In an effort to control costs and accelerate innovation, Omnicom, the advertising conglomerate, will acquire the education giant, Montessori corp. In late 2015, selected Montessori schools will be transformed into brand innovation agencies. Sunflower Montessori will be the first to participate in this pilot program.

John Wren, Omnicom CEO, explains.

“Originally, we leased 5,000 macaques from Biogen to augment our community manager, account executive, and producer staffing needs. Unfortunately, our plans were leaked to PETA whose legal team (frankly) scares the bejesus out of me. In short, we scrapped the initiative. Faced with a critical labor shortage, we decided to teach our human little ones the joy of work. So far, it’s been a great pivot. All of our expectations have been exceeded!”

Pilot trials will begin in Q3 of 2015. Press release for Sunflower Montessori as follows.