Finding Our Way

Peter Merholz, Jesse James Garrett
jjg@jjg.net

Booking Overview

This podcast is a leadership-and-design lens on how UX/design leaders can gain strategic influence while navigating uncertainty, organizational complexity, and emerging tech. It’s especially valuable for PR teams looking to place guests who can translate design thinking into business outcomes, AI-ready practices, and resilient leadership.

Metrics

Episodes: 73

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

30s Ad: 29 - 36, 60s Ad: 35 - 42

Contact Information

jjg@jjg.net

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Host

Peter Merholz - UX design pioneer and co-founder of Adaptive Path; focuses on design strategy, information architecture, and how design organizations create measurable business value.

Jesse James Garrett - UX design pioneer and co-founder of Adaptive Path; known for work around user experience practice and leadership, emphasizing clarity of purpose and durable decision-making under uncertainty.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
UX/design leaders (design consultants, information architects, product/design strategists) who can connect practice to business outcomes and/or translate AI/automation implications into actionable design work.
Required Achievements:  
Years of practice in UX/design strategy, Published thought leadership in UX/information architecture, Consulting or leadership roles within design-focused organizations, Demonstrated frameworks or first-principles approaches to design decision-making

Recent Guest Discussions

John Gleason - Leadership Skills For Design Professionals; Psychological Safety; Translating Design Value To Business Outcomes; Articulating Broader Value Proposition; Avoiding Burnout In Complex Organizations.

Jorge Arango - What Design Is For In An AI World; First Principles; Conditions For Skillful AI Adoption; Avoiding Faster-without-clarity Failure Modes.

Recent Topics

Ux, Design, Leadership, Product, Strategy, Information Architecture, Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, Organizational, Innovation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Finding Our Way
:

73: Charting an Adaptive Path toward AI Transformation

May 16, 2026

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.

72: The Worst Technology Rollout in History (Ft. Paul Ford)

May 09, 2026

Journalist, technologist, and Aboard co-founder Paul Ford joins Peter and Jesse with the perspective of someone running a services firm in the middle of being remade by AI. The conversation covers the collapsing cost of software, blurring roles, what machines do well and badly, what design's value proposition becomes, and Paul's practical advice for staying upright through indefinite change.

71: Finding Our Way Live! (ft John Gleason)

April 19, 2026

Design consultant John Gleason returns to explore the leadership skills design needs to claim greater strategic influence. The conversation covers vulnerability and psychological safety, translating design value into business outcomes, the boldness required to assert a larger value proposition, and how to avoid burnout while navigating organizational complexity.

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