Equitable Product Design
49mBeginner2022-02-15
Authors
Annie Jean-Baptiste
Author and Head of Product Inclusion and Equity at Google
Course details
Creating inclusive, equitable products is not only a best practice for business—your customers and users expect it. They want to support companies whose products are built with their interests in mind. In this course, instructor Annie Jean-Baptiste shows you how to promote the practice of equitable design to ensure your customers and users feel seen, validated, and uplifted by your work.
Learn about the basics of equitable design and why it’s so important for business, along with the steps you need to take to move from awareness to action. Get tips on how to put equitable design into practice in ideation, user experience, testing, product launches, marketing, and product support. Explore strategies for measuring the success of equitability and inclusion in your design projects, making your customers feel more welcome, and focusing your attention on building products for historically marginalized, underrepresented groups so you can better serve the interests of everyone.
Learn about the basics of equitable design and why it’s so important for business, along with the steps you need to take to move from awareness to action. Get tips on how to put equitable design into practice in ideation, user experience, testing, product launches, marketing, and product support. Explore strategies for measuring the success of equitability and inclusion in your design projects, making your customers feel more welcome, and focusing your attention on building products for historically marginalized, underrepresented groups so you can better serve the interests of everyone.
Skills covered
Workplace EquityInclusive LeadershipProduct and Industrial DesignDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)FoundationsProduct and ManufacturingLeadership and Management
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Equitable product design
- 02 - What is equitable product design
1. Why Is Equitable Design Important
- 03 - The business case for inclusion and equity in design
- 04 - A business case study
- 05 - A human case study
2. Putting Equitable Design in Practice
- 06 - Equitable design in ideation
- 07 - Equitable design in user experience
- 08 - Equitable design in user testing
- 09 - Equitable design in product launches
- 10 - Equitable design in marketing
- 11 - Equitable design in product support
3. Measuring Your Success
- 12 - Metrics that matter
- 13 - Accountability
4. Closing Principles
- 14 - There is no they there is only we
- 15 - Holistic is majestic
- 16 - Build for the many by solving for the underrepresented
Conclusion
- 17 - Diversity is the core of innovation for everyone