1.
Unicorns vs dinosaurs
How to be creative when nobody wants you to

2.
Founder and MD of Manyminds
Co-founder of Outrageous Creative
Author of ‘The Future is Freelance’
Runs mentoring programme and
creativity workshops
Haven’t got a clue what I am doing
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3.
Let me start with a fact
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4.
11 items of clothing
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39,916,800 ways to get
dressed

5.
Business operate on
quantifiable predictability
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6.
We reward not making
mistakes and maintaining
status quo
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7.
People are paid
to not f**k up
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8.
Let me circulate that
with all the key
stakeholders
We have strict brand
guidelines
We have a 12 step sign
off process

9.
Meanwhile
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10.
We are exposed to 3000
adverts a day
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11.
1 in 3 of us use
ad blockers
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12.
“I get thousands of press
releases a day. Literally.
Thousands.”
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13.
We have to be bold and
incite emotion
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14.
600+ pickups, including initial
placements with BuzzFeed and
The Huffington Post
Extensive international
coverage, including Business
Insider Australia, CNN Espanol,
six additional versions of The
Huffington Post
More than 3 million views from
the BuzzFeed feature alone
Close to 1 million social shares,
with nearly 20 percent coming
from on-site shares

15.
“Emotions are the key - consider using data
that will tell a human story, resonate
emotionally, or tell us something particular
regarding human behavior.” - Krystin Tynski
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16.
Brands don’t like to have
opinions
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17.
74% of CMOs said they are
“unlikely” to take a creative
risk with their brand
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18.
87% of us struggle to get our
best ideas signed off
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19.
How can we be creative
nobody wants to take
risks?
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20.
1. Have bold ideas
2. Get them signed off
bold ideas...
...Signed off

21.
Having bold ideas

22.
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Who here believes you
are a creative person?

23.
“Creativity is a skill that can be
learned, developed and
applied”
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24.
Habits
Brainstorms
Validation
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25.
“All creativity comes
through play.”
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26.
Businesses have to
develop habits to enable
their staff to be creative
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27.
Random wordsUse random words against a defined focused
to stimulate new ideas. The random word
allows us to open up paths we would
otherwise never explore.

28.
Focus: To provide
idea to promote a
storage company
Random word:
Planet and
Photograph

29.
Confidence games
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30.
Be playful, take
ourselves a less
seriously, loosen
inhibitions
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31.
One word story
You know the drill. One word each. It has to make sense. There’s a timer.
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32.
An expert talk
Pick a subject from the list on the next slide. Then, can you please educate
the room on how this topic.
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33.
1. How to feng shui a room
2. What really killed off the dinosaurs
3. Why clowns are evil
4. The history of kitchen utensils that never caught on
5. How to stalk a celebrity
6. Why everything your parents tell you is a lie
7. An experts guide to winter gardening
8. Interior design for £5 or less
9. The reason universal plugs are all so different
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34.
“I had no idea
how easily I could
make stuff up!”
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35.
ProvocationsCome up with absurd solutions to a
problem

36.
Emotionally connect
with storage
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37.
Underlying emotional
principle: Loss, change,
sentimental value
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38.
1. How to feng shui a room
2. What really killed off the dinosaurs
3. Why clowns are evil
4. The history of kitchen utensils that never caught on
5. How to stalk a celebrity
6. Why everything your parents tell you is a lie
7. An experts guide to winter gardening
8. Interior design for £5 or less
9. The reason universal plugs are all so different

39.
Write a blog post
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40.
Use Instagram stories
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41.
Run a test data campaign
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42.
Business case
for creativity

43.
“Creative campaigns
were 7 times more
effective than
non-creative campaigns”
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44.
“If you let me be creative,
this will be 700% better”
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45.
“Non creative
campaigns are
becoming less effective
over time”
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46.
A standard way of
pitching a campaign is a
problem
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47.
“I give my client loads of
data, but they still don’t
sign it off”
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48.
Data is only good for
rational decision making.
Here we’re dealing with
fear
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49.
Pitch something
insane
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50.
The centre stage
complex
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51.
“53% more likely to pick
the middle option”
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52.
Plan for the worst case
scenario
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53.
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54.
Business case
for creativity
Round up!

55.
Believe in your
ability to be creative
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56.
Practice and train your
creative mind
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57.
Go to new places. Be
silly. Play games.
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58.
Have tiny feet
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59.
Take time to
understand who you
are trying to convince
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60.
Anticipate objections
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61.
Win the
space race!
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62.
Thank you!
bit.ly/SEOunicorn
kirsty@outrageouscreative.com
@kirsty_hulse