Peter Merholz
Co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs
Peter Merholz has been active in digital design and product for 25 years, most notably in building Adaptive Path, and now a design executive and product leader. He co-wrote Org Design for Design Orgs (O’Reilly), the first book focused on the organizational, managerial, and operational challenges of building in-house design teams.
Rosenverse talks by Peter:
" Building for humans is a huge challenge; people are multi-layered, weird, and irrational. "
A Genuine Conversation about the Future of UX Research (Videoconference)
March 20, 2024
" Strong trust and partnership with design or product leaders is essential for successful research democratization. "
How to make UX research leadership more effective [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series] (Videoconference)
October 26, 2023
" Approach career architectures as growth and development, not performance and assessment. "
Keeping Design Weird
October 2, 2023
" If you’re doing a lot of work that’s not in your job description, you might actually be doing leadership. "
The Trials and Tribulations of Directors of UX (Videoconference)
July 13, 2023
" Capabilities are the atomic unit of career architecture, not roles. "
The Mysterious Case of the Missing UX Career Path (Videoconference)
August 25, 2022
" Team leads are the in-the-trenches stewards of design culture; they make sure the culture is lived every day. "
Design at Scale is People!
June 11, 2021
" Strong design leadership manages down, across, and up, enabling teams to do their best work. "
Customer-Centered Design Organizations
June 8, 2017
