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Product Management, Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 11/17/23 Product Management, Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 11/17/23

Promoting adoption of internal software products

You’ve got a new project at your tech company, but you’d like it to be a full-blown internal product that all your company’s customer-facing products adopt. [7 min read]

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Accessibility Stephen James 3/3/23 Accessibility Stephen James 3/3/23

Inclusive digital design, the Wife of Bath, and narrative perspective

When designing a journey in your product, the voices of our users are central [4 min]

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Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 1/31/23 Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 1/31/23

How to prioritize your day

Owning your task list and separating your tasks into buckets by role can help prioritize your day without being overwhelmed. [3 min]

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Accessibility Stephen James 1/11/23 Accessibility Stephen James 1/11/23

Ramping up your team for Product Accessibility Success

Whether you are a manager or a “craft lead”, investing in the careers of your team members is one of the best ways to keep employees engaged.

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Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 12/26/22 Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 12/26/22

Culture eats strategy for lunch

“It’s just what we do here” often has an insurmountable momentum. Use it for good.

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Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 12/12/22 Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 12/12/22

What’s different: Coaching, mentoring, sponsoring, and managing

There are many ways to ask for help. Knowing the difference can accelerate your career.

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Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 11/1/22 Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 11/1/22

Meetings with yourself: How senior employees can balance their time and minimize burnout

What got you here, won’t get you there. Blocking out time to think is key.

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Accessibility Stephen James 10/26/22 Accessibility Stephen James 10/26/22

Product Accessibility: Which discipline is responsible?

Who owns and is ultimately responsible for this success criteria anyway?

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Software Engineering Stephen James 10/20/22 Software Engineering Stephen James 10/20/22

When creating a testing suite, start with your team’s values

Building software at scale is about people—not technology.

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Software Engineering Stephen James 10/14/22 Software Engineering Stephen James 10/14/22

What is mental prototyping?

The average rate of speech is about 125 words per minute; the human brain can process about 800 words per minute.

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Software Engineering Stephen James 10/11/22 Software Engineering Stephen James 10/11/22

What is the true cost of ownership for third-party libraries?

In application development, the quickest solution to done may not be the best in the long term.

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Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 8/31/22 Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 8/31/22

How are you: 40 ways to introduce yourself with levity

In the U.S., the speaker often does not expect a detailed account of your health. You can however ingratiate yourself with others by lightening the mood.

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Accessibility Stephen James 7/19/22 Accessibility Stephen James 7/19/22

Notice of proposed rule-making on ADA Title II for public entity websites

The process begins for applying WCAG 2.1 to state and local digital sites.

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Accessibility, Software Engineering, Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 10/1/21 Accessibility, Software Engineering, Leadership & Self-Management Stephen James 10/1/21

Nine capabilities of a high-performing accessibility initiative

Trust your team and focus on developing your capabilities. Organizational culture that is high-trust and emphasizes information flow is predictive of organizational performance in technology.

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Stephen James 8/3/21 Stephen James 8/3/21

Code Reviews: Starting is difficult. Completing work is harder

If code changes take a day to review, that actually means it takes 2-4 days to be reviewed, improved, re-evaluated again, and finally merged.

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