For leaders managing up, down, and their own sanity, all at once.

Leadership got lonelier. Your team got bigger, your day didn't — and 97% of managers are still doing their old job alongside this one, with 82% never trained for either. The Jam Jar is where people who manage people deal with the same week you're having, together, and build the kind of leadership capability that sticks.

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Simone and Louisa

At The Human-Centric Workplace, we've seen first-hand how work, leadership, culture, and the physical workplace ripple through every part of our lives — the good, the bad, and everything in between. We understand the difference it makes when work is truly human: when people feel happy, well, cared for, and connected to their purpose, their team, and their organisation. That's when they perform their best — and when your business thrives.

Simone and Louisa co-founded THCW because they share a vision: to create better workplaces for everyone. Together, they've combined their complementary skillsets and experiences, driven by the belief that work can and should be better.

The workplace jam was born in August 2025: 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'. We reflect, reframe and reset, together, in a safe space. Every Friday 12.30pm (GMT).

It soon evolved into a podcast and now this.

The Jam Jar is where that shows up for the people who want more than the free sessions — a space to keep building it together.

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LinkedIn: Simone Fenton-Jarvis and Louisa Clarke

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You're not carrying it alone

Leadership is lonelier than it looks. A room full of people managing the same kind of week means the hard calls don't have to be yours to sit with by yourself.

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Skills that actually stick

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Confidence built on evidence

The more you see other leaders navigate the same mess, the less like the only one faking it you feel.

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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.

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Plan B for FM

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.

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