Meerman Scott David Meerman Scott, the man who invented newsjacking, a world renowned author (11 books), 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 […]