The future of workplace diversity is not what you think, but how you think. Four years ago, the BBC’s neurodiversity initiative was created to improve awareness and understanding of hidden conditions such as Autism, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, ADHD, to highlight not just the talents of neurodivergent people as part of a diverse workforce, but to emphasise that Diversity of Thought is a crucial part to the future success of any inclusive culture.
Move on four years and the BBC Cape team is now involved in researching a concept they call Cognitive Design, a new framework that will support different thinking and new perspectives. Join us on this intriguing journey from accessibility initiative to design research programme.
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Open source matters to the future of design and design matters to open source. Open source matters to the future of us all. Designing in open source isn’t always easy and in this talk I will draw on my background along with experiences in the WordPress project.
What are the challenges and why does it matter to have designers in open source? How can we create spaces that encourage, nurture and let designers thrive in our projects. How can we bridge across roles to unite in an open source future?
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While the notion of mindfulness has had a resurgence as a buzz word, its profound and most deep meaning goes beyond light meditation and coloring books: mindfulness is a state of being, an approach to life (and to our work, regardless of its genre) that calls for presence and awareness, care and purpose.
Living mindfully, designing mindfully, coding mindfully can be extremely rewarding, for us and for the beneficiaries of our work.
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Think that the UX process is only for big agencies with big clients and big budgets? Think again! UX research and methodology can, and even must, be part of *any* web project, no matter the size. It’s possible, and I’ll show you how. In fact, you’re probably doing UX research already in some form, and you don’t even know it.
This talk demystifies UX and shows you how to make it an integral part of your web design process. The improvement is guaranteed: for you, your clients, and your clients’ clients.
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