My last blog post on brands was about brands that possess revival power and how to spot these wizard brands in your company’s brand portfolio. In that context, I had shared my thoughts and ideas on how Passport Scotch Whisky from Pernod Ricard can tweak its brand strategy and along with a new brand campaign,… Continue reading How a Brand Can Revitalise a Company
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Since the world’s major economies reopened after Covid-related lockdowns, they have been heating up, what with pent-up demand, consumers on a spending spree, travelling, dining out and catching up on a host of social activities that were not possible during lockdowns. All that heated spending and pent-up demand, with supply chains not catching up, led… Continue reading Inflation: Up, up and away!
As the Ukraine-Russia conflict drags into the second year, any chance of a quick end to the war recedes further away from us into the distance. If anything, 2023 began with a ratcheting up of the call for more arms from Ukraine and the west scrambling to make more military equipment available. Zelensky has been… Continue reading Stalemate in Ukraine Crisis, with America the Only Winner.
It is that time of the year when we celebrate women around the world, as International Women’s Day comes around and it is also Women’s History Month in the US. A week ago, I shared a video that I made for International Women’s Day, as this year, it coincides with India’s festival of colours, Holi,… Continue reading Burning Out, Giving In, and What it Means to Be a Woman Professional
Last year ended with the grand announcement that 2023 would be India’s presidency of the G20 group of countries. The Prime Minister unveiled a new logo for the G20 along with the theme of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, an ancient Sanskrit concept that stresses the oneness of all humanity. I remember writing about this concept in one… Continue reading India’s G20 Year
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Now that I have finally finished reading Michael E Porter’s The Competitive Advantage of Nations, I thought I’d write about its relevance in today’s globalized world. Like many business and economics books that I have been writing about recently, it wouldn’t be fair for me to review this book either, for the same reasons. I… Continue reading Porter’s Competitive Advantage of Nations in Today’s Globalised World
If we thought that the 2008 Financial Crisis is the worst crisis the business world has seen this century, we had better think again. Close on the heels of that, we had the Covid-19 global pandemic, and we are still in the grip of a regional war with global repercussions, plenty of geopolitical tensions, as… Continue reading Davos Man Ready to Face the Challenges of the 21st Century?
India was late to the EV party, as it began its journey of electric mobility only in the past decade. It seems like it wasn’t a policy priority either for the Indian government, with our Roads and Transportation Minister, Nitin Gadkari once even quipping on a television news discussion, “What’s the hurry?” This, when the… Continue reading India’s EV Foray Running Out of Steam
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