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Regular Foundry readers know that Sparkbox has been deeply engaged with design system thinking for many years.
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Spark Tank: Pitching Project Ideas
This month at Sparkbox, our production team hosted an internal “Pitch Day,” a fun team building activity designed to kickstart this year’s internal efforts for learning together.
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Embracing the Power of the MVP
An MVP is sometimes perceived as a shortcut or a constrained version of a great idea. Not so! It’s just the first step on the road to a deeper understanding of the potential of your ideas.
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Looking Ahead to 2024
What’s next for Sparkbox and its clients? Nobody has a crystal ball, but we have some ideas about what’s coming. We asked our team to weigh in on trends in technology that will impact how we work in 2024.
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Level Up Learning to Engage Your Team, Boost Development, and Compete in a Fast-Changing Environment
Web development is an ever-changing field, so how can you and your team keep up? By encouraging your development team to consume information, create personal projects, and collaborate with team members, learning can become part of their everyday.
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Test Your Accessibility Knowledge with Sparkbox’s Trivia11y Quiz
Building a better web means building with accessibility in mind. Not sure how to keep learning or where you might need to focus your learning efforts? Take the Trivia11y quiz and test your accessibility knowledge!
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Accessibility Resources from Sparkbox
Building a better web means building a web that is accessible for all users—including those with disabilities or those that need to use assistive technology. This list of resources can help you start or dig deeper on your journey to learning about accessibility.
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Happy Employees are Good for Business
While treating employees with kindness and meeting their needs might be the right thing to do—we certainly think so—did you know that it’s also proven to be good for business? Evidence suggests a happy employee is a productive employee and organizations that take care of their people dramatically outperform those that don’t.
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The Odd One Out: 3 Things to Think About When You’re the Non-Techie in the Room
It can be tough being the tech amateur in a room full of tech-savvy developers, designers, and engineers. But you’re there for a reason. One Sparkboxer has spent her entire career being that person in that room and she’s got some advice on how to effectively communicate with your tech talking team.
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Exploring a Consultant Mindset for Developers
Cultivating a consultant mindset is integral to regular, repeatable development success—it’s where iteration becomes second nature. Here are a number of resources that will help you understand the concept, put the concept into practice, and bring the concept to your teams and organizations.
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