I went down a little bit of a hip-hop/American funk rabbit hole this morning – think Skee-Lo, A Tribe Called Quest, and Sly and the Family Stone – all sparked by the news that the Baller League is going international. Some OGs are going to be involved too, with Gary Lineker and Luis Figo among those agreeing to manage teams in the UK and the US. And because nothing new these days is complete without influencers, KSI, IShowSpeed and Chunkz are also involved. See, not just a newsletter, we try and keep it cultural too. Anyway, we’ll get back to that later, but first some proper football, and things are going from bad to worse at the Etihad. The wheels are well and truly falling off the Manchester City bandwagon. Without a win in six games, Pep Guardiola’s side threw away a three-goal lead at home to Feyenoord overnight, drawing 3-3 in the Champions League. Erling Haaland scored twice in nine minutes either side of half-time and a Ilkay Gundogan strike meant the home side were cruising. Then some comical defending from Josko Gvardiol opened the door to Anis Hadj Moussa to pull one back. The Croatian was a fault too when Santiago Gimenez added a second, and David Hancko snatched a vital point, as Feyenoord scored three times in the final 15 minutes. Fun fact: City have conceded two or more goals in six successive matches in all competitions for the first time since May 1963 – during a season in which they were relegated from the top-flight.2632 genie 。

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2025 will be an unpredictable year globally as leaders of big countries get transactional. Inflation will stay down, interest rates will decrease to spur growth, all big countries will practice their version of ‘nationalism”. Trade wars will replace physical wars. The Indian stock market has turned hot on digital options and ‘sachet” SIP. Sensex should touch 85,000. My 2024 predictions were spot on: I said the Sensex will cross 80,000; the Indian economy will grow around 6 per cent and the global economy at 3 per cent; I mentioned that politicians and marketers will offer more freebies; Indians will get more abusive in social media; and the job market will be tough. All came true. What do I see for 2025? I think these six trends will shape India and the world: 1. One leader — Donald Trump — will determine the slope and shape of the global economy and that of the top 10 economies. Four Ts will hold centre-stage — temperamental, transactional, tariffs and threats. ‘Making America Great Again’ will mean ‘Making the world weak to make America great at negotiation’. This will hold if the US economy grows around 2 per cent. Politics will look inwards everywhere, ‘nationalism’ will bloom more, non-American allies and friendships will thrive. Convenience and political expediency will rule over vs policy and alliances. India will grow between 5.5 and 6.5 per cent, as government spending slows down. 2. Three Is had a significant impact in the major elections of 2024 — inflation, immigration and interest rates. Interest rates will come down as leaders choose growth. The big countries will get tougher on immigration. This is not a good sign for India which could be the global talent provider by 2030. Inflation will stay down in most countries; the dollar will get stronger, and all talks of an alternative reserve currency will remain just be talk. 3. Time as a monetisable variable is working in India. It started with Domino’s Pizza years ago with its 30-minute delivery challenge, then Indigo made a virtue of ‘Indigo standard time’. Now quick commerce is redefining the old ‘Indian Stretchable time’ as ‘Instant Shopping Time’. Q-commerce is here to stay and will impact all categories sooner or later; we see big impact in food, in fresh, convenience-led categories. This will hurt legacy distribution partners. E-commerce companies need to rethink their existing business model. Q-commerce will impact the traditional retailer pushing all industries to reimagine consumer experience in the physical world. When and how will they make money? That’s for a later year! Leaderspeak on the business outlook for 2025 Deel’s workplace trends forecast for 2025 Year-end: Why is it a trigger for job moves? Why fast-moving goods are slowing Time to embrace ‘re-sign’ from resign 4. The Indian stock market and ecosystem is on steroids due to digital innovation and SIP investments as low as $3. In the last five years, the Indian stock market returned 80 per cent in dollar terms vs six per cent in emerging markets. In China, the market declined 15 per cent. Today, 20 per cent of Indian households have some investment in the stock market compared to 7 per cent five years ago. We have more investors than income taxpayers. Investment in the stock market is the new avenue for surplus salary/earnings, beating traditional investment instruments like real estate, gold and bank deposits. First time investors haven’t seen a drop, but it will come. A recent SEBI report said that 91 per cent of Indian investors are losing money! India accounted for 33 per cent of all global IPOs by number and 10 per cent by value in January-September 2024. Expect slightly lower IPO numbers in 2025. This investment in the stock market is hurting consumption in many categories which is unlikely to change till the market tanks. Expect Sensex to be around 85,000 by year-end despite challenges. 5. AI is being used more by consumers compared to corporates. 75 per cent of Open AI’s revenue is from consumers. We have a situation where consumers are using AI for their messages, e-mails, project work etc., well before using AI at work. This hasn’t happened with any technology so far. For all the hype over the last 24 months, corporate use cases haven’t shown speed. The AI promise is big, but the delivery is slow! 6. Well-being and mental health will replace work-life balance as an employee ask. Unemployment fears and job losses are real in the AI age. Stress at work is up, and 70 per cent of employees are unhappy at work. Companies need to provide mental health insurance. This eco-system will develop. As competitiveness steps up in every sector, so will the toxicity of managers who pursue their own narrow agenda. Employees will push back on toxicity by publicly naming, shaming, sharing videos and ‘selling’ their bosses online — This is a big trend in China. Job security will get a premium vs salary premium in 2025. (The writer is Operating Partner at Advent International and former chief of Pepsico India) Comments

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