About

---

BBHQ is a creative studio and investigative platform working at the intersection of research, satire, and social commentary. We study absurdity not as dysfunction, but as signal. Of the gap between what organisations believe and what's actually true. Of systems that have lost contact with what's real. Of a great civilisational transition that most people can feel but few have language for.

We document what organisations cannot say about themselves. Through field observation, satirical writing, research, and tools for practitioners, BBHQ names the patterns that formal systems miss, suppress, or paper over. Noticing is where it starts.

The BBHQ Manifesto is here.  

This work is for people who can see what's happening and want language for it. Specifically:  

• Leaders navigating the gap between the official story and operational reality. 
• Coaches and consultants who want deeper diagnostic tools than traditional frameworks provide. 
• Practitioners and institutions ready to engage seriously with what is actually happening, not just what the formal systems are reporting. 

Charleen Johnson
Founder, researcher, and writer. Creator of the Organizational Absurdity Research Program and author of the forthcoming book RECLAIM: Finding Your Bearings in an Untethered World. Two decades of global leadership advisory and executive coaching experience. 

Behaving Badly HQ
The public investigative and creative platform. Satire, field observation, reports, and tools for practitioners working inside complex systems. Where the research meets the real world. 

InSpark Group 

The research and intellectual home. Established in 2005. Applied research, field papers, the Age of Absurdity book project, speaking, and institutional engagements.