Best Practice Tips

Stories from Axis users

Discover how other users have been using Axis to design and run innovative workshops.

Written by Giulia Mandelli
Updated over a week ago

Share your workshop with colleagues

Axis just got a whole more collaborative for facilitators!

Written by Adam Wright
Updated over a week ago

I&D : Gender Parity Workshop Guide

Prepare your team for an inclusive and effective session with the Gender Parity workshop template guide

Written by Giulia Mandelli
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How Might We...? | Create Phase

Inspire creative thinking by starting with a question(s) of 'How might we?'

Written by Adam Wright
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How Might We...? | Frame Phase

Inspire creative thinking by starting with a question(s) of 'How might we?'

Written by Adam Wright
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Value-Effort Matrix | Method

Evaluate and prioritize ideas according to their estimated Value and Effort

Written by Giulia Mandelli
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Risk Analysis | Create Phase

Identify and discuss the risks that can be used to answer the workshop's key question

Written by Giulia Mandelli
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Trend Analysis | Create Phase

Identify and discuss the trends that can be used to answer the workshop's key question

Written by Giulia Mandelli
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Custom - Multi Dimensions (Create phase)

If the Idea Creator and SWOT methods don't cover your needs, consider creating your own dimensions instead

Written by Giulia Mandelli
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Master the key question 🥇

Use our frameworks to formulate and refine an effective key question for your next workshop

Written by Giulia Mandelli
Updated over a week ago

Setting Objectives and Key Questions

How to set an objective and key question that can get you to an outcome in your workshop

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Selecting phases and methods

How to set-up and customise your workshop

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Written by Robert Hopkin
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Beta Methods and our Beta Scheme

We release new methods in beta - if you are interested to use them early please let us know

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Running a great workshop

Tips from pro-facilitators

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Written by Robert Hopkin
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Finish the Sentence

Finish the sentence to break the ice

Written by Paul Williams
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Orthodoxies (Share phase)

Kick off your session by asking the group to share deeply held and widely shared beliefs that are holding the organisation back

Written by Paul Williams
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Challenges | Frame Phase

Identify and prioritise the challenges that need addressing in the workshop

Written by Paul Williams
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Risk Analysis | Frame Phase

Identify and prioritise risks which need to be mitigated in the workshop

Written by Paul Williams
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Trend Analysis | Frame Phase

Identify and prioritise the trends that can be used to frame the workshop

Written by Paul Williams
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Orthodoxies

Identify and prioritise deeply held and widely shared beliefs to frame the context

Written by Paul Williams
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Rose, Thorn, Bud (theme phase)

Identify and prioritise successes (roses), opportunities (buds) and challenges (thorns) to frame the context

Written by Paul Williams
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Complete the Statement

Complete and prioritise statements to frame the context against which new ideas can be created

Written by Paul Williams
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SWOT

Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to frame the context

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Custom - Single Dimension (Frame Phase)

If Orthodoxies, Risk Analysis, Trend Analysis and Challenges aren't what you need, this will be the framing method for you.

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Custom - Multi Dimension (Frame phase)

If the SWOT and Rose Thorn Bud methods don't cover your needs, consider creating your own dimensions instead

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Risk Matrix

A framing method to identify and assess risks, used extensively across many industries

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Radar

Coming soon

Written by Paul Williams
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Challenges | Create Phase

Identify and prioritise the challenges that need addressing in the workshop

Written by Giulia Mandelli
Updated over a week ago

Idea Creator

Brainstorm ideas giving them a name and description

Written by Paul Williams
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Round Robin

Create, challenge and respond to generate a refined set of ideas

Written by Paul Williams
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Creative Matrix

Want to inspire ideas that intersect along two dimensions of discreet categories? This is the method you are looking for.

Written by Paul Williams
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Rose, Thorn, Bud (create phase)

Use successes (roses), opportunities (buds) and challenges (thorns) as a means to inspire idea generation

Written by Paul Williams
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SWOT (create phase)

Use strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as the means to structure ideation

Written by Paul Williams
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2D Matrix

Score ideas against two dimensions and view them on a 2D matrix

Written by Paul Williams
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Dot Voting

Allowing participants to vote proportionally on the ideas they prefer

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Forced Ranking

Generate a collective ranking of ideas from first to last

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Dot Voting with 2D matrix

Blending two evaluation tools to hone in on the ideas that really matter

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Dot voting with forced ranking

If you will have a lot of ideas to be generated, but you want to focus on a clear and smaller set of priorities, try this method.

Written by Paul Williams
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Plan On A Page | Action Phase

Visualise ideas into a Gantt chart to develop a detailed plan to action

Written by Giulia Mandelli
Updated over a week ago

Action list

Create a list of actions to execute the ideas selected

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago

Exporting a workshop

Completed the workshop and ready to export your data? This is how to do it and what to expect.

Written by Paul Williams
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Archiving a workshop

Done with a workshop and want it out of the way? It's gone, but not forgotten.

Written by Paul Williams
Updated over a week ago