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Thomas Murphy

Thomas Murphy

Professor of Practice in Sustainability Marketing and Brand Strategy at Clark University, advising global brands and AEC firms on brand strategy.

Aug 5, 2026

14:28
What are those? What are the three Ps of branding?
14:31
Well, it always begins with brand purpose.
14:34
Simon Sinek, a famous theorist, as we've seen, basically says people don't buy what you do.
14:41
They buy why you do it.
14:43
Every company that I work for, when they come to me for branding help, what I say to them is, we've got to take a look at your purpose because your purpose drives everything else.
14:53
It drives everything you do, the directions you're going in, the types of projects you go after for this.
15:00
What is it that you see as the reason why you're in business? And it's not just to make big buildings or to do major projects.

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