Begin with real life
Every idea published here grows from work, reading, learning and close observation of real life.
WHY THIS EXISTS
THINK.
BUILD. SHARE.
Think independently, create useful value and share what is learned.
Mongolia should not only adapt to the future. We can help create it.
Mongolia’s future will be shaped by people who can combine the resilience inherited from earlier generations with the knowledge and possibilities of a new era.
Mongolians have lived and worked amid an extreme climate, vast distances, rapid social and economic change, mining at a global scale and the constant need to achieve more with limited resources. These conditions have brought more than difficulty. They have also given us experience and knowledge that few others possess. If we recognise, organise and continue developing what we have learned, it can become a distinctive Mongolian strength.
The Mongolian Mind is a place to reflect on this possibility, test ideas against real experience and share what is learned. How can people and organisations work more productively? Can knowledge accumulated in mining become a system that keeps learning and supports better decisions? What kind of leadership can carry a large mission through? What value can a small nation like Mongolia create for the world?
OUR EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES
Four principles.
Grounded in evidence, honest in viewpoint
Evidence, observation and personal interpretation are kept distinct. We do not pretend to know what we do not.
A Mongolian lens, a global horizon
We draw on Mongolia’s circumstances, lived experience and accumulated knowledge to seek ideas and solutions useful to the world.
Value over attention
Every piece aims to make readers think, understand something new or find something useful in their work and lives.
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