Inklusive is a tool that aims to equalize participation & minimize stress in meetings by changing the basic rules of a meeting and empowering everyone to participate. Inklusive is a passion project I’ve been building with my friend, Jonno Schmidt. I devised the idea for Inklusive in 2019, while working on Microsoft Whiteboard.  During my time at Microsoft, I worked with a diverse set of co-workers, some of whom enjoyed meetings and others who absolutely loathed them.  Observing the differences between these people and how they operated in meetings, I learned that typical meetings favored the most outspoken participants.  And unfortunately, many of the quieter members of the meeting were simply encouraged to “speak up” to have their ideas heard, which is often much easier said than done.  I wondered – instead of encouraging introverts to change their behavior, maybe the problem is with the way we typically host meetings.  Perhaps changing the way a meeting operates could help everyone in attendance feel like they have an equal seat at the table.  Inklusive is the result of these explorations. More than just a tool, Inklusive represents a new type of meeting that’s designed to be more equitable. It gives all […]