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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisAnd we're back with confessions submitted from our last Work Is a Joke 🎤 event in KC. Completely unhinged. Well done, everyone! Stay classy, KC! ✨ Which one is your favorite?! I triple dog dare you to leave a comment. ------- Work Is a Joke is a live comedy experience about the absurdity of work. Part comedy show. Part social experiment. Want to bring this event to your city or your people? Visit workisajoke.com #workhumor #workplacecomedy #hr #corporateculture #employeeengagement
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 reposted thisJessie Jakes 🖤 reposted thisSo I did a thing last night. A one minute stand-up comedy routine in front of 125+ people. It was part of my friend Jessie Jakes 🖤 brand new, incredible comedy experience show about work, "Work Is A Joke". While being on stages and using humor has always been part of my game, having to actually build a one minute set in the actual context of a comedy show turned out to be....pretty freakin stressful! Writing for an audience EXPECTING you to be funny and being constrained to 1 minute was a lot harder than I thought it would be! It ended up being all a blur to me but I'm told it went well ;). Videos will be posted at some point so you can be the judge....and either laugh at me or with me! The Laugh is all that matters! This experience was a good reminder to push yourself. Get out of your comfort zone. Try the hard thing. And while we are all experiencing varying levels of fear about what AI is going to do to our jobs and humanity, I don't believe AI will ever replace human to human experiences like this. Find these and lean into them! We're not going to stop watching humans tell jokes. AI isn't going to replace the emotions of the stress, relief, and subsequent joy that comes from moments like these. AI will never create the community I saw on display last night in Oakland. Work is a Joke will continue on, stay tuned with the website to see if and when it is coming to your city! Or reach out to Jessie and tell her to bring it to you! https://workisajoke.com/Work is a Joke — A Comedy Experience About the Absurdity of WorkWork is a Joke — A Comedy Experience About the Absurdity of Work
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisAlready coming to Work Is a Joke on Wednesday? Let your friends know. 🖤 Reshare this post. 🖤 DM this post directly to a friend. 🖤 Tag a friend in the comments that you want to roll with. • Wednesday, September 23rd • 6:30-9 • Oakstop (2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA) 🎟️ Link to tickets in comments
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisLet’s circle back and level set real quick. Thank you for ‘execusplaining’ to us Ryan Townsend ! Incredible set at our last Work Is a Joke 🎤
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisThis isn’t “The Price is Right, but instead it’s “The Coworker is Wrong” 💼 Incredible Work Is a Joke 🎤 set by Megan Galloway 🤩 Go follow her on LinkedIn and check out her recent TEDx talk!
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisOAKLAND TURN UP!!! 🤩 Announcing your standup comedy performers for the next Work Is a Joke 🎤 Co-host: Craig Forman Professional Comedians: Joe Hill + Kathy Klotz-Guest MA, MBA Standup Performers: Jake White + Sally Thornton (she/her) + Steven Huang + JD Peterson Event producer: Casey Boyles This is going to be a hoot and half! If you're in the Bay Area come laugh your butts off with us on September 23rd! This event is all about reminding people that... 🖤 there is more to life than our jobs 🖤 we're more than our titles 🖤 we need to laugh about the things we've 'normalized' about work that aren't normal It's not about being the funniest person in the room, but using comedy as a way for us to better connect with one another. 🎟️ 🎟️ 🎟️ Link for tickets to the event: https://luma.com/wlprxex8 Shoutout to our sponsors Offsite + Team Level Partners + Bevy
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisThe next Work Is a Joke 🎤 is Wednesday, September 23rd in Oakland, CA. We're taking this show on the road and we have merch!! If you're in the Bay Area, and you believe you are more than just your job and your title, then come on out and laugh with us! BYOC* (bring your own coworker) 🎟️ Link to Tickets: https://luma.com/wlprxex8 This event is happening after Day 1 of Responsive Conference (discount code 'workisajoke' for 25% off your conference ticket) And it's being supported by some baller sponsors Offsite + Team Level Partners + Bevy Thank you to Craig Forman and Casey Boyles for your support on this and everything. ILYSM! Shoutout to Rachel Green for taking this fun photo at our last KC event! Appreciate you!
