The Herron
Group LLC.
The Herron
Group LLC.
Measurement and Design
Building the frameworks that make your impact visible and actionable.
The Case for Building Your Evidence Infrastructure First
A free brief on why structured problem solving, data collection, and systems thinking are the foundation every growing organization needs.
You know your work matters: Can you prove it?
A free companion brief on the specific data funders expect to see, what the sector's accountability standards require, and three places to start collecting proof of your impact today.
Ready to put the briefs into practice?
The Measuring What Matters Workbook is the hands-on companion to our free brief series. It walks you through a real case study, helps you connect your mission to measurable outcomes, and gives you ready-to-use templates for collecting, analyzing, and reporting your data. No data team required.
Systems Strategy
Your organization is already a system. Let's give it the structure to grow.
Faithful Over a Few Things: How to Map What you Have and Put It to Work.
Most churches have more resources than they realize. This free brief introduces the resource map, a simple tool that helps show the full picture of an organization's assets across five categories: human, relational, physical, financial, and intellectual.
Stewards of More
Leading Like You Mean It: Systems, Strategy, and the Business of Faithful Ministry.
You have the map. Now what do you do with it? This free companion brief introduces the operational disciplines and lean principles that help churches turn resources into results.
Faithful Over a Few Things: The Resource Mapping Workbook
The briefs demonstrate the concepts. Our workbook walks you through the process. There are seven guided sections that take your team from inventory to action, with fill-in tables, example entries, scriptural anchors, and reflection questions for each step. Designed to be shared, saved, and updated as your church grows.
AI Implementation
Frameworks for making decisions about AI with discipline rather than reflex.
The Hammer and the Nail
This free brief examines what six independent data sources reveal about student AI anxiety and explores why embedded AI fluency, microcondentials, and career guidance tools may serve smaller institutions better than building a new degree program.
Fix the Process Before You Automate It
This free companion brief applies Lean and Six Sigma methodology to AI adoption decisions. It helps organizations assess whether a process is ready to automate, identify where waste and variation exist, and determine the right moment to invest in technology.
Process Readniess Workbook
This workbook is the hands-on tool for teams ready to evaluate a specific process for automation. It includes eight fillable worksheets, a four-phase checklist with guided reflection prompts, a cost-benefit framework, and a worked example. Designed to be completed in a 60- to 90-minute team session.
