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Your Slice of PIE for Empathy

When Caleb and I wrote Futureproof, we came up with a model for helping to implement change. For each force in Futureproof, we created a small action plan for individuals to get started on their transformation. The model is called a Slice of a PIE: Personal Internal External It starts with bringing the disruptive force […]

The Era of Disagreeability — How It May Be the Clue to Bridging the Divide

I listened to a recent (and rather epic 4-hour-long) Joe Rogan podcast with his frequent guest and brilliant mathematician, Eric Weinstein, who proposed that we are in the Era of Disagreeability. Paraphrasing him, it’s about not being easily swayed from your convictions, and sticking to your own principles. According to Weinstein, it’s the best way to “avoid […]

The Making of a Digital-First State – The Story with Kalle Palling, a Leading Light of the Estonian e-State (MDE304)

Minter Dialogue with Kalle Palling Kalle Palling has been an MP of the Estonian parliament starting in 2007, when he was just 22 years old. He was very active in pushing through legislation around technology and e-governance, helping Estonia to accelerate its transformation to a digital state, and becoming a lightening rod for change. Among […]

Wish You Were a passionist (small p)? How To Find Your Passion!

At a recent and jovial countryside lunch, I landed on a new word that I’d not come across before: a passionist. [To be clear, we were not talking about a Roman Catholic Passionist.] To be a passionist we reasoned would be someone with a strong passion. I loved the idea of finding a noun for people […]

Wish You Were a passionist (small p)? How To Find Your Passion?

At a recent and jovial countryside lunch, I landed on a new word that I’d not come across before: a passionist. [To be clear, we were not talking about a Roman Catholic Passionist.] To be a passionist we reasoned would be someone with a strong passion. I loved the idea of finding a noun for people […]

The Future of Retail and How Will Amazon Be Part of It? with Retail Prophet’s Doug Stephens (MDE303)

Minter Dialogue with Doug Stephens Talk about a timely podcast! Jeff Bezos apparently told his employees: “‘One day, Amazon will fail’ but our job is to delay it as long as possible” [from CNBC on Nov 15 2018]. That’s exactly the topic of my podcast with Doug Stephens, who is the founder of Retail Prophet and […]

Self-Publishing on Amazon KDP – When Customer Service at Amazon Crashes

The prospects and possibilities of self-publishing are entirely fascinating. Now that I have written and published three different ways, I can conclusively say that none is perfect. And there’s no magic beyond hard work (and cash) in all cases. Moreover, I’m still trying to figure out how to become an international best seller. My first […]

Let’s Scramble! A Business Thriller to Learn How to Create an Agile Strategy with Marty Neumeier (MDE302)

Minter Dialogue with Marty Neumeier Marty Neumeier is a best-selling author, having published such venerable books as The Brand Gap, The Brand Flip and MetaSkills. His latest book is Scramble, How agile strategy can build epic brands in record time. In this conversation with Marty, we talk about the creative process of converting a business […]

How many Podcasts are there? The State of the Podcast 2018

The continuing Ascent of Podcasts Podcast consumption has continued to grow steadily since my last ‘State of the Podcast 2015’ on this blog. One can safely say that the word “podcast” is now well and truly anchored in our mainstream vocabulary (at least in the western English-speaking world). Indeed, 64% of people in the US are […]

Building Cross Disciplinary Teams to Bring Futuristic Solutions with Dr. Jack Kreindler (MDE301)

Minter Dialogue with Jack Kreindler Dr Jack Kreindler is a Doctor, Technologist, Entrepreneur and Investor. Founder of The Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP), based in London. He’s also the founder (Chairman and Chief Medical Officer) of Sentrian, working to finally make remote patient management an affordable and effective reality for patients, payers and providers […]