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Publications

Knowledge organised by purpose.

Foundational, Research, Journal and Archive. Everything lives inside one permanent home.

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Foundational

Volumes that establish the philosophy, model and method of Forge.

Relatively stable, rarely revised. Read here, or downloaded as the complete publication.

Forge, The Philosophy, cover
Volume 01
The Philosophy
Why Forge exists.
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Forge, The Model, cover
Volume 02
The Model
How Forge understands organisations as systems.
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Forge, The Method, cover
Volume 03
The Method
How Forge approaches change.
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Volume 04
The Assessment
Why understanding begins before improvement.
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Forge, The Threshold, cover
Volume 05
The Threshold
Why organisations seek help, and why they wait so long to ask.
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Research

The evidence behind the worldview.

Continuously evolving. Research papers, evidence reviews, and benchmark studies as the programme produces them.

FORGEResearch Paper001Five Feedback Loopsin Organisational ChangeDo five feedback relationships appear consistently across forty-five organisations?2026
Research Paper 001
Five Feedback Loops in Organisational Change
Do five feedback relationships appear consistently across forty-five organisations?
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FORGEResearch Paper002How BehaviourBecomes EmbeddedWhen does a stated value actually change behaviour, and when does it just sit on paper?2026
Research Paper 002
How Behaviour Becomes Embedded
When does a stated value actually change behaviour, and when does it just sit on paper?
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Strategic Papers

What the evidence means for those who lead.

Continuously evolving. Strategic Papers translate research findings into questions for Boards and executive teams, as they're written.

FORGEStrategic Paper001Your Governance Might Be Functioning.That Doesn’t Mean It’s Working.One accountability question every Board should test.2026
Strategic Paper 001
Your Governance Might Be Functioning. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Working.
One accountability question every Board should test.
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Forge Insights

Ideas for better organisations.

Perspectives from the work. Short publications that explore what organisational conditions mean in practice, through a particular question, context or point of view.

Forge Insight 001, Designing Productive Environments, cover
Insight 001
Designing Productive Environments
A perspective for leaders building new organisations.
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Forge Insight 003, Building What Matters, cover
Insight 003
Building What Matters
A perspective on strategy, commercial value and organisational conditions for Māori and iwi leaders.
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Journal

The living voice of Forge.

The Journal publishes shorter observations, essays and research notes. The first edition will be published when there is something worth contributing to the field.

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Archive

Superseded material.

No archived publications.
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