Early Bird: CAD $1,950 +GST · ends Saturday 31 October 2026
In person in Victoria · 27 and 28 November 2026

Become a Certified
LEGO® Serious Play®
Facilitator

A rigorous, hands-on two-day in-person certification for educators, HR and OD professionals, coaches and facilitators across Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and Seattle. Certified through LSP Method.

Early Bird CAD $1,950 + GST until Saturday 31 October. Bring a Buddy CAD $1,750 each.

Friday 27 November1:30 pm to 9 pmwith a dinner break, dinner included
Saturday 28 November9 am to 5 pmlunch included
Friday afternoon start, so you can travel in that morning Downtown Victoria, venue to be confirmed Small in-person cohort LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit included
Reserve Your Spot Book a Free Discovery Call
Participants leaning over a shared LEGO Serious Play landscape build during the November 2025 Vancouver cohort
Vancouver cohort, November 2025

Certification issued by LSP Method.

Early Bird CAD $1,950/ person + GST Ends Saturday 31 October
On Time CAD $2,200/ person + GST · 1 to 22 November
Full Rate CAD $2,500/ person + GST · from 23 November
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Two or more registering together pay CAD $1,750 each + GST, whichever date you register on.

What You Will Gain

A certification built on real, hands-on practice

Over two intensive days you experience the LEGO® Serious Play® method as a participant before learning to design and facilitate sessions yourself, so you leave with real capability, your own kit of bricks, and a clear starting point for bringing the method into your own context.

Hands-On Facilitation Skills

Experience the full build progression as a participant: skills builds and warm-ups, individual builds, group and landscape builds, and either an introduction to systems builds or the method combined with Action Learning. Then practise facilitating within the cohort.

Internationally Recognised Certification

Your certificate is issued by LSP Method, the Australian training organisation founded by Michael Fearne, which has training partners around the world and is recognised by other established LSP training networks. Certifying with us puts you in a community of 2,000+ facilitators certified through LSP Method worldwide.

Your Own Kit and the Method Book

A LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit is yours to take home, along with digital access to Michael Fearne's The LSP Method. You leave able to run a session, not just able to describe one.

Room to Think About Your Own Application

Alongside the builds, you talk openly with the cohort about where the method fits in your own work, your proposed strategy behind using it, and possibly an outline of your first workshop.

Small Cohort, Deep Learning

A small cohort means personalised coaching from master facilitators, real peer dialogue, and strong connections with fellow practitioners.

Delivered by LSP Method Certified PRO Trainers

Your trainers hold LSP Method PRO Trainer certification and bring deep professional practice in education, coaching, and organisational development.

Major Cred with the Young LEGO Fans in Your Life

Never underestimate this one. Being a certified LSP facilitator earns you serious standing with the nieces, nephews, and other highly intelligent young people in your life who are obsessed with LEGO.

Ongoing Community and Support

Certification connects you to the global LSP Method facilitator community, with continued access to peers and resources, and free coaching from us, with no time limit, as you integrate the method into your work.

About the Method

What is the LEGO® Serious Play® Method?

The LEGO® Serious Play® method is a facilitation methodology developed in the late 1990s by Johan Roos and Bart Victor, and further developed by Robert Rasmussen. The LEGO® Group was among the earliest and most prominent organisations to use the method, bringing its power for strategic thinking and team alignment into their own work before it spread globally.

The method uses three-dimensional LEGO models as the basis for dialogue, reflection, and decision making. It is grounded in constructivist learning theory: we think better when we build, and we communicate more richly when we have something to point at.

Build first. The words come easier when your hands have already worked out what you mean.

As you progress through the method, individual builds give way to richer techniques: group builds, landscape builds, which map how people, ideas, or elements relate to one another, and systems builds, a more comprehensive way of modelling a system's relationships and dynamics. It is a serious strategic thinking tool, not a team-building exercise.

