the business of ideas - patrick collister
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The business of
Buenos Aires 14th November 2012
Let’s get going
• What we’re going to do is: • Talk about creaBvity • Why it’s important • Talk about ideas • Look at the 7 Ideas. • Have lots of ideas
Who is this person?
And who are you?
LeJ-‐brain/right-‐brain
• CreaBve people are right-‐brained
• LeJ-‐brain sees the details. It’s logic, language, lists, wriBng. It arrives at conclusions.
• Right brain gets the whole picture. It’s intuiBve, images, colour; it leaps to conclusions.
• LeJ brained people deconstruct ideas to validate them. Then find it hard puRng the idea back together again.
1st point of conflict
• We WRITE briefs but SEE the work
• Using different parts of the brain for each task
2nd point of conflict: Abstract and Concrete ideas
3rd point of conflict
What do you see?
LeJ-‐brain/right-‐brain
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4th point of conflict
Right brain/leJ brain
• You need a brief for a concrete idea
• You need to explain the idea in both the whole and the detail
• And that’s what today is all about!
So, what is creaBvity?
It is compeBBveness
Markets are life and death affairs
• Apricot • Atari • Amiga • Amstrad • Lotus • Sinclair • Compaq • Commodore
Pampers v Huggies
You!
How we apply creaBvity has changed
What is an idea?
The 5 stages of an idea
1. Gather the facts 2. Look for a connecBon 3. Walk away from it 4. Start wriBng 5. Test it
Ideas are new combinaBons
• A new combinaBon of old elements
• Business ideas are new combinaBons: Henry Ford watched meat-‐packers.
• Advertorial, infomercials, B-‐VD
• AdverBsing ideas: The apparently irrelevant made relevant
What is a BIG IDEA?
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Is this a BIG IDEA?
What is a BIG IDEA?
• A big idea is an idea that liberates rather than diminishes the meaning of a brand
• There are 2 differences between an idea and a BIG idea. The first is
transformaBon: ideas are ephemeral, BIG ideas transform us, the way we see ourselves, others and the world. The second is shared emoBon. Ideas are interesBng. BIG ideas capBvate the hearts and minds of many and inspire debate, dissent, enlightenment and comfort.
• BIG ideas, in a single thought, sum up what a brand stands for,
unifying its communicaBon and direcBng all its future acBon. • A BIG idea lives and breathes in all comms.
The hierarchy of ideas
CreaBve idea
CommunicaBons Idea
Business Idea
The hierarchy of ideas -‐ tool
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There is usually a ‘lead’ idea
The hierarchy of ideas -‐ tool
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A big idea – in the strategy
Here’s a strategy
A big idea – in the creaBve execuBon
A big idea – in the creaBve execuBon
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Extending the idea
What’s the idea?
Oh dear
Meaning and expression
Big ideas can seem moronic
Same idea – but contemporary
SeducBon -‐ Italy
SeducBon, Colombia
SeducBon on the roads
SeducBon at Xmas
In the toilet
Same idea – but ArgenBnian
Works differently online
What’s the creaBve idea?
What’s the creaBve idea?
What’s the creaBve idea?
What’s the creaBve idea?
What’s the creaBve idea?
What’s the creaBve idea?
The hierarchy helps sell
Uncomfortable real life
We know real life can be messy and messy moments are when you need money
In the business of people rather than money
Spar Nord