#CEFutureLeaders
THURSDAY 30TH MARCH 2017 | HAVAS VILLAGE LONDON
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Ali Hanan
Founder, Creative Equals
9.9% 9.8%
2005 2015
Female creative leadership:

there has been no change for a decade
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Head of Marketing, Google

Chair of Women @Google
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Tracy De Groose
Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Aegis Network
‹#›Innovating the way brands are built
BE
BRAVE
@tdegroose
Belief Situation Adversity
Why ’brave happens’
Make
history
Save
lives
Create
opportunities
…went on to
Bravest Entrepreneur: How The
Fisherwoman Of Gaza Built A
Business In The Blockaded Seaport
Fastest
Strongest
Smartest
Boldest
Everyone
Big ‘take a deep
breath’ moments
Little moments that
take your breath away
brave
/breɪv/
adjective
adjective: brave; comparative adjective: braver; superlative adjective:
bravest
1. ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage."she was
very brave about the whole thing"
verb
verb: brave; 3rd person present: braves; past tense: braved; past
participle: braved; gerund or present participle: braving
1. endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behaviour) without showing
fear."he pulled on his coat ready to brave the elements"
Bravery is easier
when you are part of
a team
I still want your job
Rob H
Bravery is about
putting your
hand up
Bravery is a
legacy you can
unleash in others
You’ll never discover
new oceans, if you
don’t have the
courage to lose sight
of the shore
R E N A I S S A N C E
A NEW CREATIVE VALUE SYSTEM
‹#›Innovating the way brands are built
§
BE
BRAVE
@tdegroose
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Tim Lindsay
CEO, D&AD
A presentation from Tim Lindsay
CEO of D&AD
to
Creative Equals
30 March 2017
Doing the right thing

• In 2013, of the 49,920 students studying creative arts and design in the UK, 61.7%,
were women, however only 12% of creative directors in the workplace are women (It’s
Nice That, Campaignlive).
• Increasing the level of female employment could help raise GDP by 5% in the US,
11% in Italy, and 27% in India. And that’s before you start to quantify the positive
social impacts that would also arise. (PWC 2015)
• In the UK, A 3-year degree now costs around £27,000 in tuition alone. Over 78% of
employees in the creative industry are educated to degree level, resulting in 91.9% of
jobs being filled by the more advantaged groups (Creative Industry Federation).
• The creative media workforce is twice as likely to have attended a fee paying school.
(Creative Skillset [UK] Workforce Survey 2015)
FUCK FAIRNESS
Good for Business 

• Companies in the top quartile for gender or racial and ethnic diversity are more likely to
have financial returns above their national industry medians
• Companies in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity are 35 percent more likely to
have financial returns above their respective national industry medians.
• Companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15 percent more likely to have
financial returns above their respective national industry medians
• In the United Kingdom, greater gender diversity on the senior-executive team
corresponded to the highest performance uplift in our data set: for every 10 percent
increase in gender diversity, EBIT rose by 3.5 percent. (Mckinsey 2015)
• 85% of the CEOs we surveyed whose companies have a formal diversity and
inclusiveness strategy said it’s improved their bottom line (PWC 2015)
• 86% of female and 74% of male millennials consider employers’ policies on diversity,
equality and inclusion when deciding which company to work for (PWC 2015)
• 91% of female consumers feel advertisers don’t understand them. Seven in 10 women go
further to say they feel “alienated” by advertising.
D&AD position:
• D&AD want to banish the ‘one chance culture’, the ‘who you know’ and the education
expectation. We’re challenging these narrow route-ways and broadening access and
opportunity for much needed creative misfits.
• D&AD believe that to break in to the creative industry, the only decider of success should
be talent and drive.
• “We need to get to kids who have no idea what we do. We need to open the doors wide and
let them in. There are many undiscovered voices out there - voices that, against all odds,
can rise up and enrich this culture and perhaps change the very nature of the marketplace
for the better.” (Dan Wieden)
So what do we do?
New Blood Exhibition
New Blood Academy
New Blood Awards
Shift event - September - December
Gender
She Says
TokenMan
He For She
WACL
Girlhood
Creative Equals
See it be it
Agencies
The Kennedy's (W+K)
Digify (Livity)
FortySix (Dentsu)
The Pipe (Ogilvy)
Who’s doing what when it comes to gender and diversity
initiatives?
Wider diversity programmes

Commercial break
New Blood Shift
Digital Futures
A New Direction
One I.D.
Creative Pioneers
We need to get our act together, literally
Thank you for listening
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Claire Beale
Global Editor-in-Chief, Campaign
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Laura Jordan-Bambach
Co-founder, SheSays, Creative Partner Mr President
DRINKS ONLY
Question
Bravely,
Answer
*
The birth of Mr President
“Modern marketing is like riding a
wave, but no two waves are the
same. To make great work you
need to learn to surf.”
We believe:
Brands need creativity beyond advertising
There is a better way to create a culture
Traditional agency models don’t get to the best work
We don't want to make shit to add to the world of shit
We care about the work, the money would follow
Question Bravely,
Answer Boldly.
v
Unique creative vision
A grown-up culture
A different agency structure
Truly interesting work
No clients for the money
Come back to our “why”
New creds
New biz
Care for the team
Blood, sweat and tears
Holding your nerve
Our “why” is still our driving
force, and reason for us all come
to work every day
Size and shape of the agency
What clients you take on
Whether you over-deliver
Innovation
How and where you grow
What agency you become
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The paradoxes of creative
leadership*
*thanks	
  to	
  LEGO
Creative isn’t just adding the
sugar to the tea.
But business isn’t just an
annoying bit on the side either
Business vs Creativity
Are you in for the quick fame of
an
X-Factor finalist?
What about awards?
Or the brilliance of Bowie?
Do clients come first?
Fame vs Brilliance
Do you leave your mark all
over the work?
Or allow your team to express
themselves fully?
Imprint vs Growing Talent
Do you lead with a vision of
what the agency and creative
could be?
Or are you honest, and realistic
about where the agency and
work is now?
Visionary vs Grounded
Are you full of energy and
drive, always three steps
ahead?
Or do you stop and take time to
learn from your mistakes?
Dynamic vs Reflective
Do you spend your time
building the agency profile
within the industry and culture?
Or do you focus on the work,
and let it speak for itself?
Out vs In
Five things I’ve learnedv
The right partners
are key
It’s only a
principle once
you lose money
over it
Celebrate the wins
To do different you
need to be different
Check yo’self
before you
wreck yo’self.
Reflection: Why does the world
need another agency? Why does
it need you?
@LAURAJAYBEE @MRPRESIDENT
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