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Aug29, 2025

Anchor & Sails: Ready for turbulence? – Get a Brand Audit! “(SoS) – Sip of Solace” 1-minute Thought leadership Coaching Tips from Joanne Z. Tan

By Joanne Z. Tan | Aug 29, 2025 | Branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, AI, Leadership, AI & Technology, brand culture, Thought Leadership Coaching, Sip of Solace, | 0 Comments

To Watch this as a 1-min video To listen to it as a 1-min podcast  Our world is changing fast. What used to work in calm water no longer works in t...

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Aug9, 2025

Thought Leadership in the AGI Age with Thought Leader Coaching (all 3 parts)

By Joanne Z. Tan | Aug 9, 2025 | Branding, Marketing, LinkedIn, Digital marketing, Content marketing, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, AI, Leadership, AI & Technology, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

AGI (artificial general intelligence) is going to change even the role of a CEO, in a couple of years.  Joanne Z. Tan lists five ways to grow thought...

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Jun8, 2025

Five Brand Building Strategies to Thrive in the Digital Age

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jun 8, 2025 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, brand culture, | 0 Comments

Brand building strategies tell your brand story, focus your messaging, and help connect with communities that align with your values and purpose. To ...

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Feb2, 2025

What Is a Personal Brand?

By Joanne Z. Tan | Feb 2, 2025 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, Leadership, brand culture, | 0 Comments

In a deeply philosophical and psychological sense, a personal brand is established upon the foundation of your sense of self, which determines how you...

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Feb20, 2024

The Roaming Spirit of Alexei Navalny

By Joanne Z. Tan | Feb 20, 2024 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Politics, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Leadership, | 0 Comments

The Roaming Spirit of Alexei Navalny To watch as a video To listen as a podcast   Like a meteor lighting up the Arctic night, no Sun...

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Jan7, 2024

Taylor Swift – A Quintessential American Brand and a Symbol for Full Womanhood

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jan 7, 2024 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, | 0 Comments

What is today's "womanhood"? Why Taylor Swift symbolizes the fullness of womanhood? Why her American personal brand and global business brand transcen...

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Oct20, 2023

World War 3 by Proxy?

By Joanne Z. Tan | Oct 20, 2023 | Stand for Something, Politics, | 0 Comments

World War 3 is unfolding by proxies in the Israel-Hamas War (US & Iran), the Ukraine-Russia War (NATO vs. Russia and its authoritarian supporters)...

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Mar29, 2023

Where is my tripod?_A Short and Funny Excerpt from Joanne Z. Tan’s Memoir

By Joanne Z. Tan | Mar 29, 2023 | 30 Seconds of Anything, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, | 0 Comments

"Where is my tripod?" -A short and funny excerpt from Joanne Z. Tan' memoir - 30 Seconds of Anything Watch it as a (one-and-half minute) video Lis...

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Mar29, 2023

Brand Building, Organizational Culture, Brand Loyalty

By Joanne Z. Tan | Mar 29, 2023 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, | 0 Comments

Brand building, when done correctly, drives a thriving internal organizational culture, and external brand loyalty on the part of  long term customer...

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Mar23, 2023

Political Correctness and Self Censorship_30 Seconds of Anything

By Joanne Z. Tan | Mar 23, 2023 | Personal branding, 30 Seconds of Anything, Stand for Something, Politics, | 0 Comments

Political correctness, self censorship, and truth telling in a free democracy, as both a societal and personal brand - Joanne Z. Tan, 10 Plus Brand. ...

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