As smart professionals, we all have lots of ideas about how to improve our organisation and drive positive change at work - how to make things better!
Our ideas rarely translate into reality leaving us feeling frustrated, disengaged and disempowered to deliver on our potential.
We rarely link our ideas with the business strategy and goals and don't present how they will help achieve those goals.
We often fail to communicate how our idea benefits the person we are pitching to.
Forge is an online training program that teaches you how to identify and solve strategic problems at work.
Forge teaches you how to identify and solve problems of strategic value to your organisation.
Forge teaches you how to tailor your idea pitch to how it benefits the organisation and decision-maker specifically to ensure your ideas are heard.
10 chapters of bite-sized Alto readings, videos and case-studies
~25 hours self-paced online
Beta: join an innovator community for on-going knowledge sharing
Apply course content to solve a problem at work
You will learn two methods for identifying problems to solve in your organisation that are of strategic relevance.
You will learn how to approximate the size of your identified problems, so that you can compare which is most valuable to solve today.
You will learn how to best select and reframe a single problem to focus on solving within your organisation.
You will learn how to conduct and synthesise research in preparation for developing high-quality solutions.
You will learn two techniques for developing high-quality solutions to your selected problem.
You will learn how to apply the human-centered design metrics to evaluate and select a single idea to pursue.
You will learn how to identify and prioritise assumptions by risk that underpin your idea to validate.
You will learn how to validate your assumptions following a scientific method approach and pretotyping (not prototyping).
You will learn how to build a pitch to communicate your idea as it relates to the business and to the decision-maker's self-interest.
You will learn how to set-up the meeting for your pitch as well as some tips and tricks on how to deliver the best pitch you can!
Forge has been developed for intrinsically motivated professionals in established organisations who want to increase their impact.
You have limited time and need a a highly relevant and convenient program that makes it fast and easy to learn.
You find it disempowering, frustrating and disengaging that your ideas aren't heard at work.
You are excited to make an impact and want to help your organisation achieve its goals.
Tom
Systems engineer & consultant
QinetiQ
"As a busy professional and a young father, I never seem to have enough time, so I was looking for convenient training that makes it super easy to learn. Forge nailed this. The readings and videos are bite-sized, so I could do my learning on my commute and put these into practice within my day to day operations"
Jas
Solution Architect, APJ
Amazon Web Services
"Forget everything you think you know about innovation. Forge has masterfully distilled the fundamentals of innovation into an extremely simple step-by-step process you can apply at work to create solutions that work and get traction."
Grace
CEO & Co-Founder
Andromeda
"As a founder of an early stage start-up, learning fast really matters! The fortnightly community chats help me ask questions, learn new soft skills and solve immediate problems I am facing. The best part is that I can continue to participate in the community even after I finish the training!"
Braeden
Mechatronics Engineer
Fleet Space
"I work in a fast-paced start-up and have been integrating new tools and techniques from Forge directly into how I work. The quiz questions help you consider how to apply the content and the case-study brings it all together, so everything I learned feels directly applicable to what I do."
AI Engineer & Astronaut Candidate,
IBM, Changemaker
“Forge is a crash course like no other on how to identify & solve problems that matter and that drive change."
Andrew Wetherell
Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Alto with a track record of designing breakthrough training in the Space and Education sectors. Previously the CEO of a company using advanced technology projects as a training vehicle for developing the future leaders of Australia's technology sectors.
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Anna Bohac
Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Alto and a McKinsey next generation leader. Previously a COO with Andy in developing a leading training organisation in the technology space, with a neuroscience and legal background.
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Advised By
Scott Thomson
Google Head of Innovation, Customer Engineering. Scotty leads Google's global customer engineering innovation team, helping enterprises drive innovation outcomes through digital strategy and digital transformation.
How much does Forge cost?
Forge costs AUD 99, GST Inclusive and can be signed up to at any time.
Can I do Forge while I work?
Absolutely! Forge is online self-paced using short-form content that is hyper convenient to consume to make it work-friendly.
What will I learn in Forge?
What are the work benefits of doing Forge?
You will improve your ability to create and sell ideas at work increasing your impact while reducing the frustration of not having your ideas heard.
How does the Forge community work?
When you purchase Forge, you will be invited to an exclusive Slack space for Forge Innovators. Here you can interact with others doing the program, those that have finished the program and get support.
We'll be running fortnightly discussions on different related topics such as strategy, as well as bringing in guests and other benefits like hook-ins with coaches to support you on your journey to making an impact.
Can I try Forge before I buy it?
Yes! We have a sample chapter you can try out here: Forge Sample.
The sample chapter doesn't represent how Forge looks on the actual platform. We will be upgrading this soon!
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