Minter Dialogue Episode #420

Mary Hasavari is a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Oslo Norway. With her mixed Thai/Iranian heritage, Mary has a most unique story and viewpoint in her filmmaking, leveraging her third culture life to make engaging films. In this conversation, we discuss her journey into filmmaking, how film and storytelling have been changing, as well as look at some of her ongoing projects, including her documenta...

Minter Dialogue Episode #419

Jeffrey Shaw is a coach for small businesses, brand management consultant, TEDx speaker, host of The Self Employed Life Podcast as well as an author, with his newest book, The Self-Employed Life, Business and Personal Development Strategies that Create Sustainable Success. In this conversation, we discuss the notion of and nuances in authenticity, the power of the statement: "For the sake of...",...

Minter Dialogue Episode #418

Lee Mears is a hooker of repute. He played sixteen years as a professional rugby player, appearing in 263 matches for the Bath Rugby Club, earning 42 international caps representing England and playing for the prestigious British and Irish Lions. Today, Lee is an executive coach at The Preston Associates and co-founder of T-Cup, a technology that helps companies to measure and address well-being issues. ...

Minter Dialogue Episode #417

Saleema Vellani is a keynote speaker, innovation strategist, serial entrepreneur, adjunct Professor of Design Thinking + Entrepreneurship, an impact investor and author of the new book, Innovation Starts with I, Increase your influence, ignite your impact. In this conversation, we discuss innovation, how it's changed, some of the core concepts of her new book, including developing a life mission,...

Minter Dialogue Episode #416

Scott Shute is Head of the Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn, building characteristics like emotional intelligence, resilience, and a better sense of well-being. He is also an accomplished photographer and the author of Full Body Yes, Change your Work and your World from the Inside-Out, which comes out May 11, 2021. In this conversation with Scott, we discuss what it means to be inside-out,...

Minter Dialogue Episode #415

Leslie Ehm, former singer, TV host, advertising creative director, and now entrepreneur, training professional, and coach. In her words, she is “the Chief Fire Starter" at Combustion, a creativity-fuelled training company that transforms people so they can transform their organizations. Leslie is also the author of Swagger, Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everything You Want. In this conversati...

Minter Dialogue Episode #414

AlexAnndra Ontra is cofounder and President of Shufflrr, helping B2B sales and training teams who need a fast, simple way to create, give and share presentations, all while ensuring brand and message compliance. She also co-author of Presentation Management, The New Strategy for Enterprise Content. In this conversation, we look at the problems that companies face with creating the most effective presenta...

Minter Dialogue Episode #413

Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author. His blog {grow} is perennially considered as one of the top marketing blogs in the world. His latest (9th) book is a keeper: "Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds", which explores the art and science of momentum with great storytelling and v...

Minter Dialogue Episode #412

Patrick Jinks is a certified leadership & strategy coach specialised in helping not-for-profit organisations, boards and leaders. Patrick has had considerable experience in nonprofits having served twice as CEO. He's also an author, having coauthored two books (one of which, Success Starts Today, was with Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield) as well as being sole author of the book, "Stra...

Minter Dialogue Episode #411

Ryan Berman is cofounder of Courageous Leadership, a consultancy that helps you believe again. He's co-host of the Courageous podcast with Ryan Thompson and author of the book, Return on Courage: A Business Playbook for Courageous Change. In this conversation, we discuss the role of courage in entrepreneurship and in big business. We look at some of the courageous myths, building a Courage Brand, the...

Minter Dialogue Episode #409

Karin Hurt is cofounder and CEO of Let's Grow Leaders, a speaker and multiple-time author, who recently published her newest book, Courageous Cultures, How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates (HarpersCollins). In this conversation, we discuss the importance of courage in business, a very practical approach to creating a courageous culture, the importance of hum...

Minter Dialogue Episode #408

Yetunde Hofmann is a portfolio NED, speaker, advisor, founder of Solaris as well as author of the book, Beyond Engagement: The Value of Love-Based Leadership in Organisations, which came out in August 2020. In this conversation, with her background in HR in major global corporations, we discuss how and why to bring the concept of love into the workplace, even in the board room. We look at what is love, h...

Minter Dialogue Episode #407

Dr. Pippa Malmgren is an economist and an award-winning author who served President GW Bush in the White House and on the National Economic Council. She is focused on simple sense-making of the world economy and all its complexities. She was a co-founder of a firm in the drone/autonomy space that won a 2020 CogX award and the 2020 National Technology Award and has been named a leading Woman in Tech by We...

Minter Dialogue Episode #406

Julie Cottineau is an author, a brand passionista, who is founder and CEO of BrandTwist brand consultancy. In this conversation, we discuss the origin of her Brand Tattoo Test, her work at and lessons learned while working as head of brand for Virgin USA, the evolution of branding, the power of purpose and Julie's work at BrandTwist, which is also the name of her best selling book.

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Minter Dialogue Episode #405

Jen Thornton is founder and head of 304 Coaching, helping companies to drive strategic talent development.  Having worked as an HR professional with teams in China, Mexico and the UK, Jen brings a fresh and international perspective to HR planning, management and leadership. In this conversation, we delve into the pinpoints of HR, what is holding back employee engagement, the challenges of building and l...

Minter Dialogue Episode #404

Trena White, principal of Page Two, a new kind of publishing house for non-fiction books. Based in Vancouver BC, Trena was a finalist for the RBC Women Entrepreneur's Award, cofounded Page Two in 2013 and has gone from strength to strength. In this conversation, we discuss Trena's entrepreneurial journey, the lessons learned, trends and shifts in the book publishing industry, insights into what i...

Minter Dialogue Episode #403

George Brontén is the founder & CEO of Membrain, the Sales Enablement CRM that makes it easy to execute your sales strategy. A life-long entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the software space and a passion for sales and marketing, with the life motto "Don't settle for mainstream", George is always looking for new ways to achieve improved business results using innovative software,...

Minter Dialogue Episode #402

Matt Phelan is co-founder and co-CEO of The Happiness Index that provides real-time employee engagement tech to build stronger workplace cultures. His passion is to understand how people experience happiness and, in Matt's words, his vision is to use data to visualise culture in a similar way to how Google Maps visualises the world. He just released the delightful book, "Freedom to be Happy, The ...