Thought Leadership Coaching

Jun28, 2026

Performance Marketing and Brand Building in the AI Age

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jun 28, 2026 | Branding, Digital marketing, Brand building, Brands, AI, AI & Technology, AIXD (AI Experience Design), Thought Leadership Coaching, brand marketing in AI Age, | 0 Comments

Performance marketing promises objective data to measure marketing ROI but it undervalues brand building. As the AI age overturns old paradigms, brand...

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May21, 2026

Brand Journey to Win in the AI Age: Learning to Share the Road

By Joanne Z. Tan | May 21, 2026 | Digital marketing, Content marketing, Brands, AI, Leadership, AI & Technology, brand culture, AIXD (AI Experience Design), Thought Leadership Coaching, brand marketing in AI Age, | 0 Comments

Brands need to adjust to a world in which the brand journey is a co-creation of brand essence, audience participation, and design-collaboration among ...

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Apr14, 2026

AI Slop’s Unintentional Winner: Brand Equity Built on Trust and Authenticity

By Joanne Z. Tan | Apr 14, 2026 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, AI, Leadership, AI & Technology, brand culture, AIXD (AI Experience Design), Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

Brand equity is what keeps brands from drowning in an ocean of AI slop. Building trust, authenticity, and connection is key. The World Economic Forum...

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Feb26, 2026

Brand Visibility in the Agentic Age: How to Use an AI Brand Agent to Win at AI Search and SOM (Share of Model)

By Joanne Z. Tan | Feb 26, 2026 | Branding, Marketing, Content marketing, Brand building, Advertising, Brands, AI, AIXD (AI Experience Design), Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

To sustain brand visibility in the Agentic Age, brands need to use AI brand agent and SOM (Share of Model) for AI search on LLMs, per Joanne Z. Tan. ...

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Jan10, 2026

Brand Storytelling of a Hero’s Journey is Key to Building a Storybrand (A short intro)

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jan 10, 2026 | Branding, Marketing, LinkedIn, Digital marketing, Content marketing, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, Leadership, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

What is a brand story or brand storytelling? - A brand story is a narrative about a brand, business or personal, based on facts, records, user experie...

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Nov4, 2025

SoS (Sip of Solace):  World Series 2025 Game 7 Goes Down in History as a Legendary MLB Game

By Joanne Z. Tan | Nov 4, 2025 | Leadership, Joyful living, Thought Leadership Coaching, Sip of Solace, | 0 Comments

Mental focus and calm under pressure made Yoshinobu Yamamoto the hero, MVP, and GOAT (greatest of all time), winning LA Dodgers World Series 2025 in a...

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Sep13, 2025

Be Our Better Angels – Charlie Kirk Assassination, Political Divisiveness, Tragedies of the Cultural Revolution

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 13, 2025 | Politics, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Leadership, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

Charlie Kirk assassination calls us all to be better angels over political divisiveness. We each will be tested in days ahead - Joanne Z. Tan shares h...

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Sep9, 2025

Sep5, 2025

Celebrate, in Big and Small Ways – When, How, and Why?  

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 5, 2025 | Brand building, Leadership, brand culture, Joyful living, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

Celebrate in big and small ways, daily, because "the journey IS the destination", says Joanne Z. Tan, thought leadership coach. Happiness is not a re...

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Sep4, 2025

Celebrate Here and Now! – “SoS – Sip of Solace”: 1-minute thought leadership Tip from Joanne Z. Tan

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 4, 2025 | Brand building, Leadership, brand culture, Joyful living, Thought Leadership Coaching, Sip of Solace, | 0 Comments

Celebration is a leadership skill, a mental discipline, and a path to success.  Learn why celebrate here and now, the everyday, can direct your focus...

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