Time for Advertising’s Seasoned Professionals to Save the Industry

It’s that time of the year again, when the world’s advertising industry flocks to Cannes to bask in the sunshine that the French Riviera offers as well as in the limelight of international awards for creativity. And as I had written last year, this year too Cannes seems to revolve around AI and more AI,… Continue reading Time for Advertising’s Seasoned Professionals to Save the Industry

Protected: Summer of 2024: Changes Everywhere

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G7’s Waning Influence and Relevance

The recently concluded G7 Summit in Italy – all the various stages of it – seems to be an acceptance of the group’s waning influence and relevance in today’s world. From reading and hearing news reports of the summit, I got the sense that with weakening economies, and plenty of political problems in each of… Continue reading G7’s Waning Influence and Relevance

What EU and UK Elections Could Mean for Their Economies

With large parts of the world going to elections this year, it’s worth looking at some of the political shifts that could signal changes in economic policy as well. India has just concluded a mammoth 7-phase election and I have written about its implications for the Indian economy in my previous blog post. Parliamentary elections… Continue reading What EU and UK Elections Could Mean for Their Economies

Implications of India’s Election Verdict on the Economy

The world’s largest democracy has just concluded its parliamentary elections over a month and a half in seven phases and if you thought most people would have tired of all the election mania including the non-stop reporting on media, you would be mistaken. I was tired of listening to interviews with politicians, I must admit.… Continue reading Implications of India’s Election Verdict on the Economy

What Global Inc Is Telling Us About the Economy

Now that the first quarter of the calendar year 2024 has ended, it’s worthwhile trying to gauge the state of the global economic recovery from what the corporate earnings seem to be indicating so far. Of course, the March quarter happens to be the last quarter of our fiscal year in India, and we are… Continue reading What Global Inc Is Telling Us About the Economy

Can We Change the Direction of The Coming Wave?

Just finished reading an absorbing book on AI by one of its leading practitioners, and I was hoping it wouldn’t be one of those rapturous, ra-ra kind of books on the subject. Thankfully, The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman, founder of DeepMind which Google acquired, and Inflection AI, isn’t one of those kinds of books;… Continue reading Can We Change the Direction of The Coming Wave?

What It Means to Be a Network of Professionals

In recent years, social media has come under a lot of flak for being platforms to spread hate and discord, bigotry and indeed, even misinformation. From Russian meddling in US elections and in Brexit through Facebook, to our own elections reaching a feverish pitch on social media and allegations of a child-lifting racket spreading like… Continue reading What It Means to Be a Network of Professionals

How Popular Car Brands Can Maintain Their Edge

Since I have written about luxury car brands – Jaguar, Land Rover, JLR corporate brand and Porsche - on my blog before, I thought I’d turn my attention to mass-market popular car brands this time. Mass market and premium cars ought to constitute the most crowded of car segments in any country, I would reckon.… Continue reading How Popular Car Brands Can Maintain Their Edge

Protected: Understanding a World Divided

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