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisJob interviews are auditions for capitalism 🤣 Incredible set by the courageous and wise Darcy Bloss at the first ever Work Is a Joke 🎤 If you’re in KC, pull up tomorrow from 6-8pm for more hilarious sets! #workhumor #corporatehumor #workisajoke
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 shared thisGreat companies want and need great community managers right now. I’m so excited to be joining The Community Collective's cohort #9 with over 100+ community builders. Sure I am speaking, but I am joining to continue to learn!! This cohort is across 18 countries and over 8-weeks we’ll unpack how to build impactful communities, including community strategy design, calculating the ROI, establishing efficient operations, AI, agents and more. Very pumped to learn from Priya Parker and other amazing Speakers at Stripe x AWS x Canva x HubSpot x Anthropic and more… Shout out to my fellow speakers: Evan Hamilton, Nikki Thibodeau , Jay Clouse, David Kobrosky, Demario Bell, Chris Catania and Coaches Tim Duggan Abbey Pantano 🍉 Yana B. 🍉 Yana B. Thank you Hosts Paz Pisarski 🏵 and Margaux Miller 🎤. And excited to have friends from the #culturefirst community joining me Stephanie Loredo, M.A., Marta Abel, SPHR and Wristy . Get the lowdown 👀 https://lnkd.in/ghwjBKSX
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisJessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisAt the Andreessen Horowitz a16z Salon: Best in Community dinner last night, the question of how to measure community and prove its ROI came up, as it pretty much always does when a group of community builders gets together. It’s a fair question and I don’t think it’s going away, but we’ve been talking about it for a long time. The conversations I found more interesting were about how we keep ourselves and our members engaged. The people at the table came from across the spectrum, from startups to much larger companies, and I talked with folks running everything from events built around geocaching to more traditional business dinners as part of their overall events strategy. It was a good reminder of how many different ways there are to build community, and how all of those different kinds of activities play a part in keeping people engaged, interested, and connected. I came away reminded there isn’t one right or wrong way to “do” community, and it was nice to be in a room where that range was so visible. Thank you Audrey Van Zee for inviting me, Han Nguyen for hosting, and to everyone I met over the course of the evening, including Jessica Falkenthal, Adele Bloch, James Deacon, and Haroon (Aaron) Dean!
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisJessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisA week later, I’m still thinking about my experience in Oakland and the people, ideas, and moments that made it so meaningful. Responsive Conference was more than a conference for me. It was a collection of honest conversations, thoughtful introductions, and moments of genuine inclusion. Robin P. Zander You created a space where people could work through ideas together instead of simply sitting through presentations. The care and curation showed in every speaker, performer, and experience. Casey Boyles You are truly one of my favorite people. The introductions, the invitations, and the way you made sure I felt welcome beforehand shaped so much of my experience. Adam Rosendahl I loved Late Nite Art. It reminded me what can happen when people are given room to create together. And yes, we still have a party to co-host. Send me the date! Offsite Was on point, as always. Jake White I love me some you! You have a way of making people feel seen, connected, and taken care of. Jessie Jakes 🖤 Work Is a Joke permitted us to laugh at the complicated, strange, and deeply human parts of work. Craig Forman and CultureC Consulting brought people together around a table where we could move past small talk and build real relationships. Femi Fadugba Your conversation about dystopia and utopia is the one I’ve thought about the most since coming home. And I’m serious about wanting to be in the movie. I left Oakland with new relationships, sharper questions, and an even stronger conviction that the future of work will not be defined only by what technology makes possible. It will also be defined by how we care for the people expected to carry the change. Thank you, Oakland. Thank you, Responsive.
