Why the dynamic team image does not reflect office reality– Cliché Killers
The Drum has launched episode three of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode three, Dynamic Team, explores the cliché of images of ‘an uncommonly attractive group of people - with a beautiful balance of gender, age and colour - collaborating effectively and happily in a pristine office environment’.
Such a scene that Cliché Killers star web psychologist Nathalie Nahai points out is a “utopia that never actually exists in real life.”
Cliché Killers, which will run over summer 2016, features a cast of ad industry leaders discussing and dismissing the clichés commonly used in B2B advertising.
Cliché Killers stars web psychologist Nathalie Nahai; Kesah Trowell, head of CSR at Dixons Carphone; David Burnand, marketing lead for Northern Europe, Adobe Marketing Cloud; Google head of marketing Nishma Robb; Stein IAS chief executive Tom Stein; and Stein IAS creative director EMEA Reuben Webb.
The clichés discussed, looking at their genesis and common usage today, range from the magnet to the handshake and, in episode two, the Dynamic Team.
The tired cliché of the Dynamic Team is roundly ridiculed in episode three.
“I’ll bet the companies who put this kind of thing out are the companies who have posters of sunsets on the wall with the word ‘motivation’ on them,” says Tom Stein. “And these dog-eared posters are ritually ignored by grey-faced people staring dejectedly at the floor."
You can watch the other episodes in the series here.
Other episodes in the series
Episode 2
Another handshake image? Cliché Killers will not shake on it
The Drum has launched episode four of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 3
Repel or attract? Cliché Killers explains why the magnet does not pull clients in
The Drum has launched episode five of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, a humorous take on B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 4
Creatives need to find another word for ‘saves money’ – Cliché Killers on the irrelevant piggybank
The Drum has launched episode six of Cliché Killers, a 12-part video series, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 5
The safe cliché is not the only way to convey trust - new Cliché Killers
The Drum has launched episode seven of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 6
The stopwatch is not a shortcut to creativity in new Cliché Killers episode
The Drum has launched the latest in a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 7
Why do businesses call themselves superheroes?
The Drum has launched episode nine of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 8
Cliché Killers explains why brands miss the target with pointless cliché
The Drum has launched episode ten of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 9
Cliché Killers: Jigsaw has no place in the digital world
The Drum has launched episode 11 of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.
Episode 10
Why ‘tailored services’ offered by companies are no longer relevant - Cliché Killers finale
The Drum has launched the final episode of a 12-part video series, Cliché Killers, produced in partnership with Stein IAS, exploring B2B advertising clichés.