Become a certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator and unlock powerful methods for innovation, team development, and organizational change. This comprehensive certification program combines flexible online learning with expert guidance to prepare you to facilitate transformative sessions across diverse professional contexts and help organizations unlock creative potential and drive meaningful outcomes.
Our LEGO SERIOUS PLAY training consists of videos, interactive content, downloadable session plans, comprehensive support materials, and community access designed for multiple learning styles and practical application. By completing certification, you become officially authorized to facilitate a full range of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY sessions and bring this proven methodology to consultants, HR teams, academic institutions, and organizational development initiatives. The method is used globally by leading organizations and is backed by research in play-based learning and organizational development.
What's Included in the Certification Program
- Comprehensive video training modules covering all facilitation techniques and theory
- Interactive learning activities and scenario-based exercises for skill development
- Downloadable, customizable session plans for various business applications
- Facilitation guides for different organizational contexts and group sizes
- Access to the official LEGO SERIOUS PLAY community and resource library
- Official certification upon successful completion and assessment
- Ongoing access to updated training materials and new methodologies
- Marketing and business development support for facilitators
- Access to bonus modules, including virtual facilitation and academic applications
Core Curriculum Overview
Foundational Knowledge: You'll begin by understanding the theory behind LEGO SERIOUS PLAY and how play-based learning unlocks creativity and engagement. Learn the research foundations and understand why this method is so effective for organizational challenges.
Facilitation Fundamentals: Master the essential facilitation techniques. Learn how to guide groups through the building process, ask powerful questions, and help participants build their own insights rather than imposing solutions. Facilitation skill is what transforms the method from an interesting activity into transformative work.
Session Design: Learn how to design sessions for different purposes: team building, strategic planning, conflict resolution, change management, and more. You'll develop templates and frameworks for designing your own sessions tailored to client needs.
Virtual and Hybrid Facilitation: The world has shifted to distributed work. Learn specialized techniques for facilitating LEGO SERIOUS PLAY in virtual environments, hybrid settings, and across time zones while maintaining engagement and effectiveness.
What You'll Learn
- LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology foundations and research backing
- Theoretical frameworks for play-based learning and organizational development
- Core facilitation principles and techniques for guiding group process
- Building models as a metaphor for thinking, strategy, and organizational challenges
- Designing and leading effective LEGO SERIOUS PLAY sessions for specific outcomes
- Applications for team building, strategy development, and organizational innovation
- Using LEGO SERIOUS PLAY in strategic planning and change management initiatives
- Facilitation skills for managing diverse groups and organizational cultures
- Virtual facilitation adaptations for distributed and hybrid teams
- Academic applications for student learning and development
- Marketing your LEGO SERIOUS PLAY services and building a client base
- Continuous improvement and adapting sessions based on group feedback
Bonus Modules and Extended Learning
- Virtual LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitation techniques and tools
- Academic applications for university and training settings
- What is the Duck methodology for extended activities and engagement
- Play4Business engagement activities and energizers
- Marketing strategies for building your LEGO SERIOUS PLAY practice
- Case studies from real facilitators and client organizations
Who Is It For:
Organizational consultants, HR leaders, learning and development professionals, academic facilitators, team leaders, change management specialists, coaches, and trainers. Whether you're a consultant seeking to expand your service offerings, an internal leader wanting to engage your team innovatively, or an academic educator looking for engaging teaching methods, LEGO SERIOUS PLAY certification provides a game-changing methodology with global demand.
Why Choose LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Certification:
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY is a proven innovation method used by leading organizations globally. It unlocks creative potential, drives meaningful engagement, and produces tangible business outcomes. As a certified facilitator, you'll be equipped to guide teams through complex challenges while building genuine engagement, alignment, and buy-in for organizational initiatives. The certification positions you as an expert practitioner in an innovative, in-demand methodology.
Certification Requirements:
- Complete all core training modules
- Demonstrate understanding through interactive activities
- Facilitate at least one practice session
- Submit session plan and reflection on facilitation
- Successful completion earns official LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitator certification
Detailed Curriculum Breakdown
Foundational Modules (Weeks 1-2): Understand LEGO SERIOUS PLAY origins, research, and theoretical foundations. Learn why play-based methods work and the psychology behind creative thinking in groups.
Facilitation Essentials (Weeks 3-4): Master core facilitation techniques, including asking powerful questions, creating psychological safety, building from individual thinking to group insights, and managing group dynamics. These are the skills that make the difference between activity and transformation.
Session Design Toolkit (Weeks 5-6): Learn frameworks for designing sessions for different outcomes. Understand how to scope sessions, set objectives, design activities, manage time, and create closure. You'll develop templates you can customize for different clients and situations.
Specialized Applications (Weeks 7-8): Explore applications including team building, strategy development, conflict resolution, change management, problem-solving, and innovation workshops. Each application has unique considerations and techniques.
Virtual and Hybrid Facilitation (Week 9): Learn specialized techniques for facilitating when participants are distributed. Understand how to adapt the methodology for video calls, distributed materials, and hybrid settings with some in-person and some remote participants.
Building Your Practice (Week 10): Learn how to market LEGO SERIOUS PLAY services, find clients, establish pricing, and build a sustainable consulting practice using this methodology.
Bonus Content Available: Extended modules cover academic applications, the What the Duck complementary methodology, Play4Business energizers, marketing strategies, and case studies from successful facilitators.
Certification Process:
- Complete all training modules and interactive activities
- Demonstrate understanding through assessments and discussions
- Facilitate a practice session with real participants
- Submit a detailed session plan and reflection on your facilitation
- Receive official LEGO SERIOUS PLAY certification upon successful completion
Ongoing Support and Community:
Certification isn't the end; it's the beginning. You'll gain access to the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitator community, ongoing resources, updates as the methodology evolves, and networking with other facilitators worldwide. Many organizations offer community calls, discussion forums, and continued learning opportunities.
