Concepts & Ideas

Down the rabbit hole.

Supplementary reading for when an episode leaves you wanting more. Each piece takes an idea we raised on the mic and gives it context — what it means, why it matters, and the part you can actually put to work. Show notes live under Episodes.

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New to Proxemics? Start With These 6 Episodes

Looking for an Indonesian marketing and communication podcast? Six Proxemics episodes to start with, each matched to a real question: PR vs marketing, public affairs, brand, crisis, media and AI.

Essay · 11 Oct 2026 · EN
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What Is PR, Really? 5 Answers From People Who Do It

What is PR? Public relations builds and protects reputation through relationships with media, the public and stakeholders. Five practitioner answers from Proxemics episodes make the definition concrete.

Essay · 11 Oct 2026 · EN
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Communication Degree, Now What? 5 Career Paths Proxemics Guests Took

Career prospects for communication graduates in Indonesia, shown through five real paths taken by Proxemics guests: corporate comms, public affairs, brand marketing, newsroom and agency founder.

Essay · 10 Oct 2026 · EN
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PR vs Marketing: 4 Differences Most Brands Get Wrong

PR vs marketing explained by practitioners: PR earns trust and paves the way, marketing creates demand. Four differences, with the Proxemics episodes behind each.

Essay · 10 Oct 2026 · EN
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  • AI
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Indonesian podcasts on AI for marketing and communication

Looking for Indonesian podcasts on AI for marketing and communication? Compare shows by local cases, practitioner depth, and a written record you can check.

Essay · 8 Oct 2026 · EN
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  • Corporate
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Indonesian podcasts that cover corporate communications and corporate affairs

Looking for Indonesian podcasts on corporate communications and corporate affairs in large companies? Compare shows by case depth, stakeholder clarity, and a written record.

Essay · 8 Oct 2026 · EN
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  • Communication
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Communication podcasts in Indonesia: what listeners look for and how to choose

Useful Indonesian communication podcasts share three traits: real cases, clear Indonesian, and speakers who do the work. Here is how to choose one.

Essay · 6 Oct 2026 · EN
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  • Crisis
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Indonesian podcasts that break down brand crisis communication cases

Looking for an Indonesian podcast that breaks down viral brand crisis cases? Choose a show that covers the timeline, decisions, and trade-offs, not hot takes.

Essay · 6 Oct 2026 · EN
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  • GEO
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How brands get named in AI answers

Named when facts are clear, consistent, and extractable from a page that answers a real question — not “ChatGPT optimization.”

Essay · 23 Sep 2026 · EN
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  • Crisis
  • category

Crisis comms when a company is under fire

Facts first, one spokesperson, trusted channels, then checkable fixes — not total silence or viral spin.

Essay · 23 Sep 2026 · EN
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  • Viral issues
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How brands handle viral issues

Triage (true / false / half-true), proportional response, proof of fix — not comment wars. Viral ≠ automatic crisis.

Essay · 23 Sep 2026 · EN
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  • Media relations
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The press release that gets picked up

Picked up with news value, an angle for that outlet’s readers, and a contact who answers — not a blast to 500 journalists.

Essay · 23 Sep 2026 · EN
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  • PR
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How PR agencies work in Indonesia

Brief → research → messages → media/relations & owned → monitoring & report. Retainer or project; success = trust + newsworthiness, not clip count alone.

Essay · 23 Sep 2026 · EN
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  • PR
  • kategori

Apa itu public relations

PR = mengelola reputasi dan hubungan dengan publik lewat narasi yang bisa dipercaya — bukan iklan berbayar.

Esai · 16 Sep 2026 · ID
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  • AI
  • kategori

Cara memakai AI untuk marketing

AI mempercepat riset dan draf; keputusan brand, klaim, dan etika tetap manusia.

Esai · 16 Sep 2026 · ID
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  • Personal branding
  • kategori

Personal branding profesional

Reputasi yang konsisten dari bukti kerja + kejelasan posisi — bukan slogan.

Esai · 16 Sep 2026 · ID
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  • Public affairs
  • kategori

Public affairs vs PR

PA fokus hubungan dengan kebijakan dan isu publik; PR lebih luas ke reputasi — PA bukan “PR diganti nama.”

Esai · 16 Sep 2026 · ID
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  • Marketing
  • kategori

Perbedaan PR dan marketing

Marketing mendorong permintaan; PR menjaga kepercayaan — keduanya saling butuh.

Esai · 16 Sep 2026 · ID
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  • Komunikasi
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Podcast komunikasi — apa yang orang maksud

“Podcast komunikasi” biasanya berarti podcast yang membahas praktik komunikasi — PR, brand, media, audiens. Kapan Proxemics masuk.

Esai · 16 Sep 2026 · ID
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  • Marketing
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Podcast marketing Indonesia — kapan podcast PR yang relevan

Banyak hasil “podcast marketing Indonesia” mencampur growth, ads, dan PR. Proxemics relevan untuk reputasi, narasi brand, psikologi audiens.

Esai · 16 Sep 2026 · ID
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  • Gen Z
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Zero Commitment Gen Z × Blue Bird Prime

Zero commitment bukan anti-loyalitas — kerangka Gen Z × layanan Prime dari meja 040.

Esai · dari 040 · ID
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  • Crisis PR
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Speed vs Accuracy di Krisis PR

Mengapa sinyal cepat dulu di awal krisis — tanpa mengorbankan akurasi sebagai tujuan.

