Co-production and facilitation
Co-create organisational, policy and practice change through creative facilitation
What is co-production and facilitation?
You want to build change with others.
That could be with:
- communities to drive social change
- practitioners to drive practice change
- policy makers to drive policy change
- teams and leadership to drive organisational change
But you have no idea where to start. When you do meet, it feels like you are all speaking in a different language. Not everyone feels heard, and there's a lack of clarity on how to work together well. So nothing changes.
We can help.
Through our Critical Inking™ methodology, we design, facilitate and evaluate collaboration sessions with you.
Using visual and design thinking, storytelling, and participatory research methodology, we create conditions where everyone feels heard, build clear visions and action plans for change together, and make that actionable with a visual plan on a page at the end of every session.
Co-production is for you if:
You need to co-create a research project from bid to dissemination with key communities
You are an organisational leader who needs to create and communicate a strategic vision to teams and wider stakeholders
You need to bring people together to get stuff done - from single projects to global initiatives
Our Critical Inking™ methodology works because:
- It levels power hierarchies in the room, so every voice is valued (Bird, 2018)
- Drawing and creating visuals together helps navigate conflict and build tangible, clear visions for change (Bird, 2018)
- Visualising as a group is proven to make change simple and achievable, from service re-design to strategy implementation, to policy and practice change (BMJ, 2026; PMC, 2026; Pollard, 2017; Wolfenden et al., 2022)
- Co-production of change across research, organisations and policy increases the likelihood of action, ownership, equity, and of change sticking
How it works
We take all the stress out of the facilitation and co-production process. We work with you to ensure:
- The right people are in the room
- The session is designed and facilitated for equitable engagement
- Conversations are captured visually through our live scribe
- Collaboration converts into meaningful change
1. Designing the co-production and facilitation process
We work with you, your team and stakeholders at our initial discovery session to understand who you are working with, why you want to come together, the change you are aiming to make, what the session needs to cover, any tensions and accessibility needs we need to be aware of and how we will measure success. Post-meeting, we'll develop a session plan, visual activities bespoke to your attendees and evaluation frameworks for you to approve. We'll involve EVERY stakeholder in this process so co-production starts before you even set foot in the room!
2. Creative facilitation of sessions using Critical Inking™ Methodology
Every session we deliver includes an experienced facilitator AND live scribe to capture what's happening visually in real time. We bring all the kit, resources and activities we need on the day, and facilitate for you. We manage the room's power, ensure every voice is heard, and work towards creating a visual 'plan for change' on a page by the end of the session. We share everything we create together as a follow-up PDF report and JPEGs, so you can continue co-creating change together immediately post-workshop.
3. Post session de-brief
After our time together, we'll check back in to review feedback and how the session went. We'll talk about how to translate those conversations into tangible co-created products - like toolkits, strategy decks, interactive infographics or animations for example - to communicate and action that change clearly. We'll also discuss how to continue the co-production throughout the product creation process.
4. Translating conversations into change products
We'll take the conversations and translate them into visual products that make change stick. Stakeholders and their voice are involved every step of the way, even contributing to script writing, voiceover creation and visual asset design. We use accessible, asynchronous and anonymous feedback mechanisms, and ensure each stage of design has a revision round so everyone has an opportunity to shape the message.
5. Test and refine
We keep a revision round to make any final tweaks or adjustments once your change products are out in the world. We adapt them to real-world feedback and track analytics and qualitative feedback to continuously improve them together.
6. Training and building capacity
Good co-production isn't extractive. It's about building capacity. Where appropriate, we offer training to communities and teams to empower them to co-produce change in future through our CPD-accredited courses on visual communication.
Nifty Impact
Our co-production work has won 4 impact awards and changed policy, practice and organisations worldwide.
We've helped researchers, organisations, governments and businesses:
- Implement worldwide climate security strategies
- Co-create a nationwide strategy on violence against women and girls
- Co-create change across the NHS in mental health for cancer patients; trans-healthcare; ambulance service call-outs; and domestic abuse response to name a few
- Meaningfully engage with diverse communities from patients, police forces and children and young people; to refugees, c-suite executives and local MPs
"One of the things I liked most was bringing the science to life during the co-design session with Nifty Fox Creative and seeing the final visual evidence map that we all co-created. It was very meaningful because I got to see myself represented visually. I often feel excluded and underrepresented in drawings and other forms of art because people with disabilities are often left out altogether or only represented in ways that match common stereotypes seen in art and the media."
Naomi Field - Co-researcher
"I am very excited to share that we are the 2026 winner of the King’s Engaged Research Award in the category of Participatory Approaches to Research (National)! What a fantastic achievement. I have been overwhelmed by the level of engagement with the study. I can’t thank Nifty Fox enough – you have helped to shape the amazing project that it is and made every voice in every room feel heard!"
Dr Clair Le Boutillier
"Working with Nifty Fox is a real joy. The team are authentic, genuine and align with our own values. It was obvious from the beginning we were on the same page, the project exceeded expectations and I would definitely recommend Laura and the team. Co-creation worked really well too - we felt empowered!"
Rosie Walker - Lead Nurse
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