

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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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.

Jun 25, 2022 • 56min
Rendez-vous with Privacy, Data Protection and IP Expert, Tara Taubman-Bassirian (MDE478)
Minter Dialogue with Tara Taubman-BassirianTara Taubman-Bassirian, lawyer by training, is a renowned expert in privacy, data protection, intellectual property, eCommerce and eReputation. Voted Privacy Hero of the Year in 2018, Tara is passionate about eradicating cyber bullying and improving online security. In this conversation, we discuss the biggest issues facing corporations and executives in terms of data privacy and cyber security. We explore some of the challenges around online regulation, especially the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), protection versus prohibition, risk management, managing one's presence online as an executive, 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.

Jun 18, 2022 • 1h 4min
Beatrice Dautzenberg, An Example of Modern Leadership in Action (MDE477)
Minter Dialogue with Beatrice DautzenbergBéatrice Dautzenberg, Managing Director L'Oréal Professional Products Division UK & Ireland. Beatrice is a rare breed, for many reasons, not least is that she's an executive in a large multinational who knows and declares her personal purpose straight up. In this conversation, we discuss Beatrice's tremendous career path, her experiences living and working in six different countries (so far), the evolution of culture and leadership style at L'Oréal, the place and role of purpose, and some lessons learned in the transformation that the company has undergone during her tenure. 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.

Jun 11, 2022 • 55min
That Sh*t will Never Sell! Making Memorable Brands (Bailey's, Le Piat d'Or, Ciroc...) with author David Gluckman (MDE476)
Minter Dialogue with David GluckmanDavid Gluckman is a self-described man of ideas. Author of the book, That Sh*t will Never Sell, David is an original Mad Man of the ad world. His ability to come up with singularly powerful ideas is legendary. In this conversation we discuss his career, the remarkable brands he's created, his thought process, what brand managers and marketers could be doing to pierce through in today's busy world. 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.

Jun 4, 2022 • 58min
Building a Culture of Empathy with Empathy Activist, Edwin Rutsch (MDE475)
Minter Dialogue with Edwin Rutsch Edwin Rutsch is founder of the Culture of Empathy and has spent the last couple of decades spreading empathy, helping to bridge social and political divides. He has built an academic empathy training literature database (wiki), and has launched himself as a politician. In this conversation, we discuss his journey, his driving purpose, the value of empathy in life and politics, the Empathy Circle that he co-created with Lidewij Niezink, his Empathy Tent actions 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.

May 28, 2022 • 1h
The Power of Letting Go with John Purkiss, aka Banahasta (MDE474)
Minter Dialogue with John PurkissJohn Purkiss is the author of three books, including the bestseller, The Power of Letting Go: How to drop everything that’s holding you back. With an accomplished background, the highest credentials and working as a partner at August Leadership, a global executive search firm, John is also known as Banahasta, which is short for Sri Nithya Banahastananda. This spiritual name was given to him by his guru, HDH Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, known to his followers as Swamiji. In this chat, we discuss John’s remarkable journey to become Banahasta. We also talk about consciousness, oneness, intuition and meditation, how he manages his personal and professional missions, and the inherent power of letting go.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.

May 21, 2022 • 1h 2min
Crushing Complexity with Pega Systems CTO, Don Schuerman (MDE473)
Minter Dialogue with Don SchuermanDon Schuerman is CTO and Vice President of Product Strategy and Marketing at Pegasystems, responsible for Pega's industry-leading platform and CRM applications. He's a musician, improv comedian and a master of events on and offline. In this conversation, we discuss his work at Pega, his experience and lessons learned of moving the annual flagship conference from off to online, how purpose comes alive as part of Pega's modus operandi, the challenges with hybrid work, how Pega brings simplicity to an ever-complexifying business world. 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.


