Inclusion driven product development

we are in the middle of a pandemic while we fight against *isms with a recession ahead of us and the climate crisis breathing on our necks.

 

People are dying

 

 COVID19 took freedom away from all of us

 

But some of us haven't been free from the beginning.

Not free to live as prejudices and bias cause more people of minorities to die from COVID19 and other life-threatening diseases

Not free to work where you want, because of your education, mental or physical abilities and appearance

Not free to go where you want - because the elevator is broken, or there never was a elevator

But there is Hope.

Digitalisation helps to connect us ahain during times like these.

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Medical counselling via phone and apps

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Home Office

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Online Conferences like this one

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 Online school and university courses

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online grocery shopping and delivery

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Streaming with subtitles and digital access to exhibitions

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Freedom has been given where there where physical barriers before.

More voices than ever are able to be heard now.

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How can we keep this spirit in the future?

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Hire a divers team

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But i don't get enough divers applications

  • Where do you advertise jobs?
  • Is the wording in your job advertisement inclusive?
  • What are your company culture values?
  • Are they visible to potential candidates?
  • Are you using positive discrimination in your application process?

Make accessibility and inclusiveness a core value

get to know your users, but don't exclude others

Make inclusive design choices

Use Tools that help elevating your accessibility

Know the bias of your data when using AI 

posting a black square or a rainbow flag on social media is easy. Being an ally is often not.

Accessibility driven development

By Kathrin Holzmann

Accessibility driven development

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