Paul Writer

Digital Transformation

Why Art Tuition Aunty when Michelangelo is free?

The teen’s friend is a gifted artist - the kind who doodles gallery-worthy portraits. They are dragging themselves through a school system which has...

Oi, Marie, it’s just marketing science!

A packet of Marie biscuits is a staple in my pantry. I’ve never been fussed about which brand. A flood of ads by Parle asking...

Apple TV+ scores my eyeball with great marketing

I run this really cool marketers community on Whatsapp. It sometimes gets to me that a lot of what is shared there is advertising....

Half plate of marketing, please

"Didn't you like our rotis?" asked the lady who runs the lunch counter at CoWrks. I had left one half uneaten, as, loaded with...

Elon & I are safe, but LJP OTW

We're both CEOs and that job is ranked 64 in a list of 65 jobs that will survive AI. Call me a cockroach all you...

My podcast is like a homemade cake :)

How can you stand out even when you don't have a ton of money to burn? That's the topic of my shiny new podcast....

Escalator or Walkalator – both move from A to B

For our wedding anniversary my husband and I went to Noon Wines, a Bangalore institution that is older than our relationship. Its charm is...
Blue Nectar making organic space in cluttered D2C Beauty Industry

Blue Nectar making organic space in cluttered D2C Beauty Industry

D2C Beauty Industry is cluttered The Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) beauty industry in India has experienced significant growth in size and competition in recent years. This has...

Why Yardley smells better than Bath & Body Works today

My loyalty to Wipro as a former CMO made me buy Yardley handwash. Nah, not quite. I was CMO of the tech business, not...

Kanye and the Wild West of AI & Inclusivity

Kanye West aired an ad during Super Bowl that had a link to a site that sold Swastika t-shirts labeled HH. The site changed its...