Booster & BBH + Tesco - Nick & James Rice's Quick Conversation (BBH Client MD)

🗣️ “The key to great client–agency relationships is being good at disagreeing with each other.” 🗣️
James Rice, BBH London

I met up with James Rice, Client Managing Director at BBH London, for a "Quick Conversation 🎤" in the BBH atrium to ask:

👉 What’s "The Key 🔑" to successful Client–Agency relationships?

His answer?
🗣️ The ability to disagree well.

Here is what James Rice shared:

1️⃣ “The best work and the best relationships come from when people are able to be really honest and candid and open with each other in a very trusting way.”

2️⃣ “I do not mean rowing… but being able to push your client, push your agency to make the work better, to make the insight sharper.”

3️⃣ “It works both ways. A client brings business and customer insight. The agency brings creative answers. That’s where the magic happens.”

4️⃣ “Being able to push each other, respectfully but pointedly, leads to long-standing relationships.”


💥 A brilliant example?

🍊 🍳 🍓 🌶️ 🧅 The Tesco Out of Home "Icons" campaign that replaced the Tesco logo letters with ingredients. A simple idea… but only possible through candid collaboration 🍊 🍳 🍓 🌶️ 🧅

🎯 “The BBH London-only version might have looked completely different. The Tesco-only version might not have been as pared back. But together, through honest disagreement, we made something we’re all deeply proud of.”

👉 Link to the campaign here:
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/10/21/ad-the-day-tesco-loses-logo-new-outdoor-campaign

🙏 Huge thanks to James Rice for the Quick Conversation 🎤 and for reminding us that great partnerships are built not just on alignment, but on the ability to challenge and push each other for better.

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