Minter Dialogue with Dr Michael Hauser

Dr. Michael Hauser is an Emeritus Astronomer. In his capacity as Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he was instrumental in transforming the Institute into a multi-observatory organization that included the work on the Hubble and James Webb space telescope programs. Michael was a member of the COBE science team and was part of the Nobel prize delegation in Stockholm in 2006 when the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Mather and George Smoot for their discoveries of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation with NASA's COBE satellite. In this conversation, we discuss Mike's career highlights, some of the key discoveries he was part of, the challenges and benefits of international collaborations in light of geopolitics, the value of theory versus observation, the future of space exploration and the nature of ambition in space.

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Minter Dialogue with Paul Assaiante

"Coach" Paul Assaiante is one of the greatest coaches in the history of intercollegiate athletics. He's labelled as the “winningest coach in college sports history,” sporting a 252-match winning streak over 13 years, a 507-29 all-time record, and winning 17 NCAA Championship titles as head coach at Trinity College. Paul systematically brought together great players from around the world and demonstrated how teammates from diverse cultures can unite to build a winning culture and team. And his experience is also enriched by having coached the US National Team in squash (17 years) as well as World Team Tennis with Billie Jean King. To add to his list of accomplishments, he's also co-author with James Zug of the book, "Run to the Roar, Coaching to Overcome Fear," (published by Penguin) and the subject of a 2013 documentary film, All In, by Marc DiBenedetto. In this conversation, we discuss his philosophy of coaching, how he's been guided by his personal purpose, the best ways to train, motivate and guide a team of individual athletes to bring out their best. We also look at the role of empathy in coaching, how to learn, improve and perform under stress, and the way to get the best out of everyone. He also addresses some of the challenges of coaching in today's environment, with the perils of social media, helicopter parenting and coming to grips with one's emotions.

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Minter Dialogue #62 -- This interview is with Sterling Proffer, whom I met at SXSW2013. Sterling works at one of the more fascinating and disruptive companies: Vice Media. Vice are publishers, aggregators, curators, and social platforms. As Director of Platform at Vice, Sterling's job is to help them navigate that world and position them across every place the audience can find them. I believe that the lessons for brands are multiple. A stimulating discussion to say the least. Enjoy the show!

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Minter Dialogue Episode #339

Rana Gujral is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor and the CEO of Behavioral Signals, an enterprise software company that delivers a robust and fast-evolving emotion AI engine that introduces emotional intelligence into speech recognition technology. Rana has been awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine, the ‘US China Pioneer’ Award by IEIE. He was also recently listed in Inc. Magazine as an “AI Entrepreneur to Watch”. In this stimulating conversation with Rana, we look at how he and his team at Behavioral Signals break down emotions via voice, what are the next avenues of development in voice and speech detection, and how so much can be revealed via voice.

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Minter Dialogue Episode #196 — This interview is with Margaret Molloy, CMO and Head of Business Development at Siegel+Gale, a premier global strategic branding firm, part of the OMNICOM Group. Margaret is a regular on lists of the most influential and most savvy marketing pros, including the top 5 most influential CMOs on Social Media as voted on Forbes. In this conversation, we discuss how to execute strong branding, the right mix between communications and experience, employee engagement vs customer centricity, and how to bring simplicity and clarity to your brand and organization.

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