An individual LEGO Serious Play model built during the November 2025 Vancouver cohort
An individual build. Every element is chosen for what it means, and the builder tells its story.
A small LEGO model beside handwritten meaning cards
Meaning gets written down and stays visible, so the group can keep working with it.
A participant pointing to part of a LEGO landscape model, with a bridge linking two builds
Abstract ideas become objects on a table that a whole group can point at, move, connect and argue about.
2,000+certified LSP facilitators through LSP Method globally
2 daysfull certification, intensive and hands-on, in person in Victoria
Smallcohort by design: intimate, personalised, and deeply practical
A large shared LEGO Serious Play landscape model with handwritten labels, including good coaching, and support, recognition and fun
A shared landscape build, with the group's own labels on the model. In-house cohort, September 2026.

Training Agenda

Preparation in your own time, then two full days in Victoria

The theory, history and science of the method are covered before you arrive, so both days in the room are spent building, facilitating and practising. You experience the full depth of the method as a participant on Day 1, then shift into the facilitator role on Day 2.

Before you arrive Pre-Training

Introduction to the training and your trainers

What the two days will ask of you, and who you will be working with.

What is LSP, and the LSP steps

The core sequence of an LSP session and how the stages build on one another.

Why does LSP work?

The learning theory and research behind why we think better when we build.

The kit you need for LSP

What goes into a facilitator kit, and how to build on the starter kit you take home.

Introduction to facilitation

The facilitator's job in an LSP session, and how it differs from running a meeting.

Trademark requirements, your pitch, and the LSP community

Using the LEGO® Serious Play® name properly in your own practice, explaining the method to a client, and the community you join.

Day 1, Friday 27 November, 1:30 pm to 9 pm Experiencing the Method

Warm-up and skills build

Cohort introductions, learning objectives, and a warm-up build that introduces metaphor and storytelling. Your first hands-on experience of building as a way of thinking.

Individual build, then group build

Each participant builds an individual response to a prompt and tells the story of the model, then the group co-creates a single shared model from what emerged.

Individual build with agents, then landscape build

Building the agents in a situation, then arranging them into a landscape where each model keeps its own identity within a collective view, and the relationships between them become visible.

Final activity: finishing the workshop

How a session is brought to a close so that people leave with something they can act on.

Workshop design: questions and structure

The two things that decide whether an LSP session works. Writing the build questions, and sequencing them into a structure that goes somewhere.

Preparation for Day 2

An explanation of the two main activities for Day 2, and time with a partner to develop and plan your practice session.

Day 2, Saturday 28 November, 9 am to 5 pm Becoming the Facilitator

Warm-up activities

Back into the method quickly, and a look at the warm-ups you will use in your own sessions.

Strategy and application

An open discussion about your plans for integrating LSP into your own work: where it fits, the strategy behind any planned sessions, and the questions you might explore. You might share an outline of a planned session, or simply bring some ideas to get feedback from the group.

Systems builds, or LSP with Action Learning

Day 2 either introduces systems builds or combines the LEGO® Serious Play® method with Action Learning. More about the two options. You can tell us your preference on the registration form, and we confirm the choice with the cohort before the training.

Participant practice sessions

The largest part of Day 2. You facilitate a portion of a workshop for your cohort peers and guests. You are invited to bring one or two people as guests for the afternoon, who take part as genuine participants, not observers. Feedback and coaching follow at the end.

Reflection, what comes next, and graduation

Group reflection on the training, next steps for bringing the method into your work, certification, and access to the global LSP Method community.

Day 1 runs from 1:30 pm to 9 pm on Friday, with a break for dinner. The afternoon start means you can travel in that morning. Day 2 runs from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday. Friday dinner and Saturday lunch are included in your registration.

A participant facilitating a practice workshop on Day 2 of the July Ottawa cohort
Day 2 is mostly practice. In the July Ottawa cohort, every participant facilitated part of a workshop with live participants in the room.

Day 2 Options

Systems builds, or LEGO® Serious Play® with Action Learning

Part of Day 2 takes one of two directions. Both build on what you learn on Day 1, and both are ways of taking the method further than a single workshop. The registration form asks which you would prefer, and we confirm the choice with the cohort before the training.

Option one

An introduction to systems builds

A systems build takes the landscape from Day 1 a step further. The group builds a shared model of a whole system: the people, teams, forces and ideas that shape a situation, and the connections between them. Those connections are made physical, so the group can see what depends on what.

