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:
" Design as a function is empathetic and human-centered, corporations are calculating and bureaucratic; integrating these value systems takes effort. "
The 2025 State of UX/Design Organizational Health
November 12, 2025
" Democratization has been happening for over 20 years and it’s only going to keep happening. "
A Genuine Conversation about the Future of UX Research
March 20, 2024
" Research teams are spread way too thin and forced into evaluative research, missing out on impactful idea-sparking research. "
How to make UX research leadership more effective [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series]
October 26, 2023
" I see this opportunity to imbue these rigid, bureaucratic corporate contexts with humanism to put people at the center of the work. "
Keeping Design Weird
October 2, 2023
" You need to meet your leaders where they are on their maturity curve to be effective. "
The Trials and Tribulations of Directors of UX
July 13, 2023
" Salesforce is operating at a scale that is uncommon and reflective, tackling challenges before others. "
The Mysterious Case of the Missing UX Career Path
August 25, 2022
" You need to have a strong sense of values and norms to guide how you behave and interact within design teams. "
Design at Scale is People!
June 11, 2021
" Relying on process is not a proxy for quality, and divorcing process from content is a fatal enterprise mistake. "
Customer-Centered Design Organizations
June 8, 2017
