Certification

Become Work Span Ready™

A certification in the one skill a forty-year career actually requires: designing it deliberately, and redesigning it when the world changes. Built on The Winning Work Span™ and its seven frameworks.

10–14 hours · 4–6 weeks · 100% online, self-paced · No prerequisites

Work Span Ready Career Ready certification badge

The journey

Five stages, in order. Each unlocks the next, so you always know exactly what to do — and never lose your place.

Step 1 · 2–3 hours

Preparation

Listen to all eight Education Podcast episodes and complete the podcast workbook — reflection answers and an action for each.

Step 2 · 1–2 hours

Maya Assessment

Six self-assessments, then a conversation with Maya, your AI career advisor. She reads your scores and personalizes your path.

Step 3 · 3–4 hours

Practice the Career Operating System

Five modules with video, an applied exercise, and a knowledge check. Six of eight to unlock the next module.

Step 4 · 3–4 hours

Build Career Plan

Build your 40-Year Career Arc Plan™ in five parts. Each is reviewed against a published rubric with written feedback.

Step 5 · 1 hour

Certify

Fifty questions drawn from across the whole system. Open book, 75 minutes, 90% to pass.

Credential

Work Span Ready™

A signed, verifiable certificate and Open Badge with a public verification link. Valid twelve months, renewable.

What you build

Most certifications test whether you remember something. This one asks you to produce a plan you will actually use: your position on the five-movement arc, your Career Operating System diagnostics, an AI-resilience plan for your own task bundle, a sustainability plan your health can support, and a legacy statement specific enough that someone could tell in ten years whether it happened.

Every framework in the book gets applied to your own situation — STEF™, the Ten Learning Cycles™, Monkey Management™, the Success Equation™, the Work Span Scorecard™, STOP™, and the Human Advantage Model™.

What's included

Eight-episode Education Podcast + workbookIncluded
Five modules with videoIncluded
Maya AI career advisor throughoutIncluded
Six Maya Assessment instrumentsIncluded
Unlimited Career Plan reviewsIncluded
Three exam attemptsIncluded
Verifiable certificate + Open BadgeIncluded
Twelve months of credential validityIncluded
The Winning Work Span™ bookOptional

The podcast is free and included — no purchase needed to certify. The book goes deeper if you want it, on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.

Enrollment

Enroll — $249, one time

Not a subscription. One payment, twelve months of credential validity, renewable annually for $49.

Your name is printed on the certificate — you can edit it until the certificate is issued.

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Refund terms

Full refund within 14 days of purchase, provided you have not submitted a Career Plan part and have not started the certification exam. After that, or once Career Plan review or the exam has been used, the program has been delivered and no refund applies. Refunds are one click from your dashboard — no justification needed. A refund after certification revokes the certificate.

Questions

Do I need to buy the book? +

No. Step 1 is the free eight-episode Education Podcast, and the podcast workbook walks you through it episode by episode. The book covers the same system in more depth if you want it, but nothing in the certification requires a purchase.

Is the exam open book? +

Yes, explicitly. You may use your workbooks, your notes, and the book if you have it. Fifty questions in 75 minutes, with 90% to pass — the constraint is comprehension and time, not recall.

How long does it take? +

Ten to fourteen hours of program work over four to six weeks — Preparation 2–3, Maya Assessment 1–2, Practice 3–4, Build Career Plan 3–4, and Certify 1. There is no deadline and no penalty for taking longer.

What happens if I fail a knowledge check or the exam? +

Knowledge checks have unlimited attempts with feedback — they exist to confirm you got it, not to catch you out. The exam allows three attempts with a 48-hour gap between them. Career Plan parts can be revised as many times as you like.

What is the credential worth? +

It is a private professional credential from Blis International Inc., not an accredited academic qualification. It comes with a signed, publicly verifiable record and an Open Badge you can add to LinkedIn.

Can I use my progress on another device? +

During this pilot, your workbook progress is saved in the browser you use, so stay on one device and browser. Your payment and your certificate are verified on the server and are not tied to a device.