University of Hertfordshire

The concerns of science and of theory have not really sat comfortably with the demands of practitioners. According to FIT Science this is because research and theory has lost sight of the whole person to a significant degree. FIT is an acromyn for Framework for Internal Transformation.

FIT Science exists to bring more practical action levers to personal and organisational development. FIT has been applied to many areas of human functioning since the original book by Ben Fletcher was published in 2000. It has been applied to stress, family functioning, money management, decision-making, performance, health, dieting, quitting smoking, cognitive factors, getting people back to work, anxiety, depression, dyslexia, and many other areas. Much of the work has been done in applied real world settings through The FIT Corporation Ltd. (a part-owned University company), and, more recently, Corporate FIT Science Ltd. to which the IPR of FIT has been licensed for corporate applications. The health and well-being aspects of FIT have also been promulgated through b-Flex Health Ltd., and Heales Medical Ltd.

The FIT framework attempts to focus more on the individual envelope and the core self-concept (or at least a meaningful aspect of the person that is potentially changeable). FIT tries to measure things that, if changed, might make the person see things fundamentally differently, to empower them at their core, and to change the way they think and do things. In recent years, changes in behaviour, through the Do Something Different approach, have been used to lever changes in outcomes (and to alter consequent cognitions).

FIT is concerned with both decisions and behaviours: about perceptions and actions. FITness is measured using The FIT Profiler. This measures people’s ‘Outer FITness’ in terms of their ‘Behavioural Flexibility’ and five core cognitive ‘Constancies’ that, in the FIT person, would drive appropriate behaviour.

Corporate Clients for FIT Science have included:

Shell, RBS, Scottish & Newcastle, Sun Microsystems, Schoeller Bleckman, Balmoral Asset Management, Newton, BAE Sema, Cetco, Hertfordshire Constabulary, BT, SAIC, Velux, Diamond Offshore, Ansbacher, Dell, Rowan Drilling, Department of Work & Pensions, Selex, Baker Oil, Scottish Enterprise, Hewlett Packard, AVC, Strathclyde Police, Rolls Royce, Glenmorangie, Michael Page International, ABB, University of Hertfordshire, WJM, Subsea 7, TSC, RGB, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Flowmaster, Smartstream Tecnologies.

FIT Reports - Findings From FIT Science: