#38 - Accessibility, User Research, and Inclusive Design with Cat Noone, CEO of Stark
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#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
  • [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

Erin May
Host
Erin May
Senior VP of Marketing & Growth at User Interviews
John-Henry Forster
Host
John-Henry Forster
Former SVP of Product at User Interviews and long-time co-host (now at Skedda)
Cat Noone
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.