Proudly Made In Mongolia

A few years spent watching branded polo shirts in Ulaanbaatar airport led to an idea: why not create our own company jackets in Mongolia? A story involving beer, Naran Tuul, a local tailor and the slightly unexpected decision to make them pink.

Slow Lane Tourism

We went to Tsambagarav looking for a trekking route and instead met Dakhar, a former Kazakh eagle hunter whose knowledge of the mountains changed the way I think about tourism, time and leaving space for real life to happen.

Real Life Is Everywhere

Look at the image above. It is not the most prepossessing image, is it? But I like it because of what it represents. It is the business plan of a young fashion designer who lived in the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city. I met her in 2014 on one of the best city […]

There’s no ‘I’ in team

What Equity Looks Like When It Meets Client Expectations I recently received negative feedback about certain members of my team. My first response was not to pass the blame onto them. I apologised, took responsibility and then tried to understand what had happened, because ultimately they were working within a business and a framework that […]