A few resources handy to have on hand to help navigate the complex world we live in. Many are free. Go deeper into the research and practice via Guides and Courses. All built from the same field research that shows up here every week.
Free Resources - Introduction to the Practice
The Contradiction Library
Over at Behaving Badly HQ (BBHQ), we track observations from the field, the recurring dynamics that show up inside organizations. We’ve curated a set of the contradictions we see most often: patterns that appear quietly, then repeat, until they’re just how things work.
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Workplace Squeeze Snapshot
A free, 5-minute self-assessment to find out where workplace pressure is actually concentrating, across four areas: unstable direction, invisible load, relational containment, and capacity drift.
One-Page Noticing Guide for Meetings
Seven real-time signals for noticing what’s actually happening in a meeting while it’s still unfolding. Free for subscribers, subscribe to unlock it.
Research & Deeper Work
Field Paper 02 — Orientation Capacity: Why Organizations Lose Their Ability to Interpret Reality →
Overview Version
Full version (166 pages)
2026 Workplace Absurdities Report → Field research across roles and industries examining why work remains hard to navigate even when capable people are performing well. Introduces squeeze conditions and squeeze plays, the structural contradictions people work inside, and the adaptive responses that keep things moving without ever resolving them. Read Report
Field Guide: Real-Time Meetings → The first guide in the Field Guide series which has specific questions and moves for working with contradictions in real-time meetings. Get Guide $39 CAD. (Introductory price till August 15)
Workplace Squeeze Course → A self-paced course built on the concept of squeeze conditions, the unresolved contradictions people work inside when priorities conflict, authority is unclear, and decisions can't fully settle. Learn to recognize the squeeze plays you and your team use to keep functioning inside them (buffering, translating, compensating, absorbing risk) and build the foundational literacy to read what's actually driving the pressure, not just manage its symptoms. Get the Course $89 CAD
Practitioner Bundle → get the Field Guide, Workplace Squeeze Course. Get the Bundle $128 CAD
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