The model is then put to work. The group tests scenarios against it, asks what happens when one part changes, and looks for where the system is strong, where it is fragile, and where a small change would make the biggest difference.

Suits people working on strategy, organisational change, or any situation with many moving parts.

Option two

LEGO® Serious Play® with Action Learning

Action Learning is a team-based approach to working on real problems. A small group takes on a genuine problem brought by one of its members, works on it mainly through questions rather than advice, reflects on how it is learning, and commits to action.

Combined with the LEGO® Serious Play® method, people build their answers before they speak, so every perspective is on the table and the questions go deeper. The two methods work very effectively together. Lan Anh, your Co-Trainer, is a Certified Action Learning Coach.

Suits coaches, team leaders, and anyone helping groups solve real problems and learn from them.

Not sure which suits you? Choose “Either would suit me” or “Don’t know yet” on the form, or ask us on a discovery call.

Included in Your Registration

You leave able to run a session

Certification is the credential. These are the things that decide whether you actually run your first workshop in the weeks after, rather than in the someday after that.

LEGO Serious Play Starter Kit boxes and a copy of The LSP Method set out at the start of the November 2025 Vancouver cohort
A cohort holding their LEGO Serious Play facilitator certificates at graduation
Graduation, with certificates and Starter Kits. In-house cohort, September 2026.
Participants celebrating around their LEGO landscape model during the November 2025 Vancouver cohort
The Vancouver cohort, November 2025.

A LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit, yours to keep

You go home with bricks, not just notes. It is enough to run your first sessions with a small group, and it is the base you build a full facilitator kit on.

Cover of The LSP Method by Michael Fearne

Digital access to The LSP Method

Michael Fearne's book, the reference text for the method, in digital form. It is the thing you go back to when you are designing a session six months from now.

LSP Method Certified badge

Certification and a digital credential

Your facilitator certificate, issued by LSP Method, plus a digital credential you can add to your LinkedIn profile, and a place in a community of 2,000+ facilitators certified through LSP Method worldwide.

Feedback and coaching on your practice session

We are available to advise before your practice session. Once all the practice workshops are done, there is a group debrief where everyone gives feedback, with more specific coaching guidance from the master facilitators.

Free coaching after the training

As you start bringing the method into your own work, you can come back to us for coaching at no extra cost. There is no time limit on the offer.

Dinner on Friday, lunch on Saturday

Day 1 runs into the evening with a break for dinner, and Day 2 includes lunch. Both meals are included in your registration.

Is This for You?

Designed for professionals who facilitate change

The cohort works best when the room holds a mix of contexts, so people leave with ideas they would not have found on their own.

Educators and Post-Secondary Faculty

Instructors, curriculum designers, student services professionals, and academic leaders looking to bring participatory methodologies into classrooms, strategic planning, and institutional processes.

HR, OD and L&D Professionals

People and culture leaders, organisational development practitioners, and learning and development specialists who facilitate teams, lead change, or design learning experiences.

Coaches and Consultants

Executive coaches, team coaches, and independent consultants wanting to add a distinctive 3D sense-making and systems thinking method to their client work.

Professional Facilitators

Practising facilitators who already run workshops and want a structured, well-evidenced methodology that changes what a group is able to say to itself.

Educators and School Leaders

Teachers, principals and district staff who want a hands-on way to run professional learning, planning and conversations where every voice is heard. We invoice against a purchase order where your school or district requires it.

This training is not for

Hobbyists, those looking for a general LEGO-building experience, or individuals without a professional facilitation context. The certification is a professional credential and the cohort engages seriously with its application in real-world practice.

Your Trainers

LSP Method Certified PRO Trainers

This Victoria cohort is delivered by two LSP Method Certified PRO Trainers from Serious Play Methods, based in British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. David Newman
Dr. David Newman, PhD, ACC, ITCA-P
Lead Trainer
Trainer of Facilitators badge, David Newman, LSP Method

David is a seasoned educator and facilitator in creativity, having taught and facilitated workshops in Canada, USA, Vietnam, and Hong Kong. He has used LSP in his teaching at the University of British Columbia and Solvay Business School Vietnam. As well as being a Certified PRO Trainer of Facilitators in the LEGO® Serious Play® Method through LSP Method, David is a Master Facilitator in Team Psychological Safety, holds ACC and ITCA-P coaching credentials, is a certified Hands-On Thinking Coach, has a facilitator certification through Voltage Control, and is a certified Metalog® Tools Trainer.

