Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue

Minter Dialogue Episode #183 — This interview is with AJ Brustein, co-founder and CEO of Wonolo, Work Now Locally, an on-demand staffing app that connects businesses with temporary workers. AJ was previously Global Senior Brand Manager at Coca Cola before leading the Innovation Accelerator at Coke where he created and then externalised Wonolo. An award winner at the Netexplo Forum, I hooked up with AJ to discuss the exciting Wonolo initiative, the challenges of signing up brands, the rating and remuneration system as well as what’s in store for the future.Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) 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 to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #182 — This interview is with Julie Legault, a designer out of MIT Media Lab, who makes scientific and technological innovations approachable to the public. With a background in interactive art and wearable tech, Julie founded and runs Amino Labs, where they have created Amino One, which she refers to as a tamagotchi for synthetic biology. A tamagotchi is a Japanese term used for handheld digital pets. A Netexplo 2016 award winner, I caught up with Julie to find out more about the Amino lab, how important and relevant design has been in the creation of this project, how she plans to help people to create insulin and fragrances at home and more. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) 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 to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #181 — This interview is with Chris Dessi, founder and CEO of Silverback Social, based out of New York. He is also the founder of the Westchester Digital Summit, an author and a frequent tv commentator and keynote speaker. In this conversation, we talk about Chris’ inspirations and convictions, how C-suite executives should better manage their personal brand, social media KPI as well as how films use social media and influencer marketing. A stimulating discussion. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on myndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment of your precious time to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #180 — This interview is with Simon Barrow, a man with an illustrious career in brand management, agencies, who founded and ran People in Business for 21 years. Simon pioneered the notion "Employer Brand" and now helps businesses in their mergers and acquisitions, looking at those thorny people issues. In this podcast, Simon and I discuss today’s challenges of employer branding, and explore how can conglomerates manage an employer brand while allowing individual brands to thrive. We also look at some of the “soft” issues revolving around M&A. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on myndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment of your precious time to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #179 — This interview is with Lily Tse, founder of ThinkDirty App. Based out of Toronto, Lily has made it her mission to make transparent the potential risks that are hidden in the list of ingredients of cosmetic products. With a database of over 300,000 products, ThinkDirty will grade and rank each product based on carcinogenic and toxicological criteria. In this podcast, we explore how Lily has set up ThinkDirty, how she uses the power of the crowds to help as well as exploring the ever important business model. As Lily says, it’s about empowering the ingredient conscious consumer. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) 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 to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #178 — This interview is with Massimo Fubini, CEO and founder of ContactLab, an Italian provider of digital marketing services with offices in five cities across Europe. Having evolved from email marketing services, ContactLab is now at the heart of the multichannel customer relationship challenge. In addition to having an extraordinary archive of newsletters over the years, Contactlab uses data in very interesting ways to create insightful reports on select industries (fashion, luxury…) on eCommerce and digital direct marketing trends.Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) 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 to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #177 — This interview is with Nick Wheeler, founder, owner and Chairman of Charles Tyrwhitt, the privately-held men’s fashion brand, based in London. The story of Charles Tyrwhitt is loaded with great lessons learned and certainly is an example of how to evolve and thrive in these changing times. In this conversation, we discuss the challenges of moving from a catalogue business to online retailer, the importance of stores in the mix, Nick’s key performance indicators and his single most important advice for entrepreneurs.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.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #176 — This interview is with Russ Shaw, serial entrepreneur, angel investor and founder of the Tech London Advocates, which is a community of over 2,300 volunteers keen to promote London as a thriving center for tech and entrepreneurialism. In this interview, we discuss the changing role of Facebook for breaking news, the importance of women in tech, how big companies and small agile entrepreneurs can better collaborate and integrate, as well as the right balance of profiles for one’s Board of Directors.Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) 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 to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #175 — This interview is with Michael Molinaro, COO for Human Resources & HR Transformation Lead at Barclays Bank. Michael, who was a speaker at HR Tech World 2015, leads the HR Technology function, taking Barclays HR into the future with new, emerging practice technologies for HR. In this conversation, we discuss the challenges of transformation at Barclays, how to spread ownership of change, the role that technology can play (especially in the adoption space, gasification in learning), and the role of social media.Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) 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 to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Minter Dialogue Episode #174 — This interview is with Craig Newmark, a self-described nerd, Web pioneer and advocate of technology for the public good. Craig is also the founder of Craigslist, the classifieds site that is today 64th on Alexa’s global ranking, 11th in the US. Craig was kind enough to grant me an interview in which we discuss some of the endeavors in which Craig believes and has invested, including military veterans, voting, women in tech, trustworthy journalism and peer to peer lending. Doing good with the help of technology and passion.Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) 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 to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)