

Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue
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With the Minter Dialogue podcast, your host Minter Dial is on a mission to help elevate the debate and insert more meaningfulness into our lives. He gives weekly interviews around leadership, brand strategy and transformation, featuring top business leaders, personalities, entrepreneurs and authors from around the world who are making things happen! This show has had multiple awards and citations over the years, including the #2 Brand Strategy podcast worldwide by Feedspot in 2025 (#1 in the UK), as well as #22 among all Leadership podcasts. It was also listed as a Top 50 leadership podcast by LeadersHum for 2022 and Top 50 Marketing Blog/Podcasts by Linkedin.Minter Dial is a filmmaker and author of multiple award-winning books, including The Last Ring Home, Futureproof (FT Press), You Lead (Kogan Page) and Heartificial Empathy, 2nd edition (2023). He also hosts The Joy of Padel podcast.Podcast show notes are on minterdial.com. To rate & review: RateThisPodcast.
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Oct 1, 2022 • 55min
The Feeling Economy: How AI is Creating the Era of Empathy, with author Ming-Hui Huang (MDE488)
Minter Dialogue with Ming-Hui HuangMing-Hui Huang is the Distinguished Professor of the Department of Information at the National Taiwan University. She recently co-authored with the Distinguished University Professor, Roland T Rust, the book, "The Feeling Economy: How Artificial Intelligence is Creating the Era of Empathy" published by Palgrave Macmillan. In this conversation, we discuss why and how AI is shifting the role of the service work from thinking to feeling, the frontiers of feeling AI, how it's creating an era of empathy, what are the consequences of business leaders and implications for governance. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Sep 24, 2022 • 56min
Tell Me More About That with CEO, speaker and author, Rob Volpe (MDE487)
Minter Dialogue with Rob VolpeRob Volpe is Empathy Activist, Chief Catalyst and CEO of Ignite 360, where he leads a team of insights, strategy and creative professionals helping leading brands release untapped potential. He's a speaker and, most recently, author of Tell Me More About That! Solving the Empathy Crisis one conversation at a time, published by PageTwo. In this chat, we look at his journey to becoming an empathy activist and specialist, Project THC, the state of empathy today, the art of asking good questions and a number of the key insights and great action points from his new book. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Sep 17, 2022 • 59min
Pioneering Empathy and AI, with Founder and CEO of Mpathic AI, Dr Grin Lord (MDE486)
Minter Dialogue with Dr Grin LordDr Grin Lord is a licensed clinical psychologist, based in Bellevue WA, who's also a repeat entrepreneur, and a pioneer in all things Empathy and AI. She was the first employee at Lyssn (using AI to help wellness and behavioral health providers improve the quality of service and outcomes) and has worked at Youper, and founded the community, Therapists in Tech. She's now founder and and CEO of Mpathic.AI, helping people and organizations develop skills for greater understanding, compassion, and insight via AI-powered analytics, correction, and training of empathy. In this conversation, we explore her journey, what is empathy, how to measure it, the evolutions of empathy in tech and AI, her startup Mpathic AI.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Sep 10, 2022 • 1h 12min
Business Trends in Practice with Bernard Marr, Author, Strategist and Speaker (MDE485)
Minter Dialogue with Bernard MarrBernard Marr is an internationally recognised speaker and business strategist, a best-selling author and advisor to global companies and governments around the world. He's a renowned futurist who writes regularly for Forbes and is one of the world's most successful social media influencers at the intersection of tech and business. In this conversation, we discuss his book, Business Trends in Practice, overall winner of the Business Book Award 2022. We look at the scope and ambition of the book, some of the key business skills that leaders will need, including good citizenship, innovation, creativity and interpersonal skills. We exam the qualities of and need for resilience, authenticity and ethics. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Aug 6, 2022 • 45min
How To Have Meaningful Conversations with author, Sarah Rozenthuler (MDE484)
Minter Dialogue with Sarah RozenthulerSarah Rozenthuler is a dialogue coach and leadership consultant, founder/CEO of BridgeWork Consulting, who has authored two interesting books, Powered by Purpose and How to Have Meaningful Conversations. In this conversation, we discuss her career trajectory, including her fascinating life as a busker, to her becoming a dialogue consultant and author. We look at what makes for a big conversation, the importance of self-awareness, the importance of meaningful conversation for mental health, cultural differences and much more. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Jul 30, 2022 • 57min
Understanding the darker side of work, personality and social media, with DARK SOCIAL author, Ian MacRae (MDE483)
Minter Dialogue with Ian MacRaeIan MacRae is a work psychologist and psychometrician, author of six books, including the recent award-winning, "Dark Social, Understanding the darker side of work, personality and social media," published by Bloomsbury Press. In this discussion, we explore some of the core concepts in his book, how social media shapes behaviors, defining one's true self off- and online, self-responsibility, the difference between management by surveillance, oversight or for performance and the trickiness of hybrid work. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Jul 23, 2022 • 1h 5min
From Fashion Brand to Supervised Psychedelic Treatments at Nushama, with cofounder Jay Godfrey (MDE482)
Minter Dialogue with Jay GodfreyJay Godfrey is an entrepreneur and cofounder of Nushama that provides medically supervised psychedelic treatments for sustained relief from depression, anxiety, chronic pain, PTSD and addiction. Previously, Jay built an eponymous fashion brand that had success around the world and was worn by celebrities, such as Jennifer Lopez, Viola Davis and Laverne Cox. In this discussion, we look at his career trajectory and pivot into Nushama. We explore the evolution of psychedelics and the pathologies it can help. We look at the business case and peak into the future of this exciting new field. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Jul 16, 2022 • 1h 4min
Business is Personal with Penny Power OBE (MDE481)
Minter Dialogue with Penny PowerPenny Power OBE, is an entrepreneur, cofounder with her husband Thomas of Ecademy, a Mastermind Host, who is obsessed by community-led growth, and also author of "Business is Personal, Be the leader of your life and business." In this discussion, we explore Penny's life trajectory, her extraordinary ups and downs, building businesses and suffering massive setbacks and how she cultivated resilience and persevered through them. We look at her book, the link between professional and personal spheres, as well her work today developing the BIP100.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Jul 9, 2022 • 58min
Ethics, Empathy and Consciousness with Intelligent Robots - with Thomas Telving, author of Killing Sophia (MDE480)
Minter Dialogue with Thomas TelvingThomas Telving, who is a Copywriter and Digital Content specialist, is the author of Killing Sophia: Empathy, Consciousness, and Reason in the Age of Intelligent Robots (published by University of Southern Denmark Studies), available in Danish and English. In this conversation, we discuss the dilemmas and ethical quandaries around ever more intelligent machines, the easy and hard problems of consciousness, the legal and moral rights of robots, cultural variations in our relationships to robots and much more. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

Jul 2, 2022 • 1h 14min
Standout Lessons on Leadership from Tech Nation Chair and ex-CEO of SAGE, Stephen Kelly (MDE479)
Minter Dialogue with Stephen KellyStephen Kelly is the chair at Tech Nation, the UK's leading growth platform for tech companies and entrepreneurs and The Algorithm People, a leading transport decarbonisation firm. He was appointed Chair of the Science & Technology Honours Committee in December 2021, and joined the No. 10 Innovation Fellowship Board in 2021. Previously, Stephen was CEO of three listed companies, including SAGE, Micro Focus and Chordiant. In this conversation, we discuss Stephen's experience as top executive, the ways that leadership has changed and the new demands on leaders, the different cultures of entrepreneurship, working on the customer experience, purpose and prioritization, we also look at issues of gaining trust, failing fast and learning better, and more. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.