Become a Certified HSD Professional
Find out more about HSDP certification
Interested in professional certification?
You are invited to become a certified HSD Professional. Join a global network of committed and curious individuals who use HSD to understand their world in new ways. HSD Professionals realize a number of benefits as they build these patterns in their lives.
The HSD Professional certification course consists of five days of face-to-face learning, which is taught by Glenda Eoyang, founder of the field of human systems dynamics, and other HSD Professionals. Those five days are followed by online learning experiences that draw you into deeper applying and exploring the basic principles.
Why to follow a professional HSD certification?
Those who have completed the training describe the benefits in many ways, such as declaring that they:
Deal with the complexity inherent in life in the 21st century
Engage in more productive problem-solving in all aspects of their lives
Understand the dynamics that create major patterns in their lives, such as conflict, collaboration, trust, etc
Increase skills that enable them to contribute to effectiveness and productivity in their professional lives
Engage with family and community members in more open and generative ways
Understand their own personal patterns that limit their potential
Come to understand that using HSD always allows you to find a path, even through your most challenging life experiences
The work you do in the HSD professional certification course sets conditions for this new learning. Through conversation, reading, and application, you will shape new patterns in your life.
Join us in this exciting learning journey. For more information about future cohorts, please check back periodically to see what is scheduled.
Upcoming Certifications
Upcoming Certifications
Online Certification : Cohort 74
The HSD Professional Certification is offered by Pattern Partners, a member of the global HSD network.
If you are in the business of making change, resolving conflict, or helping teams and individuals work more effectively – HSD certification is a simple, but powerful, approach that will enable you to take informed action that delivers results.
Starting in March of 2026, Pattern Partners, a member of the global HSD network is offering a course to certify you as an HSD Professional who has skills and understandings to:
See, understand, and influence patterns of interaction and decision making in complex times
Make decisions that address global and local challenges that keep you stuck
Take wise, informed action to adapt to the rapid changes and information overloads that fill our inboxes and overwhelm our to-do lists
Share a set of simple tools that help you see beyond the symptoms of dysfunction to find a path forward
“HSD helps with the evolution of the way you think about systems and complexity. If you’re looking to take your thinking and interactions to the next level, this will give you the most benefit.”
— Olga Yannakis, Agile Coach, Cape Town, South Africa