Archive for the ‘Current Projects’ Category
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
10 of the projects developed in the pilot series of Innovation Labs are still in development with the BBC. One in three (there were 30 participants in the 2006 programme) is a much higher rate than I'd anticipated. It remains to be seen how many of them will go through ...
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Friday, October 27th, 2006
At the first of the BBC Innovation Lab Launch Days in Brighton yesterday, we used a version of 'appreciative inquiry' to explore factors which contribute to innovation. I did the same thing in collaboration with the philosopher Humberto Schwab at the workshop for the opening of the Media Guild last ...
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Back at the Spread Eagle in Midhurst for the BBC Comedy Lab with a mix of writers, script editors, producers and new media/interactive TV people; some freelance, some BBC staff.
The purpose of the 3 day Lab, commissioned by interactive Drama and Entertainment is to brainstorm ideas for cross-platform interactive comedy ...
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
Looks like the Comedy Lab that we're working on with BBC Interactive Drama and Entertainment will be happening in early July - sometime after the World Cup but before the holidays.
We're going to experiment with a different format from the Innovation Labs earlier this year, inviting individuals instead of teams ...
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Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Marleen Stikker, Director of the Waag Society in Amsterdam was knighted yesterday!
As far as I can work out being invested as a 'ridder' is the equivalent of being awarded the MBE but the Dutch translate it as being made a 'lady-knight'. I've known Marleen since 1991, I think, when she ...
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Friday, April 7th, 2006
Spread Eagle Hotel
The pilot series of Innovation Labs has ended with nine companies winning commissions and another six or seven projects being referred to other budget holders in the BBC. It’s a much better result than we’d anticipated at the outset.
There were many other benefits to the process – ...
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Sunday, March 26th, 2006
The Labs in Yorkshire and the North West are amongst the best I've been involved in.
The early days at Bore Place were more fun and highly creative. There have been weeks which were just as challenging and have lead to real commissions, like the early Interactive TV Labs for ...
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