Developing a culture of creative effectiveness can significantly impact brand performance

Tomi Adenuga

An exploration of recent research findings by ANA and WARC, that evaluate the impact of essential building blocks for developing a culture of creative effectiveness on brand performance.

Brands that possess more building blocks essential to developing a culture of creative effectiveness outperform those with fewer building blocks, new research from the ANA and WARC has discovered.

The research is based on a previously established framework that identified three levels needed to support the development of a culture of effectiveness across brands – Align, Build and Embed (ABE). Each layer is made up of two blocks, totalling six: vision and alignment; metrics and evidence; creative effectiveness systems and processes; establishing a common language; partner inclusion; and global diffusion.

The new research explores the combined effect of these building...

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