Winning strategy responding to the brief set at the beginning of the course to 40+ of London's best young planners.
Judges Feedback:
"Stood out for the inexorability of the logic, your re-framing of the task and the simplicity and effectiveness of your central idea which was practical, engaging, infectious. Very good use of behavioural economics to guide your strategy – we liked the idea of specific times/moments. Good use of facts to land the thinking – we loved the bus driver/conductor analogy. Spot on."
Judging Panel:
David Hackworthy, CSO at Fallon
Shekhar Deshpande, Global Planning Director at JWT
Sarah Newman, APG Director
Laura Sammarco, Senior Planner at JWT
Ruari Curran, Head of Planning at Gravity Road
Katie Lancaster, Independent Strategist
2. THE BRIEF
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A communications campaign that gets people in Britain aged 40-65
to stop leading a sedentary life and therefore prevent healthy
people becoming NHS patients.
3. THE PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED
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People in Britain aged 40-65 are not moving enough
5. IT’S A WIDE OPEN BRIEF
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Which is wonderful
BUT
It gives us a lot of scope to get it wrong.
6. IT’S A WIDE OPEN BRIEF
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Which is wonderful
BUT
It gives us a lot of scope to get it wrong.
SO
We need to define the opportunity – so we can get it right.
9. THE FACT THAT MOVED US
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Inactivity kills more than obesity.
10. THE FACT THAT MOVED US
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"The greatest risk of an early death was in those
classed inactive, and that was consistent in
normal weight, overweight and obese people,"
Researcher, Prof Ulf Ekelund
15. THE EFFECTS ARE WIDE RANGING
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Studies have linked excessive sitting with
•overweight and obesity
•type 2 diabetes
•some types of cancer
•premature death
Prolonged sitting is thought to slow the metabolism, which affects
the body's ability to regulate blood sugar, blood pressure and
break down body fat.
16. THE NUMBERS ARE CHILLING
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A study of 800,000 people concluded
112% increase in risk of diabetes
147% increase in cardiovascular events
90% increase in death caused by cardiovascular events
49% increase in death from any cause
18. NOT EVEN EXERCISE CAN SAVE US
2 hours of sitting cancels out 20 minutes of exercise.
So 2 working days of 8 hours cancels an entire government
recommended weeks worth of activity – 150 minutes.
20. AND IT’S ONLY GETTING WORSE
Since the 1950s the amount of sedentary jobs has
increased 83%
4 out of 5 in the UK work in an office
44% of adults never do any moderate exercise.
21. IT’S NOT A NEW PROBLEM
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We’ve known since the 50’s that bus drivers have double the rate
of heart attacks as bus conductors.
There’s no shortage of information on the internet or press about
how bad sitting is for us.
So how do we change this self-destructive behaviour?
22. THE PROBLEM
Sitting is a social norm.
“Sitting is so incredibly prevalent that we don’t even question how
much we’re doing it. And because everyone else is doing it, it
doesn’t even occur to us that it’s not OK.” – Nilofer Merchant at
TED 2013
28. THE TIMER
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Desktop Widget downloadable from our website.
Sits active on desktop throughout day.
Press to record:
Duration of time stood up
Number of occasions
Aggregates scores amongst
teams/floors/companies
29. THE DESIRED EFFECT
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Use scoreboards to make the amount that people
sit relative to others and thereby encourage
movement in the workplace.
A surprise
Realisation about what inactivity means
A change in thinking about inactivity/sitting down
Understanding that it takes a small step/change in habits to shift from being inactive to being active