Innovation Labs

Final day nerves hit, but as Frank says, nerves are good things; we just need to harness them. And now it’s all over.

One of the things I said at the start was if I could learn 50% of what I learnt at last years lab, I'd be happy, regardless of '...and the winner is...' So here's a random dump of things that what I is learnt from the lab:

The BBC public service remit remains at the heart of its offer more so than ever, and there's pressure on it to remain distinctive and not tread on the toes of commercial services; flickr is more popular than it was a year ago; 360 commissioning could be a good thing or a bad thing for new media, depends on the commissioner and if they hark back to single-channel television; you only manage to talk to at best half of the labbers, so the final day is sometimes the only time you hear what they've been doing all week; twitter is a good site; ideas take time to nurture and develop, its best not to be scared of throwing out ideas or approaches, even at the eleventh hour; NM indies need to get closer to commissioners to better understand the BBC's needs and interests, so we don't waste either of our time; people from Newcastle are generally nice.

How to better embed the process of the labs into ideas development is the biggest challenge - there's an intensity to the experience that's hard to replicate. Moreover, you get constant feedback from mentors (outsiders) as well as, most significantly, commissioners themselves.

And it's good night from me and good night from him.

DS and SN. http://www.desq.co.uk