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How transparency helps us navigate during calm and chaos

At thoughtbot, transparency is our compass, guiding us through both calm and chaos, toward informed decision-making and collaboration.
Stephanie Kuroda
March 28, 2025
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are still important

We remain committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, not only as a moral imperative, but because having a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives doesn’t hinder productivity. It makes us more successful.
Chad Pytel
February 24, 2025
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New in our Playbook: Design best practices from a DEI perspective

This DEI design practices guide offers actionable steps to create inclusive, equitable designs that respect diverse users and needs, from ideation to implementation.
Fatima Burke
November 25, 2024
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New in our Playbook: AI ethics training

We’ve selected our favourite course to upskill teams on Ethics in AI.
Ferdia Kenny
July 19, 2024
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New in our Playbook: AI Ethics Guide

We’ve created a guide to help ensure our values are applied to the Artificial Intelligence solutions we build.
Chad Pytel
June 13, 2024
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On Feedback

How can we give better feedback to each other?
Rob Whittaker
April 8, 2024
How We Help Startups Choose a Tech Stack

Guidelines that thoughtbot uses to help founders pick a tech stack in the absence of any technology footprint.
Dave Iverson
February 28, 2024
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Working Iteratively

Working in small chunks is one of the most impactful things we can do as developers.
Joël Quenneville
September 15, 2022
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Knowledge playlists are now available in our playbook

A breakdown of our best-of blog posts for consulting.
Elaina Natario
February 16, 2022
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How to Introduce Investment Time at Your Company

A client of ours plans to introduce a day of improvement each week. Here is my best advice for how to make it successful.
Chad Pytel
January 27, 2022
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