Pillar 01 · Digital Workplace & Experience Strategy

Frictionless digital
employee experiences.

Most organizations invest heavily in technology and see little improvement in employee productivity. The problem isn't the tools — it's the absence of a coherent experience strategy. AXD fixes the foundation.

5 Offerings

What we do within this pillar.

Each offering is a discrete engagement with defined deliverables. They can be scoped individually or sequenced as part of a broader transformation program.

DEX Assessments & Gap Analysis
Assessment · 4–6 weeks est.

A structured diagnostic of the end-to-end digital employee experience — from device provisioning to service intake to day-to-day productivity tooling. Benchmarks current DEX maturity across people, process, technology, and data. Identifies friction points, service gaps, and productivity drains. Establishes a baseline for measuring improvement and builds the business case for investment.

Outcomes
  • Clear view of where employee productivity is being lost
  • Prioritized friction points by business impact
  • Maturity baseline across 6 DEX dimensions
  • Cost-to-serve and productivity impact analysis
Sample Deliverables
  • Stakeholder interviews — CIO, HR, Operations, Support
  • Tool and platform inventory review
  • Ticket taxonomy and root-cause analysis
  • DEX maturity scorecard and heatmap development
Digital Workplace Roadmap Design
Strategy · 3–5 weeks est.

Translates assessment findings into a sequenced, prioritized transformation roadmap spanning 12 to 24 months — aligning IT investment to business priorities. Defines the target-state digital workplace model, sequences initiatives by value, effort, and dependency, and provides a governance model to sustain momentum post-roadmap. The output is a plan the CIO can present to the board.

Outcomes
  • 12–24 month transformation roadmap with phased milestones
  • Quick-win initiatives executable within 90 days
  • Investment prioritization framework
  • Governance model and steering cadence design
Sample Deliverables
  • Gap-to-initiative mapping workshop
  • Value vs. effort prioritization matrix
  • Initiative sequencing and dependency mapping
  • Executive roadmap narrative development
Experience KPI & Executive Dashboard Design
Design · 3–4 weeks est.

Designs the measurement framework that makes the digital workplace visible to leadership — moving beyond SLA compliance to experience-level metrics that reflect real employee impact. Defines XLAs alongside traditional SLAs, structures executive reporting for CIO and business stakeholders, and connects IT performance to workforce productivity outcomes.

Outcomes
  • Defined XLA framework with measurable targets
  • Executive dashboard design (monthly/quarterly)
  • Reporting cadence and stakeholder engagement model
  • IT performance linked to workforce productivity
Sample Deliverables
  • XLA definition and target-setting workshops
  • KPI taxonomy design — MTTR, FCR, deflection, sentiment
  • Dashboard layout and visualization design
  • Stakeholder reporting cadence design
Service Catalog & Intake Redesign
Design · 4–6 weeks est.

Rebuilds the IT service catalog and employee intake experience from the ground up — user-first, self-service-optimized, and connected to automated fulfillment. Rationalizes catalog content, structure, and fulfillment workflows. Improves portal UX for non-technical employees. Reduces assisted-channel volume through better self-service design.

Outcomes
  • Rationalized, user-tested catalog structure
  • Increased self-service adoption
  • Reduction in help desk call volume
  • Fulfillment workflow designs per catalog item
Sample Deliverables
  • Current catalog audit and rationalization
  • User persona and intake journey mapping
  • Catalog content rewrite — plain language, user-centric
  • Self-service adoption measurement framework
Productivity Friction Analysis
Assessment · 3–4 weeks est.

Identifies and quantifies the hidden productivity loss caused by broken IT processes, poor tooling, and fragmented employee experiences. Combines ticket data, sentiment signals, and stakeholder input to surface the top drivers of employee friction and downtime — and quantifies the cost of inaction in business terms.

Outcomes
  • Top 10 friction drivers with business impact scores
  • Estimated productivity loss and cost-to-serve by issue
  • Prioritized remediation plan
  • Executive-ready findings narrative
Sample Deliverables
  • Ticket taxonomy and trend analysis — 12-month lookback
  • Employee sentiment and feedback analysis
  • Stakeholder interviews by business unit
  • Friction scoring and business impact quantification
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Most clients start with a DEX Assessment or a Productivity Friction Analysis — a defined scope, a clear output, and immediate value.