A brand platform built for connection.
Stevens & Bolton wanted to bring their new brand proposition to life, building a GC community in the spirit of Let’s make it happen. Traditional thought leadership was too slow and short-lived, so we created the S&B Activate Index. A regular pulse on GC priorities and progress, designed to spark conversations and strengthen connections over time.
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Bring Stevens & Bolton’s Let’s make it happen proposition to life through a repeatable platform. Positioning the firm as a champion for GCs, deepening relationships and building a thriving in-house community.
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A value proposition made tangible: We developed the S&B Activate Index to give Let’s make it happen a clear role in the market. It focusses on what GCs are trying to achieve, where progress is accelerating and where it’s stalled. It’s an idea that connects directly to Stevens & Bolton’s mission to help clients navigate complexity, overcome obstacles and move their priorities forward.
Built for momentum: We devised a compact, seven-question quarterly survey provides a faster, lighter alternative to conventional thought leadership. It tracks action across growth and investment, risk and regulation, technology and innovation, and personal outlook. The repeatable structure keeps the insight current and creates a richer picture of the GC agenda over time.
Insight that opens conversations: An Action Score highlights where GCs feel least confident, furthest from their goals or most concerned about risk. These findings create a timely call to action for Stevens & Bolton’s expertise. We created a hero content asset, The Action List, to turn the data into practical guidance, helping clients make progress while creating opportunities for valuable commercial conversations.
A platform for community: Each edition brings GCs into the story. A GC sponsor shares their perspective through a written foreword and filmed discussion with a Stevens & Bolton partner. Social content, polls, events and data stories sustain the conversation throughout the quarter, helping the firm build relationships around the priorities its audience shares.
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Bigger: The Index gives Stevens & Bolton a flagship asset around which to grow the S&B Activate community, expand its GC network and create new opportunities for connection online and offline.
Better: Every edition reinforces the firm’s proposition through relevant insight, practical support and conversations grounded in client goals. Let’s make it happen is a promise the firm is serious about meeting.
Faster: A light-touch, repeatable model creates a regular flow of insight without the burden of a large standalone research project. Partner time stays focussed on shaping the agenda and contributing legal expertise where it adds most value.
“Stack challenged us to think beyond traditional thought leadership. A slow, resource-heavy report wasn’t right for us. The S&B Activate Index offers a lighter, repeatable way to stay close to GCs and build our community. It reinforces our brand with every edition.”
– Darren Cleveland, Head of business development & marketing, Stevens & Bolton