On Strategy Showcase 10/31/24 On Strategy Showcase 10/31/24

Workday's Rockstars campaign and its Effie-winning goal

While using the term Rockstar to describe someone in the office isn't new, exploring how true rockstars feel about it is.

On Strategy Showcase 10/28/24 On Strategy Showcase 10/28/24

Burger King's buzz-building "Bundles of Joy" campaign

Controversial to some, liberating to others, the idea caught fire in media.

On Strategy Showcase 10/23/24 On Strategy Showcase 10/23/24

Live Tour from London: Martin Weigel, Lucy Jameson and Martin Beverley

We hear how having planners as founders made London The Home of Planning. How advertising might have an issue, but brands don’t, etc.

On Strategy Showcase 10/18/24 On Strategy Showcase 10/18/24

The Titanium-winning Marina Prieto campaign from JCDecaux & DAVID

A masterclass in demonstrating the creative effectiveness of a medium or message. Tons of new stuff here.

On Strategy Showcase 10/14/24 On Strategy Showcase 10/14/24

Pot Noodle's brilliant, Effie-winning response to a failed product launch

Inspired by Carlsberg and KFC, Pot Noodle designed a response to a product fail that lifted both the brand and the relaunched product to unexpected levels.

On Strategy Showcase 10/7/24 On Strategy Showcase 10/7/24

Classics episode: Harvey Keitel for Direct Line. An APG Gold winner.

Richard Huntington, CSO at Saatchi shares the strategy that delivered 6 yrs of growth. And the CEO who tried to kill it.

On Strategy Showcase 10/3/24 On Strategy Showcase 10/3/24

The truth behind the Michael Cera campaign

Frustrated by how others have mis-represented it, Chris Beresford-Hill shares his first-hand knowledge.

On Strategy Showcase 9/26/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/26/24

Rerun: How Michelob Ultra’s “Social Athlete” reframed lite beer

While subsequent work has built on "It's only worth it if you can enjoy it," this is the back story.

On Strategy Showcase 9/20/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/20/24

A Classics Episode: Redefining the Value of a Vote

It shocked us back in 1997 and won an APG Gold. But the question is, are we now immune to it?

On Strategy Showcase 9/19/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/19/24

Pop-Tarts 2024 Gold Effie winning Pop-Tartigans

This socially rooted campaign won for influencer marketing.

On Strategy Showcase 9/15/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/15/24

Doordash's Titanium Grand Prix winner from W+K

An audacious idea that got eight million submissions and 11.9 billion earned impressions.

On Strategy Showcase 9/12/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/12/24

The Martin Agency and US Cellular on using tension to get attention

What are the implications of owning and admitting your category’s achilles heel?

On Strategy Showcase 9/8/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/8/24

Classic's Episode: Sainsbury's Try Something New

Craig Mawdsley shares the story behind this APG Grand Prix winning campaign from 2007.

On Strategy Showcase 9/4/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/4/24

Turning bar codes into cookies with OREO "Codes"

Milk's favorite cookie, losing share, found new ways to bring shoppers across aisles. 2024 Effie Gold winner.

On Strategy Showcase 9/2/24 On Strategy Showcase 9/2/24

Classics Episode: Dixons on hijacking your competitors strengths

How Dixons overcame its significant weaknesses by hijacking its competitors strengths.

On Strategy Showcase 8/25/24 On Strategy Showcase 8/25/24

Why Matthew McConaughey’s helping Salesforce reposition

The in-house campaign positions Salesforce as a B2B Generative AI provider.

On Strategy Showcase 8/18/24 On Strategy Showcase 8/18/24

How "Purpose" can lead to bad marketing, with Nick Asbury

Nick talks about the myth of "Purpose" being a market-driven phenomenon and the contagion he feels truly drove its growth.

On Strategy Showcase 8/12/24 On Strategy Showcase 8/12/24

Classics Episode: Kit Kat on giving yourself a break

This APG winner from 2003 is about the perils of becoming so ubiquitous that you’re no longer noticed.

On Strategy Showcase 8/5/24 On Strategy Showcase 8/5/24

Nike & the culture of W+K with Andy Lindblade, CSO, Portland

The planning history and brand truth behind what defines Nike. (Original from 2020)

On Strategy Showcase 7/28/24 On Strategy Showcase 7/28/24

Classics Episode: The Economist's "white on red" campaign

The original strategist from 1988, Laura Marks, shares the unlocks that shaped its decades-long run.

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