About Human Kind
Human Kind is an independent digital consultancy spanning strategy, product design, technology, and sustainability. We work with teams who need senior, hands-on support to move things forward.
We focus on the areas where digital can make the most meaningful difference and where it should be held to a higher standard. Our work covers everything from shaping what to build through to making sure it ships.
We embed within your team, bringing senior leadership, strategic guidance, or hands-on delivery depending on what the work needs. You get focused attention from people with real experience, supported by a trusted network of specialists across product, engineering, design, and sustainability.
How we work
Embedded leadership
We sit within your team as a senior partner. We take responsibility for delivery, not just advice, and adapt to how your team works rather than imposing a process.
Specialist network
We draw on trusted collaborators across product, engineering, design, and sustainability. You get the right people for the work without carrying a large team.
Strategy through to delivery
We help shape what to build, then stay involved to make sure it happens. No handoffs between strategists and delivery teams.
Senior from the start
The people you speak to at the start are the people who do the work. Senior experience is involved throughout, not just in the pitch.
How we think
We are straightforward
There is no agenda
We ask questions
But don't have all the answers
We like to listen
And then talk
We are serious
But only when needed
We put humans first
But technology isn't the enemy
We have opinions
But respect others
Who we are
John Paul Toher
John Paul Toher, Human Kind
Human Kind is led by John Paul, whose experience spans product delivery, transformation programmes, and creative technology for some of the world's most recognised brands. A growing conviction that design and technology should do more led him to study at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. In 2024, he was invited to join the UN Staff College programme on the Circular Economy and the 2030 Agenda. That combination of commercial delivery and sustainability thinking is the foundation of everything we do.
Based in the Ribble Valley, UK. Working globally.
Let's talk
Whether you have a specific brief or just want to talk something through, we'd be happy to hear from you. No pressure, no pitch, just a straightforward conversation about whether we can help.