Peter Merholz
Chief Humanist, Humanism at Scale
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:
" No s**t designers burnout more than any other function. "
The 2025 State of UX/Design Organizational Health
November 12, 2025
" User research itself is not a single function but many disciplines that require integrity and stewardship. "
A Genuine Conversation about the Future of UX Research
March 20, 2024
" UX researchers are really good at applying their methods to people outside the business but terrible at applying them to the leaders they work with. "
How to make UX research leadership more effective [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series]
October 26, 2023
" No designer should ever work alone in part for this reason. You need to team apply your design. "
Keeping Design Weird
October 2, 2023
" UX directors often feel like this poor person in the middle getting pulled in all these directions. "
The Trials and Tribulations of Directors of UX
July 13, 2023
" We can’t just rely on managers to do everything for career growth because managers change too often. "
The Mysterious Case of the Missing UX Career Path
August 25, 2022
" Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that expresses itself in the outer layers of the product or service. "
Design at Scale is People!
June 11, 2021
" Team leadership means managing down to empower your team, managing across to build stakeholder relationships, and managing up with executives. "
Customer-Centered Design Organizations
June 8, 2017
