Author: Emily Ludolph / Source: Adobe 99U
When we set the theme for our 2019 conference — The Creative Future — we imagined a future where creative skills are more pervasive and prized, and how that might reshape the world around us. As we prepare for the event in May, we’re asking our speakers to share a skill they think is important for all creatives to navigate what’s to come.
Kat Holmes believes good design is design that includes everyone. As the director of UX Design at Google and author of Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design, she subscribes to the World Health Organization’s definition of disability as a “mismatched interaction between the features of a person’s body and the features of the environment in which they live.” Kat will be speaking at the 11th Annual 99U Conference, taking place May 8-10 in New York City.
Q. What is a skill you’ve cultivated in your career that you believe to be futureproof?
A. Taking a moment to consider whose voice might be missing from the conversation and seeking out a range of perspectives is an evergreen practice. I always learn something new when I take the time to listen.
Q. What brought home the power of taking into account missing voices to you?
A. When I was at…
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