Become a Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator with our training
In our Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator Training or in our LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Basics Training you can learn the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method. The training provides you with the necessary basics and methods and trains you to develop and facilitate your own workshops based on the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method.
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Lego® Serious Play® is versatile in its use
co-creative
With the Lego® Serious Play® process, you develop a new understanding of your project together, whether it is a new business model, a new culture, strategy or innovation.
tangible
Ideas, thought models and visions are brought to life with LEGO models and remain in memory.
tangible
Lego is not a toy here, but a prototyping material, so that ideas are discussed and developed in a comprehensible way on the model.
What is Lego® Serious Play®?
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) is used in companies, teams and also with individuals to promote new ideas, improve communication and accelerate problem solving. In the workshops customised by StrategicPlay® for the clients, the participants work out, for example:
- New business strategies
- You develop and optimise cooperation in the team
- You analyse crisis situations
- They develop solution concepts for this
With the innovative LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® process, unique, sustainable and practical solutions to complex issues are developed and immediately implemented. Major international companies such as EBAY, NOKIA and MICROSOFT already use it to authentically formulate their brand identity, develop innovative ideas and strategies, support the formation of high-performance teams or effectively accompany change processes.
There are two main LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® processes:
- Real Time Strategy for the Enterprise: Strategy Development
- Real Time Identity for the Team: Optimising Teams
StrategicPlay® has adapted and further developed these basic processes for a wide range of applications:
- Diversity: Diversity as a strategic success factor
- Brand Identity: Developing a clear and unique brand identity
- Project management: starting projects quickly and effectively
- Project teams: Creating effective project teams and motivating them sustainably
- Risk management: Identify risks and develop alternative strategies
- Product development: Designing innovative products and services
- Change management: starting change processes and implementing them effectively
- Networking: design conferences full of energy and actively involve participants
In addition, StrategicPlay® specialises in developing new applications for your individual goals.
The Benefits of Lego® Serious Play®
LEGO® is fun and anyone can build with LEGO®. You don't need any artistic or craft talent to express yourself (as with painting, for example). LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials are particularly versatile and stimulate the imagination. And with LEGO® three-dimensional representations are possible and everything that is built is reversible, restorable and adaptable.
Where does the Lego® Serious Play® method come from?
Developed by LEGO® in collaboration with the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne (IMD), the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method offers unique solutions to unlock the full potential and creativity of a team or an entire organisation. LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® is based on the latest knowledge in systems thinking, brain research, strategy and game development.
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Lego® Serious Play® at a glance
Fast and efficient solutions
The LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® process uses LEGO® bricks and makes it possible to get to the heart of the matter quickly. Using LEGO® models as condensed but information-rich metaphors, even complex issues are presented in a clear, understandable and memorable way. And the safe - because playful - environment of the workshops makes it easy to discuss even critical points. Through the in-depth dialogue of the participants, better decisions are made in less time. LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® shortens the development of innovative strategies to a few days of intensive joint work by the management team.
Team building and team cohesion
A LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® workshop not only helps to develop innovative ideas and strategies, but also serves team building. Because here the team gets to know each other again in a different environment and atmosphere. The playful, creative exchange gives the individual team members a different insight into their respective ways of thinking and approaches. This makes it even easier to respond to each other and to complement each other's ideas. In addition, joint activities and a sense of achievement strengthen the feeling of togetherness.
Co-creative strategy development process
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® is a co-creative strategy development process that teams use to prototype visions and business models. During a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® workshop, all participants are 100% engaged and attentive for the entire duration. This is not comparable to normal meetings that define everyday managerial life. The LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® concept uses the human imagination to gain deep insight into existing challenges and to develop new solutions. This taps into a creativity that is all too often deeply buried. This also makes radically new things possible.
