Corresponding author:
Mark Brown, Business School, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. Email: m.brown@business.uq.edu.au
Introduction
Creativity is important for brands and advertising agencies. It has been estimated that as much as a third of the variance in advertising effectiveness derives from the creativity of a brand's advertising communications (Koslow, 2015), while agencies with a reputation for creativity have been shown to be more successful at retaining clients (Michell et al., 1996). Literature in the area of advertising creativity consistently states three things. First is that creativity is one of the least scientific, elusive, random, and...