About

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Charleen Johnson is the founder of InSpark Group and the creator of the Organizational Absurdity Research Program. Her work examines how systemic contradictions appear inside organizations and how early signals of strain emerge through language, behavior, and everyday coordination practices.

Her research focuses on how organizations interpret these signals and how leaders navigate complex decision environments where traditional management approaches often fail to capture emerging systemic pressures.

Through her work, Charleen studies the intersection of organizational sensemaking, structural contradictions, and decision dynamics under uncertainty. Her goal is to help organizations detect early signals of strain and strengthen their ability to respond effectively in complex environments.

Charleen’s work draws from organizational research, complexity science, and field observation of how people adapt inside modern institutional systems.

InSpark Group is an applied research and advisory firm focused on understanding systemic pressures in modern organizations.

The firm combines research, field observation, and practical frameworks to help leaders interpret emerging signals, strengthen orientation capacity, and navigate complex organizational challenges.

InSpark works with institutions, leadership teams, and professional communities through research collaborations, executive briefings, and speaking engagements.

Behaving Badly HQ is the public investigative platform connected to the Organizational Absurdity Research Program.

While InSpark Group focuses on applied research and advisory work with institutions and leadership teams, Behaving Badly HQ documents field observations and emerging patterns in modern work. Through reports, field notes, and public commentary, the platform explores how systemic contradictions appear in everyday organizational life. Behaving Badly HQ documents real-world observations and absurd patterns in modern work that inform the research program. 

These observations often inform and inspire the research conducted through the Organizational Absurdity Research Program.