My name is Charles. I drink coffee and I ask questions.

The question that drives most of my work is why—not as a slogan, but as a habit.

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I spent a career in the U.S. Navy studying how systems behave under pressure.  After retiring, I traded war rooms for the corporate world and now for a farmstead in Mississippi. Days are for livestock and fences. Nights are for research.

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I study behavioral patterns—especially the ones driven by fear. Across militaries, corporations, governments, the same rhythms repeat: adaptation, stagnation, collapse. Those patterns can be recognized, mapped, and occasionally interrupted.

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That research turns into different things:

• Essays and field notes.

• A book on the Reflection Pattern.

• And yes—tools. Practical, well-built tools for coaches and practitioners who want to see below the surface of behavior. They’re not expensive. They’re just not conventional.

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I’m not running a traditional business. I don’t do hype, funnels, or scarcity countdowns.

I study, I build, and I make the work available to whoever finds it useful—or unsettling—in venues such as Zenodo, GitHub, SSRN,  or my blog.  I'm @Identology on X (formerly Twitter) and there's Substack.  You can find all my papers listed & linked in one place: ORCID.

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If this sounds like your kind of place, you’re welcome to look around.

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