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Inserting empathy and care into business for impact with Nora Gherbi, founder of Who Cares!? Chronicles (MDE341)

Minter Dialogue with Nora Gherbi 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 […]

Mystery or Mystique? The Power of the Why in Brand?

Without a good product, your brand won’t survive long. Without a great product, you won’t survive long-term. But what goes into a great product –including the surround-sound service — is far harder to achieve than just making sure the shampoo cleans your hair as it says on the bottle. Following Porter’s 4Ps, you definitely need […]

The State of Play of Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence with Sam Charrington, host of the TWiML & AI podcast (MDE340)

Minter Dialogue with Sam Charrington Sam Charrington is an industry analyst, specialized in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He’s also the host of the very successful podcast, TWiML & AI 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 Power and Insights of Emotion in Voice & Speech with Rana Gujral, CEO of Behavioral Signals (MDE339)

Minter Dialogue with Rana Gujral 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��� […]

Message for Airlines: Stop Doling out Salt on Board!

On a recent flight with American Airlines, it struck me how rarely, if ever, I open the airline’s little paper sachet of salt and pepper. I don’t know the statistics, but I have to believe that the vast majority of those sachets get thrown out without ever having been touched. Thus, I have a suggestion […]

Message for Airlines: Stop Doling out Salt on Board?

On a recent flight with American Airlines, it struck me how rarely, if ever, I open the airline’s little paper sachet of salt and pepper. I don’t know the statistics, but I have to believe that the vast majority of those sachets get thrown out without ever having been touched. Thus, I have a suggestion […]

Living with our Paradoxes — Finding “Balance” in a Frenetic World

Many people talk about the notion of work-life balance, but I have come to believe this is a fraught concept. Not only can you find thrill and fulfillment from working at full tilt, it turns out that life is work, too. Like many aphorisms, we tend to believe it because we hear it a lot. […]

It’s About Time for Digital Transformation!

In this digitally enhanced world, the world is converging… brands and commerce are global; netizens (in most countries) can surf anywhere in the world; and even language and attitudes seem to be merging. As a result, while we all may be operating in different time zones, one thing is clear: we are all getting synchronized. […]

Do You Know What Problems You Need To Solve?

As we go through our days, more and more of our lives is moving onto a digital device or platform. Like the frog in the warming water, we are slowly and inexorably getting sucked into this new world. What we thought might have been Double Dutch to us ten years ago has become second nature. […]

Marketing and New Retail in China with author and China marketing expert Ashley Galina Dudarenok (MDE338)

Minter Dialogue with Ashley Dudarenok 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 […]