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FORGE
The CEO Operating System
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The company runs out of your head. FORGE is the operating system that ends it: five disciplines, installed in order, in about a hundred days.
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About the book
About FORGE
The company runs out of your head. That is the problem.
Decisions queue outside one door. Good people spend long weeks on work nobody selected. The Board repeats its question every quarter, and the number sits still. Working harder will not fix it. Working harder is how it started.
FORGE is the operating system Bill Canady installs to end that — five disciplines, in order, in about a hundred days:
Focus. Read the business through your own week, and find where you are the bottleneck.
Objective. Leave one meeting with one number the Board and the team both own.
Roadmap. Put the strategy on one page, and decide what stops.
Govern. Build the organization the strategy needs, and name the Prophet who will run it.
Execute. Hand the cadence to the Prophet, and guard against the quiet slide back in Year 2.
Every step is proved on one company, followed from Day Zero to its first monthly review, with the dates and the numbers shown.
The book behind FORGE, the CEO operating program of The 80/20 Institute. Your team does the work in FORGE · The Field Guide.
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Where it fits · PGOS
01 Command
Take control of the business as it actually is.
“How do I take command of this business?” Days 1–100
How to use it
Install it with your leadership team in about a hundred days: find where you are the bottleneck, agree one number, put the strategy on one page, name the Prophet, and hand over the cadence. Your team does the work in the Field Guide.
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Formats and ISBNs
- PaperbackRetail list: US $19.99 · CA $26.99Print forthcoming · November 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160001
- EbookDirect download: US $10 · Retail list: CA $16.99Available digitally · October 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160032
- Hardcover, caseboundRetail list: US $30.00 · CA $39.99Print forthcoming · November 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160018
- Hardcover, dust jacketRetail list: US $30.00 · CA $39.99Print forthcoming · November 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160025
- AudiobookDirect download: US $10ISBN 9798908160049
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The companion
The Field Guide
FORGE · The Field Guide
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Five disciplines, installed in order, each leaving one page the next one needs. Every page is written with your numbers and your team, beside a worked example from Day Zero to the first Monthly Business Review.
- Paperback, letterRetail list: US $29.99 · CA $39.99Print forthcoming · November 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160056
- Fillable PDFDirect download: US $10Available digitally · October 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160070
Letter-size, built to be written in. Print and fillable PDF. The book keeps the narrative; the guide holds the working paper.
The author
Bill Canady
Bill Canady is Chairman and CEO of Arrowhead Engineered Products, Chairman of OTC Industrial Technologies, and the Founder & CEO of The 80/20 Institute. A U.S. Navy veteran with an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, he created the Profitable Growth Operating System (PGOS) and has driven more than $3 billion in shareholder value across global industrial markets. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The 80/20 CEO and The Rule of Three.
