Manual is a platform to help people do the best work of their lives through higher self awareness, empathy, and understanding. The workplace wasn’t really designed around those values, and as a result, rewards often go to people who conform to a particular mold — but we believe a new era of work is emerging and it’s the right time to figure out a new way of working together.

Each individual comes with their own conditions for success, and when we understand those conditions and can articulate them clearly, great things tend to follow. Our goal is to build a platform that lets everyone figure out and publicly, boldly articulate the kind of work experience they want.

For individuals, that means helping you understand the vision of your career and life instead of just taking another job. We seek to make it easy to express your unique way of working, your goals and your needs, as part of your resume, interview and job transition process.

For companies, that means helping you reimagine your work culture that enables the people in your company to do their best work by being their best self.

For us, as we start to build our own team culture we’re determined to be living proof that successful companies can also be places that actually care about their employees as human beings, who live that care with actions and accountability and have a meaningful mission and profit.

We write about all of the above and more on our Substack, Best Work of Your Life. Or join us on Discord to talk with our community about the future of work.