Two days to get stuck work moving.
A practical, hands-on workshop for teams who need to turn messy projects, vague decisions and delivery drift into clear outputs, owners and next moves.
- 2 days on-site
- 6 to 10 participants
- One real stuck project
- Completed VOLTS Canvas
- Clear proof step and cadence
Most teams do not have an ideas problem. They have a movement problem.
The work matters. The people are capable. But somehow the project keeps circling the same decisions, blockers and updates. VOLTS is designed for exactly that moment.
Five moves. One completed VOLTS Canvas.
The workshop takes your team through the five VOLTS moves using your real project, not a made-up training exercise.
Write the decision clearly enough that everyone is working from the same version of reality.
Turn blockers and risk into Conditions to Proceed, with ownership attached.
Design the smallest proof step that reduces uncertainty and creates evidence.
Create a cadence that tracks decisions, movement and learning instead of theatre.
Write the story that helps the decision survive outside the workshop room.
Useful outputs. Not workshop confetti.
Best for teams with real stakes and work that needs to move.
Good fit
- Leadership teams with a stalled strategic initiative
- Product, delivery or transformation teams
- Cross-functional teams stuck in alignment loops
- Teams working in regulated or complex environments
- Organisations ready to name what is actually blocking progress
Not the right fit
- No real project to work on
- General team-building or motivational away-day
- Senior decision-makers missing from the room
- Teams who only want theory, not outputs
- Situations where the real blocker is being avoided on purpose
Built for teams who need better decisions, less drift and visible progress.
These are the kinds of questions the workshop is designed to answer in a practical way, using real work rather than theory on a shiny slide.
Yes. The VOLTS Workshop helps teams cut through complexity, make clearer decisions, reduce delivery drift and turn stuck work into visible progress. It is designed for teams who need practical outputs, not a motivational away-day with better snacks.
Start by making the decision visible. The workshop helps the team write a clear Decision Sentence, name the real blockers, agree a proof step and create a cadence for keeping the work moving after the room empties. You can also explore the Decision Sentence and the Stuck Project Scorecard.
The VOLTS Method is a practical five-move approach for turning stalled projects into visible progress by clarifying decisions, naming blockers, creating proof, tracking movement and making the story travel. Read more about the VOLTS Method book and the guide to moving from stuck meetings to shipped outcomes.
You stop alignment theatre by refusing to let meetings end with vague agreement. The workshop pushes the room towards tangible outputs: a decision, an owner, conditions to proceed, a proof step and a story that travels. You can read more about alignment theatre.
Teams leave with a completed VOLTS Canvas, Decision Sentence, Obstacle Map, Proof Plan, delivery cadence and Story That Travels. The aim is to leave with something useful enough to act on the next working day.
Ready to get the work moving?
Get in touch to talk through the project, the people who need to be in the room, and whether VOLTS is the right fit.
