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WE’RE A STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AGENCY THAT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE BIG THINGS WITH CONFIDENCE.

WE’RE A STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AGENCY THAT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE BIG THINGS WITH CONFIDENCE.

WE’RE A STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AGENCY THAT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE BIG THINGS WITH CONFIDENCE.

ARE WE ON THE SAME TEAM?


We have deep public service experience and we're comfortable with complexity. We're a great fit for organisations of any size or sector - as long as the work has public value. 


IF YOU’RE AN AMBITIOUS ORGANISATION, WE can HELP DESIGN AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS.

WE’RE A STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AGENCY THAT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE BIG THINGS WITH CONFIDENCE.

WE’RE A STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AGENCY THAT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE BIG THINGS WITH CONFIDENCE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED?


If you do, then take a look at our services: from strategy and improvement design, to digital transformation and telling stories about your future. 


If you don't, that's even better; the start of a real conversation.


IF YOU’RE AN EXPERT PRACTItIONER, WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO YOUR BEST WORK.

WE’RE A STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AGENCY THAT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE BIG THINGS WITH CONFIDENCE.

IF YOU’RE AN EXPERT PRACTItIONER, WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO YOUR BEST WORK.

WHAT WOULD YOU SHOW THE WORLD IF ONLY YOU HAD THE TIME?


We set up Question Factory as a place for people to master their professional practice without compromising their wellbeing. If you have a passion we'd love to hear about it.   

Our SERVICES

Policy, strategy and improvement

Pre-strategic review

About to embark on something big? Start right with a pre-match diagnostic of your capability and clarity of purpose 

Local Plan Making

Expert oversight and programming of Local Plan reviews

Organisation design and improvement

Facilitation, empathy and honest advice to create the space and time to reflect, improve and take action

Research, analysis and options

Explore theory and practice, draw on quant and qual analysis and form and assess innovative options   

Governance design

Set things up to succeed, with inclusive and effective governance designed-in from the start 

Consultation and engagement

Don't be hard to reach - explain your issues in ways that attract new insights 


Digital and service TRANSFORMATION

Digital strategy

Use crowd-sourced feedback and tech insights to analyse and prioritise the right steps to take 

Business case development

Win the argument to invest in creating an agile digital organisation  

Programme design + delivery

Hands-on advice and capacity to get big programmes started and to keep them going 

Adopting agile

Work fast, deliver value early and make it work in public sector and political environments 

Public service reform

Build new teams, create better systems and do things with people 

Review and retrospective

Create a safe space to learn about what's working and what isn't 


Participatory futures

Stories and scenarios

Unpack your future with energy, excitement and evidence 

Net zero transition

Size, design and implement your pathway 

Deliberative democracy

Design your decision making to amplify the power of citizens 

Organise for innovation

Take simple, low cost steps to open up your organisation to innovation

why we work, together

Started in 2022 by Hannah and Steve Skelton, and based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, Question Factory is an attempt to do great work in a pro-family way, respecting the time it takes to raise kids, stay healthy and try to be good to the world around. 


From our core strengths in delivery management and public service strategy, digital and innovation, we build bespoke teams for each project from a network of people that we like and respect.  


This means we're a limited bandwidth business. We don't try and do everything, but what we do gets done right. 


Our approach is intentionally broad and facilitative. We seek insights between professions, disciplines and sectors, and use agile techniques to ensure transparency, model change and show value early. Our business travel is always carbon neutral, and we bank free time for local charities as part of every project. 



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