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The Institute
A public home for a field under development.
The Institute of Behavioural Performance develops Behavioural Performance as an emerging applied field. It publishes definitions, frameworks, research questions, working papers and responsible-use boundaries in public.
Why the Institute exists
People responsible for the same outcome differ in capability, behavioural patterns, experience, energy and context. The Institute examines how the execution pathway can adapt around those differences while the outcome, accountability, safety, quality and ethical limits remain clear.
Its work is to develop a coherent, testable and ethically bounded body of knowledge: define concepts carefully, distinguish propositions from findings and publish development work for critique.
Mission
To advance the careful study and responsible practice of designing person-specific execution systems in service of required outcomes, with claims calibrated to the evidence available.
Governance approach
The work should earn trust through its method.
The Institute is an independent initiative, not an accredited university, government body, professional regulator or membership organisation.
Publish work in progress
Expose propositions, limitations and open questions rather than presenting development-stage work as settled knowledge.
Separate evidence from engineering
Versioned scoring, automated checks and working software are useful controls; they are not validation evidence.
Revise openly
Record material changes, contradictions and unresolved issues so the public account can improve with the underlying work.
Founder
A practical perspective, developed in public.
The Institute does not present its founder as an academic authority or imply independent validation that has not yet occurred.
Founder
Brett Dodds
Brett Dodds is the founder of the Institute and author of Working Papers 001 and 002, which examine owner-operator measurement and ethical boundaries in commercial behavioural assessment. His background includes operational leadership, performance improvement, franchise operations and business systems.
He has developed practical performance systems around the questions that determine whether people can start, sustain and complete work reliably in real operating environments. The Institute exists to make those questions more coherent, testable and ethically bounded.
Brett is also developing the Behavioural Performance Index as an applied expression of parts of the field. Formal academic validation, independent external review and a wider contributor network are still being developed. The Institute’s current public record is its definitions, framework, research agenda, working papers and stated limitations.
Organisational status
Independent initiative, early-stage field.
The Institute is currently an independent research and publication initiative. Its working papers are development-stage documents and have not been peer reviewed unless a publication explicitly states otherwise.
Governance is currently founder-led. Contributions, critique and future review arrangements will be described publicly as they are established.
The Institute and the BPI are connected but separate.
The Institute of Behavioural Performance develops the definitions, frameworks, research programme and ethical standards of Behavioural Performance. The Behavioural Performance Index is a separately operated application that translates parts of the developing framework into practical insights for business owners.
The Institute and the Behavioural Performance Index share a founder and developing intellectual framework. The BPI is operated as a separate commercial application. Revenue associated with the BPI may support continued development of Behavioural Performance research, publications and practical methods. This is a relevant financial interest and is disclosed here so visitors can interpret the Institute’s work with appropriate context.
Visit the BPI website or read the fullBPI relationship and limitations page.
Transparency
Contact and disclosure.
Use the contact form for questions about the field, publications, participation, governance or the BPI relationship.
Contributors and reviewers
No independent reviewer or formal advisory panel is currently presented as part of the Institute. Contributions will be named and described only with permission and appropriate context.
Questions about the work
Contact the Institute with a critique, correction, collaboration proposal or request for clarification.