Herd Consulting

If you’ve not already seen it, the Herd team are hosting some great events over Leeds Digital Week 👀 They’re all virtual, and are open to all to attend for free. Whether you’re in Leeds or not. Quick run down 👇🏻 1️⃣ Community CPR: Reviving the heartbeat of your community of practice - Richard Harrison & Sinead Torley 2️⃣ Implementing Big Systems is Hard. Let’s talk about it. - Dan Ford 3️⃣ Why Digital Ideas Go Wrong! Top reasons for ‘Discovery’ fails - Scott Colfer 4️⃣ Time to get serious about Continuous Improvement - Christina Lovelock 5️⃣ Careers in Tech, Data and Digital – Where to start? - Christina Lovelock and me! 🎟️ Sign up for your free tickets via the link. 📍 Virtual 💷 Nada, free to attend for all. #LDF24 #LeedsDigitalFestival #September #HerdConsulting #OpenToAll #NotJustLeedsFolk https://lnkd.in/ge4mYjb9

It’s that time of year again - back to school! 📚 Best of luck to all the kids starting the new school year, and congrats to all of the parents for surviving the summer holiday 💪 And, some of the Herd will be sending their kids into school for the very first time this week, so an extra helping of good luck to them 🤞 #herdconsulting #backtoschool #school #education #firstdayofschool

Nope, we couldn’t get Oasis tickets either 😭 But, luckily last week was pretty spesh. We were named on the shortlist for not one, not two, but three Leeds Digital Festival Awards 💁🏼♂️ 1️⃣ Start-Up of the Year Award, sponsored by AD:VENTURE 2️⃣ Best Tech Place to Work (Small Company) Award, sponsored by Munroe K 3️⃣ Entrepenuer of the Year Award, sponsored by RSM Congratulations, and the best of luck to all the other finalists! 🍀 We’re looking forward to partying with you at the end of September 🥳 P.S. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for us on the 26th 🤞🏻 We’d love to be that posh and need a trophy cabinet 🏆 P.P.S. Wish us luck in getting Oasis tickets if/ when they release more dates 😬 cc/ byProduct Ward Hadaway Leeds Digital #LDFAwards #TrophyCabinetMaybeNeeded #LeedsDigital #LeedsDigitalFestival #Yorkshire

Our very talented, Dan Ford, Senior BA Consultant, recently wrote a blog post about his experiences of silos in large organisations, as well as shares how he’s approached mapping and bridging them. You can check out the blog post here 👇🏻 https://lnkd.in/geNnCDVY We might be biased, but we think it’s well worth a read 🤓 🏷️ Feel free to tag others who may find it helpful. If you’d like to find out more about how we could help your organisation break down silos, and how process taxonomies can help, then we’d love to hear from you! 😀 📧 [email protected] #OrganisationalSilos #Mapping #BridgingSilos #ProcessTaxonomy #ChartingTheIslands

Well, this is lovely isn’t it? ☺️ Congratulations and best of luck to the other finalists, look forward to seeing you all in September 🥳

TL;DR - Our second Leeds Digital Festival event will take place on 23rd September! Tickets below: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dqSXjU6R 👉 https://lnkd.in/d-GhznEE For Herd's second (FREE and online!) Leeds Digital Festival event, join Richard Harrison and Sinead Torley for 'Community CPR: Reviving the heartbeat of your community of practice'. A CoP gives us the opportunity to grow together and get better at what we do, and assessing the health of a CoP is crucial because it ensures the community is active, engaged, and delivering value. Regular health checks keep the community vibrant and relevant, ensuring it’s a buzzing hub of innovation and support. Richard and Sinead will showcase an insightful exploration into conducting a Community of Practice health check, including the significance of regular health checks for community of practices to ensure ongoing relevance & engagement, common challenges and how to address them, and the role of health checks in fostering innovation and continuous improvement. 💡 #HerdConsulting #LeedsDigitalFestival #LeedsDigital #BusinessAnalysis #BusinessAnalyst #ProductManagement #ProductOwner #DigitalEvent #BACommunity #ProductCommunity #DigitalCommunity

TL;DR - Our first Leeds Digital Festival event will take place on 20th September! Tickets below: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dEeWdGmG 👉 https://lnkd.in/d4Ub4cta For Herd's first (FREE and online!) Leeds Digital Festival event, join Christina Lovelock, who will be interviewed by Jamie Toyne about her new book “Careers in Tech, Data and Digital: from education to employment”. Getting into tech doesn’t have to mean learning how to code. There are a wide range of roles in data, digital and tech, and this session will showcase some of interesting, creative, and collaborative roles available. Christina and Jamie will discuss many of the myths and misconceptions that surround tech careers, and many different pathways into tech. 💪 #HerdConsulting #LeedsDigitalFestival #LeedsDigital #BusinessAnalysis #BusinessAnalyst #ProductManagement #ProductOwner #DigitalEvent #BACommunity #ProductCommunity #DigitalCommunity

We’re proper chuffed to announce that we’ve been accepted onto another HEI preferred supplier list, this time it’s very close to home - Sheffield Hallam University 🥳 If you’d like to find out more about how we work with and support numerous Unis across the country, please get in touch 🎓 📧 [email protected] #University #Sheffield #SheffieldHallam #HigherEd #Digital #Consultancy #Tech #Analysis #Product #Change #Transformation #HerdConsulting

Look at this beauty that arrived recently 🏆 Our mission for Herd from Day 1, was to always create an environment that brought great folk with great expertise together. We call it the ‘Power of Herd’ 🐘 As a Founding Herd we’re immensely proud of the culture we’re creating. We’re a young business with a lot more that we want to do, but to get this recognition so early on in our journey means a lot to us 🫶🏻 #STBPTW #SundayTimesBestPlacesToWork2024

Here at Herd, we value sharing knowledge and contributing to the professional community 💪 To prove it, we've got 5 events on the Leeds Digital Festival programme! Keep your eyes peeled this week for more information on each event 👀 Until then, check out the full programme here https://lnkd.in/gZBquWq #HerdConsulting #LeedsDigitalFestival #LeedsDigital #BusinessAnalysis #BusinessAnalyst #ProductManagement #ProductOwner #DigitalEvent #BACommunity #ProductCommunity #DigitalCommunity