Elements- The Writings of Robert Fritz
For over the past thirty years, Robert Fritz has been developing the field of structural dynamics through his work, first in the area of the creative process, and then in the area of organizational, business, and management issues. He is the founder of Technologies for Creating, Inc., Robert Fritz, Inc., and RJF Productions.  Fritz s first major discovery was the macrostructural pattern, which describes the long-range patterns in people s lives. While each individual s pattern was unique, he observed that there were two general types of patterns that people had in their lives: oscillating, and resolving or advancing. In the late Seventies, he began his work on two basic questions: Why do these patterns exist and what does it take to change them from oscillating to resolving? These questions led Fritz to pursue deeper questions about the structural make-up of human motivation, which eventually led him to create the field of Structural Consulting. His first major book on the relationship of structure to human behavior wasThe Path of Least Resistance, followed byCreating, andYour Life as Art. These books, along with his trainings, have introduced revolutionary ideas about the influence of structural causality on human beings, both as individuals and within organizations. His organizational books,Corporate Tides,The Path of Least Resistance for Managers, andManagerial Moment of Truthhave influenced managers, executive coaches and organizations throughout the world. In the early Eighties, Fritz began to teach consultants the principles of structure in a course called the Fundamentals of Structural Consulting (FSC). During the first few years of its existence, over two thousand people went through the FSC. But the training did not really enable those people to become structural consultants. When Rosalind Hanneman became the London Director of the TFC-UK, she set out to learn how to master the structural consulting process. She began to transcribe demonstrations of structural consultations that Fritz would do during training sessions, and then study them until she could understand why each question was asked, and what insight it produced. She continued to practice the fundamental techniques she had learned by using them with her clients, and eventually, she began to master structural consulting. Sometime during this period, Fritz and Rosalind Hanneman fell in love, she moved to America, and they married. Rosalind now Rosalind Fritz developed the first comprehensive training program in structural consulting, and the first certification in structural consulting was awarded to those who were able to demonstrate professional and technical competence. As a consultant, Fritz has helped many organizations put the structural approach into practice, and his clients include several Fortune 500 companies, many mid-size companies, as well as governmental and non-profit organizations. Working with other structural consultants, Robert Fritz, Inc. is in the forefront of revolutionary change in how organizations structure themselves to produce sustained high performance. Fritz began the study of structure as a composition student at the Boston Conservatory of Music in the Sixties. Later, he studied composition in Germany, and was on the faculty of New England Conservatory of Music, and Berklee College. After receiving his BM and MM in composition, Fritz worked as a studio musician in New York and Hollywood, and won positions in Playboy and Downbeat magazine readers  polls. Fritz is still an active composer, and has written film scores, operas, symphonic music and chamber music. Most recently, Fritz also has been writing and directing films and television programs. Both he and Rosalind have hosted the TV series Creating. Robert and Rosalind Fritz live in Vermont.