Janna Kimel - Stephen Hawking and Sewing Accessible Threads

2024-02-06

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 j...

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?

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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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