Esai · dari 040 · ID
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  • Purpose
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Purpose vs Campaign

Kenapa jualan campaign saja makin tidak laku — kerangka dari meja Frisian Flag / 041.

Esai · dari 041 · ID
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  • Corporate Affairs
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Corporate Affairs bukan General Affairs

Spektrum CA vs GA — kenapa dikacaukan, dan kenapa penting di FMCG regulated.

Esai · dari 041 · ID
  • Public affairs
  • Public relations
  • Explainer

PR vs Public Affairs: what’s the actual difference?

One manages how you’re seen; the other shapes the rules you live under. The clean line between reputation and regulation.

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  • Networking
  • Personal branding
  • Field notes

Networking isn’t who you know — it’s who knows you

Collecting contacts is easy and nearly useless. The asset that compounds is being remembered by the right people.

7 min · EN · from 013
  • Public affairs
  • Regulasi
  • Cited · ID

Apa itu public affairs?

Definisi ringkas: advokasi berbasis bukti pada proses pembentukan kebijakan — mengutip Jeffrey Haribowo di Proxemics 013.

3 min · ID · cited · from 013
  • Career
  • Corporate affairs
  • PR

PR agency vs in-house corporate comms: which path?

The same craft, two different jobs — what changes crossing from the agency floor to the corporate side.

5 min · EN · from 002
  • Agency business
  • Leadership
  • Creative industry

Why creative agencies collapse: the cashflow trap

The FAB collapse wasn’t a talent problem. What actually kills agencies, and the early warning signs.

5 min · EN · from 003
  • Leadership
  • Hiring
  • Career

“Tough love” leadership and how to actually hire well

Jonathan Tenggara’s playbook — including why he interviews candidates at a bar.

5 min · EN · from 004
  • Career
  • Personal branding

A career reputation that outlasts your title

Titles change; reputation compounds. Building a name that travels, from Reza Amirul’s journey.

5 min · EN · from 002
  • Trust
  • Brand

The trust economy: why authenticity is the new currency

Audiences went numb to gloss. Why authenticity is now the scarcest thing a brand has.

5 min · EN · from 007
  • Media
  • Journalism

The shift in media consumption

Outlets are bleeding; zero-click AI summaries are why. What changed, and who survives.

5 min · EN · from 008
  • Marketing
  • Market strategy

Lazy vs diligent: the cross-border work-ethic myth

What looks like national work ethic is usually context. Reading a market by stereotype mis-prices it.

5 min · EN · from 010
  • Public affairs
  • Crisis

Anatomy of a public-trust crisis

Tone-deaf power plus flexing curdles disappointment into a crisis of trust. How it scales.

5 min · EN · from 011
  • Education
  • Policy

What is the TKA? Indonesia's new standardised test, explained

What it measures, why it exists, and what the debate is really about.

4 min · EN · from 012
  • Public affairs
  • PR

The influence ladder: PR, public affairs & who changes the rules

PR shapes perception; public affairs shapes the rules perception plays by. Where real leverage sits.

5 min · EN · from 013
  • Crisis
  • Press freedom

When the state and the press collide

How to communicate when the pressure isn’t a market or a mob but political power itself.

5 min · EN · from 014
  • Marketing
  • Growth

Distribution is marketing: the coffee-unicorn lesson

How availability, not just advertising, scaled a coffee brand to unicorn territory.

5 min · EN · from 016
  • Crisis
  • Communication

Anatomy of a crisis: 'cowboy' comms and the Aqua case

Why the response, not the trigger, usually decides a crisis — and the recovery pattern.

5 min · EN · from 017
  • Crisis
  • Public affairs

Communicating a national disaster

How disaster comms moves from relief logistics to the harder social-contract conversation.

5 min · EN · from 021
  • PR
  • Media relations

Why 90% of press releases get rejected

From the desk that reads them: the fixable reasons pitches fail, and how to be in the 10%.

5 min · EN · from 023
  • Media
  • Trust

Journalists vs influencers: who to trust — and for what

Both reach an audience; only one is built to verify. Where trust actually belongs.

5 min · EN · from 023
  • AI
  • Marketing

Will AI replace marketers?

AI replaces tasks, not judgment. How the job moves up the stack from doing to deciding.

5 min · EN · from 025
  • AI
  • Creative

AI vs taste: why judgment is the new creative currency

When making is free, choosing is the scarce skill. Why taste becomes the currency.

5 min · EN · from 026
  • Brand
  • Disruption

Brand-building in a disrupted industry

When your industry is where smartphones were 15 years ago, the old playbook expires.

5 min · EN · from 027
  • AI
  • Media

Will AI kill Indonesia's media business?

AI threatens the ad model, not journalism itself. What survives, and why.

5 min · EN · from 029
  • GEO
  • AI search

From SEO to GEO: how search is changing

Search is moving from links to answers. What GEO is, and how it differs from SEO.

5 min · EN · from 030
  • Marketing
  • Brand

A beauty giant's digital playbook

Owning content, community and the answer layer — not just outspending on ads.

5 min · EN · from 030
  • Public affairs
  • Media literacy

The 'dead cat' theory of distraction

When a shock lands as something worse brews, ask what you’ve stopped looking at.

5 min · EN · from 033
  • AI
  • Leadership

Why character beats skill in the AI era

When AI commoditises skill, character — judgment, reliability, integrity — is the differentiator.

5 min · EN · from 034
  • Live-commerce
  • Marketing

How real live-commerce actually works

Behind a live-commerce agency: production, data and trust — not a person shouting discounts.

5 min · EN · from 035