Other Inclusive Design is Good Business Is having a more diverse design 90%team important to you, personally? We ideally should be talking about it more internally. We are actively working towards this goal and have put metrics in place. Of designers surveyed answered YES. 8% were INDIFFERENT. 2% were NO. We try but have more pressing priorities. We talk about it but not much action. As products and services in our lives become We’re actively working towards this goal, but are resistant to put metrics behind it. more personalized, there is a growing need for the teams that build products to look and feel like the users on the other side. Recruiting and The Conversation retaining diverse teams is essential for inclusive “We're already very diverse. “We haven't talked about “It's very diverse already “Biggest issue is diversity When diversity becomes this and there are more and we're pushing design outside of the design team. design — it's more important than ever before. part of the culture you don't pressing priorities.” into completely uncharted Design team is not the problem.” have to manufacture it.” areas in terms of geography 2016 DESIGN IN TECH REPORT and industry.” @microsoftdesign @johnmaeda @jshoee Section 5: Design is by Nature, Inclusive 43