The Woodshed

Organisational re-engineering has become top priority for an industry with little experience of corporate restructuring – advertising and marketing. To get the job done, ad agencies will be borrowing the blueprint from their clients. So says Clint Bryce, executive creative director (digital) at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris. He says corporate clients ‘broke down the silos’ to secure new millennium growth. And agencies seeking a bigger share of the future have to do something similar. Bryce believes flatter, smarter, faster and more collaborative ad agency structures have become an urgent necessity and are in the first stages of implementation at some advertising businesses. “Big corporates got it right 10, even 15 years ago,” says Bryce. “Silo thinking has to go. Flatter structures and multi-disciplinary processes are more appropriate when integrated campaigns usually deliver the best results for clients and potentially the best earnings for agencies." "Agencies had a