Your leaders get things done.
But FOMU (Fear of Messing Up) is stealing their time and putting them on a path to burnout.
Overthinking. Rewriting emails. Second-guessing decisions. All of it undermines your highest performers.
I help leaders interrupt the cycle to build stronger teams, reclaim time, and enable courageous innovation.
Signature Keynotes
The Fear of Messing Up (FOMU) leads to disconnection, missed opportunities, and stagnation in individuals and organizations. Through powerful stories and real-world scenarios, Brittany brings practical strategies for psychological safety to create cultures where it's safe to speak up, take risks and innovate.
Beyond Awkward:
Facing FOMU:
Building psychological safety with disability inclusion
Unlocking innovation, talent, and trust
When people are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing, good intentions stall. Avoidance takes root, exclusion follows, and the cultures we're trying to build never quite take. In this interactive keynote, Brittany uses disability inclusion as the lens to explore this costly dynamic, exploring:
High performers produce results, but underneath, FOMU (Fear of Messing Up) has them on a fast track to burnout. In this keynote, Brittany draws from her work coaching leaders and her own lived experience to name the FOMU cycle that undermines culture and performance, exploring:
- Why even well-intentioned leaders freeze around disability
- How to interrupt FOMU (Fear of Messing Up) that's blocking inclusive action
- What changes when connection is prioritized over perfection
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How FOMU shows up in high-performance culture
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Why psychological safety initiatives can miss the root pattern
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What's possible when courageous innovation replaces fear-driven hesitation
“Brittany was thoughtful in her preparation, responsive throughout the planning process, and incredibly easy to collaborate with. She is one of those speakers who just ‘gets it’. On the day of the event, she showed up with warmth, authenticity, and a presence that put everyone at ease.”
Won Shin
Managing Director at Andersen
“Brittany propelled me and our team to new levels of understanding and competence. She walked with us without judgment, but with humility, patience and the expertise which she shared with us. Brittany has a unique way of cutting through people's hesitation and discomfort and getting to the heart of what matters.”
Melissa Thomas-Hunt
former Global Head of Diversity & Belonging at Airbnb
About Brittany
Brittany is a keynote speaker and coach helping leaders interrupt FOMU (Fear of Messing Up), the dynamic costing time, talent, and innovation in even the highest-performing cultures.
She originally coined FOMU to name the fear that kept well-intentioned people from engaging with disability. Years later, she realized FOMU had broader implications and had been the operating system of her whole life. She now speaks and coaches leaders so they too can interrupt the FOMU cycle and reclaim time, energy, and peace.