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Meet Waffles Friends Work
We're Glad You're Here!
Welcome to Waffles Friends Work! We hope you find tools and community that help you feel empowered in your relationships and at work. We're always adding content and resources to help you navigate the exciting reality of being a woman in the world. We're all trying to be our best selves and that comes with a lot of pressure to do everything perfectly. Well, it's time to give that up. It's messy and we're all doing our best. And depending on our season in life, our best looks different from day to week to year. Thanks for joining us, we hope you find what you're looking for.
words to live by
Sometimes it Pays to be Delusional
The goddess herself Jaida Essence Hall famously said these words during an episode of Drag Race, and we've been living by this mantra ever since. Often we are told to be "realistic" or "practical." As women especially, we are told outright or by social mores to play small and be safe. But that's not how we reach our big dreams. And why shouldn't we try? We want you to be delusional, too. When it makes sense.
You CAN build the life you want.
You DESERVE to go after your biggest goals.
You ARE worthy of all of it!
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Our Mission
Waffles Friends Work provides tools and a supportive community for women leading teams and businesses.
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Done is Better Than Perfect
We know! Women get held to a different standard than men. At work, as parents, and just going about our business. We believe that done is better than perfect and that sometimes you just have to SHIP IT. We're passionate about helping women undo the programming that makes us feel like we have to think of every potential barrier, push-back, or issue that might come up. Sometimes, you just have to behave like a mediocre man and let it rip.
Quality and authenticity matter a lot.
Nothing is going to be perfect, and we're not going to think of everything.
We have to ignore the voice that tells us we're not ready and let it fly.
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Do it Anyway
There are a billion reasons to not do the thing. Have the hard conversation, pitch the idea, heck, start the business. Yeah, it's scary. Yeah, it's new. And hell yeah, it's uncomfortable. But nothing gets done if we keep thinking of reasons to NOT do it. And wow do we creative with those reasons! We work hard at WFW to let things be messy and learn as we go. We refuse to be stifled in making our vision come to life because we're scared or don't feel ready. We just do it anyway.
The FFT (freaking first time) is real, and you'll learn a lot from it.
Be kind to yourself when you're scared. But do it anyway.
Everything is information. Feedback, comments, all of it is data. Use it that way.
MEET THE Instigators
We're Kara & Jensie
In 2022, we started the Waffles Friends Work Podcast as a bit of a passion project and a way to be silly and hang out together. Sure, starting a podcast and eventually a business with your sister could be potentially disastrous. But we've worked hard to stick to our commitment to only do it if it's fun, and now we are expanding beyond our podcast to provide even more resources and support for individuals and businesses. We're passionate about helping folks live their best lives at home and at work.
Sisters for 35+ years
25+ years experience in learning & development and operations
2 Master's degrees and 4 children
Strong appreciation and knowledge of pop culture
Co-Founder & Chief People sTRATEGIST
Kara Wight
Kara is an enthusiastic people-leader in the learning and development space. She’s spent her career harnessing the power of learning science and human-centered design to build interventions that drive behavioral and cultural change. She’s driven by creating a space in corporate America for empathy and authenticity that allows individuals to be their best selves and do their best work. She currently manages a team of learning experience designers at a product innovation company.
Outside of work (and waffles), she enjoys a good board game, traveling with her family, and watching group comedy shows on television. She also loves making music and having dance parties with her kids.
Focus Areas:
Organizational design & development
Leadership development & coaching
Corporate & education
Co-Founder & Chief PROBLEM-SOLVER
Jensie Wight
Jensie is passionate about helping organizations (and individuals!) identify and operationalize their values. She works with organizations of all sizes to develop value-based systems and processes to maximize client deliverables and profitability. She’s contributed her talents in a variety of agencies, including award-winning ad agencies, PR firms, and web development shops. She honed her operations experience running her own content and design agency and as director of operations for a boutique analytics and SEO consultancy.
When she’s not working or hosting a podcast, she’s likely lifting or throwing something heavy, cosplaying with one or both of her two kids, or in a national or state park somewhere. She also loves to read, attend drag shows, and craft.
Focus Areas:
Strategic planning & execution
Operations strategy & implementation
Small and medium-sized businesses
