A real community of practitioners — gathering virtually and in person, sharpening practice together.
The four engines are software. The Forge is people. CXOs, operators, and senior practitioners who use the engines in real businesses — meeting, training, and working alongside each other.
General Forge membership is free. By application. You attend events, join peer circles, and use the community — you don't pay, and you don't need to buy the product.
Final criteria are being defined with the founding cohort. Expect: operator seniority, willingness to contribute to peer conversations, fit with the community charter. Final language ships with MVP.
Apply for free membership →The paid contributor tier inside the Forge. For those who want to shape the engines, not just use them. You contribute time and feedback; you receive credits, success share, and MVP access in return.
By application. Applications reviewed weekly — fit matters more than urgency.
See Founding Council details →Annual summits, regional salons, dinners, and roundtables. Senior peers in the same room, working on the same kinds of problems — off-the-record, no slides.
Multi-day programs led by veteran practitioners. Clarity-and-Lucidity craft, applied complexity, decision design — taught by people who have run it at scale.
Small-group sessions where members bring their actual situations. Peers and facilitators help frame, diagnose, and pre-position. The Chatham House rule applies.
Curated introductions, peer circles, mentor pairings, hiring referrals. The kind of network senior operators rely on but rarely get to choose deliberately.
Membership is by application or invitation. The bar is operator seniority and willingness to contribute, not seat count.
A community is a calendar. Dates, cities, and formats post here once locked.
The first regional salon is being scheduled with the founding cohort. Sign up to be notified, or apply for general membership above to receive the calendar when it ships.