From PhD to Practice

Developed from Dr. Rita Vyas Nagarkar’s doctoral research in 2001, the Fictional Reality Communication (FRC™) framework is about responsible framing, encoding, decoding and analysing communication in any professional or personal context.

FRC™ communication framework is built with ethical checks at every stage, and provides practical frames and micro‑tools to design communication that stays effective, responsible and hard to replace in an AI‑shaped world.

Over more than two decades, it has been applied, taught and tested across hundreds of roles, sectors and cultures, evolving into an agile communication operating system that adapts to new industries, emerging technologies and everyday conversations.

What is Fictional Reality Communication (FRC™) Model?

FRC™ (Fictional Reality Communication) is a practical framework for designing and decoding important conversations. It shows how every message quietly builds a “working reality” about opportunities, risks, roles, and value.

Instead of looking only at the words, FRC™ asks three simple questions every time you communicate:

What is this message trying to do?
How might this land for the other person?
Does this wording fit this situation and channel?

These questions help you see three layers at play:

Surface: words, slides, emails, chats, and actions.
Situation: timing, roles, power, culture, and expectations.
Inner stories: assumptions, fears, hopes, and unspoken agendas.

Most people focus only on the surface. FRC™ makes the deeper layers visible so your meaning lands as you intend and others can respond more clearly and fairly.

In practice, FRC™ works like a quick mental checklist:

Before communicating: “What is the job of this message? Who is it for? What is happening around them right now?”
After sharing: “What are they likely hearing? Is there a gap between what I meant and what they understood?”

You can apply FRC™ anywhere—leadership, innovation, education, healthcare, entrepreneurship, or personal relationships—to strengthen clarity, trust, and influence.

At Skillz for the Future, every trainer pack is designed using the FRC™ model. We use it behind the scenes to unpack real cases and turn them into clear, repeatable communication tools—so trainers and participants get practical scripts and conversations they can use immediately, without needing to study the model itself.