The Model

How Forge understands organisations as systems, the ecosystem, its feedback loops, and the equation behind every intervention.

Without learning, the cycle simply repeats. With learning, the cycle evolves.

The ideas introduced in The Philosophy are developed through this model.

An organisation's operating model is more than its structure. It includes the conditions, relationships, decisions and feedback loops that repeatedly produce behaviour. The Forge Model helps leaders understand how that operating model functions, before deciding what to change.

Inside This Volume

IThe First Law Why every human system is continuously adapting to its environment. IIThe Ecosystem The primary flow still holds. It just isn't a straight line. IIIThe Feedback Loops What makes this model proprietary, five loops running beneath the primary flow. IVThe Three Systems Everything Forge observes sits inside one of three interacting systems. VThe Forge Equation Every intervention follows the same notation of change. VIThe Forge Compass The five questions that close every assessment, workshop, and report.