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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆? DUMPLING is a female-founded + Asia-forward Strategy and Design Practice. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 DUMPLING runs on the signals our Founder reads and the strategies she recommends to her clients. If DUMPLING tells a client that people in Asia want to rely on their kampung (village) again, we build that way too. That's why we built DUMPLING 100 and have a rolling open call to join our village. Asia has many companies past their 100th birthday, still run by the families that started them. DUMPLING wants to help build brands that last that long, which is why we started DUMPLING Ventures. As a mother, our Founder Jess holds the wellbeing of the future generation forever in her heart, which is why we started DUMPLING U. This is what makes DUMPLING different: DUMPLING has skin in the game. The other part is how we work. More of the world's decisions, ideas and capital now sit in Asia, but many organisations still read the region through perspectives and frameworks built somewhere else. The Chinese saying 登堂入室 describes stepping into the outer room of a house and then being invited into the inner room. In the outer room you notice patterns, and in the inner room you understand why they matter and can sense what's emerging or ready for renewal. Most reading of Asia still happens in the outer room. Decoding trends and translating culture is useful work, but it stops at the door. Getting into the inner room takes the humility to unlearn what you thought you knew and to become attuned to Asia's contexts, nuances and tastes. That's what we mean by Asia-forward, and it's where DUMPLING works: We read Asia from the inner room and shape strategy and design with it.