Alone, Impossible.
Together, Inevitable.

We co-create collaboration

We live in a world where people crave the kinds of connections and collaborations that empower them to do truly meaningful and impactful work. But creating that is hard.Like, really hard.Many leaders struggle to create collaborative culture in their organizations, and fail to help their people design and execute innovative solutions that move the needle.Forge was founded to solve this challenge.At Forge, we're passionate about helping leaders and organizations collaborate better, and through that to create stronger teams, healthier cultures, and greater impact.

Our Origin Story

For 25+ years, Shun-Luoi Fong, our Founder and CEO, partnered with brands across multiple sectors, industries, and areas. During that time he consistently observed organizations struggling to create and sustain collaborative and innovative cultures and work.His passion to solve this problem was ignited, and he turned his focus to leading organizations through innovation sprints, lightning rounds, and trainings to help them better collaborate and co-create solutions to their biggest challenges.And thus Forge was born.With a gift for galvanizing and guiding teams to do truly transformative work, and a passion for helping leaders and teams flourish, Shun-Luoi leads the Forge team, and actively works with client partners through the design and facilitation of sprints and workshops.

Our Founder's Story

Shun-Luoi is a highly relational leader, strategist, and creator, with 25+ years of experience leading organizations in strategy, brand, digital experience, storytelling, and collaboration design and leadership.He is also faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder, teaching design and innovation courses in the Master of Strategic Communications Design program.His thoughtful integration of human-centered design, technology, and shared human experiences work toward solving “wicked problems,” all while being led by his empathetic and strategic mantra—listen, learn, love, create.A colleague once had this to say, which captures well how he seeks to live his life:“You’re a killer strategist, incredible people manager and inspirer, and overall awesome human. You also always made me feel “safe” from the second we met, a descriptor I would give to few people in this world. That’s your superpower…approachability and trust and human connection. In short, you’re a badass.”And now the important stuff. He's husband to an amazing wife and dad to four beautiful, full-of-life children. He enjoys building creative community, travel, reading, art, musicals, baking, Thai food, games, hiking/backpacking, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.This is his story. But...

It's not really about us

It's about you and your story. You...

And you’re committed to making your dent in the universe.If this is you, let's talk.We’d love to help you and your team do just that.

Your big challenges, ideas, and solutions. In just 4 days.

Our Innovation Sprints provide a structured, step-by-step system that empowers your team to solve critical business challenges over the course of four days.Compressing months of work into less than a week, our sprints are led by expert facilitators and collaborators who help your team co-create quickly and effectively using design, prototyping, and testing of ideas with real customers.It’s a bullet-proof process that can be used by any team, and be applied to your biggest challenges across multiple industries and areas including:

The design sprint gives your team a shortcut to learning, without building and launching.

From ideas to learning. No expensive commitment required.

The typical methods of design and innovation are often inefficient, time intensive, costly, and leave teams feeling frustrated at the glacial pace of progress.Our Innovation Sprints solve this problem, empowering your team to rapidly design solutions that are tested with real customers, providing insights, clarity, and alignment for further innovation, all in four days.Or, as the official Design Sprints website states:"Instead of waiting to launch a minimal product to understand if an idea is any good, you’ll get clear data from a realistic prototype. The sprint gives you a superpower: You can fast-forward into the future to see your finished product and customer reactions, before making any expensive commitments."

The innovation sprint gives your team a shortcut to learning, without building and launching.

Innovation Sprints - How they work

An Innovation Sprint is a structured, step-by-step process that takes place over the course of 4 days, and requires only the following:

Our team of master facilitators, strategists, and designers will come alongside your team not only to facilitate the sprint, but also to participate, helping co-create the ideas, sketches, prototypes, testing, and learnings that will launch your team into the next steps in your innovation process.

Strategic Alignment and Rapid innovation. In just 1-2 days.

Innovation Lightning Rounds are our strategic alignment and rapid innovation workshops that set the foundation for teams to proceed to the next steps in their innovation process. These intensive 1 to 2-day sessions are designed to jumpstart your team's creative problem-solving process and achieve strategic alignment in a remarkably short time frame. By distilling the foundational elements of our comprehensive four-day sprints, Lightning Rounds offer a powerful, condensed experience that can swiftly address pressing challenges or kick off larger initiatives.

Your foundation for forward momentum...it's fast, fun, and flexible.

In these dynamic workshops, we guide your team through a carefully curated sequence of activities, each designed to stimulate collaborative thinking and drive concrete results. From setting the stage and deep-diving into problem understanding, to reframing challenges and generating solution concepts, Lightning Rounds cover significant ground quickly. The process is both structured and flexible, allowing for customization to your specific needs while ensuring that every minute counts. By the end of a Lightning Round, your team will not only have a clearer strategic direction but also tangible ideas and action plans to move forward with confidence and momentum.

Lightning Rounds: A Structured Step-by-step Process

Our Lightning Round workshops follow a structured, yet flexible process, and can include the following:

Immerserive Collaboration Experiences

Every organization faces unique challenges and opportunities for their business, team, and audience. Our custom workshops are tailored to address your specific needs, whether you're exploring current topics like Generative AI or tackling complex issues in strategy and leadership.With each workshop we bring the right content experts and master facilitators to work closely with you to create immersive, interactive experiences that not only educate but also inspire action and drive real change within your team.

Tangible Results for your team and organization

Our workshops are built on a foundation of collaborative learning and hands-on problem-solving. We employ a range of techniques and tools to ensure maximum engagement and knowledge retention. From ideation sessions and strategic alignment to role-playing exercises and scenario planning, we craft each workshop to deliver tangible outcomes.Whether you're looking to foster innovation, align your team on a new strategy, or grow your team’s knowledge, our custom workshops provide a powerful platform for collective growth.

Customized to your needs and goals

Our customized workshops address topics such as: