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The Merholz Agenda

Peter Merholz's semi-weekly newsletter

[TMA] Tools don't design, people do (yes, this is a little about AI)
The Merholz Agenda

[TMA] Tools don't design, people do (yes, this is a little about AI)

Skills are not tools (and tools are not skills) In my work developing career architectures for UX/Design professionals, I&
[TMA] Make Meaningful Metrics
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[TMA] Make Meaningful Metrics

In this newsletter: * Metrics is a craft, not a science * A business + design journey * Design Leadership Demystified masterclass, May 21
[TMA] Design's challenges make sense with this perspective
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[TMA] Design's challenges make sense with this perspective

UX/Design is typically thought of as an activity—a process or methodology for a particular kind of work. But
[TMA] Is "Is Design Dead?" Dead?
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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.
[TMA] Reconsider Your Power
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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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[TMA] "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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[TMA] 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