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The Merholz Agenda

Peter Merholz's semi-weekly newsletter

A collection of 57 posts

To Lead is to Sell
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To Lead is to Sell

· Peter Merholz

The Ongoing Plight of the UX Director
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The Ongoing Plight of the UX Director

· Peter Merholz

Design Owns Coherence
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Design Owns Coherence

· Peter Merholz

Bridging the Legibility Gap
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Bridging the Legibility Gap

· Peter Merholz

Design’s Legibility Gap
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Design’s Legibility Gap

· Peter Merholz

The sentiment around AI + Design is... complicated
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The sentiment around AI + Design is... complicated

· Peter Merholz

Monkey see, monkey mandate
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Monkey see, monkey mandate

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] You Can't Yell It Away: The Courage Design Leaders Need Now
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[TMA] You Can't Yell It Away: The Courage Design Leaders Need Now

· Peter Merholz

The Overlooked Solution to AI Confusion
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The Overlooked Solution to AI Confusion

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] How design succeeded its way into... irrelevance
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[TMA] How design succeeded its way into... irrelevance

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[TMA] Surfing the Waves of Liminality
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[TMA] Surfing the Waves of Liminality

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Trust = Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy. "Know how the team actually works" "Messages match lived experience" "Follow through on your commitments" "Vulnerability" "Psychological Safety"
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[TMA] AI Transformation Tests Your Team Leadership Practice

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[TMA] Fundamentals and the Future: Leadership Edition
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[TMA] Fundamentals and the Future: Leadership Edition

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] Design Quality Won't Manage Itself
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[TMA] Design Quality Won't Manage Itself

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[TMA] Roles Were Always Blurry. Use Skills to Bring Focus.
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[TMA] Roles Were Always Blurry. Use Skills to Bring Focus.

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] Skepticism, not cynicism, in this liminal moment
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[TMA] Skepticism, not cynicism, in this liminal moment

· Peter Merholz

On a blue background, the word LIMINAL. Below it: "of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition"
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[TMA] Welcome to LIMINAL

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] UX/Design Leaders Are Failing the Next Generations
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[TMA] UX/Design Leaders Are Failing the Next Generations

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] When "Closer to the Customer" Means Knowing Them Less
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[TMA] When "Closer to the Customer" Means Knowing Them Less

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] Overcome UX/Design Leadership's Learned Helplessness
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[TMA] Overcome UX/Design Leadership's Learned Helplessness

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] Product Management's Failure is UX/Design's Opportunity
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[TMA] Product Management's Failure is UX/Design's Opportunity

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] Should [Front-End? Research? Accessibility?] Belong in the Design Org?
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[TMA] Should [Front-End? Research? Accessibility?] Belong in the Design Org?

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] Reporting to the CEO? What Do We Want from Design?
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[TMA] Reporting to the CEO? What Do We Want from Design?

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] Might AI Fix Broken "Agile Transformations"?
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[TMA] Might AI Fix Broken "Agile Transformations"?

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[TMA] The 2025 State of UX/Design Organizational Health

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[TMA] Uncertainty is Opportunity
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[TMA] Uncertainty is Opportunity

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[TMA] What's Different About Design with AI?
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[TMA] What's Different About Design with AI?

· Peter Merholz

[TMA] The Increasing Importance of Service Design
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[TMA] The Increasing Importance of Service Design

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[TMA] Don't Be a Weak-ass Design Leader
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[TMA] Don't Be a Weak-ass Design Leader

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[TMA] A History of Design and an Interactive Cube!

· Peter Merholz