#38 - Accessibility, User Research, and Inclusive Design with Cat Noone, CEO of Stark
This week on the pod, Erin and JH talk to Cat Noone, CEO of Stark, a suite of tools designed to help teams ship accessible work. They chatted about how accessibility is constantly evolving, what teams can do to get started, and inclusive design.
Highlights
Highlights
- [1:50] Accessibility is continually changing and evolving, so it's important to think of it that way.
- [3:01] Accessibility is a side effect of inclusive design.
- [12:59] Identify other people in your organization that may be able to work with you on accessibility and create a bridge between teams.
- [15:08] Accessibility helps everyone, and framing it that way can help teams to understand its importance.
- [23:09] Ethics change team culture, exposure changes executive's minds, profit and customer loss changes action.
- [31:11] If you can, speak up about having the tools to do your job well.
Creators and Guests
Guest
Cat Noone
Cat is a designer turned CEO with a love a flipping markets often seen as complicated or unattractive (read: underserved + forgotten) on their head. She firmly believes the solution to create a product that people can fall in love with is done by giving it character, opinion, and soul.