Aykut Akalin - Management 3.0 Facilitator in Turkey

HELLO, my name is Aykut Akalin

Lives in Turkey
Speaks English and Turkish
Holds events in Turkey, United Kingdom, Germany, United States of America, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan
Works for OKYANUS DÖNÜŞÜM DANIŞMANLIK ve TİCARET LTD. ŞTİ.
Number of events held: 17

Past Attendee Ratings

9.3 / 10.0 Public events (Based on 42 evaluations)

9.7 / 10.0 Private events (Based on 23 evaluations)

Past Attendee Feedback

They have hands-on Experience so it was not just about theory
Merve Ergenç
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Humility and sincerity of facilitators. They share a lot of good examples and that makes pragmatic.
Oğuzhan Doğan (Agile Koç)
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Alanlarına hakimler, sorulara net ve açık cevap verdiler. Her gün katılımcılardan aldıkları geribildirimleri hızlı bir şekilde yansıttılar. Sakin, net ve iletişimleri oldukça iyi, enerjikler. Türkçe eğitim olması büyük emek, ellerinize sağlık.
Fatma Tartar Doganay (Agile Coach)
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The energy of the trainers, their command of the subject, keeping the participants in the moment was very good.
Ayşegül Terzioğlu
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İletişimleri güçlü, zaman planına çok dikkat eden, tüm katılımcıları dahil etmeye çalışan, özümseyen ve özümsemeyi sağlayan
Nida Çokan Gönül
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They were clear, kind, fun, funny, and insightful. Their stories were great, they facilitated a smooth workshop, were educational, and made it a fun experience. They were great at making a safe space that I felt comfortable being open in.
Tyler Haddad
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Bringing in people to participate with their experience and opinions. Also after each day, they took feedbacks into account to make improvements! In the beginning of the course, the facilitators ran an icebreaking session which really brought everyone closer and warmed up the group for games and interactions between each other.
Eric Song (Project Manangement officer)
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Aykut is a happy, energizing, motivating Facilitator. He is a good listener and has good detailed and wide knowledge. Will book another training with him as facilitator.
Nils Hyoma (Agile Coach)
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Very experienced, freely shares knowledge and wisdom, highly competitive, engaging speaker, prepared interactive workshops, and created a great atmosphere.
Krystian Gadomski (Lead Developer )
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Aykut was great facilitator, he was well-prepared and organized, ensuring that the event ran smoothly and efficiently. Also he was adaptable and responsive to the needs of the participants, adjusting the agenda as necessary to ensure a positive experience for everyone.
Merve ERGENÇ
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Great energy and ability to engage with the audience; knowledge in the field
Olha Virt (Head of Recruiting)
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Clear communication, well experienced and easy-going
Thais Abad . (Accountant)
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Short Bio

Focusing on the agile transformation of organizations and the leadership development of its employees, I offer tailor made agile transformation and change management services, trainings and leadership development programs with my company Okyanus Donusum (Okyanus Transformation Consultancy). I emphasize agile mindset and practical approaches to the ways of working. What stands out about me while doing all this is my coaching approach.

20th year of my career
5 years of design, production, international technical sales and export experience
15 years of experience in Ford Otosan and Koç Group, 12 years as a product development leader
2.5 years as Product Development Manager in the UK
Mentoring since 2015, leadership coaching since 2019
I have been doing Agile Coaching and Agile Transformation Leadership since 2020

Was the Transformation Leader in Engineering & Technology Development and Growth & Smart Mobility business areas at Ford Otosan (2000+ people)
Led cultural, organizational and way of working transformation in these areas
Trained, coached and conducted team health and agile maturity checks for more than 70 teams
Trained more than 100 Product Owners and Scrum Masters with empowerment programs in 7 different classes
Prepared and delivered Chapter Leader, Lean Agile Leader development programs
Facilitated and presented in multiple major events.
I am part of the Agile Turkey community which is organizing a major summit in Turkey with 1000+ attendees.

My values include freedom, honesty, transparency, sincerity and, perhaps most importantly, goodwill. Life sometimes may not be a simple equation as we think; what we do may not produce the results we want to achieve... But and only if we make a sincere effort with goodwill, If we can be honest and transparent, then we can help the institutions and people we serve in the best ways we can.