Having become an associate of the British Psychological Society during the 1970s, Wood was in a position to start a new career in England as a business psychologist. In 1985 Wood helped to establish a consultancy called Psychometric Research & Development Ltd with an office in St Albans. Wood was made a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1986 and for the academic year 1987–88 he was visiting professor at the London Institute. In 1990 he joined Pearn Kandola Occupational Psychologists in Oxford and remained there until early 2000. From 1998 to 2005 Wood was a special professor in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham. In 1998 the same university conferred on him the degree of DLitt in recognition of over 120 published books, monographs and articles.
