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Proposals and the conversations in the margins

If you’ve never worked in business development, the term RFP might sound like corporate jargon. But really, it’s quite simple. It stands for Request for Proposal, which basically means a company is looking for someone to help solve a problem. Think of it like this: if a company has a goal but doesn’t have the… Keep reading

Field Notes

From quantitative data to action: How engagement analysis unlocks digital growth

Struggling with low conversions or high drop-offs despite good traffic? Engagement analysis goes beyond the numbers to reveal what’s really happening in your digital product. At Stampede, we help teams uncover hidden friction, turn data into actionable insights, and make meaningful improvements that drive growth. Learn how a holistic, story-driven approach to engagement data can align your product, design, and marketing efforts—no guesswork, just results. Keep Reading

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Rethinking the design and development relay race at Makers X

Half of product teams out there are still playing an expensive game of telephone. At Makers X, we uncovered why this decades-old handoff approach is costing you innovation, time and competitive edge. Here's the collaborative future you're missing. Keep Reading

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Design Libraries: The Key to Success (or Failure)

We often see this: A company has built out their digital presence across web and mobile, serving millions of users. Despite pouring resources into digital transformation, the cracks are showing. Somehow buttons, fonts and interactions feel disconnected. Users struggle with inconsistency, developers waste time reinventing components and the brand presence is diluted. What should be… Keep reading

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Live Product Testing: The gap between working and working well

A usability testing session conducted on-site. Features a user, a researcher and a laptop opening a website being tested on its usability.

“Our analytics show users are completing their tasks,” the enterprise product owner told me confidently. “The features are all functioning as designed.” Yet adoption wasn’t growing as expected and user satisfaction scores were stagnant. This scenario plays out more often than you might think – products that work perfectly fine on paper, but somehow fail… Keep reading

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What Bintulu Port reveals about transforming complex operations in Southeast Asia

What do one of Southeast Asia's largest port operations teach us about scaling thoughtfully? Our recent visit to Bintulu Port reveals something surprising: the key to future-ready operations isn't more technology—it's about building systems that enhance human capabilities and grow stronger through use. Here's what we learned about creating solutions that scale with your ambitions. Keep Reading

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Malaysia’s quiet design revolution at Makers 9

Design, for me, used to be a series of precise steps on a screen. Now, it is a movement—one that shapes communities, drives progress, and connects a nation. Makers 9 brought this vision to life, showing how design is quietly but powerfully transforming Malaysia, one thoughtful decision at a time. Keep Reading

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Advancing design maturity in organisations at Makers 8

Group photo of people who attended Makers 8

What happens when you gather the brightest minds from design, business, and engineering and intersect them? You get magic. At Makers 8, the energy was electric, the talk and panel were lit, and the takeaways made you look forward to Monday. Stampede Makers is a quarterly event that celebrates the designers and builders in all… Keep reading

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Scaling Design Maturity: Enhance UX Impact

As a product designer working across different companies at Stampede, I kept noticing something. Our team approached similar-sounding projects in completely different ways. We may have the same brief structure but very different starting points. For a while, I assumed it was the industry. Then Hidayu Hakim, our UX lead, asked me a question that… Keep reading

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Designing Tomorrow: AI as a Co-pilot for Design in Stampede

A Gift of Fire, Design & AI, Reflections When Shaza revealed in our Slack channel her upcoming talk on AI/UX at Ørsted on April 25th, I was beaming with excitement as the notion of AI/UX sparked a curiosity tinged with a hint of apprehension in me. Would this innovative frontier replace our roles, or augment… Keep reading