Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
Strategic Keynotes & Provocations
Modern work is not failing because people lack effort. It is straining because signals are misread, tension is carried instead of surfaced, and pressure reshapes behaviour faster than leaders can integrate it.
Charleen delivers sharp, perspective-shifting keynotes grounded in the Organizational Absurdity Research Program, including the Workplace Absurdities Report and the field papers.
What Audiences Leave With
After sessions, audiences walk away with:
• A language for structural pressure and drift
• A new way to interpret tension, contradiction, and “absurd” moments
• Clarity on where signal loss may already be occurring
• A sharper understanding of human capacity under compression
• Concrete reflection prompts to recalibrate direction
Core Speaking Topics
Satire as Signal
Why moments that feel irrational or contradictory are often the first signal of structural distortion and how to detect them before drift compounds.
The Squeeze: Structural Pressure in Modern Work
Understanding how incompatible demands, visibility pressure, and unresolved tension quietly distort collaboration, engagement, and execution.
When Speed Outpaces Sensemaking
How acceleration compresses human capacity, reshapes decision patterns, and erodes innovation and what leaders can recalibrate.
Signal Literacy in Complex Systems
How to detect drift before metrics move, recalibrate direction in real time, and strengthen human capacity inside strategic cycles.
Reclaiming Human Capacity in Over-Optimized Systems
Why efficiency without integration erodes innovation and meaning — and how to restore adaptive capability at every level.
Follow the Work
New essays and resources on naming what’s hidden and working with what it reveals.