IRIS Training & Certification Pathway

IRIS training is designed to build capability over time.

Not everyone needs the same depth. Some users need to begin using IRIS confidently. Others want mastery. Some apply IRIS within complex organizational systems. The pathway is structured to support that progression.

Start Here: IRIS QuickStart

If you are new to IRIS, begin with IRIS QuickStart.

QuickStart helps you:

• Navigate your first debrief confidently

• Use Snapshot effectively

• Avoid common interpretation errors

• Translate insight into action

You do not need deep construct knowledge to begin using IRIS well.

Start with clarity. Build from there.

IRIS Learning Hub

IRIS Learning Hub structured learning for those who want deeper competence.

100 Series — Activation

Designed for users beginning to apply IRIS in real conversations or teams.

IRIS 101: QuickStart
Foundational application skills.

IRIS 102: Launch Lab
Designed for those introducing IRIS within an organization or group.

Focus:

• Rollout strategy

• Early adoption confidence

• Practical implementation

200 Series — Practitioner Certification

Facilitation Mastery with IRIS

Designed for coaches and leaders who facilitate IRIS conversations with individuals.

This series builds the core skills needed to:

• guide a responsible IRIS debrief

• recognize meaningful patterns without overinterpreting

• translate insight into practical growth

IRIS 201 — Debrief Foundations

Focus:
How to open and guide a clear, responsible IRIS conversation.

What you’ll learn:

• Framing IRIS as a tool for discovery, not evaluation

• Creating psychological safety and shared ownership

• Reflecting results without overinterpreting

• Using multiple entry points (Snapshot, Strengths, Working Style)

• Pacing insight so it can be recognized and integrated

Outcome:
Coaches can facilitate a grounded, client-centered IRIS debrief.

IRIS 202 — Seeing Patterns

Focus:
How to recognize meaningful signals in IRIS without diagnosing or oversimplifying.

What you’ll learn:

• Reading intensity and what it suggests

• Noticing clusters and themes

• Identifying tensions and competing pulls

• Exploring Real vs. Ideal

• Recognizing patterns of support and strain

Outcome:
Coaches can notice and reflect patterns that deepen insight without overreach.

IRIS 203 — Coaching Development

Focus:
How to move from insight to meaningful, sustainable growth.

What you’ll learn:

• Identifying growth edges from IRIS patterns

• Designing small, practical experiments

• Supporting behavior change over time

• Maintaining a coaching stance of care and challenge

• Closing the loop from insight to action

Outcome:
Coaches can help clients translate IRIS insight into real-world development.

Learning Experience

The Practitioner Certification includes:

• Self-paced lessons

• Guided reflection exercises

• Applied practice

• One live integration session

Total time: ~8 hours

300 Series — Construct Architecture

Designed for advanced users who want to understand how the system works beneath the surface.

IRIS 301 — Drivers
IRIS 302 — Imperatives
IRIS 303 — Thinking & EQ

Focus:

• Construct logic

• Interactions between domains

• Intensity interpretation

• Applied pattern integration

This level is optional for many users but essential for certified professionals and power users.

IRIS Masterclasses

IRIS Masterclasses are applied, specialized trainings.

They are not sequential and do not imply a hierarchy.
Each Masterclass focuses on a specific professional use case.

Examples include:

• Hiring with IRIS

• Organizational Rollout Strategy

• Leadership Development with IRIS

• Using Targets Strategically

• Winning & Retaining Clients with IRIS

Masterclasses support application within real-world systems.

Certification

Certification recognizes demonstrated competence in the responsible use of IRIS.

Certified professionals:

• Interpret results ethically and contextually

• Conduct effective debrief conversations

• Understand system limitations

• Apply IRIS as one input among broader decision factors

Certification requirements vary by level and application.

Choosing Your Path

• New to IRIS? Begin with QuickStart.

• Leading others? Add Launch Lab.

• Conducting professional debriefs? Complete Debrief Mastery.

• Seeking deep construct understanding? Explore the 300 series.

• Applying IRIS strategically within hiring or organizational systems? Select a relevant Masterclass.

IRIS is designed to grow with you.

Begin by using it well.
Deepen as your application expands.