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’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
This article is based on a presentation I gave to an audience of MBA alumni from ESADE, the Spanish business school, on September 26, 2012. The title is borrowed from that well known phrase New Yorkers use to express their feelings of ‘Enough.’ It’s often spoken with great emotion and a sense of exasperation about