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What a dismal month. I’m writing this a few days before Rachel Reeves delivers the first Budget of the new Labour government, and the steady drip of negative stories about the economy and politics in general is souring the mood. (The weather hasn’t helped.)
At the start of the year, the big story was the elections in India, the US, the UK and across Europe. A big year for democracy, then – but, as it turned out, a bad year for incumbency. There’s been a lot of change in 2024. What does that mean for 2025 and beyond?
No, not really. Older readers might know that this email’s subject line is lifted from a 1973 cover of National Lampoon. 50 years later, the need for sensationalist triggers to attract our attention is greater than ever. There’s so much competition for your time, everyone’s at it – in the media, on your socials, even in your meetings and board packs.
Iggy Pop: punk progenitor, psycho-pop legend, David Bowie’s mate, 6 Music DJ – what’s not to like? A lyrical highlight? "I'm bored....I'm the chairman of the bored...." he sang in 1979. And it feels pretty relevant when I look across the finance recruitment landscape in 2023.
Welcome to the newsletter, which opens with a confession: I don’t write this all on my own. The best thing about this job is getting out and about, meeting all sorts of people – finance execs, board members, investors, HR folk – and working out how to match-make for the best results.