Michelle Chin
Design Advocate
zeroheight
Michelle is a Design Advocate at zeroheight, where she serves the design community through knowledge sharing, building bridges, and identifying community needs. She leads the DEI committee at zeroheight and career coaches underrepresented communities in tech. Before joining zeroheight, she wore several hats, from Principal Product Designer to Design Manager to Principal DesignOps Manager. She also co-hosts the UX In Real Life podcast, which examines UX at work and in the world around us. Additionally, Michelle is an environmental justice advocate and works to provide tree equity in Oakland, California.
Inviting People In
The rise of all-remote and hybrid work environments has affected our access to the collaborative environments we enjoyed when we were in person. It inadvertently builds walls that can silo us from our teammates. So it’s even more important that we make efforts to maintain connections and make our teammates feel genuinely welcomed. When people know they belong, teams can thrive, collaborate, and accomplish amazing things!
In this talk, we’ll consider the benefits of including people in our circles again. We’ll cover how to identify your team’s perspectives, the ones it is missing, and why proactively inviting them matters. We’ll also talk about approaches to inviting people in.
