Creating a Climate Change Brand for UNFCCC – Part II

Last month, I shared my thoughts on how UNFCCC could leverage the power of a brand in its fundraising activity from the private sector for climate change. In that blog post, I shared my idea for a new product concept, its brand identity, as well as the brand strategy for building the new climate change… Continue reading Creating a Climate Change Brand for UNFCCC – Part II

Desperately Seeking Growth Budget

Once again it is time for me to react to the Indian Union Budget, and given all the pre-budget media hype around it on television news of a possible tax relief for the middle-class, I should have expected what we finally got to hear on February 1, 2025. I knew it would once again be… Continue reading Desperately Seeking Growth Budget

Protected: Reading to Get You Set for 2025

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The New Year, Trump Tariffs and the Davos World

Once again, the world’s most powerful countries and business and political leaders converged for the Annual World Economic Forum Summit at Davos in January 2025. But what a changed environment it is, this time. With Trump inaugurated for his second non-consecutive term, the world is bracing itself for more chaos, disruption and uncertainty. The context… Continue reading The New Year, Trump Tariffs and the Davos World

Creating a Climate Change Brand for the UNFCCC – Part I

I have begun the year by saying that 2025 ought to be the year for innovations, and my blog is celebrating 25 years of the 21st century which have really been all about innovations. So, how about I start with some innovations of my own? I had written at the end of last year a… Continue reading Creating a Climate Change Brand for the UNFCCC – Part I

Soaring Borrowing Costs for Economies Everywhere

Even as a new administration takes over in the US under the presidency of Trump and as most advanced economies look forward with plans to boost growth in 2025, the year has actually begun on a sombre note for many of them. That’s because their high fiscal deficits and high levels of debt are causing… Continue reading Soaring Borrowing Costs for Economies Everywhere

Challenges For the Indian Economy in 2025

At the start of the new year as we wait for corporate earnings season to begin again, I thought it might be worth spending some time thinking about where the Indian economy is headed in 2025 and beyond. We tend to focus on headline GDP growth of the economy all the time, but rarely look… Continue reading Challenges For the Indian Economy in 2025

Will 2025 Be the Year for Innovations?

Since my blog is celebrating 25 years of the 21st century this year, and since the first 25 years of this century and millennium have been mostly about some astounding innovations – and disruptions – I thought it is only appropriate that my first blog post of 2025 be on innovations. While many of us… Continue reading Will 2025 Be the Year for Innovations?

Protected: Reading Ahead Into 2025

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