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[TMA] Is "Is Design Dead?" Dead?
This one is a big of a grab bag, with a number of resources to keep you busy this week.
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[TMA] Reconsider Your Power
From the Standing Desk of Peter Merholz—
In my leadership development work, I think a lot about power, relationships, and
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[TMA] In which I process some anger and frustration
Before getting into the meat of the newsletter, let me point you to my pal and co-host Jesse James Garrett’
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[TMA] Leadership Masterclass Feb 25-26/ Podcast with Roger Martin
From the desk of Peter Merholz—
Happy Superbowl Sunday (to all Americans at least)! I don’t really follow the
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[TMA] Quality >>> Craft | Reframe Your Mandate
This past week, I participated in the Design Leadership Summit in Toronto. It filled my head with many ideas. Here,
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[TMA] First person design leadership stories; rankings redux
From the desk of Peter Merholz—
Last Friday, Hang Xu and I continued our discussion ranking design organizations. My write
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[TMA] Design Org Ranking, this Friday (Jan 17) for a good cause!
From the desk of Peter Merholz—
Dropping a quick note to say that this Friday, January 17th, at 9am Pacific
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[TMA] New year, same me
From the sofa of Peter Merholz—
Tuning back in after a delightful and restorative end of the year break.
New
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[TMA] Empty Platitudes and a Focus on Skills, not Roles
From the sofa of Peter Merholz–
This will likely be the last Merholz Agenda for the year.
First though, a
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[TMA] AI Will Widen the Design Chasm
From the sofa of Peter Merholz…
Design, AI, and The Widening Gap between Savvy and Clueless
My ~10 minute take
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[TMA] Design Leadership Themes, and upcoming event
I spent this past week in London, England, attending the the “Design Leaders+” conference and teaching my Design Leadership Fundamentals
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[TMA] Design maturity and the laziness of 'best practices'
From the sofa of Peter Merholz—
We start with Andy Budd’s understandable frustration with “design maturity” as an objective
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[TMA] Design Thinking Isn't Dead
From The Sofa of Peter Merholz—
This past week, I spoke at Re:Imagine Retail, an “immersive experience creation” event
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"Design" is too damn big
From the sofa of Peter Merholz—
“Design” is too damn big
Many, perhaps most, designers and design leaders are experiencing
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Toward a new org design for UX and PM
30 to 50, but it’s not feral hogs
On the latest Finding Our Way, Jesse and I talk to
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What's Next for Design Leaders
A theme for my work for the back half of this year is “what’s next” for design leaders. It
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Welcome to The Merholz Agenda
I’m excited to present the first issue of The Merholz Agenda, my (semi-)weekly newsletter where I share my