Lan Anh Nguyen
Lan Anh Nguyen, MIB, CPHR, SHRM-CP
Co-Trainer
Trainer of Facilitators badge, Lan Anh Nguyen, LSP Method

Lan Anh has more than 20 years of leadership experience across both Vietnamese and international organisations including Big C, Hanesbrands Inc., Muong Thanh Hospitality, and Südwolle Group. She is a Certified PRO Trainer of Facilitators in the LEGO® Serious Play® Method through LSP Method, a Certified Action Learning Coach (CALC), a Master Facilitator in Team Psychological Safety, and holds a Master Trainer designation from the Association for Talent Development (ATD).

Pricing

Choose your registration option

All prices are in Canadian dollars, before GST. The rate rises twice between now and the training, so the date you register on is the rate you pay. Every option includes the same two days, the same kit and the same book.

Save $550

Early Bird

CAD1,950
+ GST · until Saturday 31 October 2026

The best rate, for deciding early. Your place is confirmed once your registration is received.

Includes your LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit and digital access to The LSP Method.

Save $300

On Time

CAD2,200
+ GST · Sunday 1 November to Sunday 22 November 2026

For anyone who needs a few more weeks to get a decision through. Same training, same inclusions.

Includes your LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit and digital access to The LSP Method.

Full Rate(Procrastinator’s Special)

CAD2,500
+ GST · from Monday 23 November 2026

The final rate, open until the cohort is full.

Includes your LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit and digital access to The LSP Method.

Bring a Buddy

CAD1,750
+ GST · each, two or more together, any date

Register with a colleague, or a whole team, and each person pays CAD $1,750 whenever you register. Note the other names on the registration form.

Includes a LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit each, and digital access to The LSP Method.

After you complete the registration form we follow up by email within one to two business days with confirmation and payment details. We can issue an invoice against a purchase order where your organisation's procurement process requires one.

Still Deciding?

Not sure if this is right for you? Book a free discovery call.

A 20-minute conversation with one of your trainers to answer your questions, understand your context, and help you decide whether this certification is the right next step for your practice.

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Registration

Join the November Victoria cohort

Complete the registration form and we will follow up with confirmation and payment details within one to two business days.

Register for 27 and 28 November

Takes about two minutes. You will be asked for your details, whether you are registering with a buddy, your Day 2 preference, and anything you would like us to know about your context. Payment details follow by email, so nothing is charged on the form.

Open the Registration Form

The timing does not work?

Join the waitlist and tell us which city and which months suit you. We run cohorts across Canada and we plan the next dates around where the interest actually is. No obligation, and we will not add you to a general mailing list.

Join the Waitlist

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions

How do I become a LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator?

By training with an experienced trainer, and ideally by facilitating the method for real before you finish. There is no single official route, so it is worth checking how much hands-on practice a programme includes. Ours starts with short pre-training videos, then two full days in person in Victoria. On Day 1 you experience the method as a participant. On Day 2 you facilitate part of a workshop with live participants, followed by a group debrief and coaching. You leave certified, with your own Starter Kit, and with free follow-up coaching from us as you start using LSP in your own work.

How do I get certified in LEGO® Serious Play®?

Register for a cohort, watch the pre-training videos (about 90 minutes, sent about a week before), then take part in both days in person, including your practice session on Day 2. Your certificate is issued by LSP Method, which has training partners around the world, and it comes with a digital credential you can add to your LinkedIn profile.

Do I need prior facilitation experience to attend?

No prior LSP experience is required. The training is designed for professionals who already facilitate in some capacity, whether in education, HR, OD, or coaching, and want to add a structured 3D methodology to their practice. General facilitation experience is helpful but not a prerequisite.