Lego® Serious Play® is unbeatable for
- Develop common visions, values and principles
- Making complexity visible and comprehensible
- Shape a new, clear and shared vision of the future of the product, brand or company
- Reposition teams or divisions within the company
- To develop a common language and a common identity
- Effectively improve teamwork
- Finding effective solutions and ensuring their sustainable success
Our training contents at a glance
Corona security measures
Due to Corona, our trainings will soon take place exclusively with 4 instead of 8 maximum participants. There will then also be several dates for this. Our large workshop room offers enough space to maintain the safety distance and we provide sufficient safety measures to bridge the time until Corona.
Our Training Offer - Your Lego® Serious Play® Training
Lego® Serious Play® Basic Training
1 day training
Would you like to get started with LEGO® Serious Play® and use it to facilitate workshops, but don't want to get certified at first?
Learn the key principles and process steps and how to facilitate a workshop of up to three hours.
Lego® Serious Play® Certified Facilitator Training
Intensive 3 days training
Would you like to be fully trained and certified in LEGO® Serious Play®?
Then come to our three-day Lego® Serious Play® Certified Facilitator Training. Here you will learn intensively the different Lego® Serious Play® processes and everything you need to know about designing and facilitating with Lego® Serious Play®.
Lego® Serious Play® Basic Training (1 day)
1. what awaits the participants? An intensive training day:
For the participants, this means a dynamic alternation between theory, practical implementation and reflection on what they have learned. Our promise: The essence is so vivid and the learning success so great that each participant can design and facilitate their own short 30-minute or even up to 3-hour workshop based on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® afterwards.
This one-day training teaches you the basic steps necessary to develop and facilitate your own workshops based on the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ method. You will learn how a warm-up familiarises participants with the method and how they then individually prototype and present their thinking models on complex problems.
If you want to go deeper into the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology and learn complete strategy and team development processes: attend the 3-day training to become a Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator.
2. that's why you can after an intense day of training:
Use Lego® Serious Play® to support teams in team building, retrospectives, strategy definition or innovation.
Design and facilitate workshops based on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® as a facilitator - from a short 30-minute to a 3-hour format!
3. who is the training for?
For all interested people and experts with team leadership and group facilitation experience who want to learn in one day how "rapid prototyping" of thought models with Lego® works! Also for beginners with and without team leadership experience.
4. our training content
- Warm Up steps to prepare participants for the unfamiliar work with Lego®.
- Visualise and actively design thinking models with Lego®.
- Principles of the Lego® Serious Play® Method
- 4 basic steps of the Lego® Serious Play™ basic process: building, giving meaning, storytelling and reflection.
- Scientific background on how Lego® Serious Play® works
- Difference between Lego® Serious Play® Facilitation and "normal" facilitation
- You will get to know all processes and principles from the participant's perspective as well as from the facilitator's perspective!
Training schedule
Day 1 (9.00 to approx. 18.00)
- Focus on warm up steps to prepare participants for the unfamiliar work with LEGO
- Focus on LEGO® Serious Play® for teams
- Workshop design and preparation of the first own Lego® Serious Play® workshop
- The role of the Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator
- Complementary methods for Lego® Serious Play® workshops
Small groups up to max. 8 people
Lego® Serious Play® Certified Facilitator Training (3 days)
1. what awaits the participants? Three days of intensive training:
You will learn intensively in small teams of up to 8 participants
You will experience and learn the complete Lego® Serious Play® processes for team and strategy on each of the first two training days
You will test and complete what you have learned on the third day by designing and leading your own first Lego® Serious Play® workshop.
You will learn more about theoretical background knowledge, complementary methods and get numerous tips & tricks from us about Lego® Serious Play®.
And this from the original: StrategicPlay®, the official German-speaking training provider and lead partner for LEGO® SERIOUS LAY®.
Participants in our training can expect a dynamic alternation between theory, practical implementation and reflection on what they have learned.
2. after three successful training days you will:
Use Lego® Serious Play® to support teams in team building, retrospectives, strategy definition or innovation.
Design and facilitate workshops based on Lego® Serious Play® as a facilitator - from a short 45-minute to an extensive 1-2-day format!
