Design Systems: How to Foster Participation
summary
Five concrete tactics for growing a design system: treat the system like a product with users, roadmaps and releases; run a working group every other week with agendas created as GitHub issues and decisions recorded in the same issue; advertise good first issue and label tasks help needed so contributors with two hours, two days or a week can jump in; require docs, coding and accessibility standards plus a code of conduct; hold frequent show‑and‑tells so changes land instead of being rejected.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:00Design Systems
- 6:00Lead by example
- 11:35Listen to the quiet
- 14:15Accept help
- 16:55Share working progress
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