With the budget coming up we asked the team at Herd for their experiences working with Finance and Finance Professionals on transformation projects, both within Finance itself and those that… Read More »Transformation in tough times – trouble with Finance?
Most of us don’t get the luxury of testing lots of ideas during our Discovery. We get one shot. Maybe two. The rest of the time, we can feel stuck… Read More »Why Discoveries Fail (and How to Stop it Happening to You)
We’re seeing a huge increase in organisations investing in their business analysis, and process improvement capabilities – but despite that, many leaders still don’t understand what business analysis does for… Read More »Your business analysts are likely doing more than you think – and why it matters to your organisation.
Building a deep knowledge of Digital Spend Control was one of the best decisions I made as a digital leader in the Civil Service. I’m Scott Colfer, and in this… Read More »Digital Spend: How to Make it Work for You
Our thoughts Last week’s budget didn’t include the increase in tuition fees that Higher Education institutions were hoping for. In fact, there wasn’t a whole lot in the budget for… Read More »The Budget, Baselines, and the HE Hamster Wheel
Our thoughts Wednesday’s Autumn Budget may draw mixed views, as with any budget. At Herd, we were particularly interested in the 2% productivity, efficiencies and savings target for government departments.… Read More »Autumn Budget download: Our thoughts on the 2% savings target for government departments
We’re chuffed to be appointed onto the G-Cloud 14 framework As of today, Tuesday 29th October, we’re pleased to be able to share that we’ve been awarded a framework contract… Read More »We’re now on G-Cloud 14
As I prepare to bid farewell to Herd Consulting, I wanted to share a parting gift with you all – my reflections on the incredible experience I had at the… Read More »BA Conference Reflections and Farewell
AssistKD and Herd Consulting Announce their New Partnership at BA 2024 About AssistKDDr Debra Paul is a highly respected thought-leader in the world of business analysis and the co-author of… Read More »AssistKD and Herd Consulting Announce their New Partnership at BA 2024
Outsiders As part of a discovery phase for a transformation programme at a highly-devolved university, I interviewed people about HR processes. One conversation got onto the subject of ‘external recruitment’.… Read More »Charting the islands