A Sceptic’s Guide to Transformation

Concept, creative direction, copywriting, content strategy

The Malaysian government’s Performance Management and Delivery Unit wanted to run a campaign to advocate for their socio-economic programs. The challenge, not surprisingly, was that the public at large was more than a little sceptical about a bunch of politicians running around touting their achievements.

We came up with a campaign that would use humour to manage the negativity by approaching it from un unexpected angle. Rather than expressing the facts in a formal, dry manner, we used a satirical approach. We presented the facets of the 7 National Key Result Areas by focussing on the idiosyncrasies and scepticism of Malaysians themselves.

The imagery was created in the style of one of Malaysia’s favourite cartoonists, named Lat.


To improve local policing, a league table wes created in which police stations for rated according to their performance.
In line with the objectives of decreasing petty crime, additional personal were added to the police force.
More mobile clinics were deployed to rural areas.
More public transport options were planned to alleviate KL’s notoriously bad traffic.
Commuter trains were to receive an upgrade, adding more carriages.
Report cover depicts the concept of (durian runtuh) abundance. Malaysia is a land of opportunity for those who would grasp it.