Celebrating our women

  

To our wonderful strong women in Middle East, Turkey and Africa. You folks are one of the biggest inspiration and reasons why I come to work every day and strive to make this company even a better place to work. I see that you folks evolve and grow stronger every year and your careers flourish and I want to reaffirm that we are here right behind you to support your growth in whatever you wish to achieve in the future too. I am reading Mary Robinson’s 'Everybody Matters' these days; former President of Ireland who I got to meet. She had an amazing spark that came from her courage and armed with a mission to change the world for women and every other person who didn’t have a voice. When I met with Sally Ride who was the first woman in space and Hellen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, I saw the similar relentless strive to carry on to do good.

We women can do and can be.

Happy women’s day to all of you from your very proud woman colleague:)

Ayse  

“Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.”

Margaret Mead (1902-1978), Cultural Anthropologist

Journey in the Magical Kingdom of the Andes

Cuzco Town

Peru has been in the plans for me for two years now; and despite the altitude risk; enormous distance and hours of air travel—I was determined to go up to Machu Picchu before end of February. And boy, was it worth it. Long trip from Las Vegas to Lima and on to Cuzco where 3400 meters altitude hit you like a rock. I spent sometime in modern Peru, doing the museums, seaside and the famous food of Lima. On to Cuzco, the capital of the Incas for hundreds of years and the main point where roads in south America met.

Young people to carry Turkey into the future...

A better community through technology and innovation 

We just announced The “Young Ideas; Powerful Women” Project as Intel, together with Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Policies and the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER). The project aims to mobilize the youth to develop innovative solutions to tackle issues women face in Turkey. 

I speak at EFNI

I am speaking  as a panelist in the Plenary Session “Shared challenges facing Turkey and European Union in a globalized world” at European Forum for New Ideas (EFNI) in Gdansk, Poland together with Mr Zbigniew Brzeziński (Center for Strategic & International Studies, USA), Mr Ludwik Sobolewski (President, Polish Stock Exchange –GPW-, Poland), Ms Beata Stelmach (Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland), Mr Jürgen Thumann (President, BUSINESSEUROPE, Germany), Mr Cevdet Yilmaz (Minister of Development, Turkey) on Friday, September 28 at 9 am CET.  Click here for the details!

Waving The Flag at the Dig, the pirate one this time :)

On digging strenuous inspirations for self.

My friend Peter is the only person I know in the corporate world besides myself who is interested in archeology, especially the living part of archeology, i.e. the digs. We had a discussion at the dig he works in today. Folks around us are amazed why one would be interested in digging up dirt alongside whatever comes in it, pieces of pottery, seeds, and all that is good for carbon reading. We are amazed to their disinterest. How can humans be so interested in today or tomorrow when they have no perspective on the past? 

Equilibrium Must Prevail; Socially Responsible Business

With Intel Mexico Country Manager

There was a great session on corporate social responsibility and why should businesses care for people and the planet. In attendance was Carlos Slim Domit, world's richest man's (Helu) son alongside other three CEOs of Unilever, Manpower and Groupo Bimbo. Audience listened attentively the strategies and plans of the biggest companies of the world how they address the gaps between the ones who have and who don’t.