7th July, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - 5 Comments
French Service. For some, this is an oxymoron. Some like to say the same thing of American Intelligence. But as far as French Intelligence is concerned and American Service, we tend to be on the right track! Regarding French service, there has been much written about the issue of bad, snooty-nosed, unfriendly service in French’s » Read More
9th March, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
In Paris, yesterday, I attended a conference hosted by the MEDEF (the union of employers in France), where the ORSE (Observatory of Societal Responsibility in Enterprises) was promoting among other things the arrival of a new book, « Patrons Papas: paroles de dirigeants sur l’équilibre travail et vie privée » (Editions du Cherche Midi) or “Papa Bosses: » Read More
4th March, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
A wave of publications on 2009 results show that the smartphone invasion continued at a great and global pace, outstripping the wildest predictions of only a few years ago. Clearly, the people are voting with their pocket books and a certain number of companies (Apple, Google, Nokia, network operators, in the first instance) are taking » Read More
8th December, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
I attended a presentation last week by Jean-Claude Larréché, famed marketing professor from INSEAD (still teaching there and also was there when I attended in 1993). Jean-Claude gave a short and punchy overview of the key points of his latest book, “The Momentum Effect” which was published by Wharton School Publishing last year and is » Read More
24th November, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 2 Comments
I attended a GEF (Grandes Ecoles au Feminin [1]) conference yesterday, here in Paris, at which I listened to the results of an Ipsos study entitled, “How to improve the mix of women in management [in France].” You can read the French results here. This was the fourth time that a study had » Read More
22nd October, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 8 Comments
As part of my Franco-American profile, I am naturally drawn to reading about comparisons and competition between France and the US. I came across this May 2009 article, France Beats America, which describes France’s epicurean passion for “living it up” in terms of eating, sleeping and holidaying. On the eating front, as much » Read More
5th October, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
MEDEF UNIVERSITE D’ETE PLENARY SESSION – 3 September, 2009 “Will capitalism become ethical or not?”Plenary Session animated by Jean-Pierre Elkabach Below I will highlight a few points that I took away from the two hour plenary session, brilliantly managed by JP Elkabach, on Ethical Capitalism at the MEDEF Summer University 2009. As with the other subjects discussed in » Read More
5th September, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment
If the plight of children and the role of women is the key issue for the MEDEF Summer University [Universite d'Ete] 2009, Ms. Cherie Blair was a wonderful choice to open the conference. If her speech felt a little long, there were many interesting points raised in her 30 minute speech. I captured below a » Read More
27th October, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment
Facebook is growing at a rate of knots, it’s hard to imagine where it will stop. This pick up from Mashable is interesting as it speaks to the aforementioned (prior post “Googlotics”) role of the online presence in political races. Put your two cents into this Daily Poll about whether online presence will have » Read More
17th October, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment
With a transport strike in Paris now underway, a breakdown with Blogger today (although it wasn’t exactly a strike, it almost felt like it) and the general strikeout by the Yankees (and maybe soon the Red Sox in the ALCS), it seems that strikes are in the air. And it doesn’t stop there. » Read More
12th August, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment
So, what’s the blog all about? Aside from facing the inimitable existentialist questions about oneself, I have seen a slew of posts on the “why” of blogs and what is it all for? A few observations come to the fore. As cited in Opinionated Marketers, it really depends on your own objectives » Read More
7th August, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
My posting on the Tour de France was picked up by this “Bloggers looking for the straight dope” article in Slate, an online magazine, owned by The Washington Post Company. Again, this is a new form of journalism — picking up on the beat on the ‘net. I’m flattered to have been tagged » Read More
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