Turn One Unforgettable Game Into a Lasting Culture of Collaboration

Most teams struggle with silos, mistrust, and stalled ideas. Personality Poker is the fastest way to build trust, unlock collaboration, and make it last.

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250,000+
People have played Personality Poker®
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35
Countries worldwide
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20
Years transforming teams

Build the Capability That Makes Collaboration Last

Innovation stalls when teams don’t collaborate. Personality Poker makes collaboration effortless, allowing innovation to thrive. That’s why over 250,000 people across 35 countries have used Personality Poker to transform how they work together. Isn’t it time you gave it a try?

The most practical and fastest tool to scale collaboration and innovation across your teams.

What Teams Actually Gain from Personality Poker

  • Shared language → reduces friction and speeds collaboration
  • Clear roles → stronger execution and accountability
  • Built-in trust → inclusion and engagement through play
  • Repeatable system → sustains innovation long after the session
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Of course, a tool is only as powerful as the person who leads it. That’s where I come in.

Stephen Shapiro facilitating Personality Poker with teams
Guided by

Stephen Shapiro
Creator of Personality Poker

I’ve spent 30 years helping organizations break down silos and spark innovation. I know how frustrating stalled collaboration can be, so I created Personality Poker and personally guide each session.

  • Proven Facilitator — Led sessions for Fortune 100s and global teams across 50 countries.
  • Practical Method — Tools that have reached 500,000+ people to unlock collaboration and innovation.
  • Lasting Results — A repeatable system that sustains progress long after the session.
When diverse minds play together, innovation follows. My job is to guide your team so the game becomes culture.

Find the Right Starting Point for Your Team

Certification builds real, lasting facilitator capability inside your organization. Mastery goes further, with Stephen working directly alongside your certified team.

Certification Facilitator-Led

Leader facilitating a Personality Poker session
Best for
Organizations that want trained internal facilitators leading Personality Poker themselves.
What you get
  • Coaching & training to certify your internal facilitators
  • Full facilitator kit: cards, guides, slides, videos
  • Light ongoing follow-up, including the Full Deck IQ platform
What this gets you
A self-sufficient internal capability: certified facilitators running real sessions on their own. This is a complete step, many organizations stop right here.

Mastery Stephen-Led

Team workshop rolling out Personality Poker across the organization
Best for
Organizations ready to have Stephen embed Personality Poker into how they lead, decide, and build teams.
What you get
  • Woven into leadership decisions, hiring, and team formation
  • Stephen working directly with your certified champions
  • A shared language that shows up in real decisions
The result
A genuine culture shift, not an occasional exercise.
Certification is a complete step on its own, built to give your organization real internal capability.

Whichever Level You’re At, Full Deck IQ Keeps It Going

DIY, Certification, or Mastery, Full Deck IQ is the tech layer underneath: pulse questions, a leadership dashboard, and AI microlearning that keeps the insight alive long after the session ends.

Explore Full Deck IQ →

And it’s not just theory — organizations around the world have seen the results.

I’ve been using Personality Poker for the 13 years I’ve served as CEO – it’s an invaluable tool that has helped me choose high-performing teams to execute on critical projects and initiatives. ‘Playing the game’ helps all of us identify our strengths and weaknesses, fosters better collaboration, and truly supports our culture of innovation.
Eric Dickson
MD, President and CEO, UMass Memorial Health

Watch Personality Poker in Three Minutes

Want to see it in action? Here’s a quick look at Personality Poker in play.

Personality Poker is an interactive experience that transforms the way teams collaborate and innovate – with results that last. Ten years after first playing, I brought Personality Poker back to my team, and it’s still delivering powerful results.
Claudia Sanchez,
Marriott Vacations Worldwide

The difference is night and day — here’s what happens before vs. after Personality Poker.

Before Personality Poker vs. After Personality Poker

Before Personality Poker
  • Silos & turf wars slow cross-team work.
  • Mistrust & second-guessing in meetings.
  • Stalled ideas; decisions drag, projects slip.
  • Hidden strengths go unused; the loudest wins.
After Personality Poker
  • Shared language: people finally “get” each other.
  • Collaboration rituals embedded; silos shrink.
  • Faster decisions, clearer roles, better handoffs.
  • Innovation throughput increases. Momentum sticks.

What Happens Next

  1. Reach out

    Regardless of which path feels right, contact us to further explore options.

  2. Fast onboarding

    Once you choose your path, we align on your team, goals, and dates; you get pre‑work links and materials.

  3. See results quickly

    Run your first session, gain a shared language, and receive support along the way.

The only question left: are you ready to start transforming collaboration and innovation inside your teams?

Choose Your Path. Start Transforming Collaboration Today.

Whether you want facilitator-led capability or a full cultural shift, Personality Poker gives your teams the shared language, trust, and alignment to perform at their best.

Just looking to run a single session with a small group? Consider Personality Poker DIY . Visit PersonalityPokerStore.com
NOTE: Looking for deeper and broader innovation impact that goes beyond Personality Poker?
If so, you may want to consider FAST Innovation Mastery.
This apprenticeship-based program helps you build and scale an end-to-end innovation engine throughout your organization while delivering immediate ROI.

Common Questions

Personality Poker® Mastery helps organizations turn a single interactive experience into a lasting culture of collaboration. Guided by Stephen Shapiro, the creator of Personality Poker, it builds the internal capability to break down silos, establish shared language and trust, and sustain innovation long after the session. It comes in two levels: Certification, where your own facilitators are trained to lead, and Mastery, where Stephen works directly with your team to embed it into how you lead, hire, and build teams.

What is Personality Poker Mastery?

It’s a program that turns the Personality Poker experience into a lasting culture of collaboration. Rather than a one-time session, it builds the internal capability to keep using Personality Poker to reduce friction, clarify roles, build trust, and sustain innovation across your teams. Over 250,000 people in 35 countries have played Personality Poker.

Certification is facilitator-led. Stephen trains and certifies your internal facilitators to run Personality Poker sessions themselves, and provides a full kit of cards, guides, slides, and videos plus light ongoing follow-up. It’s a complete step, and many organizations stop right there. Mastery goes further and is Stephen-led. He works directly alongside your certified champions to weave Personality Poker into how your organization leads, decides, hires, and forms teams.

Both are Mastery programs, but they focus on different things. Personality Poker® Mastery builds the culture side: trust, collaboration, and how diverse work styles come together. FAST Innovation® Mastery builds the system side: a repeatable engine for focusing, framing, and solving high-value challenges. One strengthens how your people work together, the other installs how your organization innovates. Many organizations pursue both.

Stephen Shapiro, the creator of Personality Poker, personally guides the work. He has spent 30 years helping organizations break down silos and spark innovation, leading sessions for Fortune 100s and global teams in 50 countries. In Certification he trains your internal facilitators to lead on their own, and in Mastery he works directly with your team.

It begins with a quick conversation to find the right starting point for your team, followed by fast onboarding so you see results quickly. You can reach out by visiting the Contact page or calling 407-476-5373.