The ethos and methods of participatory research have been widely embraced as a powerful approach to address systemic inequity in the design of technology. While there have been many gains and developments that...
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Friction in Equity Work for Product Development: Getting Unstuck
As part of an internal UX team, researchers at a multinational tech corporation were tasked with improving the...
The Myth of the Pipeline Problem: Creating a Diverse and Thriving Team
Corporate leaders issued countless statements decrying racism and investing in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in 2020. As a result of the pandemic and the ongoing racial reckoning that year, the...
Equity-Centered Leadership
Equity-Centered Leadership focuses on ensuring that all employees can succeed in a workplace, regardless of their...
Equity & Research Operations: Generation Focus Founder Joanna Beer
Generation Focus is an EPIC Equity Partner, providing direct support to EPIC Equity Council programs that advance equity and create collaborative spaces for our community to embed equity within our work. Generation Focus is also a customer research firm that provides strategic Research...
Introducing the 2023 EPIC Equity Program Chairs
Meet the leaders working to advance equity and diversity through a new EPIC program! In May 2023 we will welcome the first cohort of participants in our new program, Becoming EPIC: Building Equity. Initiated by the EPIC Equity Council, this program is being developed and chaired in 2023 by four...
Reaffirming Our Values in Critical Times: How Will the EPIC Community Respond?
Shortly after we opened our Call for Participation for EPIC2017 in Montréal, President Trump ordered a temporary travel ban for many people with joint citizenship as well as a halt to refugees and immigrants from 7 predominately Muslim countries. We’d like to take a moment to reassert the values...