Backstage at JFarrHR: Join the Exclusive Subscriber Chat
This is your private backstage pass to the "Realism" in Strategic Realism.
I’m announcing a brand new addition to Strategic Realism for the Modern Workplace: a dedicated subscriber chat.
Think of this as the “green room” for our community. While my newsletter is the polished performance, this chat is where we go off-script. It’s a space exclusively for us to privately discuss what’s really happening in the workplace — the nuances, the struggles, and the connections that often go unnoticed (or ignored) in the daily grind.
I’ll be dropping in with:
Unfiltered thoughts: The patterns and “quiet parts” of HR I see during the week that don’t make it into a full article.
Real-time strategy: A place to bring your challenges so we can problem-solve, not just commiserate.
A deeper look: We’ll dig into the human side of the modern workplace that often gets lost in the corporate shuffle.
It’s time to say the quiet parts out loud. Let’s stop just surviving the modern workplace and start rebuilding it.
How to get started
Get the Substack app by clicking this link or the button below. New chat threads won’t be sent sent via email, so turn on push notifications so you don’t miss conversation as it happens. You can also access chat on the web.
Open the app and tap the Chat icon. It looks like two bubbles in the bottom bar, and you’ll see a row for my chat inside.
That’s it! Jump into my thread to say hi, and if you have any issues, check out Substack’s FAQ.



