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Author Archives: Sam Gemmell
Shared knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch
Bikram Yoga, for those not familiar with forms of water torture, is a series of 26 yoga positions performed in a room heated to over 140 degrees F with extreme humidity. I’m sitting in our office in Delray Beach, Fl, … Continue reading
Uncertainty is invevitable. Worrying is optional.
I have metal in both my ankles, the legacy of a misspent youth, and it set off the security scanner at Chicago International Airport. It’s not my first time, so I deliberately travel without pockets, flaunt my ankles to anyone … Continue reading
And now for something completely different
The first leg of my US export adventure is almost over. The Kellogg School Marketing Master Class has really inspired me, and it’s worth taking some time to let the learning simmer and distill. But for now, it’s time to shift … Continue reading
The lure of a good sandwich
I can’t leave this hallowed place of learning without bemoaning the lure of twenty-four hour snacking. The idea that you have to carb up to work out, academically speaking, has caused much international debate. Clutching his new paunch, one athletic … Continue reading
Champagne cocktails at the Penthouse
We’ve been let out of the Kellogg building! I was beginning to think I would spend a week in Chicago and never see this incredible city. UKTI had arranged for all the marketing scholars to attend a champagne reception at … Continue reading
“The future of competition is collaboration”
Its been three days and I feel like I’ve been at the Kellogg Institute a month. I have fallen prey to the British Civil Servants’ art of the understatement. I was told it was intensive, advised to complete the reading … Continue reading
Marketing – Black Art or Cold Science?
This morning my email bing-bonged with an invitation to an East Midlands international trade seminar on, wait for it…”brand essence” – this really made me chuckle… So what’s brand essence then – a magical mist that’s carried on international trade … Continue reading
Death and Taxes
We arrived at the Kellogg Institute late and tumbled into bed, jet-lagged and exhausted. I awoke to the sun rising over Lake Michigan and decided to walk the campus to get my bearings. The first thing that always strikes me … Continue reading
Caught between the moon and New York City
Well Iceland actually, on my way to Chicago. Its 30,000 feet and my fellow passengers are gently snoozing their way across the Atlantic. The business class flat bed is a wondrous invention, although for me it feels more like lying … Continue reading






