Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
Currently 1. Founder of SYUP.ai Ai Integrated Edtech Platform With A Scientific Method That Helps Learners Transform Their Own Persona/Ideas/Imagination Into Structured Actionable Self Innovation Plans & Further Self Referenced Decisions. 2. teaches personal innovation and brand management courses at undergraduate / graduate level & executive level 3. provides perception modelling and soft power design for brands to activate their intangible assets 4. helps business schools integrate innovation, spirituality, wellbeing, imagination, movement and technology into their curriculum. 5. provides brand & marketing mentoring and designs projects to companies to increase brand equity and value 6. Podcast & Tv talk show host 7. Designs Social initiative & corporate responsibility projects Professor Semih Yalman is an expert in personal innovation, soft power, intangible asset management and brand perception strategy design. He is the founder of SYuP.ai Semih Yalman holds the professor of practice position at Ted University school of business administration in Ankara. He is also a columnist of Harvard Business Review Turkey. Professor Yalman previously held various positions world wide both at board and executive level with global organizations. Doğuş Group, Gillette, VolksWagen Group, Turkish American Business Council, GE, EADA Business School are to name a few. Professor Yalman is a graduate of AMP program of Harvard Business School and Emerson College Marketing Communications Masters of Arts. Published author and multiple TedX speaker Professor Yalman’s change agent methodology in forming internal perception is of mention in Harvard Business School case study on Doğuş Group. Last but not least Professor Yalman is also the founder of a social innovation platform branded DreamsTalk helping university students to reboot their imagination capacity. Yalman holds patents to three methods on improving imagination capacity, personal innovation and building equity through soft power design. On personal level he is the cofounder of İstanbul yacht club a challenger candidate of Americas Cup 2010, musical artist, kite surfer and a yogi. Reference sites https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=28652 https://www.ted.com/talks/semih_yalman_human_re_engineering_and_value_adjustment https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oq4kjUEqlaNXWcfW07yAP https://www.dreamstalk.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWiPaAhiuvovdy2AdM-hrbQ https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/world/europe/08iht-educside08.html
SYUPai (startyouupai) is Ai Integrated Edtech Platform With A Scientific Method That Helps Learners Transform Their Own Persona/Ideas/Imagination Into Structured Actionable Self Innovation Plans & Further Self Referenced Decisions. WHAT PROBLEM WE SOLVE 1. Dictated persona & external feeding leading to internal chaos 2. Not being aware of self potential leading to self sabotage • StartYouUp.ai - the first Al integrated self-innovation platform. • Transforms what’s inside each learner into structured, actionable FORMULAS → personal existence plans. • Through fast, engaging, validated methods. • Built on academically and practically validated methods. • Aiming to activate imagination and aid decision making. PHASE 1 PERSONAL ANALYSIS BASED SELF-PLANNING PHASE 2 AI AIDED SELF MENTORING & DECISION MAKING PHASE 3 SCENARIO BASED (FUTURE) SELF MODELING Al to Al learning Self mentoring and decision making made easy through knowledge fed u s e r a v a t a r s WHY SYUP.AI AMONG LARGE EDTECH PLATFORMS? • Most current solutions (schooling, therapy, coaching, astrology, self-help) fail b y p u s h i n g w h a t t o d o i n s t e a d o f s h o w i n g h o w t o d o it. • Traditional EdTech emphasizes tutoring, test prep, and gamified learning but neglects true inner innovation. • Ability to grow within the platform by unlocking new features • Ability to continuously feed Al avatars with knowledge, enabling them to grow smarter and more adaptive over time.
Fields Covered by this position are (1) Personal Innovation, (2) Activation of Interpersonal skills & Mindful Presence for business, (3) Perception Design, Brand & Soft Power Management, (4) Imagination capacity activation & creativity School of Economics and Administrative & Social Sciences Faculty. Semih brings 30+ years of experience in the specific fields of perception design & personal innovation, social entrepreneurship, start up & personal mentoring, team building/ business process reengineering as well executive and board level leadership positions in the mentioned related fields to help TED University Business School to meet its stake holder objectives.Last but not least his 15 years of tutoring & lecturing experience in more than 12 universities both locally and internationally. Semih Yalman teachea credit hours in fall and spring semesters, engage in curriculum development and enrichment efforts, provide mentoring & support to students. Working closely with the private ventures of the university such as Technology Transfer & Innovation office, Student career services, Dean of Education as well as Dean of Students, Dean of Business School as well as the Rector of the University as per it is required are part of the responsibilities of the position. Semih serves on departmental, college, or university committees to further shape structuring of the business school and improvement of efficiency, equity & perception levels. Professors of Practice is expected to interact with industry professionals, start ups, personal development experts and remain active in his professions in ways that contribute to TED University assignments; examples include executive teaching, industry consulting, and serving in professional societies or associations, meta space kitchens, new global social ventures, consulting start ups as well as individuals.
Professor of Practice Specific Fields Covered: (1) Personal Innovation, (2) Activation of Interpersonal skills & Mindful Presence for business, (3) Perception Design, Brand & Soft Power Management, (4) Imagination capacity activation & creativity Department/Faculty: School of Economics and Administrative & Social Sciences
www.dreamstalk.org www.dreamsinitiative.org www.funDreams.org A platform which aims for dreams to meet opportunity for realization underlining the importance of imagination for evolution. Dreamstalk is a bridge platform bringing imagination and funding catered for the young generations who deserves to be listened Dreamstalk is the KEY seminar activity in which students voice their imagination. Per year dreamstalk takes place in more than 30 universities from which a dream is materialized.
Semih Yalman music Aims to introduce, distribute Semih Yalman's artistic expression. Spotify provides along with Apple Music Semih Yalman music.
SERVICES: Brand & PERCEPTION VALUE CREATION & MAXIMISATION PERSONAL INNOVATION IMAGINATION CAPACITY INCREASE CRITICAL BUSINESS SKILLS INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING EMPLOYER BRANDING Perception Planning & Management is about putting things in to a retrospective: unifying the decomposed perceptions of many parties involved being linked directly or indirectly to one other. Semih Yalman Method guides companies & individuals to manage their perception by intangible asset management, coaching, mentoring and strategizing for them to unite: What they think of themselves? What others think of them? And what they assume others think of them? Semih Yalman Method bridge the gaps between business & life, company & stakeholders, product & people, brain & heart, logic & emotions... Helping the clients to build &develop an identity & to communicate this identity effectively. Identity (leads to) => Perception (leads to) => Sustainable intangible value which can be nominal and measured having a direct influence on net worth and/or market value