FEDM Practitioner Certification
A structured decision methodology with a credential your organization can stand behind.
Talk to Steve About TrainingNot compliance training. Not a workshop certificate.
FEDM Practitioner Certification is a verified credential earned through structured training and a written practical assessment. Participants who complete the program and pass the assessment earn certification -- not attendance. That distinction is intentional.
The credential expires annually and requires recertification -- which is also intentional. Certification holders are actively practicing, not just trained. Organizations that build FEDM into their leadership layer maintain certified practitioners who recertify each year. That is what a living credential looks like.
Choose the path that fits your context.
Corporate Cohort
- Full-day onsite or two half-days
- 10 to 30 participants per cohort
- Written assessment + individual feedback
- All who pass earn FEDM certification
- 90-day post-training check-in included
Individual Certification
- Quarterly in Austin, TX
- Max 20 participants per session
- Same full-day curriculum as corporate
- Cross-sector cohort dynamic
- Early registration: $1,500 (60+ days out)
Train the Trainer
- 2.5 to 3 day residential immersive
- License to deliver FEDM certification
- Per-participant licensing fee thereafter
- First cohort forming now
- 6 to 12 candidates maximum
The same standard of rigor, regardless of pathway.
Whether your team certifies together or you certify individually, the credential represents the same standard. The format differs. The credential does not.
- Full-day FEDM Practitioner training
- Written practical assessment with graded feedback
- FEDM Practitioner credential on passing
- FEDM Practitioner Workbook
- Online Practitioner Support Tool through expiry
- Annual recertification pathway
Grounded in research. Built for practice.
FEDM was presented alongside chief ethics officers and AI governance leaders at the World Economic Forum.
Developed through doctoral research at UT Austin Good Systems -- peer-reviewed moral intensity theory applied to real organizational decisions.
The framework behind a forthcoming book on organizational judgment in the age of AI. The training is the practice. The book is the argument.
Maintain your FEDM Practitioner credential through annual recertification -- three quarterly dilemma submissions, one flat fee, active certification maintained.
Recertification