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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
quality
Critique is not review, and many other thoughts on an overlooked practice
TL; DR:
Critique and review are different. 🗣️Critique is simply about making the work better. Review is about assessing readiness
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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
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[TMA] 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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[TMA] 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
org design
Whither UX Research?
A few years ago, we interviewed Jen Cardello for Finding Our Way, and she shared that her team (UX Research)
design leadership
To Lead Design, You Must Have an Agenda
That Vision Thing
About a year ago, I distilled the conversations Jesse and I had been having with design executives
design leadership
On the (f)utility of design maturity models
Thesis
Design maturity models are oversimplified frameworks that mask the necessary nuance to understand and develop an organization's
design leadership
UX/Design Leaders: Understand the motivation of your peers and stakeholders the same way you do your users and customers
UX/Design leaders often get caught up in their personal missions, their narratives of change and impact, and believe they
management
New masterclass: "From Ladder to Trellis: Flexible Career Architectures for UX Teams"
Since I've become independent, perhaps the most common request of my time is helping companies develop good career
metrics
Metrics and UX/Design Maturity
A common challenge for the design leaders I support is identifying metrics. They know their team is having a positive
design leadership
Design leadership is change management
Over the holiday break, I reviewed the 5 conversations that Jesse and I have conducted with truly senior design executives
brand design
Org Design for Brand Design Orgs
Though the book I co-wrote is titled Org Design for Design Orgs, and, sure, it addresses broader design concerns (communication
design and UX
The 'management carousel' inhibits UX professional growth
(this post is a bit of a muddle, but addresses what I see as a crisis in our field, and
design leadership
Thought Partnership: Accelerating Decision-Making for Heads of Design
Design as an executive function is new, so Heads of Design are typically lonelier than their peer leadership positions. Your
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