Is there one official LEGO® Serious Play® certification?

No. There is no central certification body for the method. Different organisations train and certify facilitators to their own standards, which is why it is worth looking at what a particular programme actually asks of you. Ours is two full days in person with preparatory material (videos) beforehand, and Day 2 is given over largely to facilitating a real session with live participants. We provide a debrief and coaching guidance as part of this. Your certificate is issued by LSP Method, which has training partners around the world and is recognised by other established LSP training networks.

Do I need to bring my own LEGO?

No. Everything you need is provided for the two days, and a LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit is included in your registration for you to take home. That kit is enough to run your first sessions with a small group, and the pre-training material covers how to build it out into a full facilitator kit over time.

What do I take away at the end?

Your facilitator certification through LSP Method and a digital credential for your LinkedIn profile, a LEGO® Serious Play® Starter Kit, digital access to Michael Fearne's The LSP Method, the experience of having facilitated part of a workshop with live participants and been through the debrief, membership of the global LSP Method facilitator community, and free coaching from us afterwards, with no time limit.

What certification do I receive?

Your certificate is issued by LSP Method, the Australian training organisation founded by Michael Fearne, with whom Serious Play Methods is a training partner. It comes with a digital credential you can add to your LinkedIn profile, and it connects you to a community of 2,000+ facilitators certified through LSP Method worldwide.

What happens in the Day 2 practice sessions?

Each participant facilitates a portion of a workshop. Your cohort peers take part as genuine participants, and you can invite one or two guests to join for this part of the day, so you are facilitating a real group rather than a simulated exercise. The master facilitators observe and provide debriefing and coaching at the end.

What is the pre-training, and how long does it take?

We provide access to a series of short videos covering the theory and background to LSP. This means the two days in the room can be spent building and facilitating. The videos currently have about 90 minutes of content, and the link will be sent to you about a week ahead of the training.

Where exactly is the training held?

The training is in person in downtown Victoria, within easy reach of the Inner Harbour and the ferry terminals. The venue is being confirmed and will go to registered participants as soon as it is booked.

How does the Bring a Buddy rate work?

If you and a colleague register together, each of you pays CAD $1,750, and the same rate applies to larger groups from one organisation. It is the lowest rate on offer and it does not change with the date, so it is worth asking a colleague even late on. Note the other names on the registration form so the registrations can be matched.

Why does the price change over time?

Three rates, by the date you register: CAD $1,950 until Saturday 31 October, CAD $2,200 from Sunday 1 November to Sunday 22 November, and CAD $2,500 from Monday 23 November. The training, the kit, the book and the trainers are identical at every rate. Deciding early is simply worth something to us, because it lets us confirm the venue and the group. If two or more of you register together the rate is CAD $1,750 each at any point. All prices are in Canadian dollars, including for participants from the United States.

Does the price include tax?

No. All prices listed are before GST. GST is added when your registration is confirmed.

I'm coming from Seattle or the islands. How does the timing work?

Day 1 starts at 1:30 pm on Friday, so you can come over on the Victoria Clipper from Seattle, or by BC Ferries from the mainland or the Gulf Islands, that morning. Day 2 runs from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday, and if you need to leave a little early for a sailing, tell us on the registration form and we will plan around it. Prices are in Canadian dollars, and we can invoice an organisation in the United States.

Which Day 2 option will this cohort have?

Day 2 includes either an introduction to systems builds or the LEGO® Serious Play® method combined with Action Learning. The registration form asks which you would prefer, and we confirm the choice with the cohort before the training. More about the two options.

Can you invoice my organisation against a purchase order?

Yes. Note it on the registration form and we will issue an invoice with whatever reference or PO number your finance team needs, rather than asking you to pay by card.

What is the cancellation policy?

Please contact us directly at seriousplaymethods@gmail.com to discuss cancellation or transfer options. We will do our best to accommodate your circumstances. Full details are confirmed when your registration is processed.

Will this certification be offered in other cities?

Yes. We run cohorts across Canada, and Victoria is one of several this season. If a different city or a different set of dates would suit you better, join the waitlist and tell us where you are. We plan the next round of dates around where the interest actually is.