UX design pioneers and Adaptive Path co-founders Peter Merholz and Jesse James Garrett discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities for design leaders.

Finding Our Way
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UX design pioneers and Adaptive Path co-founders Peter Merholz and Jesse James Garrett discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities for design leaders.
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Recent Episodes

July 24, 2026
75: The Steady State of Unsteadiness
Host Peter Merholz and guest Jesse James Garrett discuss the current state of design leadership, exploring AI's impact and organizational challenges to offer strategies for thriving.

May 24, 2026
LIMINAL—4: You As A Service (ft. Dave Gray)
Author Dave Gray and founders Peter and Jesse explore how ingrained expertise blinds leaders to disruption, offering a new perspective on self-defined value in this interview.

May 16, 2026
73: Charting an Adaptive Path toward AI Transformation
Peter and Jesse compare notes from their respective listening tours and client work on how AI is reshaping design teams. The conversation moves through the operational chaos of proliferating tools, the urgent need to articulate a value proposition, why design operations got cut right before they were needed most, and the window of expertise power that won't stay open.
75 total episodes available with 2 transcripts
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