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Regeneration: Leading with Conscience

Do the Right Thing while Building a Successful Organization Medinge Group and Edinburgh Napier University are hosting an interactive forum with experts and conscientious leaders from the business, public and third sectors in Scotland at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart campus on April 25, 2024. Join us for a stimulating exchange of ideas, perspectives and real-world

Conscientious innovation: is it possible?

An Oslo Innovation Week Event 28 September 2023 At the moment the world and our societies are at a tipping point: extreme weather patterns, huge gaps between rich and poor, social and economic exclusion, polarized societies, migration from conflict, poverty and environmental degradation. For those of us working with innovation, do the fruits of our

Nicholas Ind and Oriol Iglesias’s In Good Conscience scores glowing reviews

Christopher Walker’s review of Nicholas Ind and Oriol Iglesias’s In Good Conscience: Do the Right Thing While Building a Profitable Business gives an accurate description of what the authors were trying to convey.       ‘The authors of this thought-provoking book advocate the importance of corporate conscience and call for a move away from corporate

Medinge presents Conscientious Innovation at DOGA in Oslo on September 28, 2023

Members of Medinge Group will present Conscientious Innovation: are we all screwed, or can we design for social and environmental progress whilst still creating value? on September 28, 2023, from 9.30 to 16.00 at DOGA (Design og arkitektur Norge), part of Oslo Innovation Week.       Find out what the global head of couture at

Jack Yan wins Highly Commended at Business Book Awards

Long-time Medinge member and co-chair Jack Yan ghost-wrote Panos: My Life, My Odyssey, which won a Highly Commended in the Business Journey category at the Business Book Awards in London on May 16.       While the book is ostensibly swimwear designer Panos Papadopoulos’s autobiography, it contains numerous lessons on business, marketing and branding.  

Medinge Group pays tribute to Anne-Marie McConnon

Medinge Group extends its sincere condolences to the family of Anne-Marie McConnon, who very sadly passed away on Saturday, May 20 after collapsing at home. Anne-Marie joined Medinge over a year ago and hosted our London event in 2022 at the offices of BNY Mellon Investment Management where she was Chief Marketing Officer. Anne-Marie was

The Medinge brand salon: what does the future of fashion, food and finance look like?

Medinge’s London meeting took place on September 22, with a “salon” format. Attendees could attend the brand salon, the fashion salon, the finance salon, or the food salon. By gathering experts in individual panel discussions, everyone was encouraged to get involved, not just take notes. The day was dedicated to the late Sergei Mitrofanov, a

Farewell, Sergei Mitrofanov

Farewell, my dear friend Sergei. Taken far too soon. Sergei trying to corral us for a photograph in London in 2015. I am so deeply saddened by this terrible news since I found out on Wednesday night. A long-time member of Medinge, Sergei was a great friend, colleague and ally. We have known each other

Philippe Mihailovich and Caroline Taylor’s book on haute and luxury brands out

Already named one of the top branding books of 2021 by The Branding Journal, Philippe Mihailovich and Caroline Taylor’s Haute ‘Luxury’ Branding: the High Luxury Pyramid has appeared in a US English edition, fresh for 2022.       Medinge Group co-chair Jack Yan authored the foreword, and Philippe Mihailovich had been a long-time member of