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FleishmanHillard and Contagious Reveal "The Chaos Advantage": New Study Shows Caution Has Become the Riskiest Strategy in Marketing

$OMCPress releaseOct 6, 2026, 7:00 AM ETRead the release

FleishmanHillard, an Omnicom agency, and Contagious released a study called The Chaos Advantage arguing that bold creative outperforms cautious marketing, based on a survey of 1,000 senior marketing leaders and analysis of Cannes Lions and Effie winners. The study finds 88% of marketing leaders believe bold creative drives impact, yet most organizations still produce safe work, and dull creative is tied to a 37% drop in brand conversion and 14% lower long-term ROI.

Key figures

Long term roi drop
14%
Survey respondents
1000
Leaders valuing bold creative
88%
Conversion drop from dull creative
37%
Competitors captured share while hesitating
42%

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