Right then. Let's make work slightly less absurd.
Everything you need to say the awkward thing well — feedback frameworks, a bookshelf people actually read, and the rest of the room who've also sat through a meeting that should've been an email.
Your journal
Your vision board
About us
The Jam Jar is run by Simone Fenton-Jarvis and Louisa Clarke, co-founders of The Human-Centric Workplace. We started the Workplace Jam in August 2025 — a free Friday drop-in for humans to connect and give those sticky moments from the week some space. It became a podcast, and then this.
We built it because we believe work can and should be better, and because the people doing it deserve somewhere to say the hard bits out loud.
Jam
Threaded conversation, sorted by topic.
How do you actually get buy-in for a 4-day pilot?
We've got the data and the exec sponsor is nodding along, but middle management is quietly resisting. What's worked for anyone who's run this?
Expert advice
Put a real question to a real person.
My best performer just handed in her notice. Do I counter-offer?
Short version: rarely, and only if the money was the actual problem rather than the presenting one. Ask what changed before you ask what number fixes it — most counter-offers buy six months, not a resolution.
Worth a read
What's worth fifteen minutes this month.
Why "quiet cracking" is the successor to quiet quitting
A slow-burn disengagement pattern showing up in exit data more than resignation letters. Add real items in Supabase → research_items.
Worth a listen
Podcasts and videos worth an hour of your commute. Got one for us? Say so in the Jam.
Bookshelf
Curated by members, not algorithm-fed.
Recommend something
Resources
Downloads and interactive tools, included with your membership.
Hub
Your profile, feedback, and the fine print.
Your membership
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Emails from us
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Phone notifications
A nudge on this device when something needs you. Not every post — just the things below.
These apply on every device you've switched notifications on.
Special rates for our Jammers
This month's offers — refreshed regularly, so check back.
Discounted coaching session
5 spots this month, first come first served. Usual pricing applies once they're gone.
Claim a spot1:1 power hour
A focused hour on whatever's actually stuck right now — no fluff, just the problem in front of you.
Book a power hourWorkplace Jam conversation cards
The printed deck — 48 cards across Work, Leadership and Being Human. The same prompts we use at the drop-ins, for your own team.
What we've added and changed. Newest first.
Events
What's on, and what you've already missed.
Plan B for FM
150+ women in FM have found their mentor here.
Plan A didn't work. It was littered with hurdles and the door remained firmly shut. Plan B works — connections, support, visibility, and the skills and confidence to back them up. In the best mentoring relationships, both people grow.
Mentee places are for those who identify as female. We'd love mentors from any background — if you've got experience in FM and time to give, we want you.
Apply as a mentor or menteeWorkplace Jam drop-in session
A weekly space to put the week down for a minute.
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A drop-in space for humans to connect and give those sticky moments from the week some space. Bring your 'ugh', your 'argh', and your 'not sure what to do with this'. Let's reflect, reframe and reset, together, in a safe space.
First Friday of the month we go live on LinkedIn. The other Fridays, we’re here in the Jam Jar on Teams.
This week’s thread
Can’t make it on Friday? Leave a thought here. Can make it? Carry on the conversation afterwards.
The archive
Nothing in the archive yet. Give it a Friday or two.
Feed
Your news, not your workload. New job, new baby, new certificate, small win — put it here.
Member directory
Who else is in the jar. Find someone who’s been there.
Your journal
Thinking out loud, minus the audience.
Private to you. Nobody else can read your journal through the Jam Jar — not other members, not your employer, not our admins. It never appears in team reporting, not even as a number. How we look after it
Pin what you're working towards. A goal, a few words, a picture that sums it up.
Drag to move. Pull the round handle to resize and turn. Double-click a note to edit. Only you can see your board.
Your browser turns speech into text (Google does this in Chrome, Apple in Safari). We never receive the audio.
Jamboree
A bit of fun for your coffee break
Workle
One work word a day. Six goes. Same word for everyone.
UnJammed!
How to play
Guess the work word in six goes.
Every answer is a five-letter word from working life. Any real five-letter word counts as a guess.
T is in the word and in the right place.
R is in the word, somewhere else.
I isn't in the word at all.
Stuck? Press Give me some sugar. The first spoonful is a clue, the second shows you a letter. Your result shows how much sugar you needed.
Solve it and you get a question to take back to your team. New word at midnight.
BEAM feedback
Miss a shot and you'll get feedback here. Kindly.
Behaviour
Effect
Awareness
Move forward
Fruit Dash
Pick your dog
Eat every piece of free fruit on the floor. Facilities don't allow dogs near the fruit bowl. Birthday cake means they go on a cake break, and that's your moment.
Arrow keys or WASD. On a phone, swipe or use the buttons.
Performance review
- Strength
- Development area