What is Makeshapes?
Makeshapes is a digital platform that reimagines how large organizations deliver group learning. Traditionally, companies have had to choose between high-impact facilitated workshops that are difficult to scale, or scalable e-learning modules that often feel passive and isolating.
Makeshapes removes this trade-off by enabling auto-facilitated experiences. Our platform provides the structure and guidance necessary for small groups to engage in rich, meaningful discussion without requiring a professional facilitator or subject matter expert present in the room.
Core components
The platform is built around three primary functions that support the entire learning lifecycle:
Create: An intuitive drag-and-drop authoring tool that allows L&D teams to build "on-demand" group experiences using interactive activities like polls, card sorts, and video prompts.
Deliver: A seamless virtual space where groups (in-person, remote, or hybrid) follow a guided path together. Participants use their own devices to interact, ensuring every voice is heard.
Report: A reporting suite that captures real-time engagement data, attendance, and participant insights that are typically lost in traditional workshops.
Why Organizations Use Makeshapes
Organizations use Makeshapes to move beyond "Magical Dissemination Theory"—the hope that training a few senior leaders will eventually "trickle down" to the rest of the workforce.
Key benefits include:
Breaking the trade-off: Deliver experiences with the impact of a facilitated session at the speed and scale of a digital solution.
Reduced reliance on facilittaion: Auto-facilitation decouples high-impact learning from the need for human experts, allowing one session to be replicated infinitely without logistical friction.
Ensuring global consistency: Unlike "train-the-trainer" models that vary by instructor, every group—regardless of location—receives the exact same high-fidelity experience.
Hybrid equity: Makeshapes digitizes the dialogue so that remote participants have an equal share of voice compared to those in the room, turning hybridity into an asset rather than a barrier.
Turning discussion into data: Unlike offline workshops, our platform automatically aggregates anonymous inputs to provide "strategic listening," measuring whether employees truly believe in a new strategy.
Psychological safety by design: Engineered features like anonymous interactions and shared agreements create a safe space for the vulnerable engagement necessary for true behavioral change.
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