Janelle Renee Jenkins

Writing & ideas

Curiosity has a place in my life.

I return to questions about what we carry, how we exercise authority, and what makes a life feel like our own.

I pay attention to the spaces between what organizations ask and what people carry. My writing follows those questions into everyday life, bringing the operator and the storyteller into the same conversation.

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Janelle in a blue floral dress beneath the balconies of a grand library
Making room for curiosity, beauty, and a good book.

Janelle Renee Jenkins Operator. Storyteller. Always learning.

Power in Practice collection · Available November 10, 2026

Two perspectives on what people carry.

The Long Chew and We Set the Table will be available for purchase on November 10, 2026.

Cover of The Long Chew by Janelle Renee Jenkins

The Long Chew

Individual Tools for Burnout Recognition, Relief, and Recovery

What happens when capable people become the place where unfinished work, invisible work, and organizational strain keep landing?

From the opening

When you keep doing what needs to be done while your own life narrows, it can be hard to name the cost. These pages help you notice the evidence, distinguish a break from relief and recovery, and choose the next step that fits your capacity.
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Cover of We Set the Table by Janelle Renee Jenkins

We Set the Table

Organizational Tools for Burnout Repair, Prevention, and Thriving

A companion view of authority, workload, expectations, and the practices that shape what people are asked to carry.

From the opening

Good intentions do not tell you whether work is sustainable for the people doing it. This book helps you find the arrangement behind a problem, locate who holds the decision, change what you can, and see whether the change lasts.
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Explore both books at Power in Practice.

Janelle at a CHIEF panel event

Bring a question into the conversation.

For interviews, publishing, or an intellectual collaboration, share the subject, audience, and timing.

Media or publishing inquiry

For reflection on your own roles and choices, begin at Sovereign Archetype.