The Broken Compass

The Broken Compass Series

The system lost its way. This series helps you find yours. 

The Broken Compass Series is a brutally honest (and often hilarious) collection of books for the real professionals behind the titles—safety pros, HR jugglers, veterans, supervisors, and every overworked, under-thanked soul trying to keep their teams alive and the paperwork straight.

Born out of frustration, field experience, and a few too many “mandatory” trainings that solved nothing, this series explores the real issues that never make it into corporate emails:

• Why safety culture breaks down even when the rules are followed

• What burnout, addiction, and mental health look like behind a badge or a hard hat

• How compliance became a checkbox, and compassion became a liability

• Where HR and safety overlap—and where they dangerously don’t

Each book in the series offers tools, stories, and unapologetic commentary—written by Allen Woffard (a bald-headed veteran, safety wrangler, and professional smartass) with support from his AI co-writer “Michael.”

This page is your navigation center:

• Free Book Downloads – PDF and Kindle links for the series

• Field Tools & Cheat Sheets – Investigation checklists, Reasonable Suspicion quick guides, and more (COMING SOON)

• Podcast & Author Notes – Dive deeper into the stories, topics, and behind-the-scenes context

• Charity Spotlights – We don’t do this alone. Book sales support organizations like Construction Angels and Mission 22