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Alper Tengüz 

Istanbul, Turkey 

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Alper

Experience

  • Founder and Principal Consultant, Learning Architect 
  • Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company 

Education

  • EMCC-accredited Team and Executive Coach
  • PhD in Economics
  • Masters +Bachelor, Industrial & Operations Engineering

Languages Spoken

  • German(mother tongue)
  • Turkish (mother tongue)
  • English (fluent)
  • Japanese (basic)
  • Spanish (basic)

Alper means “courageous man” in my native Turkish. Born in Germany, educated in the United States, and now living in Istanbul, I’ve always been a traveler between cultures and wisdom traditions. Trained as an Industrial engineer and management consultant, and later as an executive coach and facilitator of teams and large groups, I integrate these disciplines through my vocation as a Learning Architect — designing transformative spaces and long-term journeys where people and teams can achieve their ambitions better together.

After 25 years working with leaders, I’ve seen how our bias for new knowledge and quick fixes often hinders genuine growth — both individual and collective. Through my research and authorship of The Leadership Space, 
I draw on ancient wisdom traditions to revive and make available fresh, actionable ways for leaders and teams to cultivate sustainable practices that enable deeper, lasting transformation.

Personal quote

“To put the world in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.” — Confucius

Inspiration

Living presence

Living nonviolent communication

Falling upward

The Untethered Soul

Alper Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso

Alper Midnight dinner Tokyo stories

Midnight dinner: Tokyo stories

Alper On being podcast

On Being

Alper This Being Human podcast

This Being Human

Alper Re thinking podcast

Re:Thinking

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