Image Branding: I can’t do Kim’s dress code.
Image branding is not just for people - it is for companies too. In the early 2000s the big companies all had a live...
Don’t be evil, Sam
"Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need...
This newsletter is interesting. It will give you peace.
I appreciate that you have decided to offer me the gift of your time. As a creator I could not exist without generous patrons...
Why Taylor supports Travis’ events
Taylor Swift - who makes around $100 million a year through her concerts - shows up for new boyfriend, NFL player, Travis Kelce’s games....
Bring out the hedgehogs – the Indians are coming v2
"The Indians are coming!" The alarm bells rang in 2002 when Infosys opened operations in Australia. The fear was that "cheap" labour would take...
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...
Why Your CV Needs Numbers
The rollback - as an oversight - of interest rates on small savings schemes announced by the government, shows how even 1% can have...
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...
Of Christmas Cakes and Tupperware
The annual Christmas cake, precious with fine sugar carefully saved through the year, would be baked a few days before and the cake carefully...
Marketing gets CRED out of the red.
Why Marketing Gets CRED Out of Red
CRED's near-billion-dollar hire-acquisition by WhatsApp proves a principle I've been writing about since 2008: Mindshare leads to Marketshare,...














