Digital Strategy
DLT in Public Services
Th report for Scottish Government, Distributed Ledger Technologies in Public Services that Hannah Rudman co-authored is based on a study of international best practice, including interviews with technology experts and local public sector agencies, and learnings from worldwide public sector implementations. Digital life relies on the exchange of information. When data is shared, it may be…
Associate Directorship with BOP Consulting
Hannah Rudman has joined BOP Consulting as an Associate Director, to lead the development of their new Organisational Transformation services and practice. BOP is an international consultancy with a 20-year track record of working in the cultural and creative economy with government bodies, leading arts and cultural organisations, property developers, and international agencies. Consistently growing over the…
Putting Digital Ethics on the Map
I’ve been thinking and writing recently about digital ethics, considering whether we are putting technology infrastructure ahead of people and society. Its a challenging conversation that academia has engaged with, but that has previously been missing from Digital Transformation and IT professional practice. Technology itself currently has little ethics or empathy – people become numbers, algorithms…
Developing Digital Transformation services with Leidos UK
Dr Hannah Rudman has been supporting Leidos UK to develop a Digital Transformation practice as Associate Principal Consultant. Leidos is a $10bn t/o global science and technology solutions company, undertaking complex critical work to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. In the UK, Leidos works with with the Ministry of Defence, NATS, Ministry of Justice…
The Third Wave: Digital by Desire
Digital by Default Those of us working in and with the public sector, or those of us in receipt of public funds have been working with an ethos of “Digital by Default” since 2012. Then, the UK Government released the Government Digital Strategy which set out how the Government would transform the way it delivers…
Design thinking works for organisational change
A key aspect of the success of Rudman Consulting’s AmbITion Approach for digital business transformation is its inclusions of design thinking approaches and tools, and creative practices. We have studied and academically verified that most businesses which used more design and creative practices during change journeys, such as the AmbITion Approach, were very likely to digitally adapt, and over a…
Dance House Glasgow: Cloud ticketing for mobile sales & great CRM
Dance House Glasgow embarked on an digital development project to examine and develop its on-line presence, services and promotional offerings. This led to the implementation of an organisation-wide software solution to improve customer service, operational efficiency and bring new audience development possibilities. Dance House Glasgow now has an improved online digital presence and booking options with …
Lung Ha Theatre Company uses digital as proxy for organisational development
Lung Ha Theatre Company has been conducting a programme of strategic digital development with the support of AmbITion since 2013. The process has been the catalyst for wider change within the organisation, and the project has grown to incorporate multiple aspects of the company’s work and identity. In this rich media report, we outline the…
Scottish Sculpture Workshop’s digital transformation
Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) is a rurally based artist residency centre. Offering workshop facilities, technical expertise and curatorial support, the programme supports hundreds of artists every year. Alongside this SSW runs a series of curatorial enquiries, focusing on landscape, craft, material and the commons. SSW has undergone significant change over the last five years, from…
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland digitally transform!
Back in early 2014 The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) wanted to develop their organisation digitally. Their goals at the outset were not set in stone but they knew roughly what they wanted to achieve, working with Hannah Rudman to get there. Our initial ideas were to design, develop and implement a new robust, future-proof database,…
Applied Arts Scotland: Sustainable AmbITions
Applied Arts Scotland (AAS) is a membership organisation which supports the professional development of Scottish applied artists. AAS is going through fundamental change in the way it delivers its services and received Make:IT:Happen funds to take the opportunity to rethink communication and administration systems in order to be efficient and environmentally responsible. Please read more below on our Sustainable…
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland: digital development story
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland aims to transform lives through youth theatre by providing inspiring participatory opportunities for young people and by connecting, supporting and training the professionals who work with them. Our project was to develop a new online presence: a richer website which is easier to navigate and provides a welcoming and informative entry point…
Paragon Music report on their digital developments
Paragon Music in Scotland is using rich media to bolster the new website www.paragon-music.org and social media including Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Vimeo in order to drive participation and audience engagement.
Vanishing Point’s AmbITion Approach
Vanishing Point undertook the AmbITIon Approach in order to map out plans for the organisation’s digital development.
All that Jazz: the SNJO digitally alive again!
SNJO: In the Hall of the Mountain King The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and their Artistic Director, the saxophonist Tommy Smith are widely recognized to be “world class” with an international reputation for the highest quality jazz and programming. In 2013, while performances soared with rapturous receptions to their Ellington and Rhapsody in Blue concerts…
Cinema City: history brought to life with digital development
Glasgow Film, comprising Glasgow Film Theatre and Glasgow Film Festival, is the west of Scotland’s leading independent cultural cinema.Glasgow Film’s Cinema City project connects visitors and residents to the fascinating cinema heritage of the city. Back in the cinema-going heyday of the 1930s, Glasgow had more cinemas per head than anywhere else in the world,…
claimexpenses.com – a case study on counting carbon
This case study supported by AmbITion Scotland reveals Creative Carbon Scotland‘s digital development claimexpenses.com. The tool was developed with support from Sustainable AmbITion, a fund which focussed on utilising digital technologies for better environmental sustainability. Reflecting on the development of claimexpenses.com, users from Festivals Edinburgh and the Edinburgh International Festival, as well as the tool’s creators Creative…
Creative Stirling and AmbITion
Creative Stirling is a cultural social enterprise that is committed to being a learning organisation. AmbITion Approach funding allowed us to work with fantastic digital consultants and expertise which proved to be the basis of an invaluable learning process for the team. The external input provided a timely platform for us to look at our…
White The App – Catherine Wheels and Hippotrix Case Study
In 2010 Catherine Wheels Theatre Company premièred a new show, called White, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. White is for children aged 2-4 and was one of the hits of that fringe festival. It has gone on to tour the world and now, four years later, it is still touring and, at the time of…