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Last Updated: 3.31.2026
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Honest XD is operated by Justin Johnson as a sole proprietorship based in Florida, United States.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.honestxd.com
Honest XD produces educational and opinion-based content about work, career identity, AI adoption, experience design, and building meaningful things. This includes a newsletter, workshops, and related digital content.
What it is: The perspective of one practitioner with 20+ years of experience across multiple industries, supported by cited research and real-world examples. It's designed to provoke honest reflection, offer useful frameworks, and create space for conversations that don't happen enough.
What it isn't:
Not professional advice. Nothing published by Honest XD constitutes professional career counseling, therapy, psychological treatment, financial advice, legal advice, or medical guidance. The content is educational and reflective. If you're navigating a mental health challenge, career crisis, or financial decision, work with a licensed professional who knows your specific situation.
Not therapy. Some Honest XD workshops involve exercises that touch on emotions, identity, and personal narrative. These exercises are educational and facilitative — they create space for honest conversation, not clinical treatment. Justin Johnson is not a licensed therapist, counselor, or psychologist. If a workshop exercise surfaces something that needs professional support, please seek it. I can help point you toward resources if needed.
Not a substitute for your own judgment. Frameworks, exercises, and perspectives shared through Honest XD are tools for your own thinking — not instructions to follow blindly. Your career, your identity, and your decisions are yours. I offer lenses; you decide what to do with them.
Subscribing: When you subscribe to the Honest XD newsletter, you consent to receive emails from me at the address you provide. You can expect weekly newsletters and occasional announcements about workshops or new offerings. I won't flood your inbox.
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Content use: Newsletter content is meant for your personal reading, reflection, and professional development. You're welcome to share excerpts, quote lines, and forward issues to colleagues — that's how good ideas spread. I ask that you credit Honest XD when sharing and don't reproduce entire issues or substantial portions without permission.
Registration and attendance: When you register for an Honest XD workshop (free or paid), you agree to provide accurate registration information and to show up — or let me know if you can't. For free workshops, I'm offering my time as a gift. Respect for that time is the only price of admission.
Participation norms: Workshops involve group discussion, partner exercises, and sometimes anonymous sharing. By attending, you agree to:
Maintain the confidentiality of what other participants share during the session
Engage respectfully, even when topics are uncomfortable
Refrain from recording, photographing, or capturing workshop content without explicit permission from the facilitator and all participants present
Recognize that the psychological safety of the room depends on everyone in it
Voluntary participation: All workshop exercises are invitations, not requirements. You're never obligated to share, write, or participate in any exercise that doesn't feel right. "I'll sit this one out" is always an acceptable response.
Workshop content ownership: Workshop materials — slides, frameworks, exercise instructions, handouts — are the intellectual property of Honest XD. You're welcome to use the exercises and frameworks in your own personal or professional development. You may not reproduce, distribute, or commercialize workshop materials without written permission. If you're a manager who attends a workshop and wants to run a version of an exercise with your team, reach out — the answer is usually yes, and we'll talk about how to do it well.
Honest XD content: All original content published through Honest XD — including but not limited to newsletter essays, frameworks, workshop materials, visual designs, poll questions, and the Honest Assessment — is the intellectual property of Justin Johnson and Honest XD. This content is protected by copyright.
What you can do:
Share individual newsletter issues or links with credit to Honest XD
Quote brief excerpts (a sentence or short paragraph) with attribution
Reference Honest XD frameworks (such as the 80/20 AI Line, the Impressive/Meaningful Divide, or the Operating System Diagnostic) in your own writing or presentations with credit
Use workshop exercises and frameworks for your own personal and professional reflection
What you can't do without permission:
Republish entire newsletter issues or substantial portions
Use Honest XD content in commercial products, courses, or paid offerings
Present Honest XD frameworks as your own original work
Use the Honest XD name, logo, or brand identity in ways that suggest endorsement or affiliation
If you want to use Honest XD content beyond personal/professional reflection — in a talk, a course, a publication, a corporate training — email me. I'm not precious about it. I just want to know how it's being used and ensure it's attributed properly.
Your content: If you participate in workshops, respond to polls, or engage in community discussions, you retain ownership of your own words and ideas. By participating, you grant Honest XD permission to reference anonymized, aggregate responses in future content (such as poll result summaries or workshop pattern observations). I will never attribute a specific response to a named individual without your explicit written consent.
Honest XD content frequently references published research, statistics, and third-party data. I cite sources when I use them and aim for accuracy. That said:
Research evolves. A statistic that's current at the time of writing may be updated or superseded later. I do my best to use recent, peer-reviewed, or reputable sources, but I'm not an academic institution and don't guarantee that every data point will remain current indefinitely.
Summaries are not substitutes for source material. When I reference a study, I'm presenting my interpretation of the findings as relevant to the topic at hand. If a specific data point matters to a decision you're making, go read the original source.
Honest XD content includes my opinions, interpretations, and frameworks alongside research. The opinions are mine. The research is cited. I do my best to make it clear which is which.
I use AI tools in my work. This includes research assistance, drafting support, workflow automation, and content development. The ideas, voice, editorial judgment, and final decisions are mine. I don't publish AI-generated content without substantial human review and revision. This transparency is consistent with the Honest XD brand and the principles I teach in the AI adoption workshop — I practice what I facilitate.
Whether you're reading the newsletter, attending a workshop, or engaging with Honest XD in any capacity, you agree not to:
Use Honest XD content to harass, discriminate against, or harm others
Misrepresent your affiliation with Honest XD
Attempt to access subscriber data, workshop participant information, or any non-public Honest XD systems
Use automated tools to scrape, copy, or redistribute Honest XD content at scale
Disrupt workshops or community interactions in ways that undermine the psychological safety of other participants
I reserve the right to remove anyone from the subscriber list, decline workshop registrations, or end participation if conduct violates these norms. This is my house. The standard is respect.
Honest XD content is provided as-is for educational and reflective purposes. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Justin Johnson and Honest XD are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of or reliance on Honest XD content, attendance at workshops, or participation in exercises.This includes but is not limited to: career decisions made based on Honest XD content, emotional responses to workshop exercises, business outcomes resulting from applying Honest XD frameworks, or any action taken based on information provided through any Honest XD channel.You are responsible for your own decisions. I provide perspective and frameworks. You provide the judgment about how to apply them to your life.
Honest XD content occasionally links to external websites, tools, books, podcasts, and other resources. These links are provided because I genuinely found the resource valuable — not because anyone paid me to include them. I don't control third-party content and am not responsible for it. If I ever accept paid sponsorships or affiliate arrangements, I'll disclose them clearly and label them as such.
I may update these terms as Honest XD evolves — for example, when launching paid workshops, adding community features, or changing platforms. If changes are significant, I'll notify subscribers by email before they take effect. Continued use of Honest XD after notification constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.The current version of these terms is always available at [honestxd.com/terms].
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, United States. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of [your county], Florida. Though honestly, if we have a dispute, I'd rather we just talk about it first.
I'm one person building something I believe in. I'm not trying to trap you in fine print. The short version of everything above: I'll respect your data, your time, and your trust. I'll be honest about what I'm offering and what I'm not qualified to offer. I own what I create; you own what you create. If something goes wrong, I'll tell you. If you want to leave, you can leave. If you want to use these ideas to do something good in the world, reach out and we'll figure it out. Thanks — Justin