Clients

National digital transformation clients

• Arts Council England National Office, East and North East Regional Offices: Iworked with regional and national offices on digital development policy – this involved establishing pilots; guidelines; events and provocations in 2006-7. I formed Rudman Consulting, my digital transformation consultancy, and delivered AmbITion England 2007-2009 (£1.5m) for Arts Council England.
• Asimetrica in 2012, Rudman Consulting guest-programmed a morning of Marketing de las Artes – a national, Spanish arts conference.
• Creative Scotland Hannah’s digital transformation consultancy, Rudman Consulting designed and delivered, together with Culture Republic, the national digital development programme AmbITion Scotland 2009-11 (c. £1.1m), and AmbITion Scotland 2012-14 (c. £1.2m).
• Cultural Enterprise Office: Rudman Consulting acted as specialist digital business advisor to start-up enterprises within the Scottish Creative Industries between 2010-16.
• Mission, Models, Money: Hannah was an Associate of Mission Models Money between 2008 and 2014. In particular, she developed and delivered work programmes with MMM that were focussed on digital and environmental sustainability opportunities. Projects included: Scottish National Companies’ Collaborative digital working group (National Theatre Scotland, Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra); Sustainable Ability; Re.evolution; and Re.think.

• National Theatre of Scotland: Hannah generated blueprints of the as-is technology and digital content and communications capability of NTS in 2008. Additionally, my environmental tech start-up, Envirodigital co-produced the award-winning online production Five Minute Theatre with NTS in 2012.
• National Theatre of Wales: Hannah’s environmental tech start-up, Envirodigital was a part of the inaugural team, establishing NTW as a digitally agile organisation, made up of a digital community and presented through digital channels.
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Hannah generated blueprints of the as-is technology and digital content and communications capability of RSNO in 2008.
• Scottish Arts Council (SAC, now Creative Scotland): In 2008, together with Roger Tomlinson, Hannah authored “Getting Digital” for SAC in 2008 – a positioning and provocation paper ahead of the creation of Creative Scotland.
• Scottish Ballet: Hannah generated blueprints of the as-is technology and digital content and communications capability of Scottish Ballet in 2008. 
• Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Hannah generated blueprints of the as-is technology and digital content and communications capability of SCO in 2008.
• Scottish Opera: Hannah generated blueprints of the as-is technology and digital content and communications capability of SO in 2008.
• Scottish Enterprise (Tourism): Together with Team Tourism Consulting, Hannah produced the 2011 Technology in Tourism report, an overview of the state of the digital challenges and opportunities, and recommendations for the tourism sector in Scotland.
• Scottish Enterprise: Together with SE, Hannah produced the Scottish Creative & Digital Industries‘ pathways to net zero work for The Scottish Government’s 2020 Climate Group in 2011 .

Through AmbITion Digital Transformation programmes, tens of  SMEs have undertaken transformation journeys. A large number of their in-depth case studies can be viewed, here’s some personal highlights!

Britten Sinfonia: In 2008, we supported the Creative Learning Department to build its digital capability and capacity to create digital content for sharing with schools and online.

Centre for Life: we worked to diagnose digital opportunities for audience and product development for CfL, the NE England Science Centre, and is currently running a research and development project there looking at how digital information systems can be embedded in exhibits to automatically collect data.

Dundee Rep: we undertook a Feasibility Study in 2013 for a digital simulcast production of She Town, an in-rep play to be simultaneously broadcast to cinemas in India.

European Concert Halls & Orchestras: we acted as consultant curators for the inaugural ECHO conference on digital, ECHO digital, in 2011.

Federation of Scottish Theatre: we ran an action research project looking at experimental and innovative digital developments for Scottish performing arts organisations in 2011/12. Watch the final case studies of 5 theatres here.

Festivals Edinburgh: We worked with Festivals Edinburgh, the umbrella body of Edinburgh’s Festivals in 2007, to audit and scope a digital development strategy that would underpin Edinburgh’s Festivals as the biggest and best arts festival in the world.

Firstsite: We supported the regional visual arts centre to scope the IT systems suitable for the infrastructure of their £26m new build in Colchester, and digital systems such as webcasts to enable Firstsite to keep audiences engaged as they went through the building process in 2010.

macrobert: As well as Hannah acting on the Board of Trustees of macrobert, we undertook in 2013 the AmbITion Approach with the team, to define and plan out a holistic digital strategy for macrobert, Stirling’s arts centre:

Nascent Form: Nascent Form Ltd were user-interface specialists and a tech start-up. Hannah worked with them in 2003 on business development within the cultural and media sectors.

National Glass Centre, Sunderland: In 2015, we developed a digital engagement strategy to form part of the collaborative digital strategy for NGC and the Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art.

New Art Gallery, Walsall: In 2008 we worked to diagnose digital opportunities for audience and product development.

NewcastleGateshead Cultural Venues:  In 2010, we worked with 10 building-based cultural producers operating 20 venues across visual arts, performing arts, music, dance, film, writing and literature, heritage, archives and museums and science communication in North East England to consider how shared digital opportunities could enhance audience engagement with them all. They continue to work together, making the most of shared digital technologies, today.

New Wolsey Theatre: In 2009 we supported the Ipswich-based regional theatre to integrate digital technologies to streamline processes for audiences. This also freed up staff time to enable them to use new digital creative tools.

Oldham Coliseum: We supported the regional theatre develop a technology plan, as well as digital communications platforms that enabled a huge Youth and  Community theatre project.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre: The AmbITion Approach was undertaken with the team in 2013 to develop an holistic digital strategy that would inform a capital redevelopment as well as underpin the digital development of this remotely located regional theatre.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: We supported RLPO to use digital video for better audience engagement.

Royal Shakespeare Company: Hannah worked as the original new media producer for the RSC from 1999-2001. 

 Stellar Quines: Rudman Consulting supported the implementation of a digital development strategy that covered all aspects of this theatre company’s artistic production; operations; and audience development model in 2011.

Taigh Chearsabagh: In 2010 we oversaw TC’s digital strategy development, and implementation – a museum and arts centre, which faces unique issues due to its remote and rural location on North Uist. 

Timespan Arts Centre, Museum & Heritage Centre: Digital strategy implementation overseen in 2010 for this museum and arts centre, which faces unique issues due to its remote and rural location in Sutherland, Scotland. We also brokered a research and development relationship with St Andrew’s University Scape Trust to digitally archive through 3DVR the archaeological dig of the Brora Salt Pan in 2013.

Private Sector clients

Hannah worked with private sector clients, from distributed ledger technology start-up SICCAR (previously Wallet.Services), to global technology solutions company Leidos. She licensed The Digital:Transformation Approach exclusively to Leidos for 9 months and was Associate Principal for Digital Transformation with them over 2016-17.

In 2017, Hannah adapted it for use as an Organisational Transformation offer for BOP Consulting and joined the team to support the offer as Associate Director.

She was Strategic Transformation Director for Siccar/Wallet.Services and adapted the approach to help enterprises consider the business model applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) including blockchain.

TEAM Tourism Consulting: Rudman Consulting  worked with TEAM Tourism Consulting to produce the 2011 national review of Technology and Tourism for Scotland, a report currently shaping Scottish Enterprise’s policies for future support into the tourism sector.