Fearless Organization Scan (FOS) Certification
High functioning teams, innovation and agility all start with psychological safety
Fearless Organization Scan (FOS) Certification
Over 20 years of research at Harvard University demonstrates that teams and organizations with higher levels of psychological safety perform better on almost any metric or KPI in comparison to teams and organizations that have low psychological safety.
Based on Professor Amy Edmondson’s research, the Fearless Organization Scan (FOS) measures psychological safety at both an individual and team level and can scale to any size. This program will enable you to facilitate powerful discovery sessions using the Fearless Organization Scan in order to enable extraordinary collaboration, innovation and performance at a team and organization level.
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Become a Certified Practitioner
The Compassionate Leader is strategic partner to the
Fearless Organization Scan (FOS)
with a particular focus on equipping change agents working on climate change, in the health and care sector and more broadly, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the associated Inner Development Goals (IDGs). We also welcome participants working in or with purpose driven organizations, including B Corp members. We regularly host certification programs throughout the year. Typically, a certification program will include two facilitators and up to 15 participants. The Compassionate Leader can provide in-house certification programs on request.
Who is the program for?
If you are a self-employed consultant, executive coach or facilitator looking for a sharp entry point to build high functioning teams or enable whole system transformation you can certify and join our External Practitioner Community of Practice.
External Practitioner
If you are a HR professional, leader or change agent currently employed within a corporate environment and looking to enable highly functioning teams, cultural and organization transformation you can certify and join our Internal Practitioners / Champion Community of Practice.
Internal Practitioner
Background to the Program
In 2016, Google completed the largest ever study on "how to build the perfect team". After tracking 15,000 employees over 5 years, the data was conclusive: psychological safety was the number one factor impacting team effectiveness. After this finding, the 25+ years of research by Professor Amy C. Edmondson of Harvard Business School gained prominence. In 2019, Amy published The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth and in 2019, the Fearless Organization Scan was born.
The Fearless Organization Scan uses Amy’s research to map how team members perceive the level of psychological safety within their closest community – benchmarking them against the best.
Breaking this down into four dimensions provides a critical predictor of how a team will learn and work together and facilitates opportunities to improve team performance
- Inclusion and diversity
- Attitude to risk and failure
- Willingness to help
- Open conversation
Since its inception in 2020 The Compassionate Leader has worked with the Fearless Organization Scan to accredit hundreds of practitioners around the world.
About the Program
The program consists of five facilitator-led group sessions (delivered via Zoom) that move well beyond concept and theory to powerful real world application through a blend of highly experiential activities, shared learning and reflection, case studies, and guided analysis and interpretation of scan results. This allows practitioners of different backgrounds to understand and integrate the
Fearless Organization Scan into their current practice models.
The certification program consists of:
- 4 live virtual workshops (11 hrs)
- 2 one-to-one supervisions sessions (2 hrs)
- 1 real facilitation engagement with a pilot team of your choice (approx. 6 hrs)
During the program you will learn to set up and scan a pilot team using the FOS portal and will have access to your own personal Fearless Organization Scan dashboard. Afterwards you will continue to have access to the portal and your own unique dashboard. You will also have access to an ever-growing community of FOS practitioners.
Attendance on this certification program also entitles you to a complimentary seat on 'The Leader's Toolkit' open workshop on a date of your choice.
2025 Program Dates
Spring Cohort: 25 Apr, 02 May, 09 May & 04 July (1400-1700 CET)
Summer Cohort: 16 Jun, 26 Jun, 03 July & 18 Sep (1400 – 1700 CET)
Autumn Cohort: 30 Sep, 07 Oct, 14 Oct & 09 Dec (1000 – 1300 CET)
All cohorts include an open Leader's Toolkit workshop
PRICE: £2,150 +VAT per person
The Learning Journey
MODULE 1
Understanding The Concepts
- 3 hours, online group
The background to the PSI scan and its benefits. Introducing the survey within your training cohort.
MODULE 2
Debriefing The Results
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3 hours, online group
Walking through how the scan is debriefed with a team and how results are examined.
MODULE 3
Understanding The System and Survey
- 2 hours, online group
A more detailed look at the scan survey, platform and data, including instructional videos on how to use the FOS portal.
MODULE 4
Application Experience & Commercials
- 3 hours, online group
Debrief of experience, detailed logistics, commercials, getting started.
Upon completion of the program you will receive a certificate and be given access to your own personal Fearless Organization Scan dashboard to enable you to use the Scan within your organisation or with your own clients.
Mark McMordie
Microsoft Case Study: IDG Summit 17th October 2024
How do you create a Fearless Organization?
Back in October Mark McMordie presented at the
Inner Development Goals Summit about what Microsoft learned about operationalising psychological safety.
