Built on evidence. Committed to proof.
HST is not based on intuition or trend. It draws on established research across neuroscience, psychology, stress physiology and human performance, and is currently being independently evaluated with Professor Ross Roberts at Bangor University.
Participant data is captured pre- and post-programme through our research platform, insights.humanstatetraining.com, we are building the evidence base in real time.
Why we take evidence seriously
The workplace wellbeing sector has a credibility problem. Programmes are sold on aspiration, claims are made without data, and organisations invest in training that feels good on the day and leaves little trace six months later.
For commissioning decision-makers, evidence is not a nice-to-have; it is what distinguishes a worthwhile investment from a wellbeing tick-box. We intend to be clearly on the right side of that distinction.
The research foundations of HST
HST does not invent new science; it translates what is already well-understood in research settings into practical application in the workplace.
Neuroscience & the nervous system
Polyvagal theory, interoception and nervous-system regulation show the body shapes mental experience, directly influencing decision-making, attention and behaviour. HST helps people work with their states rather than be driven by them.
Stress, burnout & the recovery cycle
Burnout is not caused by stress alone; it is stress without recovery. HST equips people to recognise early overload and complete the stress cycle, building real recovery rather than the appearance of coping.
Psychological safety & relational performance
Amy Edmondson’s Harvard research established safety as the strongest predictor of high-performing teams. HST addresses it at the level of human physiology, co-regulation and states, not just culture policy.
Neuroplasticity & behaviour change
Awareness, regulation and responsiveness are trainable capacities. With repeated practice they become part of how a person functions: the basis for the six-week integration that follows the training.
Human performance & the mind-body connection
Sport and exercise psychology has long understood what wellbeing is only beginning to apply: sustainable performance requires the whole human system. The conditions for wellbeing and performance are the same conditions.
Five disciplines, one human system: translated into practice.
Each foundation is well-established in research. HST’s contribution is application, and now, measurement.
Working with Professor Ross Roberts
Professor Ross Roberts
Deep expertise in psychological performance, resilience, pressure and human behaviour under demanding conditions. This is not an endorsement arrangement; it is an active research collaboration designed to generate independent, rigorous evidence of HST’s impact.
“How does HST influence individual and collective capacity to recognise, regulate and respond to early signs of stress, and what is its impact on sustained performance, relational dynamics and resilience within teams?”
Not whether people feel better after a training day, but whether something actually shifts in how they function, and whether that shift persists.
How the research works
A repeated-measures design with three measurement points, gathered through the insights platform. Participation is voluntary and confidential.
Establishes individual capability across stress awareness, regulation, psychological safety, agency under pressure and relational resilience.
Assesses the change that follows the two-day training.
Tracks whether changes are sustained once participants are back in their working environments, distinguishing immediate effect from lasting shift.
Trainable human capabilities, not symptoms. Where most assessments measure distress, HST measures the skills and awareness that determine how someone navigates pressure, recovers and supports others, with domains aligned directly to the HSE Management Standards.
We are in the first year of the evaluation. No results have been published yet, and we will not claim outcomes we have not demonstrated. When findings are ready, we will publish them here, clearly and without overclaiming.
Research that speaks to your Health & Safety obligations
UK employers have a legal duty of care that extends to psychological harm. HST’s evaluation framework maps directly to the six HSE domains, generating structured evidence, not subjective reporting.
Used alongside the HSE Indicator Tool, this lets organisations demonstrate the mechanism of change: what the HSE describes as “suitable and sufficient” management of psychological risk, with evidence that matters to boards, unions and regulators.
Research: frequently asked questions
→Is HST evidence-based?
Yes, built on established research from neuroscience, psychology, stress physiology and human performance, and currently being independently evaluated, so we are actively building the evidence base rather than simply asserting it.
→Has HST been independently evaluated?
It is currently being evaluated with Professor Ross Roberts at Bangor University. The evaluation is underway; findings will be published as they become available.
→Are there published results yet?
No. We are in the first year of the evaluation programme and will publish findings honestly as they emerge, never claiming outcomes we have not yet demonstrated.
→How does HST measure its impact?
Through a pre/post framework measuring individual capability across domains aligned to the HSE Management Standards: before training, immediately after, and six to twelve weeks later.
→Can HST help us meet our HSE obligations?
Yes. The framework maps directly to the HSE Management Standards, so organisations can use HST outcomes as part of their evidence of suitable and sufficient management of psychological risk.
→Can we participate in the research?
Yes. Organisations commissioning HST are invited to participate through insights.humanstatetraining.com. Participation is voluntary and confidential, and provides richer outcome data, including HSE-aligned capability scores, than standard reporting alone.
Serious about demonstrating impact?
So are we. If your organisation wants wellbeing investment that can be measured, reported on and defended, talk to us.