Brave UX: Janna Kimel - Stephen Hawking and Sewing Accessible Threads

Janna Kimel shares her remarkable story of meeting Stephen Hawking 🧠, how she's growing grassroots accessibility 🌱, and how to better navigate today’s job market 💪.

Highlights include:

⭐ How did you come to meet Stephen Hawking?
⭐ What approaches to increasing inclusive design have worked for you?
⭐ Do people without accessibility needs care about accessibility?
⭐ Why should people bring some of their personal life into job interviews?
⭐ How can people paint a flattering self-portrait of their work in a job interview?

#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #UX #UXDesign #UXR #UXResearch #DesignResearch #WomenInTech #BraveUX

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Who is Janna Kimel?

Janna is the founder and principal of Third Brain Studio, the consulting practice through which she mentors current and aspiring UX researchers, and helps organisations to plan and execute UX research and inclusive design 🚀.

Alongside her consulting, Janna is also the founder and principal researcher at the Chronic Pain Project 😣; a personal initiative that she hopes will bring visibility to the experience of people living with chronic pain, like her.

Until recently, Janna was a senior manager of UX research at Hinge Health, where she built the UX research practice from the ground up ⚕️. She has also led design research at Dexcom, overseeing the company’s software, hardware, and overall experience projects.

Winding the clock back a little further, Janna worked in digital health design and research at Intel, conducting a range of research studies that helped seniors stay in their homes for as long as possible ♿️, and it’s during this time that she crossed paths with Stephen Hawking.

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Find Janna here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannakimel/
Website: https://www.jannackimel.com/
Chronic Pain Project: http://www.chronicpainproject.com/
Resource Bank for Job Seekers: http://tinyurl.com/4m89trcx

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00:00 Teaser
00:18 Show welcome
00:59 Janna’s introduction
02:40 What is the story behind the name of Third Brain Studio?
03:46 How did your mum help you to appreciate the needs of people with disabilities?
05:44 What impact did your childhood experiences have on your career path?
09:02 What is the shame that people who have chronic pain live with?
11:16 Have you paid a social price for living with chronic pain?
13:43 What is Dress for Success and why do you volunteer there?
18:02 How does volunteering at Dress for Success make you feel?
18:45 How did you come to work with IDEO on projects?
21:11 How did you come to meet Stephen Hawking?
25:59 How did you feel when you first met Stephen Hawking?
26:54 Were there rules around interacting with Stephen Hawking?
27:22 What problem did you help Stephen Hawking and his caregivers to solve?
28:34 How did the student/caregiver relationship with Stephen Hawking seem to you?
30:36 How did you feel when you heard that Stephen Hawking had passed away?
31:23 Why have you started more than one accessibility employee resource group?
37:01 Do people without accessibility needs care about accessibility?
39:26 What’s special about taking small steps towards accessibility?
41:22 Is ‘business as usual’ what gets in the way of greater accessibility?
42:38 What approaches to increasing inclusive design have worked for you?
45:20 How do you feel about law firms crawling for inaccessible websites?
48:20 What are the leading companies in inclusive design doing that others aren’t?
53:11 Why should people bring some of their personal life into job interviews?
55:17 Why is it useful to find and read subreddits about a company’s work culture?
58:02 Is there ever a time to compromise on your values when job seeking?
59:51 Is it fair to ask the people interviewing you how they are living their values?
01:00:34 Why is it a red flag if a company isn’t willing to negotiate on salary?
01:03:48 How can people paint a flattering self-portrait of their work in a job interview?
01:08:08 How are you navigating the next chapter of your career?
01:12:00 Closing out the show - Thanks, Janna!

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