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisJessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisToday marks five years since I left my corporate job and started my own small business! 🎉 I can't believe it's been five years. In true form, whenever something is new and challenging, it feels like it's been 5 minutes and 50 years all at the same time. I have been reflecting on how much I've changed in the last five years, and despite my wicked head cold this week, I wanted to share them in case it helps anyone else feel seen in how they find themselves changing right now too. Five ways I've changed in the last five years: 1. I am starting to love failure. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I *want* to fail when I set out on a new venture. But I am proud of when I fail. Because it means that I'm trying new things, stretching myself, and managing my own expectations around perfection. 2. I'm diversifying my self-worth. When I left my corporate job and started my own business, I struggled at first with recognizing my own definition of success. So I felt untethered most days, without routine or clear direction. Instead of "caring less" about work, I've added in more things to my life that have made me realize I'm way more than my job. And I am honestly better at work because I have more perspective 3. I'm better at asking for help and community. I am a strong, independent person. I feel more capable and confident when I'm the one making space for other people. But I'm getting better at taking it up myself when I actually need it. And I'm so grateful for the people in my career and life who truly see me, my potential, and are willing to offer a hand when I'm still learning how to ask for help. 4. My business is changing. The first five years, I knew how to sell my services because I was experienced and had capability with them. And although I'll always want to be a leadership coach and facilitator, I'm shifting into a new era of business. Where I'm growing a business to support others who can do this work well. I love the growth side of owning a business, and it's time for me to step more into growing my impact through others. More exciting things to come here (including the launch of CO/LEAD). 5. I now love the ambiguity of entrepreneurship. The uncertainty of success still tips me into fear at times. But mostly, it feels like open space to create. To make real solutions that help solve real challenges for leaders and their teams. To change the working world for the better. And that open space taps into my best work. So here's to five years. 🥂 A milestone I didn't realize I needed to celebrate so hard until I wrote this post. I'm also going to write a newsletter later today going more into depth on these five and how you might try on some of them if that's helpful to you. You can follow the newsletter on my LI profile. I'd love to celebrate your growth in the comments too. How are you most proud of how you've changed in the last five years?
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisJessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisWork Is a Joke was so bloody good last week. Jessie Jakes 🖤 is building something so incredibly fun, and so needed at a time when work feels a little tough. It's not about trying to burn down the establishment, it's about being able to laugh at the absurdity of it all. I also loved getting to partner with Craig Forman to help bring this home to Oakland for a night! This couldn't have happened without many, many people. Our sponsors, Offsite, Team Level Partners & Bevy. Austin Drabik, Hank Wethington and Christiane Bayor, MBA, PHR for making everything run so seamlessly on the night. Anthony Lee & Jomal M. for making the sound tip top. And of course Robin P. Zander, for welcoming us so generously into Responsive Conference, and his phenomenal team for capturing all the good media. It was a lot of fun producing this event and I can't wait to do it again. Is Denver ready?? For now, I'll leave you with one of my fave workplace confessions from the night.
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Jessie Jakes 🖤 liked thisHard to believe we're already at one of my favorite times of the year! Nominate your favorite community leaders today for the CMX Community Industry Awards!Jessie Jakes 🖤 liked this🏆 NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN! The 2027 CMX Community Industry Awards are officially underway 🎉 Every year, the CMX community comes together to recognize the people and teams pushing our industry forward, and now it's your turn to shine a light on the community builders doing incredible work. Know someone who deserves recognition? Nominate them. Know a team that's doing something exceptional? Nominate them. Know a community leader whose work deserves to be seen by the rest of the industry? Definitely nominate them. Nominations are open now through November 20. Let's celebrate the people who make community happen! Nomination link in the comments below. #CMXCIA27 #CCIAs #CommunityLeadership
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Culture First Kansas City Chapter Lead
Culture Amp
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The Culture First Community is a group of people leaders, HR practitioners, and change agents committed to building a better world of work.
What does it mean to be Culture First? For organizations to grow and thrive, the world of work has to work better for People. Being ‘Culture First’ is about recognizing this simple truth – and then finding ways to act on it. It’s easier said than done, but we’ve found something that helps tremendously – working through issues as a…The Culture First Community is a group of people leaders, HR practitioners, and change agents committed to building a better world of work.
What does it mean to be Culture First? For organizations to grow and thrive, the world of work has to work better for People. Being ‘Culture First’ is about recognizing this simple truth – and then finding ways to act on it. It’s easier said than done, but we’ve found something that helps tremendously – working through issues as a community.
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Women's Capital Connection
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Economic Empowerment
Education Chair - 2020
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Big 12 Conference Dr.Gerald Lage Award Recipient
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One of sixty-four student-athletes in the Big 12 Conference to earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 in at least 100 credit hours.
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Big 12 Conference Champion
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Placed first in the IV Varsity Eight Boat at the Big 12 Women's Rowing Regatta
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