With the dust truly settled on 2021, I’ve had the chance to take a breather and have a good look back at Shwsh’s journey over the last year. What could have been a first hard year in business was actually a pleasure thanks to our excellent clients and a constant flow of interesting R&D challenges.… Continue reading A look back at 2021
Author: Robin
Reverse Innovation: a Squid Game
Most Innovation strategy research focuses on products and multinational business. It is rarely applied to the media sector, perhaps because innovation isn’t seen as separate from the day to day business of making new programmes. But are the same strategies at play here, are there any lessons we can learn from other industries? Glocalisation of… Continue reading Reverse Innovation: a Squid Game
Fearless Innovation
You are the hero of this story, about to start on the epic quest of R&D to discover a new magic solution to vanquish a belligerent old enemy. Like any hero you need to be fearless. Here are the five reasons why: Fearless of Change It is all too easy to be too precious about… Continue reading Fearless Innovation
Interactive Video Tools
When Black Mirror did their interactive episode Bandersnatch on Netflix in 2018, everyone in broadcasting suddenly got very excited about interactive video. It wasn’t really the first time though and interactive video had been doing the rounds since in FMV games in the 90’s. I’ve been lucky enough to work alongside teams that have done… Continue reading Interactive Video Tools
The Innovation Green Cross Code
So you’ve got an idea. You think it is really amazing, original and innovative and everyone you talk to is like, ‘Yeh that’s so cool, makes you wonder why no one has thought to do that before. You ROCK!‘ Spoiler alert – Maybe you do rock, but someone has thought of doing it before! With… Continue reading The Innovation Green Cross Code
Werewolves – Solo/Special teams
Werewolves are not the only danger faced by the village. It is usually hard to win with these solo or special teams, but they add an interesting twist to the gameplay for experienced players. They can mean more work for the Moderator (the easiest are first below). At the very least the Moderator will need… Continue reading Werewolves – Solo/Special teams