Miss the Trend, Miss the Train! I wanted to summarize Rohit Bhargava’s “Non Obvious Mega Trends” quickly because it covers important undiscovered needs. The book offers a method to continuously uncover these needs and raises awareness about it. The latest edition, translated from the 2020 publication, even includes our GOYA (Gez Oturma Yerinde Artık) tactic, […]
Rome Inc.: The Roman Empire Was Like a Multinational Corporation! Today, I was inspired by the book Rome Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation. Written by Gil Schwartz, a contributor to the well-known economic magazine Fortune, the book was published under the pseudonym Stanley Bing. It humorously draws parallels between the […]
Did I Misunderstand You, Or… When people communicate—whether by talking, writing, listening, or even reading—problems can often arise in ways that are hard to predict. You could probably think of many examples from your own experiences that illustrate these challenges. In truth, achieving genuine communication is rare and often difficult. Even with strong language skills […]
Are You an Impact Player at Your Company? Liz Wiseman, known for her studies on leadership and collective intelligence and cited among the world’s top 50 leadership thinkers, wrote an interesting book. Particularly based on how impact players in sports change the entire team, she describes how impact players at work can influence the whole business. […]
THE HOME OF TIMELESS ART: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (THE MET) Overview of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down for an enjoyable interview with Gila Benmayor at Yıldız Holding’s Çamlıca Campus (https://www.ekonomim.com/kose-yazisi/murat-ulker-koleksiyoner-degilim-sadece-ev-sahipligi-yapiyorum/745041). In our conversation, we touched upon a range of topics, including how art serves as […]
ANTI-CAPITALISTIC FALLACIES AND CONSPIRATORS This article deals with the book “In Defense of Capitalism: Debunking the Myths” (Management Books, March 2023), addressing unending claims against capitalism, which is “associated by the public with all that goes wrong globally,” examining the alternatives of capitalism, and providing insights about the popular perception of capitalism based on the […]
WHEN WILL THE THIRD WORLD WAR BREAK OUT? The renowned historian Niall Ferguson wrote a column on Bloomberg titled “If You Think World War III is Unimaginable, Read This” on February 11. He starts interestingly by saying, “Are we unable to imagine defeat?” Ferguson writes that Americans forgot the defeat in Afghanistan too quickly. He […]
GOYA IN ARABIA (SACRED/CULTURE/BUSINESS/FUN) YOU EXPECT ONE THING YET SEE ANOTHER We spent the last days of 2023 and the first ones of 2024 in Riyadh, Jeddah, Macca, and Madinah. This is how I prefer to start a new year. I proceed with my life unlike the rest of the world engaging in a compulsory […]
HALAL! I think everybody already knows that when founding Ülker, right at the start, Sabri Ülker, our founder, and my father, summarized his mentality as “I would never produce or trade any product that I wouldn’t eat or allow my kids to eat.” Since the first day, Ülkerhas paid strict attention to the quality, hygiene, […]
LET ME TELL YOU A JOKE…A man goes to the movies to see a movie recommended by a friend. Surprised to find that friend on the seat next to his, he asks: You were the one who recommended this movie to me. Haven’t you already seen it? The friend replies: Yes, I have. But I […]
