Emily Chang - Present | The Spare Room

The Present

I launched this site in the midst of my “professional halftime,” in Fall 2019. After 20+ years in the corporate world, I took the summer off to invest in my family (last year, we moved back to the States after eight years in China) and to write a book.

As I move out of my professional halftime, I’m excited to embark on my next journey. As of 9/9/2020, the book is available for pre-order and my new job starts at McCann China.

Click below to join my on my journey or for more information on the book or what I will be doing at McCann.

the book

my blog

BLOG

Nourishing Wellbeing: Building Sustainable Brands

Addressed 320 attendees at the Eco-Business event, Nourishing Wellbeing: Building Sustainable Brands. A few key points: It’s time for brands take a stand. The recent McCann Truth about Sustainability report shows that 77% of people globally believe brands have more...

An important lesson we can learn from moss.

What can we learn from moss? It turns out, quite a bit. Like, did you know that mosses can lose up to 98 percent of their moisture and still survive to restore themselves when water is replenished? Wow, the stuff is nearly dead... it certainly appears to be dead......

Girl Scouts of Shanghai

What a pleasure to meet with the Girl Scouts of Shanghai! I had the opportunity to share some stories from The Spare Room book and explain the concept of social legacy. Here’s what inspires me: defining our social legacy to live with more intention is NOT a mid-life...

CLIMB: Five Companies, Five Revelations

Keynote addressing over 1000 Bristol-Myers Squibb employees on career, life lessons and Social Legacy. We discussed the power of “going broad” early in your professional life to learn as much as you can, which can accelerate your career in later phases. Also, touched...

Leadership and Loyalty Podcast

This podcast unlocks the raw truth of guests' heroic journeys from devastation to purpose. A few highlights from our podcast: Part 1: Defining what pisses you off Promotion as a set-up for failure or Success Comfort for The Spirit, a CEO's Path Finding the...