3. who is the training for?
For all interested people and experts with team leadership and group facilitation experience.
4. our training content
- Visualise and actively design thinking models with Lego®.
- Principles of the Lego® Serious Play® Method
- 4 basic steps of the Lego® Serious Play® basic process: building, giving meaning, storytelling and reflection.
- Lego® Serious Play® processes for strategy and team development
- Scientific background on how Lego® Serious Play® works
- Difference between Lego® Serious Play® Facilitation and "normal" facilitation
- You will learn about all processes and principles from the participant's perspective as well as from the facilitator's perspective.
Training schedule
Day 1 (9.00 to approx. 18.00)
- Focus on Lego® Serious Play® for teams
- The Lego® Serious Play®
- Real Time Identity for the Team" process
- The role of the Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator
- Complementary methods for Lego® Serious Play® workshops
Day 2 (9.00 to approx. 19.00)
Plan more time for the second training day in the evening: Here you and your training team will prepare the facilitation of your first own workshop with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.
- Focus on Lego® Serious Play® in strategy and innovation development
- The Lego® Serious Play® Process "Real Time Strategy for the Enterprise
- "Thinking from within" with Lego® Serious Play®"
- Workshop design and preparation of the first own Lego® Serious Play® workshop
Day 3 (9.00 to approx. 18.00)
- Focus on Lego® Serious Play® practice: implementation of a strategy workshop by the participants
- Retrospective, feedback and final tips and tricks to enhance learning after the practice session.
Small groups up to max. 8 people
Training costs
Lego® Serious Play® Basic Training (1 day)
(For early bookers there is also our Earliest & Early Bird offer.) You can book the training via our event platform Eventbrite or by using our booking form.
Costs included:
- Catering: snacks, lunch, drinks
- Writing material
- Comprehensive seminar documentation
- and lots of personal tips and tricks
- Certificate of attendance (no certificate)
Lego® Serious Play® Certified Facilitator Training (3 days)
(Early bird bookers can also take advantage of our Earliest & Early Bird offer.) You can book the training via our event platform Eventbrite or by filling out our booking form.
Costs included:
- Catering: snacks, lunch, drinks
- Writing material
- Comprehensive seminar documentation
- Official certificate of participation
- 3 Lego® Serious Play® Starter Kits
- and lots of personal tips and tricks
Closed group training
We offer closed trainings, individually tailored to the requirements and challenges of your team or organisation. Contact us for an individual offer. Please feel free to contact us. We may be able to answer some of your questions in advance:
- We can hold closed trainings at a location of your choice. We don't need much for this: daylight, moveable tables, chairs, free walls and lots of space.
- The classic training price includes the implementation of the training, training documents, break catering and lunch on the three training days. The special LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® material is provided by us for the duration of the training. These contents may vary when booking a closed training. In this case, the respective offer conditions apply.
- StrategicPlay® trainings are very intensive and have a high practical component, therefore the group size in the open trainings is limited to a maximum of 8 participants. We can also offer company-specific (closed) trainings with several trainers and thus for larger groups. Due to the high interactivity of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method, we need at least three participants to ensure learning success.
- The classic training price includes the implementation of the training, training documents, break catering and lunch on the three training days. The special LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® material is provided by us for the duration of the training. These contents may vary when booking a closed training. In this case, the respective offer conditions apply.
Your trainer - Katrin Elster
Founder of StrategicPlay® and CoCreACT® and expert in playful co-creativity.
Building the future together, playing with visions and business models, unleashing the full potential of diverse teams - that's what moves Katrin Elster. With StrategicPlay® she is an expert in the skills that determine the future: Solving complex problems and co-creatively shaping new things.
Since 2006, she has been a Master Trainer for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, a co-creative strategy development process that teams use to prototype visions and business models. In addition, she organises playful un-conferences such as play4agile and play4innovation. In 2016, she co-founded the association Crea Germany e.V. to promote creative design skills in schools and society.