Sometimes it's not enough to just be the cautionary tale.
So I'm turning the lessons into tools.
Distilled started as a way for me to exorcise the corporate demons that have haunted me for so long.
OK, that’s dramatic. I’ll say it this way:
Distilled is my way of processing some of the weirdness that happens in the workplace: figuring out what it is, what caused it, and how to handle it.
Usually, I do that by telling you what I did - and why it was wrong. I am your cautionary tale.
But I realize that stories only go so far. You want to know what comes next. What do you actually do about these things?
The Distilled Tool Library is now live: a paid collection of practical tools built from the same workplace problems I write about here every week.
The library opens with five tools:
Real Talk: Tough Conversation Prep Kit
Delegation Jump Start
1:1 Tune-Up
Clear Conversation Prep Sheet
Clear Email Checklist
These are practical checklists, guides, prep sheets, and worksheets designed to help you think through a real situation and figure out what to do next.
That might mean preparing for a conversation you’ve been avoiding. Writing an email people can actually respond to. Handing off work without losing your grip. Making a 1:1 useful again. Getting clear before you walk into a conversation armed with nothing but your stream of consciousness.
The weekly newsletter is still free.
I’ll say that again: Distilled is not moving behind a paywall.
I always said this newsletter would be free, and it still is. The posts will keep showing up in your inbox the same way they always have: free, useful, and usually built from some workplace situation I’ve lived through, witnessed, or survived as collateral damage.
I don’t believe in gatekeeping information that can help people.
But I also know this: sometimes reading about a workplace problem is enough.
Sometimes it helps to see what went wrong, why it happened, and how it could have been avoided.
Other times, you need the tool that helps you handle your version of it.
That’s what the Tool Library is for.
Paid subscribers get access to the full library as it grows. Free subscribers will continue to get the weekly newsletter and occasional free mini-tools.
You can read about the problem.
Or you can figure out how to solve it.
The Tool Library is here:
Thank you for reading, subscribing, sharing, replying, and pushing me to make myself useful.
Jenny